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A landmark of postwar Hamburg

After forty years, the time had come: GMP Architekten have comprehensively modernized, renovated and expanded the Alsterschwimmhalle in Hamburg.

Cost-effective housing construction

In Basel, Esch Sintzel Architekten have transformed an old industrial building into a multistorey apartment block. The pre-existing structure has been cleverly repurposed and set in the spotlight. 

Working in the pasta factory

In Lisbon, Julian Breinersdorfer Architekten have converted a former pasta and biscuit factory into an office and event building.

Modernization of a postwar cultural building

The main cultural building in the Lower Rhine city of Dinslaken now boasts a complete technical and design-based update after undergoing modernization. Only here and there can original features from the 1970s still be seen.

Back then in the office

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.

Tetris an der Pegnitz:

Investorenarchitektur im Altstadtkontext ist oft Puzzlearbeit – der Augustinerhof von Staab Architekten zeigt das mit seiner bewegten Dachlandschaft und der feingliedrigen Betonwerksteinfassade.

Das Akustiksegelsystem Indusail von Kiefer Klimatechnik vereint Akustik, Licht, Kühlung sowie Lüftung in verschiedenen Modulen.

Post pandemic concepts for the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal

The Poetics of Reason is the motto of this year’s Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which is taking place for the fifth time. Five large-scale exhibitions stand at the centre of the show, whose venues are distributed throughout the entire city. What’s more, several special events featuring original content are also drawing visitors to peripheral locations. Architecture prizes have been awarded; in November, the curators will invite their guests to Talk, Talk, Talk.

The Poetics of Reason is the motto of this year’s Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which is taking place for the fifth time. Five large-scale exhibitions stand at the centre of the show, whose venues are distributed throughout the entire city. What’s more, several special events featuring original content are also drawing visitors to peripheral locations. Architecture prizes have been awarded; in November, the curators will invite their guests to Talk, Talk, Talk.

The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) shows how radical architectural utopias from the 1960s and 1970s remain relevant today.

The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) shows how radical architectural utopias from the 1960s and 1970s remain relevant today.

A monumental presence comes together with diaphanous translucence at Rafael Moneo‘s cultural building on the outskirts of San Sebastián.

Single-wythe brickwork – and not a thermal insulation composite system – lies behind the rendered facade of a Berlin apartment building designed by Bruno Fioretti Marquez.

An extensive exhibition on Brutalist architecture will be opening on 9 November 2017 at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt.

Cars, whilst ever popular, will always take second place to flight. Who does not crave to soar on the wing unencumbered by white painted lines, coloured traffic lights and grey roads?For a moment, this sculpture, by artist Gerry Judah, envisions cars as jets - complete with vapour trails. It captures an emotional craving for power and speed.