Following a long period of restoration work that included an extension, the year 2013 has seen the reopening of the Lenbachhaus in Munich. Goethe.de talked to the director designate, Matthias Mühling.More ...
There is a consistent and growing need for student accommodation and different projects have been launched in response to this strong demand for student housing. Three examples from Munich.More ...
Today, in place of masonry, steel and glass, new materials are emerging for the composition and sustainable design of buildings and their facades.More ...
Frankfurt’s new Städel Museum is going subterranean with its new addition. Due to many circular skylight windows, breaking through the lawn, the construction is visible from the outside.More ...
There are over 2000 mosques in Germany. About 100 of these are new buildings and several present innovative concepts and a surprising architectural style.More ...
The Esterwegen Memorial Site, an information and documentation centre on the concentration camps in the Emsland region of Germany, was inaugurated at the end of October 2011.More ...
Until well into the Sixties, the care and supervision of young children in public facilities in West Germany was more the exception than the rule. But today, day care centres are indispensable.More ...
The Dominikus Centre houses a kindergarten, a Catholic youth centre as well as facilities of the Caritas welfare agency. Artwork has been incorporated throughout the building complex.More ...
Success-oriented companies want their headquarters to stand out with a distinguished architectural design that creates a positive public image.More ...
The architecture of the Museum of Military History (Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr) is abrasive and has divided Dresdeners from the very start.More ...
German architects are building in China – with ever-greater success. The Americans were showing the way with high-rise projects throughout Asia.More ...
The former fermentation and storage tower belonging to the Dortmunder Union brewery and its trademark “Dortmund U” has been converted into a centre for arts and media.More ...
Arno Brandlhuber’s gallery and studio and the L 40 building by Roger Bundschuh and Cosima von Bonin are examples of unconventional new structures that are getting the Berlin architectural scene moving.More ...
The Albertinum in Dresden, which had been closed since the flooding in 2002, has reopened its doors. Now, the museum has been restored and has flood-proof depots.More ...
On the architecture campus at Vitra in Weil am Rhein there’s some more avant garde architecture to marvel at. The furniture manufacturers are showcasing their products in the new show home.More ...
One of the attractions of the former industrial city that aspires to transform itself into a city of culture is the Museum Folkwang rebuild: great art has a great location at last.More ...
How does a company that produces photo-voltaic elements present itself? Of course with a building optimised in terms of ecological and energy efficiency and with an impressive solar roof.More ...
The Pinakothek der Moderne (i.e. museum of modern art) located in Munich’s museum area, is now intelligently supplemented with contemporary art.More ...
The Landratsamt (Service and Administration Centre) of Barnim district in Eberswalde is a model construction project and represents the ecological orientation of the entire district. By Falk JaegerMore ...
