Since founding her office in 1985, Amsterdam-based architect Marlies Rohmer has created a multitude of unusual projects in the fields of education, health and integration. For her, people are at the heart of everything she does. In this interview, she gives us an insight into her work and answers the question of why she prefers brick as a material.

Facade specialist Rieder has custom-designed the building facade for the new prevention centre of the BGW and VBG professional associations in Hamburg. The outer shell, made of glass fibre reinforced concrete, features six shades of red that blend harmoniously with the historic clinker brick buildings of the Hanseatic city.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Elizabeth Diller, whose work is characterised by a deep understanding of the respective social and cultural context.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Amale Andraos' architecture of polemical optimism: for an architecture that can change society.

The documentary film ‘Sep Ruf – Architect of Modernity’ is a visual journey through the work of one of the most important German architects of the 20th century.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Louisa Hutton, whose buildings often have a manifesto-like character. They are statements about the respective topological, social and temporal situation.

Thanks to bricks from Petersen Tegl, the façade of the new assembly hall at the historic Elise Smiths Skole in Aarhus blends seamlessly into the existing structure.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – like those of Anne Hangebruch, who believes in continuous exchange and mutual inspiration between practice, teaching, and research.

The unique dynamics of Bauwerk Parkett's “Spinpark” collection give the rooms of the recently completed Vera apartment building in Andermatt a modern twist.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Carme Pinós, who seeks a very individual expression with her buildings and furniture designs.

Liu Jiakun receives the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize. Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and Cindy Pritzker, the award honours architects whose buildings represent a unique combination of talent, vision, commitment and have made a significant contribution to humanity as well as the built environment through architecture.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Jeanne Gang. A skyscraper that set the record for the ‘tallest building designed by a woman’ certainly helped her. More important, however, is the stylistic breadth and self-assurance in her designs.

SO-IL, one of the most interesting architecture studios in the USA at the moment, has set out to revolutionise multi-storey residential construction in New York City. The office is characterised by high standards in terms of both programme as well as materials and formulates a complex approach to what architecture should achieve.

In the trade fair city of Munich-Riem, the Wogeno cooperative and architect Peter Haimerl have countered the boringly smooth cuboids of the surrounding buildings with a honeycomb cluster. Not only the house, but also the living concept is unusual.

Among the many interesting projects that have recently been realised in Heilbronn in southern Germany, one stands out with its timber framework behind glass: the Innovation Factory 2.0, designed by Darmstadt-based Waechter+Waechter Architekten BDA. Time for a site visit.

The community and town hall in Holzwickede by bez+kock architekten is impressive in terms of aesthetics and space. A truly integrative urban building block, it shows what open architecture can look like that takes the citizens as seriously as the users.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – like that of Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir, whose buildings are both precisely thought out as well as offering space for aesthetics and inspiration.

Not only beautiful, but also socially and ecologically sustainable: this is how the real estate company CapitaLand wants its own projects to be. To achieve this, the company has been working for years with architects such as Moshe Safdi, Toyo Ito, Ole Scheeren and Bjarke Ingels. Time for a portrait of a client.

When does a building have social value, is it holistically sustainable and designed for the future? The jury of the International High-Rise Award 2024/25 has asked itself these questions. The renowned architecture prize is awarded every two years by the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and DekaBank. We introduce you to the finalists.

Cologne's Severinstraße is one of those streets that makes it easy to understand why people fall in love with this city on the Rhine, which is so special in so many ways. Everything that makes up urban life can be found here. Right in the middle of this colourful microcosm is the office of Aretz Dürr Architekten BDA.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Petra Wörner, who is a pioneer in the field of healthcare and research buildings.

The student building project The Frankfurt Prototype shows how affordable housing can be realised in a resource-saving and aesthetic way, integrates an ecosystem as well as creating a new place for social interaction in times of digitalisation.

Daniel Baroš and Marcel Šípka are the founders of Henkai Architekti. Impressed by their unconventional architectural approach to public buildings, we wanted to find out more about the Czech studio.

Thanks to a broad selection of different colors, textures, and surfaces available for the glass-fiber reinforced panels by Rieder the extension to the town hall in Zell blends harmoniously into its historical setting.

The future grows from strong roots – therefore, the present needs to offer space for new ideas. Jung, a premium supplier of modern building technology, shows how posture, responsibility and efficiency can be translated architecturally with NGA Nehse & Gerstein Architects BDA in Schalksmühle.

A university building from 1908 was carefully refurbished and transformed into a boutique hotel with a special charm: Thanks to custom-made bricks by Petersen Tegl, a relief-like façade was created for an extension that forges a link between the historic building and its new function.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we are introducing the work of female architects to you at regular intervals. And now it’s the turn of Sofia Ceylan, Dr. Katharina Neubauer and Annabelle von Reutern, who have teamed up under the name TOMAS.

The example of the Pustevny Gateway shows how a transport hub at a tourist hotspot can be perfectly designed. Despite a high degree of functionality, Henkai Architekti have realised their imaginative gateway to the Czech Pustevny Mountains in the spirit of the poetic impression of the landscape.

Studio Loes became known beyond Berlin for "Element", a modular timber building. Their love of wood is apparent in many of their designs. In the following interview Gonzalo Lizama tells us how the three founding members got together and what characterizes their work.

Conventional building materials are hard to come by in space – so why not use space rock for architecture on the moon? Scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) have found an unusual way to approach this experiment.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects" we regularly present the work of female architects – a prime example being the interior design projects of Ester Bruzkus. She finds the inspiration for her opulent minimalism on architecture trips. That said, she also feels a deep bond with her home town.

Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery art museum has been working with renowned architects to design the Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, which provides a social platform in the centre of London. Minsuk Cho's ‘Archipelagic Void’ refers to the ‘madang’, an open courtyard that characterises the traditional houses of his native Korea.

Clou Architects have realised a building for a kindergarten in Hangzhou, China, which makes ideal use of the space by layering and stacking modules.

Marcel Raymaekers is an uncompromising pioneer of circular architecture in Europe. His opulent work was for a long time overlooked – until the Rotor collective began to document the unconventional approach.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Odile Decq, who seeks with her work to find an individual and holistic form of architecture.