The contours of the Printing works in Schleswig-Holstein with it’s rounded corners, the movements from left to right, and up and down, remind us of paper rolling through the drums of a printing press. All four buildings, from the administration building through the sorting hall, to the printing hall, to the paper store, are held together by the strength of this design element. A shining silver office building, encased by moveable, green shimmering glass louvres, forms the entrance to the complex. These can be opened or closed depending on the sunlight. The airy and transparent building, standing on pilotis, is connected to the adjacent sorting and delivery buildings via a glass bridge, towards the end of the building. This flat building is subordinate to the print building, which despite it’s large glazed areas – through which the rotating print machinery can be seen operating by night – appears to be massive. The ensemble is completed by the monolithic, and completely closed, Paper-hall. The appearance of the buildings as sculptural forms is achieved through the use of metal and glass as materials on the facade, and it is reinforced and strengthened through the use of a restrained range of colours; namely, grey and green.