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Twelve outdoor classics
What a relief – The Milan marathon part 1
What should offices be? A small town or a camping site?

Architecture

Program-free Architecture

Program-free Architecture
For the renovation of his apartment in the historical center of Barcelona the Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann made use of a white cross.

Architecture

A house with one room

A house with one room
If you look up the term single-room house in the specialist literature, you will find a simple sentence explaining this type of dwelling: the single room is the simplest way to divide up a groundplan, as it entails a house with no inside walls or separate rooms.
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News & Stories

The office nest

by Thomas Wagner

The office nest
No, not many surprises are on offer at Orgatec 2008 in Cologne but naturally this depends on your point of view. In any event, on some stands, with their ergonomically tested recliners, it felt more like we had been transported into a modern torture chamber than a comfortable, open-plan working environment. Despite this, there are some happy exceptions.
Questions for Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (OMA)
18 million coins for the Underground

News & Stories | Orgatec 2012

Forecasting offices

by Thomas Edelmann

Forecasting offices
On the silver screen and at Orgatec, office environments are depicted as having a life of their own. What kind of image of reality do they convey? A rummage through the film archives and walkabout in the trade fair halls.
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Architecture

Glass room dividers

Glass room dividers
Rimadesio's "Velaria" dividing wall system stands out for its successful combination of high-grade glass sliding panels with thin frames and fittings.

Architecture

New roof on old walls

New roof on old walls
A traditional stone house in the Pyrenees was converted into a comfortable and handy second home.
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News & Stories

Designer and Manufacturer are like Mother and Father

by Nancy Jehmlich

Designer and Manufacturer are like Mother and Father
The designers Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub have been working together under the name Jehs+Laub for over 14 years now. We met them at Orgatec in Cologne, and spoke to them about their relationship with manufacturers, the quality of entrances, trends, sustainability, and the strengths and weaknesses of the other.