FEATURED Let it flow9/4/2017The desks in the Heike Falkenberg’s "M-Line" series also set the tone in her own home.
ARCHITECTURE Fulfilling emptiness9/3/2017When in 1986 the two art collectors were looking for an architect to build them a holiday home on Mallorca, they happened to meet a young unknown architect from England: John Pawson. He did not design a house for their plot but a large castle – that can be rented today.
ARCHITECTURE OMA, strictly scientific9/2/2017The architects at OMA have for the first time designed a university building: "Lab City" for the elite Parisian college CentraleSupélec.
ARCHITECTURE The best from the North8/31/2017In Copenhagen’s North Harbor a new lease of life has been found for a former coal crane – in the form of a hideaway that doubles up as a show of Danish design prowess.
ARCHITECTURE Get on your UFO!8/29/2017The built future optimism of the 1970s can currently be viewed at the “Utopie Plastic” exhibition in Friche de l’Escalette near Marseille.
FEATURED Protection for children’s fingers8/28/2017Simonswerk has created a finger-trap protection set for retrofitting doors.
ARCHITECTURE Stepping into history8/25/2017On Römerberg, in the middle of Frankfurt’s Old City, Meixner Schlüter Wendt have created an archetypical building of glass that appears to be suspended in space.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
FEATURED Dorm with a view7/24/2017C.F. Møller Architects chose Petersen Tegl bricks for the façade of a student dorm.
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.
ARCHITECTURE Like an airy curtain7/14/2017Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten have won the competition for the new “Hochhaus am Europaplatz" (High-Rise on Europaplatz) in Berlin. Their proposal centers on an ingenious and yet seemingly straightforward façade consisting of glass and ceramic rods.
ARCHITECTURE A Posteriori7/9/2017In retrospect everything looks clearer. A column by Michael Erlhoff.
ARCHITECTURE A new roof for old walls7/1/2017Its superb acoustics make the Roman amphitheater in Verona an ideal venue for operas and concerts. Were it not for the rain. Schlaich Bergermann Partner together with GMP Architekten have now devised an extremely smart and mobile roof structure to keep out bad weather.
FEATURED The perfect pool6/27/2017The patio of a purist villa morphs on request into a world of a cool pool – thanks also to Mosa tiles.
ARCHITECTURE Architects in commercial estates6/26/2017DIY superstores, furniture stores, fast-food restaurants. In commercial zones, the horrendous lurks. Can things be done differently? Here are five current examples.
ARCHITECTURE Like a Tree6/21/2017It took an architect from Burkina Faso such as Francis Kéré to create a Serpentine Pavilion that celebrates the infamous English weather in all its glory. This year’s pavilion looks set to be a great success.
ARCHITECTURE Visiting: Stiebel Eltron6/20/2017What will be the house technology of the future can be experienced im "Energy Campus" by HHS Planer + Architekten for Stiebel Eltron.
FEATURED 30 meters in 3 seconds6/19/2017Schindler has outfitted the new "Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)" building in Melbourne with an custom elevator system.