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Imagine an arcade or a park without benches. Impossible. The parkbench is as important in urban spaces as salt is in soup. The most exciting models in an overview.

We present luminaires for public spaces that score high in terms not only of energy efficiency, but also for their extraordinary lighting effects and elegant appearance.

Scandinavian design is best experienced in Copenhagen. Follow us on our tour through designer studios and showrooms at 3 Days of Design, the most vibrant design festival in the north.

On the occasion of the "Rundgang" at the Städelschule, students gave insights into their work and the most talented were awarded. The Stylepark prize went to Ada Raczka.

With the Place de la Concorde, Jakob Ignaz Hittorff created not only one of the world’s most famous squares, but also revolutionized how they were designed. This still has bearing today.

Gordon Matta-Clark cut buildings in two, destroyed cars and intended to blow up the Berlin Wall. Why is his deconstructive work now on show in an arcadian palace in East Berlin?

Individuality rules the world. Seldom before have we as individuals been offered greater opportunities to define our lives ourselves.

Martin Gepp of Novaron Architekten created the central eyecatcher in a home using the refined Leicht Küchen solutions.

Real gems by Oscar Niemeyer: After having stood empty for decades and gradually becoming dilapidated two hotels by the Brazilian architect have been modernized and are accessible again.

In the rooms at the Parisian Le Cinq Codet hotel a bathtub by Bette plays the main role.

Here and there it’s fun to take part, but it comes at a price. The central “Viva Arte Viva” exhibition orders art by concept and evokes the power of origins. Observations at the 57th Venice Art Biennale.

The open kitchen space in a loft in Prague was outfitted with “Merano” by Ton.

Nothing is safe. A column by Michael Erlhoff

The theories of Patrik Schumacher, which explain why parametrism is the architectural language of the 21st century, are controversial. Here we put them up for discussion on the basis of a lecture he originally gave in Munich.

The name Otto Bartning may not immediately come to mind to someone compiling a list of the most important German architects of the 20th century. A major exhibition in Berlin shows that this is a mistake.

Be it on castors, suspended, or a fold-out: We present sun recliners which you will simply want to stay lying on.

For nearly 270 years Villeroy & Boch has been shaping advancements in bathroom ceramics. Its newest material "TitanCeram" allows for washbasins that are not only exceptionally fine, but incredibly robust.

For the first time in its history the Documenta is taking place not only in Kassel. The first exhibition venue is Athens. Impressions from a city that is meant to be a prime example of the precarious state of our present age.