Geometrical Precision: FSB 1271

The FSB brand pro­vides scope for co­her­ently end-to-end design in all areas of modern build­ings with its FSB 1271 range. Ar­chi­tect Jürgen Engel has come up with door and window handles for the new product col­lec­tion that are un­err­ingly geared towards the needs of modern Civic/Com­mer­cial con­struc­tion. Making it really stand out is a nar­row­door lever handle that, instead of being cranked in the usual manner, is vi­su­ally almost in­dis­tin­guish­able from the other fit­tings in the series.

In keeping with an ar­chi­tec­tural policy of ac­cord­ing equal pri­or­ity to ur­ban-plan­ning bench­marks and in­te­rior-de­sign fea­tures, Jürgen Engel lives out his ideal of holis­tic design in FSB 1271. The col­lec­tion com­bines geo­met­ric pre­ci­sion with the utmost in con­ve­nience for the user’s hand by con­trast­ing a flat-yet-flow­ing front with a lam­bently rounded reverse outline. Though the styling for the product series has been re­source-con­sciously op­ti­mised, a thor­oughly pleas­ant grip­ping volume has nev­er­the­less been re­tained. Even heavy, large-for­mat doors can be con­fi­dently opened and, in the case of fire-re­sis­tant Alu­minium lever handles, the req­ui­site steel core is sat­is­fac­to­rily en­closed.

The vir­tu­ally iden­ti­cal design prin­ci­ple in­form­ing the stan­dard door lever, the window handle and the nar­row-door lever handle is par­tic­u­larly strik­ing. The latter eschews typical crank­ing or any visible offset. The premium man­u­fac­turer from Brakel de­liv­ers a maximum of co­he­sive design for con­tem­po­rary build­ing pro­jects of all kinds with its sin­gle-minded new cre­ation, FSB 1271. The door and window handles comply with all ap­plic­a­ble stan­dards and are, for in­stance, fit for in­stal­la­tion pur­suant to DIN 31001.

The product en­sem­ble is avail­able in two ma­te­ri­als at market launch: either in durable, rugged, sturdy Stain­less Steel or in an­odised Alu­minium with a variety of fin­ishes fa­cil­i­tat­ing a haptic quality that is avant­garde and at the same time soft and warm.

About FSB
FSB is a byword the world over for vi­su­ally and func­tion­ally top-qual­ity hard­ware so­lu­tions for doors and windows, elec­tronic access control and san­i­tary fit-outs. Ar­chi­tects and builders’ clients favour reach­ing out for prod­ucts from Brakel owing to FSB’s great design ex­per­tise and its pro­found un­der­stand­ing of the re­quire­ments of modern con­struc­tion. Every­thing in any way as­so­ci­ated with handle culture in built spaces is catered to from a single source.

Franz Schnei­der
Brakel GmbH + Co KG

Anne Levy
Nieheimer Straße 38
33034 Brakel
Telefon: +49 5272 608-105
anne.​levy@​fsb.​de