Claudia Hildner

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01.07.26

After studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Tokyo, Claudia Hildner interned with Baumeister magazine in 2006. She later worked as a freelance editor, among others, for the Metamorphose – Bauen im Bestand. From 2009 to 2011, she was based in Tokyo, and in the following years, her books “Kleine Häuser” and “Future Living” were published by Birkhäuser Verlag. Hildner was an editor from 2019 to 2022 for the online encyclopedia “Baunetz Wissen”. In August 2022, she joined the Detail editorial team.

Trade Unions or the Cult of Genius - Where is Architecture Heading?
Reinier de Graaf is a partner at OMA. In his latest book, Architecture Against Architecture, he reflects on the outdated working structures in many architectural practices and argues for a less naïve approach to political and economic influences.
Design Without Users: Creating the UCCA Clay Museum
The design of the museum began with a largely cleared site, yet without an operator. Yutaka Terasaki and Bao Mengxian report on how Kengo Kuma & Associates planned the building without needing a detailed briefing.
Museum of Ceramic Art in Yixing
The new UCCA Clay Museum advances the millennia-old tradition of artisanal ceramics the Chinese metropolis Yixing is renowned for. An armour of red clay tile encloses the exhibition spaces and the open timber roof constructions above them – an expressive space for the presentation of modern ceramic art.
Glasshouse Theatre in Brisbane
The Glasshouse Theatre adds a fifth venue to the heritage-listed Queensland Performing Arts Centre. It can be flexibly used for concerts, operas, and dance and theatre performances. The glass facades of the deeply cantilevered foyer visualise the theatrical art of illusion on the exterior.
Monastery of Santa María of Sijena
In their restoration of the Monastery of Santa María of Sijena, Pemán y Franco and Sebastián preserve traces of destruction, rebuilding, and decay spanning 800 years. Recently, they remodelled the east and north wings into an exhibition space for the convent’s valuable artworks.
- Exteriors, landscape
"We Wanted to Showcase the Illusionary Art of Theatre to the Outside World"
Brisbane is set to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. However, the city is also preparing for the future in cultural terms. In early 2026, Blight Rayner Architecture and Snøhetta completed the Glasshouse Theatre. Peter Brown and Michael Rayner explain the design.

Trade Unions or the Cult of Genius - Where is Architecture Heading?

Design Without Users: Creating the UCCA Clay Museum

Museum of Ceramic Art in Yixing

Glasshouse Theatre in Brisbane

Monastery of Santa María of Sijena

"We Wanted to Showcase the Illusionary Art of Theatre to the Outside World"