ARCHITECTURE Much ado about something10/29/2015An exhibition at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt demonstrates alternatives to living as withdrawal. It conjures up examples from history showing occupants who became experts for their own cause.
ARCHITECTURE The diplomacy of colors10/28/2015Maria Hibri has no time for ideologies. In her apartment Orient cuddles up to Occident. Visiting the democrat of things.
ARCHITECTURE His 15th peak over eight thousand meters10/27/2015Extreme mountaineer Reinhold Messner has collected many things on his expeditions. He presents the items arranged thematically in the “Messner Mountain Museums” chain. The sixth and final one designed by Zaha Hadid has just opened.
DESIGN Lay down your head10/24/2015Rest, nap, read or let your thoughts wander during the day – on a daybed. Be it an upmarket modern version, a narrow bench, a chaise longue or a new wave – they all look great.
DESIGN After Shows10/22/2015A new collecting frenzy is sweeping across the planet. But how did we develop this penchant for accumulating things? Is it rooted in early childhood?
ARCHITECTURE This is the bigshow10/19/2015Davide Tommaso Ferrando proves it: If you believe architects’ self-marketing on the Web then houses will soon be building themselves.
FEATURED Elegant, and no frills10/15/2015Aesthetically speaking, the new conference room at Codic real-estate corporation calls to mind scenes from James Bond and Mad Men – thanks to the elegant Thonet furniture.
ARCHITECTURE Invariably everyone looks happy10/15/2015Luxurious apartment buildings and residential high-rises are very much in vogue. Long before the start of construction, real-estate developers and architects begin advertising them in short videos. Welcome to the brave new world of real estate.
ARCHITECTURE Swirled surroundings10/13/2015How did Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal in New York come about? Why is Friedrich Kiesler’s vision of an “Endless House” still so topical? And what does Kodak City Rochester look like? The following books provide the answers.
FEATURED Between Hahnenkamm race and Alps10/12/2015In collaboration with architect Ralph Dablander, the Atelier Enders architectural studio has designed the new HQ for Sportalm Kitzbühel, featuring a snow-white façade and luminaires by Nimbus.
FEATURED Friendly reception10/10/2015In 2015 the office building “Delftse Poort” in Rotterdam was renovated by the interior designers at real-estate developer CBRE Group – for the foyer they chose sand-colored tiles from the “Solids” collection by Mosa.
DESIGN They know what they are doing10/9/2015What is involved, what needs to happen for a few thoughts and sketches to get turned into a chair, a table or a sofa? Want to know more? Then the monographs on the respective oeuvres of James Irvine and Jasper Morrison are a great place to start.
ARCHITECTURE Gebyok into the bargain10/7/2015In Eko Prawoto’s house, times, places and materials blend in an architectural pastiche.
FEATURED Masterful landscapes in Bergamo10/6/2015Sixteen days of pure Lombard horticultural pleasure: from 5 to 20 September Bergamo hosted the fifth “I Maestri del Paesaggio – International Meeting of the Landscape and Garden”. The quiet town at the foot of the Alps offers landscape architects and designers the space and setting to meet others from their profession in the midst of public garden presentations. Simultaneously, it takes leave of the Italian summer.
FAIRS & EVENTS On tiles and other modules10/6/2015Refugees, tradesmen and an open-ended notion of design. The Vienna Design Week differs from other design festivals as a major curated event with qualities all of its own. A tour.
ARCHITECTURE From wood to healing10/4/2015For the first Architect@Work in Munich, which runs from Oct. 7-8 in the Zenithhalle, the organizer together with Stylepark are hosting the “A@W Lectures by Stylepark”, where the focus will be on wood as a sustainable material.
INTERVIEWS My, your, our place of work10/2/2015Basler Versicherung ran a successful pilot project to test a new, open and flexibly designed office world – complete with furniture by Lista Office LO. Here, Jürgen Bartels, a section head at the insurance company, explains why.
DESIGN The boss sat at the back10/2/2015He knew how spaces functioned and how to build modern furniture without requiring tubular steel: Walking in Alvar Aalto’s footsteps in Finland.
ARCHITECTURE Eating on the beach9/30/2015With this restaurant roof, architect Effan Adhiwira shows just what impressive structures can be built from bamboo
STYLEPARK AXOR It’s not simple to make something simple9/29/2015We visited the London Design Festival with a group of architects and interior designers and met Barber Osgerby, who in the form of “Axor One” are no also focusing on the bathroom.
ARCHITECTURE Smart, but cordial9/25/2015Being radical can be so glamorous: With a great love of detail and a hefty concrete saw property developer Stefan Höglmaier and his partner Oscar Loya transformed an old above-ground bunker into something sunny.
ARCHITECTURE Awiligar’s reading house 9/23/2015Architect Achmad Tardiyana went for recyclable materials for his home. What is more: On the ground floor it morphs into a public space.
FAIRS & EVENTS Flashy, and with a steering wheel9/21/2015So what does it look like, the automobile inner world of the outer world of the world of interiors? Everyone’s talking about digitalization, yet the interior fit-outs remain surprisingly conventional.
FAIRS & EVENTS 100 seconds for longing9/20/2015Six architecture studios have developed installations for the seventh “Ampelphase” exhibition that offer drivers waiting at the traffic lights entirely new insights into the Vitra Showroom in Frankfurt/Main.
FAIRS & EVENTS Fluctuations in the price of gold9/20/2015The guest country is France, Vienna’s “Favoriten” district is this year’s focal point and gold can be found along the “Passionswege”, or paths of passion. We have filtered out the cream of the crop, so here are the must-sees at the Vienna Design Week.
DESIGN Pocket cars9/18/2015What do car keys look like in the age of digitalization? Have they finally ceased to be status symbols? We checked out a few of the latest examples at the Frankfurt International Motor Show.
ARCHITECTURE Sleeping like in a hut9/16/2015In Andra Matin’s house, most of the time is actually spent indoor-outdoors – protected by concrete and plants.
DESIGN A cheater on Chury9/15/2015It was only thanks to a series of happy coincidences that the “Rosetta” space mission to the comet Chury was finally successful – in spite of, or rather thanks to, a shady spot known as “Abydos”.
