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Große Fensterflächen durchbrechen die graue Fassadenschalung des Kinderhofs. © Werner Huthmacher

Structure and finish as one
Moabiter Kinderhof in Berlin by Kersten Kopp Arch...
Using just one type of material for an entire building – the Moabiter Kinderhof comes very close to this ideal. Its timber structure and interior fit-out consist largely of laminated timber in two different thicknesses.

The first health kiosk in Urleben was realised in collaboration with local tradespeople. © Thomas Müller

Interview with Ralf Pasel
“Radical Simplification Really Does Work”
In northern Thuringia, Pasel-K Architekten have built four healthcare kiosks using an economical timber-frame construction method. Here, we speak to the founder of the practice, Ralf Pasel.

“We just wanted to have fun”
Illa Glóries in Barcelona by Cierto Estudio
In eastern Barcelona, a residential building stands out with its flexible floor plans and a design concept centered on community spirit. What inspired the architects to rotate all the wet rooms in the building 45 degrees off-axis?

Three new structures have been added to the Oceanographic Museum. © Brigida González

Visible layers of time
Renovation and Extension of the Stralsund Maritim...
Reichel Schlaier Architekten have accomplished a complex task involving monument preservation, functional renovation and contemporary museum architecture with the careful transformation of the German Maritime Museum's headquarters in St. Catherine's Monastery.

The new rammed earth building is connected to the historic half-timbered building across the corner. © Rory Gardiner

A duo of rammed earth and wood
Gässli 5 in Grabs by Allen + Crippa
A new building made of prefabricated rammed earth elements has been constructed to complement a historic 17th-century half-timbered building, breathing new life into it.

The Schwarzman Centre has two main entrances facing each other. © Hufton + Crow

An energy-efficient behemoth
Schwarzman Centre in Oxford by Hopkins Architects
For the first time, Oxford University has brought together its seven humanities faculties under one roof. The new building, which has a glass dome, is the largest passive house in the UK to date, spanning 25,000 m².

The children's and sports centre building complex by HEMAA Architectes blends harmoniously into the surrounding topography and landscape. © Sergio Grazia

Focus on natural materials
HEMAA Builds Children's and Sports Centre from Ra...
HEMAA Architectes has constructed a children's and sports centre at Parc des Loges, to the east of Paris. The deliberate use of natural building materials creates a harmonious balance between nature, functionality, and materiality.

Only two and a half of the building's four floors are visible from the street. A concave roof forms the upper edge of the building. © Schnepp Renou

Checkerboard facade made of solid limestone
Design College near Paris by SAME
The thick limestone walls protect the design faculty of the University of Cergy-Paris in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The new building, designed by the architectural practice SAME, is part of a campus that mainly houses technology start-ups.

Markthalle im Stadtviertel Padre Cruz am Rande von Lissabon, © Eduardo Montenegro

Enveloping wooden roof
Renovation of a Market Hall near Lisbon by REDO A...
REDO Architects carefully preserved the social and cultural character of the market hall in the Padre Cruz district on the outskirts of Lisbon.

With its orange-red "coral facade", the five-storey office building near Regensburg's main railway station is an immediate eye-catcher. © Erich Spahn

Coral-red brise-soleil
Office Building in Regensburg by Berschneider + B...
The orange facade cladding of the “Be Orange” office building is an unexpected sight in the immediate vicinity of Regensburg's old town, a Unesco World Heritage Site. A supplier from the automotive industry provided the extremely lightweight shading modules.

This is an aerial view of the museum complex from the north-west. © Kuvatoimisto Kuvio

A memorial to Jewish village life
Lost Shtetl Jewish Museum in Lithuania by Lahdelm...
Located in Šeduva, Lithuania, the Jewish Museum commemorates the culture of small Eastern European towns before the Second World War. The museum's architecture is reminiscent of the houses in the village that were destroyed by the Nazis in 1941.

The café is just 2 m wide and is located in a gap between buildings in north-west Bucharest. © Vlad Patru

Café on wheels
The Chapel in Bukarest by Vinklu
In the suburbs of Bucharest, architect Stefan Pavaluta and his team at Vinklu have built a café on a narrow plot of land that, with its pointed gable shape, could also pass for a chapel.

The crosswise twisted shape of the floors creates terraces and shady canopies on every level of the Robert Day Sciences Centre. © Laurian Ghinitoiu

Omnidirectional hashtag
Robert Day Sciences Centre by BIG
The science centre forms part of BIG's master plan for Claremont McKenna College, located east of Los Angeles. Like Lego blocks, the laboratories and seminar rooms are stacked three storeys high around a central atrium.

Eye-catching colour and shape
Colourful Nursery in France by Dominique Coulon &...
In Illzach, in north-eastern France, the architectural firm has created a new nursery. Through a play of colour and shape, the building itself becomes an eye-catching sculpture in the city.

The seating area, which features armchairs and a coffee table developed specifically for this project, is located at the point where the interior meets the landscape. © Karimoku Case

Interior and property
The Role of Furniture in Architecture
Karimoku Case developed project-specific furniture for the Vinhuset reception and wellness building at the Ästad Vingård winery. Tailored to the spatial conditions and responding to usage and materiality, the furniture is integrated into the architectural structure designed by Norm Architects.

View of the newly revitalised triangular plot on the western edge of Mexico City. © Gerardo Reyes Bustamante

Revitalisation of an urban space
UH Infonavit Santa Fe Park Redevelopment by AmasA...
On the western edge of Mexico City, Spanish firm AmasA Estudio has transformed a neglected public space into a vibrant meeting place. Despite the challenging topography, they have created an open space that invites people to play, gather and spend time together.

At the south-facing street corner, the school building rises to five storeys. Three of the roof levels are available to pupils as a playground. © Adam Mørk

Urban building block in the style of the 1930s
School in Copenhagen's Slaughterhouse District
With the all-white “Skole ved Dybbølsbro”, the team from Nord Architects and BBP Architects has seamlessly continued the architecture of Copenhagen's former slaughterhouse district.

Linear lighting for workspaces
Light as a Line
The Omniliner by Deltalight is a linear profile system designed for use in architecture. Its range of lighting functions, optics and mounting types enables it to be precisely adapted to complex floor plans in commercial buildings.