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Working environments as hotel lounges

Hotel with Offices in Zurich by Alexander Fehre

In the Hyatt Hotel at Zurich Airport, Studio Alexander Fehre has designed a 1500 m² office environment with a lounge character that offers a variety of use scenarios.

Regional building culture

New Architecture in South Tyrol

The best buildings in Italy's northernmost region: the successful exhibition in Merano and a brilliant new book document the impressive balance of contemporary regional building culture in South Tyrol.

Nine-storey greenhouse

Residence in Geneva by Atelier Bonnet

Atelier Bonnet Architectes have designed a residential building in Geneva with balconies whose planting allows a transition between inside and outside, including collaboration by the residents.

Fired and unfired clay

Hotel Leo in St. Gallen by Boltshauser Architects

The Hotel Leo in the garden of the Villa Wiesental is clad in greenish and white-grey clinker brick. The interior walls are made of clay bricks and earth blocks.

Folly in the water

Floating Sauna in Oslo by Estudio Herreros

On the Oslo Fjord, Estudio Herreros has built a small floating sauna, offering a place for retreat and contemplation near the Munch Museum.

Müther's largest roof

gmp Architekten Renovate Hyparschale

The Hyparschale in Magdeburg is the largest surviving building designed by the architect and engineer Ulrich Müther. Over the past five years, gmp Architekten have renovated the listed building and transformed it into a modern event centre.

Provisional as a concept

House 14a in Copenhagen by Pihlmann Architects

From the outside, the house from the 1950s has changed very little. Inside, Pihlmann Architects and art historian Marianne Krogh have created open, flowing spaces.

Under one roof

Educational Centre in Parma by Enrico Molteni

Enrico Molteni has designed a filigree pavilion on the university campus in Parma, whose wooden shell houses two buildings with different uses.

A splash of colour in the village centre

Studio in Bobingen by Ludwig Zitzelsberger

A barn in green – that was the design concept for the artist's studio in Bobingen near Augsburg. A few selective interventions give the simple wooden building a creative independence.

Architecture award

Three main prizes at Detail Award 2024

We present the winners of the Detail Award 2024. With 527 entries from 40 countries, this year's prestigious architecture prize saw record participation. 

Sculptural monolith

Performing Arts Centre in Brighton by krft

For the Performing Arts Centre at Brighton College, Krft and Nicholas Hare Architects designed a solitaire with a shell of flint blocks and light grey Seeton bricks.

Spatial interplay

Deconstructed Hairdressing Salon in Saitama

In Saitama, Japan, Ateliers Takahito Sekiguchi and Shinmei Kosan have designed a hairdressing salon as an airy pavilion made up of individual wall and ceiling panels.

Simple sanctuary

Refuge in the Slovak Ore Mountains by Grau Architects

The cabin in Slovakia, designed by Grau Architects, is functional yet comfortable.

Brutalism on the water

Restaurant in the Cantabrian Maritime Museum

Zooco Estudio has created a restaurant in the Cantabrian Maritime Museum in Santander that celebrates the brutalist architecture of the building.

Office to flat conversion

Apartment with Three Domes in Berlin

In Berlin, FAR frohn&rojas have converted former office space from the early 1930s into a 211 m2 apartment that integrates various architectural references.

Interview with Lamia Messari-Becker

How do we shift to sustainable construction?

Lamia Messari-Becker is a leading voice on sustainable construction. The professor at the University of Siegen serves as a policy advisor on various committees. In an interview with Julia Liese, she discussed her ideas for how the construction sector can address climate change.

Terraced houses with social connections 

Rötiboden Development on Lake Zurich by Buchner Bründler Architekten

Private and communal open spaces are skilfully interwoven in this terraced housing estate high above Lake Zurich. The concrete-brown aesthetic of the new buildings is complemented by splashes of metal.

Timber construction for communicative working

Innovation Factory Heilbronn by Waechter + Waechter

The timber construction braced with V-columns allows column-free rooms that can be flexibly divided according to the size of the start-up companies. The timber façade is displayed behind glass and becomes a landmark in the Neckaruferpark.