How can we strike a respectable balance between man-made and natural landscapes at the world heritage ensemble? This was the question put to designers for a new car park and neighbouring administration building for the RAG-Stiftung and RAG AG on the…

A meadow of flowers in the middle of the city? A rarity now enjoyed by the residents of Neudorfer Markt in Duisburg. A raised bed created especially for the city lifts the overall look of the area and is a great addition for flora and fauna in the…

The striking residential district Friday Harbour has been created beside Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada, with an adjoining water sports harbour, a golf course, tennis courts and lots of other recreational facilities. Luxurious homes in the form of…

Fürth has gained a new landmark: the Ludwig Erhard Zentrum sees the city pay tribute to one of its most famous sons, the first Federal Minister of Economy and second Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. The brand-new place of remembrance…

In order to revamp the building complex of the Anne Frank School and bring it up to modern standards, extensive renovation work was necessary. As part of a pending façade and window renovation, the project managers decided to also redesign the inner…

After inventing chimney caps with shuttering frames more than 30 years ago, the founder of Richard Brink GmbH & Co. KG significantly simplified the process of protecting chimneys. One example of chimney cladding on a single-family home in Schloß…

ISHARA in Bielefeld aims to be an oasis of well-being for its visitors. But over time the sanitary facilities and changing rooms of the integrated spa had become worn. In order to offer guests a relaxing time in a pleasant environment once more, the…

Creating a green refuge from city life – that was the brief for the show gardens at this year’s North Rhine-Westphalia State Garden Show in Bad Lippspringe. Employees of the company Beil Garten- und Landschaftsbau in Paderborn met this brief using…

A rooftop system for a building’s own energy generation – for many companies, infrastructural facilities and private homes, solar modules represent an extremely economical solution that is also environmentally friendly. To get the most out of the…

A discreet yet distinct design right down the line and at all levels – this is what characterises a new home in central Münster. Employees of architecture firm kresings architektur GmbH in Münster even designed the outdoor area of the house to…

‘Like a phoenix from the ashes’ – that is one way to describe the Villa Gans in recent years. Before becoming derelict and ultimately demolished in 2014, the original historic building was the home of an affluent industrialist family and later a…

For the expansion of the expert AG headquarters in Hanover-Langenhagen, architects from htm.a Hartmann Architektur designed a narrow framed extension with an air of lightness. A passage connects the new building to the existing complex. Generous…

Two generous terrace areas have been created on the rooftop of a new residential building on Berlin’s Barbarossaplatz. Raised beds from Richard Brink divide and partition the roof terrace into separate areas and create the framework for a pleasant,…

The architecture of the new building for the European Hanseatic Museum bridges the gap between past and present. A central, covered stairway connecting the main building with the castle friary also provides access to the museum’s new building.…

At the Sonnwendviertel education campus in Vienna, it is not just the curriculum that promotes modern teaching methods but also the architecture of the building complex itself. PPAG architects ztgmbh in Vienna implemented the concept of a…

Summer sees countless visitors flock to the outdoor swimming pool on Wiesenstrasse in Bielefeld, with its 2,600 square metre expanse of water, a 110 metre long waterslide and a current channel. The showers require reliable drainage without any water…

Clean lines, open structures and an effective mix of materials comprising glass, steel and concrete all give the Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH premises in Hamm a distinctive appearance. The new building of the distribution and service partners of…

The RIVA 1 building on the harbour promenade of Dortmund’s Phoenix Lake has been occupied since 2013. Commissioned by Dreier Immobilien, architectural firm Schamp & Schmalöer – also from Dortmund – created a five-storey office building including…

Taking indoor living outdoors – that was the aim in designing the 180 square metre outdoor areas of a city centre penthouse in the Rhine-Main region. By using a wide range of plants and combining materials like wood, stainless steel and natural…

Denmark has ambitious plans for the energy transition. The aim is for 35% of end energy consumption to come from renewable energy sources by 2020. By 2050, it is hoped that the country will have made a complete switch to renewable forms of energy for…

With its light-flooded new building and 120 employees, the Sparkasse Hilden-Ratingen-Velbert makes a striking new addition to Hilden’s town centre. One special feature of this edifice is its barrier-free access. This is evident in features such as…

The west district centre has added an energy-efficient building complex to Innsbruck, combining a public secondary school and a shopping centre under one roof. In what is a unique concept in Austria to date, in addition to the 30 shops on the lower…

Sixty-three metres above the Rhine, on the 18th floor of the Pandion Vista Kranhaus, is one of a total of four exclusive penthouse apartments. The highlight of the apartment is the 200 square metre terrace that carries the high-quality living space…

In recent years, some outstanding architectural projects have sprung up in Düsseldorf’s Medienhafen development. High-rise towers with glass façades stand side-by-side with listed buildings, shaping the overall character of this innovative commercial…

Deutsche Leasing has built a new 16,000 square metre building besides renovating their existing building in Bad Homburg. Both the façade of the old building and the upper floor of the new building have balconies. An efficient drainage system was…

Over the last few years, several exceptional architectural projects have sprung up along the street Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer close to Cologne’s Rheinauhafen, one of the city’s key areas of development. The ‘Cologne Oval Offices’ complex is a prize…