12/12/2016
Tradition and modernity: Cultural influences and techniques from all over the world meld to form a new, urban dimension.
Effects and illusion: Digitalized patterns and technical fabrics create new structures and interesting decors.
by Anna Moldenhauer | 12/12/2016
Schindler energy-efficient elevators have been installed as part of the modernization of Dortmund’s Grotekamp estate.
by Anna Fastabend | 12/12/2016
Rieder’s facade of thin fiberglass-reinforced concrete provides an elegant canvas for the historic part of the Mount Stephen Hotel in Montréal.
ewo 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.
by Thomas Wagner | 12/9/2016
On the occasion of Architect@Work in Stuttgart Walter Knoll, Nimbus and Stylepark together hosted a leisurely get-together at Fleiner Möbel by architare.
by Florian Heilmeyer | 12/8/2016
Signature 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.
12/6/2016
A column by Michael Erlhoff on the tricky ambivalence of service design.
by Anna Moldenhauer | 12/6/2016
With a handcrafted clinker silhouette the long-standing Petersen Tegl company has succeeded in integrating a new parish hall into Denmark’s oldest town.
by Florian Heilmeyer | 12/6/2016
A 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.
by Thomas Edelmann | 12/6/2016
Hamburg‘s Designxport design center is dedicating a retrospective to designer Peter Maly on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Thomas Edelmann talked with him about his own career path and industry trends in recent decades.
by Anna Moldenhauer | 12/5/2016
A home that offers ideal living conditions from the start: In the new residential complex Apartimentum in Hamburg the smart technology by Dornbracht in the bathroom makes for top-class comfort.
The German head office of Mitsubishi Electric is outfitted with the award-winning Mosa Solids tiles.
by Fabian Peters | 12/2/2016
by Thomas Wagner | 12/1/2016
The “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.
by Florian Heilmeyer | 11/29/2016
Even 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.
by Fabian Peters | 11/28/2016
The name says it all: BIG. Now the Bjarke Ingels Group from Copenhagen is showing its spectacular buildings at Deutsches Architekturmuseum.
by Thomas Edelmann | 11/28/2016
On the premium cruise ship “Genting Dream” Lindner Objektdesign created a theater with around 1,000 seats as well as restaurants with an Asian touch.
by Anna Fastabend | 11/28/2016
The 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.