10.2022

Roof extension in timber construction

College of Construction and Design in Innsbruck by ao-architekten

The new rooftop addition of the Technical College of Construction and Design by ao-architekten offers 1650 m2 of additional usable area for classrooms, CAD labs and recreational spaces.

Sacral buildings

Islamic Religious and Cultural Centre in Ljubljana

Bevk Perović create Slovenia’s first mosque. A suspended canopy with a diameter of 19.30 m consisting of blue textile symbolises the heavens above the prayer room.

Back then in the office

BMW's Four-Cylinder Tower by Karl Schwanzer Turns 50

Not only Munich's Olympic venues have something to celebrate this year; the four-cylinder high-rise of the Bavarian Motor Works does too, the futuristic office building near the Olympia Park having seen its completion in 1972. The international competition for the publicity-garnering architecture of BMW's corporate headquarters was won by Karl Schwanzer.

Lighting & Interiors

Light for Daily Life – Editorial Detail 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.

Office in green surroundings

Headquarters in Timber Construction by Snøhetta

The new ASI Reisen office building takes the symbiosis of humans and nature as its theme.

Generous light in limited space

Row House in Leyton by Louise McMahon

This row-end house by Louise and Sean McMahon is a true spatial wonder thanks to its atria and bands of skylights.

Metro stations

Karlsruhe Stadtbahn – Subterranean Light Art

In Karlsruhe’s light rail tunnel, unlike a typical metro, the passengers ride in trams. Their overhead wires inspired Ingo Maurer’s lighting concept, which celebrates electricity. Allmann Sattler Wappner’s serene spaces enhance its impact.

Sustainable construction

Google Bay View – The Basilica of IT

BIG and Heatherwick Studio drape a solar canopy above the internet moguls.

A Spectacular Roofscape

Google Bay View by BIG and Heatherwick Studio

The first Google campus – designed by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios in collaboration with Google’s design and engineering team – has opened in Silicon Valley.

Cluster structure for education

LFG – Keep on Thinking School

This film by Wolfgang Thaler takes us on a tour of the primary and vocational school that opened in autumn 2020 on Meidlinger Längenfeldgasse in Vienna.