Perfection. FSB – Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co KG Art.-No. 00404980246 9001, Printed in Germany, Printed on chlorine-free bleached paper. It’s in your hands. www.fsb-worldwide.com Global Brand You know us. The more familiar the quality of our brand becomes, the easier it becomes for you to win customers for FSB products and services. FSB supports you all year round with global campaigns and marketing concepts. Your input plus our support through the internet, print media and trade fairs cause the news to spread fast. FSB simplifies planning, buy- ing, accounting and warranty arrangements to deliver uniformly high quality products and services from a single source. Dominant genetic features in a species express themselves in form and colouring. It’s in your hands. Evolutionary superiority isn’t necessarily about being the strongest. It’s in your hands. 3 4 3 FSB. Founded in 1881. Quality “made in Germany” for all door hardware. Our logo handle by philosopher-cum- architect Ludwig Wittgenstein sums up our holistic perception of architecture – a handle is always more than just a handle for us. As the interface between buildings and their users it is one of the key ele- ments in the architectural shaping of detail. The Wittgenstein handle quintessentially embodies an architect urally driven per- ception of hardware in which the function and application of any building element are viewed as constituent parts of an all- embracing whole. This approach likewise applies unrestr- ictedly to FSB’s involvement at internatio nal level, which is geared towards the global Philosopher and architect public project business with its Ludwig Wittgenstein focus on the whole door. The handle’s (1889 – 1951) many layers of significance as a) extension of the human hand and b) interface be- tween people and architecture continue to point the way for us to this end. FSB has won many awards for outstand ing design and was the first makers of door hardware to be represented in the perma- nent exhibition at New York’s Museum of Wittgenstein handle 1147, Modern Art. It is a company that marries FSB logo looks of the highest order to the lasting dependability of its products’ functions, engineering and quality. FSB was the first architectural hardware company anywhere in the world to satisfy the stringent conditions of the Environ- mental Product Declaration ISO 14 025 The Wittgenstein House, Vienna 1928 and is thus doing its bit for sustainable architecture. FSB: project hardware with a unique systemic depth REG.NO. DE-108-00003 4 5 Premium hardware programme for aspiring architecture. FSB 0105 Silver Anodised Aluminium FSB Premium hardware programme FSB makes sole use of pure smelted alloys as provided for in DIN 1725 in its aluminium products. Its finishes are protected by a process of anodisation and, once they have It’s in your undergone two-stage staining, are lastingly sealed against corrosion and the effects of hands. light and the climate. Single source We specialise in hardware for major inter- national architecture projects and aspire to provide systemic expertise covering all hardware requirements for the operation of doors and windows. We ensure that all components for points of entry and exit suit your own overall architectural design. Our one-stop-shop concept simplifies your planning, purchasing, invoicing and war- ranty management input. FSB 6204 Satin Matt Stainless Steel An extremely corrosion-resistant and Architectural hardware solutions durable material that is particularly easy- The FSB hardware programme embraces care due to the inclusion of chrome and all components for system-driven door nickel in the alloy and is ideal, therefore, planning – and is certainly no random for heavily frequented doors and window jumble of formally and visually disparate handles in constant use. individual products. The FSB range includes door lever handles with standard, heavy-duty and fire-safety bearings as well as hinges, door closers, locks plus lock cylinders and, of course, window handles and accessory products such as door stops and finger plates. Uniform material and finish We strive to deliver uniform materials and finishes throughout the FSB range of door hardware for consistency of architectural and aesthetic intent. FSB has set global benchmarks with its breadth of materials and its particularly fine finishes. FSB 7615 Bronze Bright Patinated We use a copper-tin alloy containing 92 % copper for our rugged bronze fittings. This makes them unbeatably corrosion-resist- ant, and gives them great tensile strength and hardness. The copper has disinfectant properties, moreover, explaining why it is a preferred choice wherever hygiene is of the essence as in hospitals and nursing wards. A specially developed technique can be adopted to artificially age bronze and lend it a very compelling patina. 