A new HQ where sustainability meets comfort.

Merging two locations into one without compromising what matters.

For over 90 years, the Dutch company SABA has been developing and producing high-quality adhesives and sealants for construction and industrial applications. SABA’s headquarters were previously spread across two locations in the Netherlands.

To bring all activities under one roof, a new complex designed by Te Kiefte Architecten merges production, offices, and laboratories into a single location in the city of Dinxperlo.

But moving into one building was only part of the challenge. The bigger question was how to make that building genuinely work for the people inside it.

Where sustainability meets people

Sustainability is at the heart of SABA's business. Guided by two UN Sustainable Development Goals around resilient infrastructure and responsible production, the new headquarters had to live up to that.

With 1,812 solar panels, roof plants, and a smart climate system, the office is energy-neutral, generating enough power for both the offices and the production facility next door.

But sustainability alone doesn’t make a great place to work.

A building can hit its environmental target and still be unpleasant to spend the day in. SABA's new HQ has spacious meeting rooms, high ceilings, busy corridors, and laboratories. Each designed for their own purpose, but without the right acoustic strategy, they generate noise. And noise is a productivity killer. It builds slowly, and by the end of the day it has cost people more than they realise.

It's why architect Te Kiefte Architecten, installer Fleurbaaij Totaal Afbouw, and Rockfon worked together to make sure the acoustics were right from the start.