ARCHITECTURE Joyful and surprisingly exhilarant2/20/2017In what was once Berliner Staatsoper’s stage sets storeroom: Frank Gehry has created the Pierre Boulez Hall, an impressive new concert hall for the Barenboim Said Academy.
ARCHITECTURE As Red As Blood2/20/2017In South Tyrol, Pedevilla Architekten have designed a Fire Dept. building made of concrete dyed red – it looks entrancing, especially when surrounded by snow. Which is often the case here.
ARCHITECTURE And there was light2/15/2017With its spacious cero sliding windows, Solarlux brighten up a villa on the edge of the woods.
HARDY HOUSES 7 Frosty outlook2/12/2017Greenland's first own prison is currently being built. Designed by Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it will afford up to 400 inmates an unimpeded view of a fjord, where they can watch the seasons, ice floes and occasionally, with a bit of luck, a whale passing by.
ARCHITECTURE Change-around time in the palace of books 2/6/2017Since the early 18th century, France’s most important library has resided at the Rue de Richelieu in Paris’ second arrondissement. For years now, the complex, which is of such art historical significance, has been being modernized. Now the first section has re-opened after modernization.
STYLEPARK ARCHITECTURE MATTERS Architecture first!2/6/2017For the second time, the “Architecture Matters” conference is being held as part of the Munich Creative Business Week. We can look forward to exciting discussions on current topics and projects.
HARDY HOUSES 6 Walking City on Ice2/6/2017Hugh Broughton Architects has designed the world‘s first walking research station. It has been standing on an ice shelf off mainland Antarctica since 2013 and has just finished its first “walk.”
FEATURED Striking interaction1/30/2017Petersen Tegl has clad the new Kunstmuseum Basel building in a brick façade with fine reliefs – and it corresponds with the main building.
ARCHITECTURE Intelligent floorings 1/23/2017Lindner has fitted out the multipurpose complex Arabeska in Munich with durable floor coverings.
FEATURED Radiating art1/23/2017Reggiani sheds the right light on the works in the “Storefront for Art and Architecture” in Manhattan.
ARCHITECTURE Sensitive Swiss Flower of Exposed Concrete1/16/2017November 2016 saw the opening of the new Natural History Museum in St.Gallen. The new building looks like five gabled-roof buildings had been stacked alongside one another and encased in corrugated exposed concrete. Yet it proves to be an astonishingly delicate structure rich in associations and slotted precisely into an extremely heterogeneous environment.
ARCHITECTURE More space in the ivory tower1/13/2017Berlin students have designed an extension to the famous Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel. So far, their ideas have remained on the drawing board.
STYLEPARK GIRA Old building catapulted into the future1/12/2017Not only new builds can be Smart Homes. This conversion shows that even a house built in 1951 can still be smart.
ARCHITECTURE A completely false and scurrilous architectural fairytale12/27/2016We know the name of neither the city nor the country, and not even the surname of the man about whom I recorded the following story. An architectural fairytale by Arno Lederer, illustrated by James Turek.
FEATURED Sophisticated brushing12/20/2016Vola have furnished the sanitary facilities of the “Vital Office@Hirschgarten” office building with stainless steel electronic basin mixers.
HARDY HOUSES 5 Architects of the Arctic Ocean12/19/2016The three founders of Biotope architects share two great passions: architecture and birds. As a result they founded their own studio in north Norway, on an island in the Arctic Ocean that is ideal for watching rare birds.
OPINION Thinking with the wrecking ball12/13/2016Privatizing plazas and streets, covering Hyde Park with a concrete slab: At an architectural congress in Berlin Patrik Schumacher fantasized about what he imagined unfettered construction could achieve. First and foremost, his propositions were simply embarrassing.
FEATURED An easy ride in the Ruhr district12/12/2016Schindler energy-efficient elevators have been installed as part of the modernization of Dortmund’s Grotekamp estate.
FEATURED A fine gent in a lace coat12/12/2016Rieder’s facade of thin fiberglass-reinforced concrete provides an elegant canvas for the historic part of the Mount Stephen Hotel in Montréal.
FEATURED Nice and bright, please12/12/2016ewo is regarded as an expert when it comes to lighting in the public domain. Jyske Bank chose various new Cortensteel models from the FA System for the grounds of its headquarters in the Danish town Silkeborg.
ARCHITECTURE New British Wave12/8/2016Signature architecture is dead? Not in Lisbon, where Amanda Levete presents a new building by the river with dramatic forms and a façade of sparkling tiles.
FEATURED Contemporary, with a historical twist12/6/2016With a handcrafted clinker silhouette the long-standing Petersen Tegl company has succeeded in integrating a new parish hall into Denmark’s oldest town.
HARDY HOUSES 4 Opera on Ice12/6/2016A new concert hall now proudly stands in China’s coldest metropolis: the Harbin Opera designed by MAD Architects, in the middle of what was once a swamp. It defies the icy cold with its rounded shapes and warm interior.
OPINION A commemorative tombstone to technological progress12/1/2016The “Large Dome” that now contains the Reactor Block 4 at Chernobyl that went into meltdown in 1986 is not just a shell, but the single largest signature building on the planet.
HARDY HOUSES 3 Après-ski in a theocracy11/29/2016Even in Iran a few people go skiing. A popular choice is Shemshak: the country’s second-largest skiing resort has been open since 1958, and lies north of Teheran. Ryra Studio designed a hotel there that recalls a mogul piste.
ARCHITECTURE Masters of added benefit11/28/2016The name says it all: BIG. Now the Bjarke Ingels Group from Copenhagen is showing its spectacular buildings at Deutsches Architekturmuseum.
ARCHITECTURE Furniture in the Palace of Music11/28/2016Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is not only beautiful from the outside. Architect Daniel Schöning and Hamburg design duo Marcel Besau and Eva Marguerre have also designed the interior accordingly and created several items specially for the building.
FEATURED Imperial cabins11/28/2016On the premium cruise ship “Genting Dream” Lindner Objektdesign created a theater with around 1,000 seats as well as restaurants with an Asian touch.
FEATURED Making the invisible visible11/28/2016The manufacturer of lighting systems Ewo had a sinus curve of light projected onto the facade of the electricity distributor 50Hertz in the Network District of Berlin.
ARCHITECTURE That’s the standard now set!11/22/2016The design competition for a “Museum of the 20th Century” at the Berlin Kulturforum has a winner.
ARCHITECTURE Wood in focus11/22/2016On December 7 and 8, 2016 Stylepark presents a comprehensive program of presentations to coincide with Architect@Work in Stuttgart.
ARCHITECTURE Snuggling on the summit11/21/2016Building on peaks is a heroic act – and to date the buildings have pretty much reflected the fact. Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have tried on the Chäserrugg to opt for an unobtrusively modest design.
FEATURED Undreamt-of possibilities with natural stone11/21/2016The sculptural façade of the new building “Fortyseven and Co.” in Frankfurt/Main was created using a special construction of light limestone from Hofmann Naturstein.
ARCHITECTURE Japan in miniature 11/15/2016The “Archi Depot” museum recently opened in Tokyo – with hundreds of architecture models on display it offers a comprehensive overview of the country’s recent construction history.
ARCHITECTURE The sound of things11/15/2016The plaza on the 8th floor has already opened, as has the hotel, and the apartments are swiftly finding buyers: And in January, performances will start at the Elbphilharmonie. It took forever, but is all now roses?