
Jakob Schoof
For the last 20 years, the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Detail has been involved in the communication of architecture. After graduating from the University of Karlsruhe with a degree in architecture in 2000, he completed a traineeship at the architecture magazine AIT, where he worked as an editor and as director of corporate publishing. Jakob Schoof joined Detail in 2009, where he has been responsible for the Detail Green series of magazines and books on sustainable building, as well as for structure, a magazine on structural design.
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Latest posts
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Carefully extended
Emmanuel College, Cambridge by Stanton Williams
Stanton Williams have extended Emmanuel College in Cambridge to include student accommodation, a bar and teaching rooms. As is usual in Cambridge, the building project took place on a historic site and required a great deal of sensitivity in terms of heritage conservation.
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Brick below, wood and cork above
Residential Building near Barcelona by Àgora Arquitectura
The 'house on a brick base' takes advantage of its hillside location to create a fascinating interplay of exterior and interior spaces, open and closed volumes, and light and heavy constructions.
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New replacement building with striking roof contour
Sports Hall at Fasanenhof School in Stuttgart by Dasch Zürn + Partner
On the southern outskirts of Stuttgart, Dasch Zürn + Partner built a new sports hall for everyday school use, but also for basketball competitions.
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What can AI do for architecture?
For a culture of sharing
What hopes do architects have for artificial intelligence? For our 1/2.2025 issue, we asked around 20 experts. Thomas Wortmann, from the Institute for Computational Design and Construction at the University of Stuttgart, hopes that the triumph of AI will be accompanied by a stronger open-source culture in architecture firms.
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Accessible roof landscape
Nordøstamager School in Copenhagen by Christensen & Co.
Christensen & Co. designed their new school building in south-east Copenhagen as a house for the whole neighbourhood. The roof terraces and many of the rooms on the ground floor are open to local residents.
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Light towers for a long-distance effect
Kunsthaus Baselland by Buchner Bründler Architekten
Buchner Bründler Architekten have converted a warehouse on the Dreispitz site near Basel into an art gallery. Three striking light towers now rise above the old building, bringing light into the interior and stabilising the roof structure.