News from Architecture & Design
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Structural fire protection
Frame House in California
Mork-Ulnes are designing a single-family house that will withstand future disasters.
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To learn from nature
Greenhouse in Catalonia
The new research facility of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) was built on a 130-hectare former farm.
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Best of 2022
Favourite Urban Housings
At the end of the year, we present three urban housings that have convinced our editorial team in every respect.
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Best of 2022
The Most Popular Books of the Year
The various book series in the Edition Detail selection range from construction atlases to monographs featuring building details, as well as the Detail praxis books, which provide information about implementing specific building tasks. These three books have particularly inspired our readers this year.
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Typological diversity on the outskirts of town
Residential Complex by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki in Helsinki
This two-part building complex in northeast Helsinki demonstrates the quality of public housing in Finland. In terms of both typology and facade design, the architects favoured the greatest possible degree of diversity.
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Small is beautiful
Residential Addition in London by Bureau de Change
In London, British architecture studio Bureau de Change have enhanced a home with a glazed addition that will not only enlarge the living space but also create a new connection between house and garden.
University Building by Augustin und Frank / Winkler
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DETAIL Award 2022
Kiln Tower in Cham
Boltshauser Architects won the Detail Award 2022 with their kiln tower for the Brickworks Museum in Cham.
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DETAIL Award 2022
UP! in Berlin by Jasper Architects
Behind the green space at Berlin’s Ostbahnhof railway station rises a glass cube with deep cut-ins on every side. We present the UP!, the winner of the Detail Award 2022.
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DETAIL Award 2022
Gleis 21 in Vienna – a Prizewinning Apartment Building
With its 34 living units and many communal areas, this wood-hybrid construction by Einszueins Architektur was planned participatively. We would like to introduce the winner of the Detail Award 2022.
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DETAIL Award 2022
Detail Students Award for a Research Project
With their Biotic Air Unit 2071 research project, the students of UC Berkeley have demonstrated that a Californian variety of bulrush is a suitable building material. Their installation has won them this year’s Detail Students’ Award. The picture shows just how versatile and practical bulrushes can be.
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Reuse Building Materials
If the aim is net zero, demolition and landfill disposal must be avoided at all costs. Today, a progressive architecture is one that takes part in the circular economy and reuses building materials. This issue presents buildings designed with this in mind: Powerhouse Company’s Floating Office in Rotterdam can be moved as a whole or disassembled into reusable elements. In Basel, Baubüro In Situ mainly used recycled building components to refurbish and extend the Elys cultural and commercial building. In Amsterdam, Cepezed designed a temporary court-house whose dismantling and relocation were planned from the outset. Our special Green section rounds out this look at the circular economy by addressing buildings’ energy consumption. Enjoy the issue! Sandra Hofmeister
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Relaxation and safety
Spa in the Allgäu by Beer Bembé Dellinger
The planners from Beer Bembé Dellinger Architekten und Stadtplaner have conceived a new spa area for the Hubertus Alpin Lodge & Spa, a leading wellness hotel.
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Architecture and engineering
Technoscape – The Architecture of Technology
Rome’s MAXXI Museum for contemporary art extends an historical arc over the connections between architecture, engineering and ecological, digital and technological innovation.
Best of Videos
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To learn from nature
Greenhouse in Catalonia
The new research facility of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) was built on a 130-hectare former farm.
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Regional typology
The Flowing Garden
In the Chinese province of Fujian, More Than Arch Studio have designed a courtyard house with a labyrinthine interior.
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Nature on the roof
Maggie’s Centre Leeds by Heatherwick Studio
A lush, walkable garden is flourishing on the three cascade-like, layered roofs at Maggie’s Leeds. The supporting structure is formed with radially arranged fins made of glulam timber.
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Best of Digital Lab
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Dome beneath a vaulted roof
New Museum Building Wisdome Stockholm under a Free-Form Roof
The Free Form roof of Wisdome Stockholm, a new technical museum for Stockholm, comes in a design by the Swedish architects Elding Oscarson along with the Norwegian structural planner Florian Kosche. Execution of the project took place in collaboration with the timber construction specialists at Blumer Lehmann.
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Architecture and engineering
Technoscape – The Architecture of Technology
Rome’s MAXXI Museum for contemporary art extends an historical arc over the connections between architecture, engineering and ecological, digital and technological innovation.
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BIM strategies in architectural offices
Fostering a Culture of Curiosity
For the changeover to BIM to succeed, we need a culture of curiosity and exchange. However, it is just as important to provide the proper technical support for employees, says Gerry Schwyter of Zurich’s EM2N.