News from Architecture & Design
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Squares made of wood
Social Apartment Building by Peris + Toral
On the outskirts of Barcelona, Peris + Toral have created a social apartment building that is as innovative as it is radical. It is unconventional not only conceptually, but constructively as well.
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Best of 2022
Best of Climate & Resources
At the end of the year, we present three timber buildings that have convinced our editorial team in every respect.
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Richly articulated facades
The Metropolitan Residential Building by Delugan Meissl in Vienna
The 20-storey residential high-rise by Delugan Meissl reacts to its location between Vienna's Central Station and Helmut Zilk Park with two richly articulated yet differing facades.
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From sewage pipe to accommodation
Holiday Home Complex in Portugal by Summary
The accommodation at a holiday home complex in Portugal's Arouca Unesco Geopark is based on a modular system inspired by sewer pipes.
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A fresh take on temporary buildings
Performance Space in Munich by Mahlknecht Herrle Architektur
The new "Schwere Reiter" theatre by Mahlknecht Herrle Architektur has been completed following its brief construction period. With its raw rusty facades, the interim building blends in effortlessly with Munich's creative quarter.
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Culture amid the green
Museum Expansion by Benthem Crouwel Architects
Benthem Crouwel Architects have renovated and expanded the museum in Arnhem. They have painstakingly restored the historical existing structure and expanded it with a wing that juts spectacularly over the garden.
Residential Complex by MVRDV in Rennes
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Fluid transitions
Single-Family Home near Tokyo
The shell of this house by Taiga Kasai + Chong Aehyang Architecture / Kach surrounds the interior spaces with two layers that flow smoothly into each other.
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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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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.
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Perforated sheeting, teaching and learning spaces
University Building by Augustin und Frank / Winkler
For Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Augustin und Frank / Winkler have created a new building on the Leverkusen campus that will introduce a new era and combine several functions under one roof.
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The Path to a New Architecture
While compiling our personal favourites of the year in the Detail editorial office, I was surprised at the vast scope of projects my colleagues had experienced in 2022. For this issue’s review of the year, they describe their architectural observations in places like Jerusalem, Berlin, and Montagnana, Italy. Together, their discoveries form a kaleidoscope of surprises and thought-provoking insights. And so do our interviews with the architects of the winning projects of the Detail Award 2022. Are we indeed on the verge of a turning point that will fundamentally transform architecture? For Markus Zilker of Einzueins Architektur, who designed the Gleis 21 housing project, winning the Detail award is a call to action: “We must become much moreeffective if we want comprehensive social and ecological transformation,” says the Vienna-based architect. Our Documentation section focuses on this issue’s main theme of building envelopes. It highlights projects that have, each in their own way, already set out on the path to a new architectural era – also in terms of their construction details. We wish you all the best and a successful start to the new year! Sandra Hofmeister
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Best of 2022
The Instagram Favourites of Our Followers
These three articles have particularly inspired our Instagram followers this year.
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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.
Videos & Podcasts
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Best of 2022
Our Readers' Video Favourites
These three videos have particularly inspired our readers this year.
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Building envelopes
The Path to a New Architecture – Editorial Detail 12.2022
“We must become much more effective if we want comprehensive social and ecological transformation,” says the Vienna-based architect Markus Zilker from einzueins architektur.
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Structural fire protection
Frame House in California
Mork-Ulnes are designing a single-family house that will withstand future disasters.
Books
Best of Digital Lab
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Research
Building Components Made of Natural Fibres
Along with the Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) and other partners, the Department BioMat (Bio-based Materials and Material Cycles in Architecture) at the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) Stuttgart is investigating how innovative building elements made of natural fibres can grow with additive production methods.
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BIM strategies in architectural offices
We Never Stop Learning – Despite BIM
Even with BIM, “planning at the touch of a button” remains a dream. Anyone who wants to work successfully with the method must be willing to keep learning, says Frank Rudolph of KSP Engel.
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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.
Climate & Resources
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Best of 2022
Our Readers' Video Favourites
These three videos have particularly inspired our readers this year.
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Best of 2022
Best of Climate & Resources
At the end of the year, we present three timber buildings that have convinced our editorial team in every respect.
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A rock formation at the confluence
Residential Complex by MVRDV in Rennes
In Rennes, MVRDV have erected the Ilot de l’Octroi residential complex. The polygonal passive-energy buildings are covered in thousands of tiles; the architects have connected the surfaces, colour gradations and shapes of these tiles with the surrounding environment.
Current Issue
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Squares made of wood
Social Apartment Building by Peris + Toral
On the outskirts of Barcelona, Peris + Toral have created a social apartment building that is as innovative as it is radical. It is unconventional not only conceptually, but constructively as well.
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A fresh take on temporary buildings
Performance Space in Munich by Mahlknecht Herrle Architektur
The new "Schwere Reiter" theatre by Mahlknecht Herrle Architektur has been completed following its brief construction period. With its raw rusty facades, the interim building blends in effortlessly with Munich's creative quarter.
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Fluid transitions
Single-Family Home near Tokyo
The shell of this house by Taiga Kasai + Chong Aehyang Architecture / Kach surrounds the interior spaces with two layers that flow smoothly into each other.
Products & References
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Advertorial
Casa Rossa in Chemnitz
The Sonnenberg quarter in Chemnitz is a largely preserved Wilhelminian quarter with a lot of charm. Number 41 - the "Casa Rossa", named after the red bricks of the facade - stood empty for over 30 years and was left to decay.
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Ceramic wallpaper
Cersaie 2022: The 1970s are Back
From 24 – 30 September, 624 exhibitors presented their product highlights at the trade-fair grounds in Bologna. The number of visitors to this year’s Cersaie approached pre-COVID levels. There are more trends than ever, and sustainability is no longer a niche subject.
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Advertorial
Foresight. Pioneering work in design and construction with glass
The architecture congress "Weitblick" on September 22 in Düsseldorf will show the enormous design diversity of glass building envelopes. In the program, eight representatives of renowned architecture and engineering firms will present their exciting topics.
Timber Constructions
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Squares made of wood
Social Apartment Building by Peris + Toral
On the outskirts of Barcelona, Peris + Toral have created a social apartment building that is as innovative as it is radical. It is unconventional not only conceptually, but constructively as well.
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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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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.