Search results for: 'fileadmin/blog/uploads/2015/02/paper-bag-frank-gehry-7.jpg'
-
Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
The Biennale, A Construction Site?High-tech, low-tech, and AI: The 19th Architecture Biennale doesn’t refuse to showcase architecture – but does it meaningfully engage with the pressing realities its audience faces?
-
Global stage for architecture and society
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2025: SHIFT – Archi...The 2025/26 Chicago Architecture Biennial celebrates its tenth anniversary as North America's largest architecture festival. Taking place from 19 September 2025 to 28 February 2026 at the Chicago Cultural Centre and throughout the city, it will explore how architecture responds to social, ecological and cultural upheavals under the motto SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change.
-
Iconic Awards 2025
Mapping the Present: Iconic Awards 2025Renovation instead of new construction, attitude instead of icons: the Iconic Awards 2025 show how architecture is shaping change with everyday concepts for work, health, education and energy.
-
Behind the scenes
V&A East Storehouse by Diller Scofidio + RenfroIn London, Diller Scofidio + Renfro have transformed the East Storehouse of the Victoria and Albert Museum into a compelling spatial experience.
-
DETAIL Climate Forum
DETAIL Climate Forum Düsseldorf 02. October 2025The days of ignorance are numbered. Climate change and its consequences present mounting challenges to architecture and the construction industry. Resource-efficient construction is the order of the day.
-
Folly in the water
Floating Sauna in Oslo by Estudio HerrerosOn the Oslo Fjord, Estudio Herreros has built a small floating sauna, offering a place for retreat and contemplation near the Munch Museum.
-
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 house of many roofs
Aquatic Centre Renovation near Rennes by RaumThe swimming hall in the Breton town of Saint-Méen-le-Grand is a complex of many small gabled roofs. The Raum studio has now expanded the centre and covered it with a minimalist shell of wood and slate.
-
Surreale oasis
Residential Building in Berlin by J. Mayer HIn the inner courtyard of an apartment block in Berlin-Mitte, J. Mayer H. and their team have transformed a small, hidden building into a residential property with a garden for a family of five.
-
The structure remains
How a Half-Timbered House Lives on as a Timber FrameDegelo Architects have reinterpreted the historic half-timbered house in Allschwil, Switzerland, transforming it into a sustainable timber-frame construction with a clear structure and reduced material usage.
-
176 self-built student residences
Collegium Academicum by DGJ ArchitekturIt is not the city or the student union, but a student self-build initiative that is behind the hall of residence in Heidelberg's Rohrbach district. DGJ Architektur are developing a flexible timber construction system without screws and nails for the IBA Heidelberg pilot project.
-
Multi-purpose farm reloaded
Co-Living House near Frauenfeld by Bernath+WidmerBernath+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.
-
Brutalist residential collage
Renovation of a Terraced House in Munich's Olympi...Birdwatching Architects have renovated a brutalist terraced house in Munich's Olympic Village, upgrading it to meet ecological standards and transforming it into a colourful residential landscape with a collage-like character.
-
Architecture Biennale 2025 in Venice
Saving the World Out of the 3D Printer?Material experiments using 3D printers are booming at this year's Architecture Biennale. But what real problems of our world are they supposed to solve – and by when?
-
Reinterpretation of the courtyard house
Jinji Lake Pavilion in Suzhou by BIGRoofs have always played a significant role in the work of BIG. This is also evident in the lakeside pavilion on Jinji Lake in Suzhou, where its two-layered, translucent roof structure filters subdued light into the interior.
-
Architecture Biennale 2025 in Venice
What Helps to Combat the Heat in Cities?Global warming is most noticeable in the world's cities. At this year's Architecture Biennale, it is not only the German pavilion that is focusing on urban heat islands. The solutions presented range from tree planting to cooling ceilings for urban open spaces.
