Architecture

Seiichi Yamada Architect & Associates have realized a house on a narrow rectangular plot in Shizuoka, Japan. It can be read as both an exemplary unity of material, construction, and space and as a subtle, contemporary interpretation of local building traditions.

The series "Drunter und Drüber" (Under and Over) by Arte and Bayrischer Rundfunk presents international architectural projects that link urban space and nature and address the limited space available with forward-looking ideas.

In Berlin's West, the architecture office Coordination has converted two attic flats into an elegant penthouse. Now the Wilhelminian architecture serves as a colourful backdrop for the art.

The conversion of Manhattan's Art Deco building One Wall Street by Harry Macklowe is considered the largest transformation in the city's history. Is there a welcome trend behind it?

When an Arab state wants to divert attention from its misdeeds and a renowned U.S. architectural firm provides the built fig leaf, the results are sometimes astonishing. Saudi Arabia has presented the current plans for the new city "The Line" on the Red Sea.

"The Wood That Makes Our Cities" is dedicated to the ecological, economic, industrial as well as technical challenges of using wood as a material in urban development. It is based on the example of forestry and wooden architecture in France.

Designed by Stuttgart-based architecture practice Yonder, Haus S together with the adjacent sauna annex forms an ensemble that boasts an extraordinary view out over the Allgäu countryside.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Berlin-based Ursulina Schüler-Witte, one of the great protagonists of German Futurism who, together with her husband, enriched the German capital by designing a number of iconic buildings for it.

Designed by Zone of Utopia Architecture and Mathieu Forest Architecte, the Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Center serves as an architectural landmark in a winter sports center, resembling stacked ice cubes.

With the Taipei Performing Arts Center, OMA have designed a collage-like building that sees itself as an informal theatre that seeks a conversation with the city.

David Chipperfield Architects have transformed the former Préfecture de Paris into a city within a city while addressing themes such as mixed use, urban density and sustainable construction.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects such as a great forgotten figure of Tropical Modernism: The multi-faceted work and impressive buildings of Italian-born Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi has greatly enriched Brazilian architecture.

The BMW headquarters in Munich (playfully known in Germany as the “BMW Four-Cylinder”) designed by Karl Schwanzer has been setting standards architecture for BMW for the past 50 years. Now this imposing head office has been integrated into a site that is constantly being updated by international architects.

His personality is as poised and natural as his buildings: A look at the architecture of this year's Pritzker Prize winner, Diébédo Francis Kéré.

Furniture from Renz was used at the headquarters of the logistics company EgeTrans in Marbach am Neckar, contributing to the successful atmosphere of the office building.

Villa Copenhagen stands for luxury. Various AXOR products in the hotel bathrooms convince through their aesthetics.

A modern "village in village" is currently taking shape on land formerly used by the military in Andermatt, Switzerland. The project is a brainchild of entrepreneur Samih Sawiris and one element of it is "Mira", an apartment house designed by Ilg Santer Architekten and atelier 522, containing 18 duplex apartments. It is scheduled for completion by 2023.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Tatiana Bilbao, whose credo is “Planning together, building together, living together”.

Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere sees itself as a showcase for a green, healthy and livable city. Part of the concept is a ropeway from Doppelmayr/Garaventa that not only provides access to the exhibition site but also gives a preview of future urban mobility concepts.

MVRDV designed the pavilion "Fuggerei NEXT500" as a reminiscence of the Fuggerei in Augsburg, which carries the concept of the oldest existing social settlement into the present.

With its sculptural vigor, Oscar Niemeyer’s posthumously realized pavilion in Provence provides yet another example of the Brazilian architect’s prowess.

The Ca l'Amo residential building on Ibiza brings nature and architecture together in a spectacular way. Products from Gira were also used for this, contributing to the purist appearance of the building.

Robert Stadler, an Austrian whose adopted home is Paris, has enriched the tradition-steeped KWM Krefeld with a coffee house that thoroughly lives up to the famed Viennese model. As an “gesamtkunstwerk”, it carries the spirit of productively combining art, craft, and industry forward into the Modern Age and playfully melds design and life, tradition and innovation.

In a current episode, the science series "Leschs Kosmos" on ZDF focuses on the fatal effects of cement production on the environment and shows which alternatives can effectively contribute to climate-friendly construction.

With the "Brugge Diptych", American architect Jon Lott has designed a pavilion that takes up the historical layers of Bruges and integrates them into its architecture.

For the design of a semi-detached house in Hamburg, the office of Architekt Reichwald GmbH was inspired by classical modernism. The approach to reduction is also evident in the bathrooms, where Geberit products were used.

The publication "Frauen Bauen Stadt" from Birkhäuser Verlag and the 3sat documentary "Frauen bauen. Wie Architektinnen die Baukunst erobern" show the work of female urban planners with international examples.

With the renovation of the Enrico Fermi School in Turin, Italy's BDR bureau is providing an example of what a successful educational building can look like.

In Tokyo, Masashi Miyamoto Architects/ mmar have designed a residential building that takes up the structure of the surrounding neighborhood and continues it in its interior.

For the extension of Drayton Green Chapel in London, Piercy&Company added a brick structure to an old chapel that skillfully interlocks with the existing building. Bricks from Petersen Tegl were used for this project.

In our new series "Spotlight on Women Architects" we will regularly present the work of female architects – starting with Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig and the construction of the "Villa Poelzig" in Berlin that ended up being demolished.

The renovation of the Walter Höllerer secondary school by Coplan AG has been completed. For the façade, the architects opted for "öko skin" by Rieder, a cladding made of glass fiber concrete in lath format.

Buckle Street Studios: Grzywinski+Pons have integrated no fewer than 103 studio apartments, a co-working space, a café, meeting rooms and a concept store in a building in London. In addition to the architecture, the New York design studio is also responsible for the interior design and most of the furniture.

The DAM Prize 2022 goes to the cooperative housing project "San Riemo" in Munich, which impresses with its participatory housing model and flexible floor plans.