Architektur_Verwaltung
-
Green foyer
Copenhagen Opera Park by CobeCobe has designed a green oasis in Copenhagen's inner harbour, right next to the opera house. Originally, the 21,5 ha meadow in a prime inner-city location was earmarked for residential development.
-
Fashion in a central location
Milan Flagship Store by OMAIn Milan, OMA have designed a flagship store for fast-fashion brand Bershka that redefines the role of the store in the age of online retailing.
-
Expansion and renovation
House in Ghent by Graux & Baeyens ArchitectenIn Ghent, Graux & Baeyens Architecten have renovated a house and expanded it with an addition. The expansion offers space for urban family living and ensures a logical flow of movement inside.
-
Sculptural shopping
Stores for Jacquemus in London and Paris by OMAIn Paris and London, OMA have designed the shops for the southern French fashion label Jacquemus, developing multi-layered design scenarios despite material self-restraint.
-
Rural living in the city
Derzbachhof in MunichAfter decades of vacancy, the listed 18th-century farmhouse was renovated, and a new building with 17 flats was added.
-
Our readers’ favourites
The Most Popular Contributions in March 2024In March, our readers were particularly enthusiastic about the following three contributions: a Residence and Office near Inverness, a School in the Netherlands and the Army Museum in Warsaw.
-
Interview with Sarah Wigglesworth
Creative Solutions to Combat the Climate CrisisBritish architect Sarah Wigglesworth drew international attention with her Straw Bale House in London. In this interview with Heide Wessely, she describes how to design cities more sustainably.
-
Star cuisine under the turf
Steirereck am Pogusch by PPAGOn the Pogusch mountain pass in Styria, PPAG have converted a traditional inn into a top restaurant with guest beds.
-
Hanging gardens on 66 storeys
The Spiral in New York by BIGWith the office tower known as the Spiral in New York City’s Hudson Yards, the Bjarke Ingels Group have completed their tallest building to date. A spiral of planted balconies winds around the entire structure.
-
Built topography in the forest
Holiday Home in Japan by Takahiro EndoA 30 m long building block with a floor that follows the gently sloping topography – this is the principle Takahiro Endo used to design a holiday home for four families in Karuizawa, central Japan.
-
A light-flooded learnscape
School near Basel by Thomas Fischer ArchitektenThe shed roofs of this secondary school in Laufen conceal spacious teaching spaces with a workshop character.
-
For International Women's Day
8 Remarkable Female ArchitectsMore visibility for women in architecture: To mark International Women's Day, which is celebrated annually on 8 March, the Detail editorial team presents eight remarkable female architects of our time.
-
Layers of time
Restoration of a Farm by Studio BuaStudio Bua have transformed a dilapidated barn in Iceland into a modern home with an artist’s studio. Moreover, the concrete structure has been expanded by a two-storey wooden construction with Aluzinc cladding.
-
Anthroposophical
Waldorf School in Stuttgart by Behnisch ArchitektenBehnisch Architekten have expanded the campus of the Freie Waldorfschule Uhlandshöhe by two new buildings. Their interpretation of the principles of anthroposophical architecture is site-specific and thus corresponds to contemporary needs.
-
Elegant construction
Saltmarsh House by Níall McLaughlin ArchitectsSaltmarsh House by Níall McLaughlin Architects stands in the garden of a Victorian house on the coast of the Isle of Wight. The delicate skeleton structure of steel overlooks a landscape shaped by the tides.
-
Wood construction reconsidered
Texas 2 x 4 A-Frame by Barkow LeibingerIn collaboration with students from the University of Texas, the Barkow Leibinger architecture studio have rethought the traditional construction of an A-frame and created an experimental microarchitecture.
-
A house that is possible after all
DAV Headquarters by Element A ArchitektenWith a resource-saving wood construction and a clever, low-tech climate concept, Element A Architekten have transformed a former publishing house in Munich into the headquarters for DAV.