{"id":3561,"date":"2024-07-12T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildsoft.eu\/?post_type=reference-project&#038;p=3561"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:36:58","slug":"auto-viger","status":"publish","type":"reference-project","link":"https:\/\/www.buildsoft.eu\/en\/reference-projects\/auto-viger\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto-Viger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Altez designed the Auto-Viger showroom in Roksem, Belgium, a steel-frame structure with prefab concrete and sandwich panel walls, defined by a cantilevered superstructure on V-shaped columns and a 35-metre canopy spanning the entire building. 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