7 FSB handle ranges Assert your architectural fingerprint down to the last detail. Every building has a different set of use requirements to fulfil and these are also mirrored in the door planning process. Part and parcel of any worthwhile set of door equipment are door fittings that are func- tionally compelling and conform to building regulations. All of FSB’s ranges of models fit the bill. Model 1144, for instance, which was conceived by the English designer Jasper Morrison: his handle collection con- tains door levers, entrance door furniture, lever handles for narrow-frame doors – cranked and in-line – and window handles with and without a locking capability. As is the case with all FSB models, 1144 comes in a heavy-duty version with an AGL® compensating bearing, in an AGL® FS fire-safety variant and in the standard FD model for the private sphere. FSB’s range of fittings offer the architect the opportunity to fulfil their ultimate desire, which is to match up the design, material and finish of all operating hardware, thus providing a continuum of design and aes- thetic intent that is unparalleled in the door hardware industry. The FSB range adds up to a uniquely wide variety of models that can be perused in our Manual, at our website or at your local trade stocklist’s. 12 A design’s quality only becomes apparent Our Specification Service staff have a We deploy leading-edge data interfaces and Interactive FSB specification service – worldwide once the fine detail has been completed. fine eye for upholding every aspect of an BIM tools when planning and communicat- Given that the form, colour, material and architect’s formal identity in the meticulous ing with you that ensure an efficient data structure of any fitting are crucial to the way they match finishes, dimensions and interchange whilst also constituting valid design’s overall impact, planning the techni- proportions up with one another. Their far- documentation from a commercial point of cal features is a vital aspect of the design reaching architectural expertise allows them view, one from which all project participants Leave the work to us. process. It is the fine detail that reflects the to carry out such time-consuming minutiae benefit. formal idea underpinning any aesthetic on your behalf. They always bear the rel- concept after all. evant local building authority standards in Contact us: mind in the process. www.fsb-worldwide.com/specwriting 1 2 3 4 5 Forms Door hardware components – functions Door hardware components – engineering Materials and finishes Proportion and structuring FSB door handle design lines draw It is possible in this way to apply formal/ 1. Door closer surface-mounted or extremely durable heavy-duty variant FSB door components are produced in Structuring elements with square or round on geometrical and ergonomic design aesthetic criteria and design principles recessed classic hardware materials: aluminium, edges establish the formal link between principles in equal measure. underpinning the architecture to the hard- heavy-duty fire-safety variant stainless steel and bronze. technical components and door handles. ware specification for doors and windows. 2. Handle ranges for flush, frame and wholly-glazed doors standard model for the home 3. Hardware system solutions for emer- gency exits 4. Locks and lock cylinders 5. Hinges for various door formats and weights 6. Door stops, finger plates, kicking plates ➊ Aluminium B ➎ ➌ ➋ A ➍ C Bronze ➏ Stainless Steel For every need: the FSB 1144 model by Jasper Morrison in a uniquely broad range for doors and windows. 16 17 Interactive FSB specification service – worldwide The art of door planning. 1. Door hinges appearance that is intensely engaging. The 4. Handles and handle systems kicked – or else the door as a whole is 7. Hardware solutions for emergency exits Conformance to: DIN V ENV 1627 (burglar- FSB heavy-duty door hinges are made in range com prises standard and rail-based FSB has set internationally valid bench- simply opened and closed with brute force. FSB supplies the broadest range of emer- resistant elements) high-grade stainless steel. Snug-fit, main- door closers (optionally with concealed fit- marks for ambitious design and function in FSB supplies a full selection of accessories gency exit hardware – both for frame and tenance-free sliding-bearing technology ting). Conformance to: CE, EN 1154, ANSI/ architecture with its handles. Its Standard designed to protect doors against all this: flush doors. Also included are visually guarantees ruggedly durable functioning. BHMA Standard A156.4 FD, AGL® and GL® FS bearings are up to large-format backplates or finger plates – in cohesive, certificated system