With a handcrafted clinker silhouette the long-standing Petersen Tegl company has succeeded in integrating a new parish hall into Denmark’s oldest town.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The name says it all: BIG. Now the Bjarke Ingels Group from Copenhagen is showing its spectacular buildings at Deutsches Architekturmuseum.

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.

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.

Chaired by the designer Stefan Diez, in early November the Innovations@DOMOTEX jury selected the best new products.

The design competition for a “Museum of the 20th Century” at the Berlin Kulturforum has a winner.

London’s new Design Museum is opening in the former Commonwealth Institute building from 1962. Under the open concrete ceiling, Rob Wilson wonders if building and exhibitions also reflect upon the conditions of the UK after the Brexit vote.

On December 7 and 8, 2016 Stylepark presents a comprehensive program of presentations to coincide with Architect@Work in Stuttgart.

The Graph and Timetable conference furniture from Wilkhahn was selected for the conference rooms at the new headquarters of Dutch company Heerema.

Building 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.

The sculptural façade of the new building “Fortyseven and Co.” in Frankfurt/Main was created using a special construction of light limestone from Hofmann Naturstein.

With metal and wooden furniture by Pedrali, Moleskine has created a multifunctional space in Milan that combines creative working, relaxed breaks and product presentation.

The “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.

The 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?

With the new concept “Young Designer Trendtable”, the DOMOTEX trade fair is giving five experimental design studios from five different countries an opportunity to develop their very own visions for tomorrow’s flooring.

Under the motto “Smart city, design city,” Beijing Design Week staged myriad exhibitions and events all over the massive city. Rob Wilson fought his way through traffic and smog to find between all the slogans a few real core topics of an overall highly interesting event.

The sturdy bentwood furniture “Punton” by Ton was selected to furnish a new café in the six district of Prague.

DOMOTEX traditionally marks the beginning of exhibition season each year, bringing together the major players of the flooring and carpeting industries in one location. Here’s what we have to look forward to in January 2017.

Special Guest at Domotex 2017 is Alfredo Häberli. He spoke to Thomas Edelmann about sources of inspiration and emotional design for the closer look, which is the kind that endures in everyday life.

While from time to time designers dream of becoming independent artists, artists like Christian Jankowski parody the role accorded them as genius, outsider or avant-gardist – and paradoxically become a global brand as a result.

Graceful functionality: Republic of Fritz Hansen has used Arne Jacobsen’s classics for the interior of textile giant “Bestseller”.