MAGAZINE Goodbye, Streets in the Sky!8/25/2017The bulldozer has rolled in. The demolition of Robin Hood Gardens has started. An obit. In praise of the best concrete in East London.
ARCHITECTURE The city gains big-time with this building8/24/2017The new Historisches Museum Frankfurt building designed by Lederer Ragnarsdottir Oei has divided the architectural community. Peter Cachola Schmal, Director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt explains why it is successful.
ARCHITECTURE Classical Japan in Baden-Württemberg8/23/2017For the Stuttgart Restaurant “Enso Sushi und Grill” DIA – Dittel Architekten serve up Japanese restraint coupled with European seating.
ARCHITECTURE Minimal intervention8/21/2017North Italian architects Bergmeister Wolf have extended a house on Lake Garda with a simple and yet spectacular annex.
ARCHITECTURE For the young generation8/19/2017Matter Design and FR|SCH have designed a sophisticated architectural play structure for a place with special architectural significance.
ARCHITECTURE Appropriating space8/18/2017For their cultural project "Allmeinde Commengrounds" Katia und Gerold Schneider rebuild an old stable building. There they show currently the subtle photographs taken by Walter Niedermayr.
ARCHITECTURE German contribution to the 16th International Architecture Exhibition announced 8/16/2017The curators for the German contribution of "Unbuilding Walls" at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice have been announced: Graft Architects and Marianne Birthler.
DESIGN Seasoning at the flick of a wrist8/16/2017A scoop of refinement: Nendo has developed a dispenser for powdered soy sauce for a restaurant in Kyoto.
ARCHITECTURE The first time8/15/2017Note Design Studio presents its first Building: the “Villa Esker”.
ARCHITECTURE Wine step by step 8/14/2017At Enoteca Dai Tosi Belgian architects De Vylder Vinck Taillieu have assembled everything that makes the city of Matera what it is – cavernous rooms, tuff and masses of steps.
DESIGN The fruits of laziness8/11/2017Hans Lensvelt happened upon it at a workshop held by Atelier van Lieshout. And now it has gone into production: The “AVL Lazy Modernist” is a reclining armchair and thoroughly modern.
ARCHITECTURE Swedish steel8/10/2017Swedish fashion label Acne Studios has given its new stores a signature look in stainless steel. The store in Milan is a bit of an exception.
ARCHITECTURE Super-Minimal 8/9/2017A happy family life but less than 50 square meters of space? It’s possible, as Polish architects MUS show with their conversion of an apartment in Cracow.
DESIGN From 2D into 3D8/8/2017Jongha Choi has designed seating that when folded up can be hung like a print on the wall.
ARCHITECTURE Open plan housing8/7/2017Architecture bureau Studiolada from France has put the complete plans for a low-cost detached home online as open source architecture.
STYLEPARK DALLMER Prospect of a new type of home8/5/2017Designer Alfredo Häberli has created a sample house in the Allgäu region as the symbol of a changed aesthetic of the home. It shows that it is well worthwhile trying to reconcile design and ecology anew.
ARCHITECTURE Modernism with a rocking chair8/3/2017What bored literary critics, is something architects to this day love and praise: Uwe Bresan sheds light on the exciting history of the reception of Adalbert Stifter’s Biedermeier novel “Indian Summer” and the Rosenhaus described in it.
DESIGN No. 3 with a clear view of things8/3/2017Design studio “Form us with love” has created a new version of the wristwatch model for TID Watches.
ARCHITECTURE Experts for recommencements8/2/2017The store furnishings of Berlin-based architecture studio Gonzalez Haase break with conventions. This is demonstrated by a pop-up store for Birkenstock and is the talk of the town – even in Parisian haute couture circles.
FEATURED A home for all situations7/31/2017Alfredo Häberli insists on perfect detailing even in the bathroom of his “Haussicht” concept house – in the shape of Dallmer’s “CeraWall Individual Duo”.
ARCHITECTURE Béton brut islandais7/30/2017A villa by architect Högna Sigurðardóttir in Reykjavik goes to show that Brutalism also spawned masterpieces on Europe’s periphery.
FEATURED No holes in the shade7/29/2017C4sun has outfitted the roof terrace of the “Cologne Golf Club” with an intelligent sun-sail system.
ARCHITECTURE So what is that raising its head?7/28/2017A good dozen high-rises are set to be built in Frankfurt/Main over the next five years. An overview of the high-rise architecture of tomorrow: some of it exciting or strident, some less so.
DESIGN Writing utensils7/27/2017“Aion” is the name of a new series of writing utensils Jasper Morrison has designed for Lamy. We took a closer look at the pen.
ARCHITECTURE Standing on top of Brutalism7/26/2017Architects Mateo Riestra, José Arnaud Bello and Max von Werz have converted a former Brutalist record store in Mexico City into an art gallery.
FAIRS & EVENTS A festival of affinities7/25/2017Vitra Design Museum is celebrating the 110th anniversary of Charles Eames’ birth with due aplomb: No less than four exhibitions shed light on the different facets to the Eames’ oeuvre.
FEATURED Dorm with a view7/24/2017C.F. Møller Architects chose Petersen Tegl bricks for the façade of a student dorm.
DESIGN Instant sunlight7/23/2017The "Komorebi" prototype luminaire imitates the poetry of sunlight in the middle of places where the sun never shines.
STYLEPARK MOSA Flush with new tiles7/22/2017Tile manufacturer Mosa has teamed up with young designers in its home town of Maastricht to give some of the sanitary rooms in the in-district of Wyck a makeover – with surprising results.
SPECIAL: MY MODERN HOLIDAYS Reinventing the House7/21/2017On the edge of a national park near Barcelona project developer and gallery owner Christian Bourdais has teamed up with 15 architects to build 15 holiday homes that he believes will revolutionize residential living. Florian Heilmeyer met him and asked how this is going to evolve.
ARCHITECTURE SUV-like on the outside, cathedral-like on the inside7/20/2017It’s easy to fall into the trap of only judging a building by its façade. Especially if it is as eye-catching as "Silo" in Copenhagen, designed by Cobe Architects.
DESIGN Concrete One7/19/2017Concrete in a completely new guise: In Rome, Konstantin Grcic has launched the "Magiliana Project" in dialogue with Pier Luigi Nervi.
