Curved glass façade of an office building in Kuwait City with integrated iku® Windows cleaning

Reference projects

iku® Windows lists 12 reference installations in 7 countries, including Clemenceau Medical Center in Beirut, Saudi Hollandi Bank in Jeddah, office buildings in Kuwait City and hospitals in Vienna and Taipei. Projects specified for new towers are listed separately.

Integrated façade cleaning

Buildings with the iku® cleaning system built into the façade.

  • Al Jawhara Tower, Kuwait City

    Al Jawhara Tower

    Kuwait City, Kuwait

    High-rise office tower with integrated façade cleaning.

  • Office building, Kuwait City

    Office building

    Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Integrated cleaning on a full-height glass façade.

  • Office building, Kuwait City

    Office building

    Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Integrated cleaning on a curved glass façade.

  • Clemenceau Medical Center, Beirut

    Clemenceau Medical Center

    Beirut, Lebanon

    Integrated façade cleaning on a hospital.

  • Saudi Hollandi Bank, Jeddah

    Saudi Hollandi Bank

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Integrated façade cleaning on an office building.

  • Hospital, Vienna

    Hospital

    Vienna, Austria

    Integrated façade cleaning on a hospital.

  • UFZ Tulln, Tulln

    UFZ Tulln

    Tulln, Austria

    Integrated façade cleaning.

Retrofits

Cleaning systems added to existing façades.

  • Hospital, Taipei

    Hospital

    Taipei, Taiwan

    Cleaning system retrofitted to an existing façade.

  • Office building, Cairo

    Office building

    Cairo, Egypt

    Cleaning system retrofitted to an existing façade.

Cleaning with movable shading

Projects combining cleaning with iku® movable shading.

  • Shopping centre, Dubai

    Shopping centre

    Dubai, UAE

    iku® movable shading system at BurJuman.

  • University building, Austria

    University building

    Austria

    Integrated cleaning with movable shading.

  • Office building, Vienna

    Office building

    Vienna, Austria

    Integrated cleaning with movable shading on a rooftop office.

Specified projects

New towers where the iku® system has been specified. Images are architectural renders.

  • Architectural render of SOCAR headquarters, Baku

    SOCAR headquarters

    Baku, Azerbaijan

    Office tower specified for integrated cleaning, with a full-scale mock-up of telescopic wipers.

    Specified

  • Architectural render of Office tower, Kuwait City

    Office tower

    Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Specified for cleaning behind decorative elements and shading fins.

    Specified

  • Architectural render of Tower, Kuwait City

    Tower

    Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Specified for integrated cleaning of photovoltaic and solar glass.

    Specified

  • Architectural render of Office towers, Baku

    Office towers

    Baku, Azerbaijan

    Two office towers specified for integrated façade cleaning.

    Specified

  • Architectural render of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation headquarters, Doha

    Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation headquarters

    Doha, Qatar

    Office tower specified for integrated façade cleaning.

    Specified

Awards

The technology and its inventor, Julius Thurnher, have been recognised for innovation and design since 2000.

  1. 2009Viktor Kaplan Medal, presented to Julius ThurnherVienna
  2. 2008Best Innovator, A.T. Kearney, category small and newVienna
  3. 2008Speaker award for high-rise buildings, 4th Architectural CongressAmman
  4. 2004Mercur, winner in environment and energyVienna
  5. 2004Product of the Show, best exterior building product, PlanexpoDublin
  6. 2001Mercur, excellent innovationVienna
  7. 2001Médaille d'Argent for exceptional innovation, BatimatParis
  8. 2001Red Dot award for design qualityEssen
  9. 2001Adolf Loos State Prize for Design, nominationAustria
  10. 2000Gold, 17th Biennial of Industrial DesignLjubljana

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