Barbara Zettel
Soon after her studies in Regensburg, the trained architect relocated to Surabaya and Singapore, where she lived for 11 years, working in various fields of architecture, from housing construction and exhibition design to developing an educational concept for teaching architecture at the German European School Singapore. After moving back to Munich, Barbara Zettel worked as a site manager for a medical clinic project. In 2018, she shifted her focus to architectural journalism and has since been supporting the Detail team as an editor.
Photo: Adrienne Meister
Latest posts
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Piranesi in the industrial harbour
BIG's new headquarters in Copenhagen
The Bjarke Ingels Group has built its new headquarters in Copenhagen's North Harbour. The Brutalist-style building conceals a networked working environment at all levels.
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Multi-purpose farm reloaded
Co-Living House near Frauenfeld by Bernath+Widmer
Bernath+Widmer have replaced a dilapidated farm near Frauenfeld with a modern co-living house. Using contemporary timber construction and exposed concrete, they have reinterpreted the traditional farm structure.
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Sustainable among trees
Summer House in Denmark by Peter Kjaer Arkitekter
With its understated design and simple T-shaped floor plan, the single-storey wooden summer house blends harmoniously among the old pine trees on a wooded plot on the north coast of Zealand.
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Monolith made of bricks
Rugby Experience in Limerick by Níall McLaughlin
Both the exterior and interior of the Rugby Experience building in Limerick are dominated by red brick. Níall McLaughlin Architects built it on the edge of the Georgian quarter.
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Roof ellipse
Document Kepler in Regensburg
The extension with lift and foyer completes the south side of the Document Kepler in Regensburg and provides barrier-free access to the new interactive exhibition. Its elliptical roof is striking.
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Fired and unfired clay
Hotel Leo in St. Gallen by Boltshauser Architects
The Hotel Leo in the garden of the Villa Wiesental is clad in greenish and white-grey clinker brick. The interior walls are made of clay bricks and earth blocks.