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The “Shareway” concept developed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture, winners of the Audi Urban Future Award 2012, spotlights the collaborative use of transportation structures. The other studios participating in the architecture award curated by Stylepark also focused on questions of mobility and transportation in 2030 – against the backdrop of individual needs and trends in society.

From Tokyo to Zurich, set foot in an office, medical practice or apartment belonging to some creative type and you are bound encounter his furniture: On the death of architect, engineer and planner Fritz Haller.

Orgatec 2012 in Cologne presents the 21st-century office as an urban landscape in colors as fresh as spring itself. Seldom does one feel so content at work – be it alone in a cocoon or in a meeting in a sheltered seating group.

Cell offices and cubicles are considered negative examples of office design. The era of what we would today regard as the human office started with the “Citizen Office”. Concepts such as the “Net'n'Nest” symbolize the attempt to combine networking and concentrated work. So will we in future work in a kind of adventure playground for adults?

The 23rd edition of the international “Biennale Interieur” in Kortrijk, Belgium, was yet another successful, appealing trade fair though of a slightly different kind, thanks to the mixture of manufacturers’ stands, intelligently chosen projects and the presentation of new design talents.

A site-specific installation by Canadian artist Cedric Bomford has radically changed the working environment in the large loft space that houses Stuttgart-based agency Dorten. The artist used found materials to create areas and installations that are surprisingly practical and have also given rise to a fundamental change in perspective.

October 23rd will see the presentation at Orgatec in Cologne of all the new products for the design of offices and public spaces. A list of selected exhibitors tells you which manufacturers are attending, and where to find them.

Are you still living or already working? Since the launch of the Internet we are not only available more or less everywhere online, but the line dividing work and living has become increasingly blurred. At least in some areas. Moreover, fixed office and work structures are increasingly dissolving. What does this mean for the contemporary office? How has it developed? Its history holds the one or other surprise in store.

The US architectural firm Höweler + Yoon won the Audi Urban Future Award 2012 with their detailed concept proposal for the Boston/Washington metropolitan region. The award ceremony was staged as part of the Istanbul Design Biennale.

Office furniture trade fairs are more than just a guide to new interiors, they’re social labs. In times such as these, when the world of work is changing super-fast, they promise to offer exciting insights into the changed mind-set. Some thoughts prior to Orgatec 2012.

And so the fall trade fair season begins! With Interieur in Kortrijk, Orgatec, Designers’ Saturday and Architect@Work, the coming weeks promise four first-class trade events.

On October 18, the “Audi Urban Future Award”, a collaboration between Stylepark and Audi, will be bestowed for the second time in Istanbul. As a foretaste of the scenarios developed by five architect teams for selected, densely populated metropolises and regions, we now present the participants and their projects. We asked the architects of Höweler+Yoon about their vision for the US conurbation “Boswash”.

On October 18, the “Audi Urban Future Award”, a collaboration between Stylepark and Audi, will be bestowed for the second time in Istanbul. As a foretaste of the scenarios developed by five architect teams for selected, densely populated metropolises and regions, we now present the participants and their projects. We have spoken to Urban-Think Tank about the possibilities for creating a new, comprehensive form of mobility in the world’s megacities.

On October 18, the “Audi Urban Future Award”, a collaboration between Stylepark and Audi, will be bestowed for the second time in Istanbul. As a foretaste of the scenarios developed by five architect teams for selected, densely populated metropolises and regions, we now present the participants and their projects. We asked the team at CRIT about the effect a wide variety of perspectives and assessments can have on our visions of the future.

On October 18, the “Audi Urban Future Award”, a collaboration between Stylepark and Audi, will be bestowed for the second time in Istanbul. As a foretaste of the scenarios developed by five architect teams for selected, densely populated metropolises and regions, we now present the participants and their projects. We asked the architects from Superpool how Istanbul citizens are included in the planning of their city.

On October 18, the “Audi Urban Future Award”, a collaboration between Stylepark and Audi, will be bestowed for the second time in Istanbul. As a foretaste of the scenarios developed by five architect teams for selected, densely populated metropolises and regions, we now present the participants and their projects. We spoke to Doreen Heng Liu from NODE about how the transportation infrastructure in regions such as the Pearl River Delta can work to the benefit of the people while simultaneously maintaining a high level of efficiency.

Until well into the 1970s, the “American Ranch-style house” was the most popular house type in North America – a kind of super-affordable soft Modernism. Now this symbol of the failed middle-class dream a classless home has suddenly become a monument. Not to mention hip.