Architecture

How do you build a particle accelerator? ion42, the consortium comprising the architectural practices DGI Bauwerk and schneider+schumacher, have tackled this unique challenge successfully. An exhibition currently on display at the Architektur Galerie Berlin and a publication offer comprehensive insights into this extraordinary project.

In our series, 'Spotlight on Women Architects', we regularly showcase the work of female architects, such as Nicole Kerstin Berganski. Together with Andreas Krawczyk, she believes in designing from content rather than form.

Exhibitions in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin are currently showcasing projects by the architectural practice CHYBÍK + KRIŠTOF. The focus is on concepts that further develop existing buildings as well as urban spaces and open up new perspectives.

Five skyscrapers from four continents have made it to the finals of the 2026/27 International Skyscraper Award. What added value can they offer the city of tomorrow? We’ll introduce you to the projects.

With the use of 3D printing, processes can be optimized: The department of Experimental and Digital Design and Construction at the University of Kassel is currently collaborating with Buro Happold to develop a new manufacturing process for circular components based on recycled wood particles.

With the "Kinderoase" (Children's Oasis) at the Technical University of Munich, Kéré Architecture transforms the spatial challenges of a densely built-up campus location into a vibrant, vertically organized world of learning and play made of wood, designed to allow for free movement.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Annabelle Selldorf, who uses her keen eye to create serene spaces that are perfect down to the last detail. The next major project is already set: the restoration and redesign of the Louvre in Paris.

The exhibition “Too Hot – Scorching Cities, New Ideas” at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum explores the projects that municipalities, planners, and initiatives are using to adapt urban spaces to rising temperatures, heavy rainfall, and water shortages.

Through its spin-off, Nflection, and the jifto platform, Henning Larsen Architects A/S has translated over a decade of research into a digital tool for the design industry. The system enables real-time environmental analysis and aims to provide a firmer basis for climate-resilient designs from the outset of a project.

At the Museum of Architectural Drawing in Berlin, the exhibition "Kengo Kuma – The Flow of Lines through the Lens of Erieta Attali", on display from June 13 to September 13, 2026, presents an interplay of drawing and photography that allows visitors to experience architecture as a process-oriented practice.

Working closely with Holzrausch as the main contractor, the architectural studio Gonzalez Haase AAS has designed an office space for Earlybird Munich that combines the building's historic character, precise lighting and a design that consistently highlights materials to create a spatial experience with many layers.