Unusual transformation
Rocky Stage Backdrop in Eastern China
The interdisciplinary studio DnA_Design and Architecture has turned old stone quarries in the mountainous landscape of Jinyun into cultural spaces.

Interview
Kunlé Adeyemi On Rising Sea Levels
How can coastal cities adapt to rising sea levels? Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, who works in Lagos and Amsterdam, seeks answers to climate change.

Sustainable campus building
Herzog & de Meuron: Camouflage in Battersea
The Royal College of Art wanted its extension building in the London district of Battersea to be efficient, flexible and robust. The ensemble delivered by Herzog & de Meuron evokes elements of the district, yet nevertheless forms a landmark in its own right.

Creative platform in the sea
Floating Music Hub in Cap Verde by NLÉ
How can coastal cities adapt to rising sea levels? Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, who works in Lagos and Amsterdam, seeks answers to climate change.

Nature on the roof
Maggie’s Centre Leeds by Heatherwick Studio
A lush, walkable garden is flourishing on the three cascade-like, layered roofs at Maggie’s Leeds. The supporting structure is formed with radially arranged fins made of glulam timber.

Creativity in a bamboo grove
A Day at Mia Design Studio
Plants in the workplace promote creativity and contribute to employee satisfaction. This is why Mia Design Studio created their new office with a clear focus on a green environment.

Forested high-rise
Trudo Tower in Eindhoven by Inbo + Stefano Boeri
In Eindhoven, the Trudo building society along with Stefano Boeri and the local studio Inbo has devised the first vertical forest for social housing along with.

Contoured skeleton structure
Earth House near Osaka by Tomohiro Hata
Oblique steel supports, deeply cantilevered floor slabs, abundant greenery on every storey – all this characterizes the single-family home north of Osaka designed by Tomohiro Hata for a family of three.

Urban Green
The Tree, My Roommate – Editorial 7/8.2022
What contribution can plants make to more sustainable, livable cities? Not just in the form of park trees and roadside greenery, but as an integral part of architecture? These questions are the focus of our July-August 2022 issue of Detail on the topic of green cities.

Jubilee
Olympia 1972 in Munich
50 years of summer games in Munich: an overview of exhibitions, books and activities surrounding the Olympic jubilee.

On the sun terrace
RATP Habitat Headquarters in Paris
Mit großzügigen Dachterrassen liefert der Neubau von Atelier du Pont ein Gegenbeispiel zur sonst üblichen Flächenmaximierung im Bürobau.

To slumber in a green hill
Shiroiya Hotel in Maebashi by Sou Fujimoto
Das Shiroiya Hotel lässt seinen Gästen die Wahl, ob sie in einem spektakulär entkernten Nachkriegsbau oder unter der Grasnarbe eines künstlichen Hügels nächtigen wollen.