Architecture

The Hotel Fritz Lauterbad in Freudenstadt in the northern Black Forest shows a successful combination of modern and traditional wooden architecture. The latest addition is the Appartement47 by monkey47, which uses AXOR faucets, showers and accessories.

In Drogenbos, Belgium, Guillaume Van Moerkercke has developed a new showroom concept for the lighting specialist Light Gallery. HPL panels from Unilin Panels were also used for the spatial implementation.

The Prime Time Fitness Club relies on a high-quality ambience. A good example is the new Hamburg branch, where Proled lighting technology contributes to the special atmosphere.

The extension for the Ås campus in Norway skilfully mediates between the existing buildings and the adjacent nature. Its facade with bricks from Petersen Tegl convinces with finely tuned details.

The new Volksbank area houses several functions in one large building complex. The homogeneous façade also comes into its own in the dark thanks to the ADO Lights brand luminaires from TTC.

The new Stylepark building was awarded first prize in the "Building in Existing Contexts" category in the "Exemplary Buildings in the State of Hesse 2020" award process.

Guillaume Van Moerkercke has created open, light-suffused premises for graphic and web design practice Wisefools in Ghent. One of the components he used was "Unilin Evola Essential Oak Natural" by Unilin Panels.

The new Aarhus School of Architecture sees itself as an open laboratory that not only wants to create new synergies between students and teachers, but also seeks exchange with the neighborhood.

For the Hayloft eventspace in Kiev, the owners combined old with new to create eclectic spaces that feature Gira products.

Büro B Architekten worked with different spatial layers for the Rain kindergarten in Ittigen, Switzerland. The result: a diverse playscape that skilfully relates interior and exterior

Opinions are divided over the architecture of Oslo’s Munch Museet and its thematically customized interior. Added to which it is part of the FutureBuilt program, which seeks to use high-quality architecture to create climate-neutral urban areas.

Sustainability is trumps in the recently opened “Sara Kulturhus” cultural center in the north of Swedish Lapland. The integrated “Wood Hotel” is one of the tallest wooden buildings worldwide.

The Blue Bottle Café in Palo Alto convinces with its interlocking of interior and exterior space, for which the façade cladding "öko skin" by Rieder is also used.

The renowned architect and designer Michele De Lucchi currently provides exclusive insights into his work and thoughts once a week via a newsletter.

For five years, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been working on a master plan for the conversion of the Kaufhaus Des Westens (KaDeWe) department stores' in Berlin. Now a first section of this transformation has been opened, with a spectacular escalator at its centre: The Spiral.

Copper is a very versatile material. This fact is highlighted by KME’s TECU® Architecture Award, a competition for architectural practices and students that has just been launched for the sixth time.

On 14 September 2021, the Deutsches Romantik-Museum will open in Frankfurt am Main, dedicated to the era of German Romanticism. The matching architecture is by Prof. Christoph Mäckler.

The effort to design architecture that is as sustainable as possible is ubiquitous right now. The book "Evergreen Architecture," recently published by gestalten Verlag, offers a current overview with 44 examples of a connection between nature and architecture.

With the Mars Dune Alpha Project and Mars Science City Bjarke Ingels seeks to conquer the Red Planet and realize his concepts of Martian architecture.

How can compact luxury be redefined? The Stealth Building in New York City by WORKac supplies a highly varied answer.

Munich-based Spaciv are aiming to use a digital tool to counter wasted space. We spoke to founder and architect Malte Köditz about the idea behind it.

Atelier 522 has built a stilt house in Markdorf in the Lake Constance district near the Gehrenberg that continues the building tradition of the region in a modern way.

The Mexican Tatiana Bilbao exemplifies a young generation of architects. The Architekturzentrum in Vienna is now dedicating an exhibition to her and showing the history of the development of her projects.

To cope with the rapid pace of urban growth in Amsterdam, more and more islands are being developed to the east of the city’s old town. There are plans to erect 28 high-rises on one such island, a measure which could transform Zeeburgereiland into a new Manhattan – albeit onewhere the buildings meet strict ecological criteria.

Studio Ben Allen has painstakingly modernized a terraced Victorian house in London and added an extension to it, one that combines various different styles. “House Recast” recently received the 2021 “Don't Move, Improve” award.

For many years, material scientists have been researching ways of replacing reinforced concrete with a sustainable alternative. Currently carbon fiber is high on the agenda: The first model house by the TU Dresden is soon to be completed.

3D-printed buildings are shooting up like mushrooms at the moment. We cast a glance at the technology behind them and the new options this creates for architects.

Contemporary African architecture is fascinatingly diverse and combines tradition and the present. Nevertheless, the trend-setting designs often receive little attention in Europe. A new architectural guide now offers a unique documentation of the most important buildings in the 49 countries of sub-Saharan Africa.

Darmstadt's Mathildenhöhe recently became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This designation honors an architectural ensemble that exemplifies the artistic spirit of optimism of the young 20th century.

AXOR’s "Compact Luxury" looks at the future of urban life. A prime example is the Stairway House in Tokyo by Nendo Design Studio, which reinterprets the idea of community.

David Chipperfield Architects have converted a former monastery complex in Paderborn into a company headquarters. The result is a lesson in sensitive deconstruction.

The Nové Hamry weekend house in the Czech Ore Mountains, designed by architects New How, is the architectural response to the natural environment: aerodynamic but angular in design, classic elements such as the roof and wall step back in favour of a clear language of form, thus blending together for the eye of the beholder.

Holzrausch – are founders Tobias Petri and Sven Petzold, are craftsmanship, cabinetmaking, outfitting, architecture, and interior design. One of the pioneering projects, the “J. Gast” kitchen system that they developed with Office Heinzelmann Ayadi and Relvão Kellermann is set to enter stores later this year.

Architectural highlights at a height of 3,200 meters: Artist Olafur Eliasson and noa* - network of architecture are behind the new projects on the alpine Grawand ridge in North Italy; projects that not only evoke admiration but are also polarizing.

Rotterdam is a field of experimentation for architects and urban planners alike. With the "Rooftop Catalogue" put together by Dutch architecture practice MVRDV together with "Rotterdam Rooftop Days", the objective is now to take possession of the third dimension.