Ausgabe 9.2023
Issue 10.2023
Windows and Facades
Facades have always had many roles to play. They give buildings a face, protect them from the elements, and convey meaning. As art historian Wolfgang Kemp describes, facades serve as “places of public self-reflection in architecture.” This might sound like self-indulgent naval gazing, but it is crucial – particularly when renovating existing structures, where traditional materials are integrated into new contexts and architectural forms must adapt to modern demands. The examples presented in this issue highlight the merits of thoughtful facades. Enjoy the issue! Jakob Schoof
Fenster und Fassaden
Windows and Facades
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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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A translucent patchwork of brick
Holocaust Museum in Melbourne by Kerstin Thompson Architects
A patchwork of clay and glass bricks surrounds the gable of the historical forerunner building, creating a diversity of light moods in Melbourne’s new Holocaust Museum.
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Robotic production
An Innovative Facade Garment for Textile Research
Reutlingen University has moved into Texoversum, the new building devoted to textile research. The robotically produced shell of fibrous composite materials represents a collaborative project by Allmannwappner Architekten, Menges Scheffler Architekten and the structural engineers from Jan Knippers Ingenieure.
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Radical renewal of a carriage house
The Missionsstrasse House in Basel by Buchner Bründler
With targeted yet radical alterations, Buchner Bründler Architekten have made inhabitable an old carriage house in the middle of Basel. The main focus of this project was letting daylight into the interior spaces.
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In new splendour
Remodelled by Idom: Bizkaia Tower in Bilbao
The Idom planning office has refashioned the Banco de Vizcaya high-rise in Bilbao into an office and shopping centre – in the process even faithfully restoring the striking solar control glazing.
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Windows and facades
What’s behind the Facade? – Editorial Detail 10.2023
Facades have always had many roles to play. They give buildings a face, protect them from the elements, and convey meaning. But what is behind the shell?
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Architekturbiennale 2023
Architecture Biennale 2023
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Architecture Biennale 2023
Younger, More Diverse, More Political
With Lesley Lokko as curator, the Architecture Biennale in Venice has taken on new momentum. Africa and its diaspora are the focus of the main exhibition, which demonstrates many different reflections.
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Architecture Biennale 2023 – national pavilions
Self-Reflection, Diversionary Tactics and Real Science Fiction
Decolonization and decarbonization are the guiding themes determined by Biennale director Lesley Lokko. The 64 national pavilions present rather humble self-portraits and timid approaches. Outside the green Giardini, the future of urbanization is being renegotiated: in the desert of Saudi Arabia.
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Architecture Biennale 2023
Kengo Kuma: Onomatopoeia Architecture
The retrospective Kengo Kuma: Onomatopoeia Architecture, which is taking place at the Palazzo Cavallli-Franchetti in Venice, is showing around 22 models of some of the Japanese architect’s most significant buildings. The exhibition focuses on the dialogue between people and materials, as well as Kuma’s preoccupation with onomatopoeia, or the formation of words by imitating sounds.
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Architecture Biennale 2023
In the Laboratory of the Future
On Saturday, 20 May, the 18th International Architecture Biennale will open in Venice. Under the motto The Laboratory of the Future, this year’s exhibition will focus on the African continent.
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Architecture Biennale 2023
Essential Homes by Norman Foster
Essential Homes is a joint research project by the Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim. The concept for living space will offer refugees security, comfort and a sense of well-being.
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Previous Issues
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Mixed Use 9.2023
We selected exciting projects for our September issue, focussing on mixed use concepts. They include residential and office spaces, sports halls and gastronomic functions and many more within their complex programs.
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Saving Space 7/8.2023
Space is a type of resource we bring to light in this summer edition of Detail. Our Documentation section features innovative structures that make clever use of limited space.
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Architecture and Climate Protection 6.2023
Anyone asking the inevitable question about climate protection in architecture today will receive not one but many answers.
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Truth to Materials 4.2023
Debates about building materials in architecture inevitably mention the term “truth to materials” (known in German as “Materialgerechtigkeit”).
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Hotels, Hostels, Guesthouses 3.2023
Few sectors of the economy were so battered during the corona years as the hotel industry.
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Taking Stock 1/2.2023
Not only in Germany and Europe but also worldwide, building in existing structures is currently gaining in acceptance and relevance.
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Building Envelopes 12.2022
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.
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Circular Economy 11.2022
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.
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Lighting Interiors 10.2022
Our October issue is all about light and interiors. PPAG’s school in Vienna brings daylight into deep cluster spaces to foster daily well-being.
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Cultural Buildings 9.2022
In 1997, the Guggenheim Museum opened in Bilbao, and Frank Gehry’s eccentric new building transformed the Basque city into an overnight hotspot for international tourism.
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Urban Green 7/8.2022
Especially in big dense cities, roofs and facades are the only places left to make things greener.
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Simple and Affordable 6.2022
“Doing away with everything superfluous creates the potential for an architectural quality all of its own,” says Florian Nagler about “simple building” in an interview with Frank Kaltenbach.
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Prefabrication Modular Construction 5.2022
Naturstein und Hochlochziegel, Ortbeton und Stampflehm in vorproduzierten Elementen: Für die Massivbauweise kommen viele unterschiedliche Materialien in Frage, und oft ist ihre Anwendung regional motiviert.
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Solid Construction 4.2022
Natural stone and perforated bricks, cast-in-place concrete, and rammed earth in prefabricated elements – these are just a few of the diverse materials used in solid construction, and their use is often regionally motivated.
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Urban Housing 3.2022
“A villa in the countryside with a large terrace, in front of you the Baltic Sea, Friedrichstrasse behind you …”. Thus begins Kurt Tucholsky’s 1927 poem, “The Ideal”. While Tucholsky’s ideal of urban life might be unattainable in Berlin, there are cities where it has become a reality.