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The axis of the rice cookers
Shifting spaces

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The city with the spinning wheel

by Jochen Stöckmann

The city with the spinning wheel
Tomás Saraceno’s “Cloud Cities” currently occupy Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof as if they were some utopia. Yet many of the seemingly spaceless and timeless spheres are there not just to be seen, but to be entered. While these transparent structures are fascinating from the inside and the outside, the exhibition as a whole does not succeed in more closely defining Saraceno’s artistic position. Yet it’s certainly worth a visit.
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Architecture

Retreat and dialog

Retreat and dialog
The architects of the new ThyssenKrupp development integrated a place of peace and quiet ( "Raum der Stille") in it that is intended for use just as much by guests as by the employees.
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Ghosts walk in the furniture cemetery

by Silke Gehrmann-Becker

Ghosts walk in the furniture cemetery
What happens to furniture that has done its service? It is stored in attics, cellars and in forgotten corners. And sometimes it seems as if the old items had taken on a life of their own.

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Creativity moods 2: Design

by Knuth Hornbogen

Creativity moods 2: Design
The two articles on how art and architecture deal with the realm of mood have each created their own atmosphere with respect to their subject. And while we are on the subject of atmospheres and creativity our author embarks on a brief trip through Germany and notices some surprising things along the way.

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Creativity moods 1: Does art come from studios?

by Anne Haun

Creativity moods 1: Does art come from studios?
At the moment everything produced seems to be committed to being creative. But where, and under what conditions is it possible to work creatively? Is it true that art is still produced in studios? Has our idea of what a studio is fundamentally changed?
Escape to the country?
Lisbon’s small polished stones

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Rendezvous with (Santa) Claus

Rendezvous with (Santa) Claus
What will your Christmas be like? Candles burning? Do you like the scent of incense? Are there Christmas angels looking down from the mantelpiece? At Christmas everyone has their own idea of how to create the right atmosphere in their home. The artist Claus Richter loves it when there are little (flashing) lights everywhere. We paid him a visit in his personal Christmas paradise.

Architecture

In the souk in Abu Dhabi

In the souk in Abu Dhabi
The architects at London-based firm Foster + Partners designed Central Market in Abu Dhabi, a complex that embraces shops, offices, hotels and apartments. A shopping mall, whose design is based on a typical Arabian souk, is the heart of the 500,000 square meter development.

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The “e” is not the only distinguishing factor

by Silke Gehrmann-Becker

The “e” is not the only distinguishing factor
"Slàinte mhath!" the Scots wish each other before drinking a whisky. The idea is not getting drunk but enjoying the taste and aroma. Which is why the Scots say: Less is more, sniffing and sipping beat smelling and gulping down.
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Should the weather permit

by Marcel Krenz

Should the weather permit
The ski slope in blistering hot Dubai, the tropical theme pool in Bochum or a shopping experience in the air-conditioned shopping mall in Edmonton - artificial weather conditions and the exclusion of the forces of nature are today more than ever a task for architecture. The manual "-arium" approaches these challenges in an unusual way.

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Creativity moods 2: On the sound of rooms

by Ulf Meyer

Creativity moods 2: On the sound of rooms
Erich Mendelsohn refers to it as "charm", Peter Zumthor as "spiritual quality" when architecture creates an atmosphere that appeals to all the senses, when rooms jingle, light dances, and materials and colors are carefully combined.
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