Barbara Zettel
Soon after her studies in Regensburg, the trained architect relocated to Surabaya and Singapore, where she lived for 11 years, working in various fields of architecture, from housing construction and exhibition design to developing an educational concept for teaching architecture at the German European School Singapore. After moving back to Munich, Barbara Zettel worked as a site manager for a medical clinic project. In 2018, she shifted her focus to architectural journalism and has since been supporting the Detail team as an editor.
Photo: Adrienne Meister
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A recyclable wooden building
Temporary Sports Hall in Zurich by IB Basel
The sports hall on Gloriarank will be used as a training facility for only around ten years. After its period of use, 85 % of its materials can be reused, while another 10 % will be separated and recycled.
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Stairs and colourful boxes
Metamorphosis of the Pyramid of Tirana by MVRDV
In collaboration with Tirana’s IRI Architecture studio, MVRDV have transformed a monument to Communist dictatorship into a welcoming, democratic place for the denizens of the Albanian capital.
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Reclaimed materials
Kindergarten near Copenhagen by Lendager
The integrative kindergarten known as The Swan, which is located 12 km northeast of Copenhagen, exists to a great extent of reclaimed materials from the old primary school that previously stood on the building site.
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A photovoltaic facade
The Portalen Office Building near Oslo by Lund+Slaatto
The Portalen office building, which is located near Oslo, has a red-brown facade of glazing that alternates with closed laminated glass panels, more than half of which are crystalline photovoltaic modules.
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Pivoting walls
The Plato Art Gallery in the Czech Republic by KWK Promes
In the Czech city of Ostrava, KWK Promes have transformed an old slaughterhouse into an art gallery. The dilapidated condition of the exposed-brick building represented both challenge and inspiration for the planners.
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One from three
Campus Cadix in Antwerp by Korteknie Stuhlmacher
An historically protected school from 1927, three adjacent dockside hangars from the late 1930s and a new building come together to form Campus Cadix in the heart of Antwerp’s Eilandje district.