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Bebelallee, Hamburg, blauraum architekten, Photo: Hagen Stier

Redensification – examples from Hamburg and Munich

The housing developments built between the nineteen twenties and nineteen sixties, that still have a significant impact on the townscape character of today, are now beginning to show their age.More ...
Townhouses Berlin, Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin, Photo: Inge Johanna Bergner

Urban renaissance – The restored Appeal of Inner Cities

After a period of out-migration inner cities are becoming more and more popular as a place to live and work. This trend is set to change urban structures.More ...
Vision Spree 2011, Photo: Franziska Scheidegger, [M] LURI

Heading for new Shores – Towns and Cities discover their Rivers

When towns and cities decide to redevelop their rivers as recreation areas it is a move that is met with great enthusiasm among residents. Some examples from Berlin, Munich and the Ruhr Area.More ...
Fagus-Factory Alfeld, Foto: © Fagus-Grecon

World Heritage Site Fagus-Werk

Just in time for the company’s centennial anniversary, a shoe-last factory built in 1911 by Walter Gropius has been added by UNESCO to its list of cultural and natural World Heritage sites.More ...

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Images of India through the lenses of young photographers from the South Asia region under the directorship of Andrea Künzig
 [Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai ]

Architecture in and from Germany

Articles and Links on Selected Topics

Dossier: Urban Space

Urban planning, development and urban research as well as a look at various artistic approaches to urban landscape

Eastern Waterfront

Mumbai’s Eastern Water Front is the city’s tremendous asset amidst its current high rate of economic growth and its city-wide multi-facet problems. This photo-workshop focused on this area trying to enrich public understanding and imagination about it.
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