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A house that is possible after all

DAV Headquarters by Element A Architekten

With a resource-saving wood construction and a clever, low-tech climate concept, Element A Architekten have transformed a former publishing house in Munich into the headquarters for DAV.

A haven in nature

Small Garden Pavilion by Mcmullan Studio

In a commission for the charity organisation Horatio's Garden, the London architectural practice Mcmullan Studio has designed a wooden garden room as a sheltered place for people with spinal injuries to immerse themselves in natural surroundings at all times of the year.

Surrounded by nature

Modular House in Madrid

The DelaVegaCanolasso architecture studio specialize in small houses using modular techniques. In this video, Ignacio de la Vega and Pilar Cano-Lasso shed light on their latest project, the Fresnos house in Madrid. 

Concrete with texture

Flagship Store in Beijing by Neri&Hu

For the Lao Ding Feng baked-goods brand, which was established in Beijing in 1911, Neri&Hu have redesigned an old warehouse formerly devoted to the production of cotton textiles. The brick shell of the existing structure contrasts with the seeming softness of the newly added poured concrete.

Museum Expansion

Sydney Modern by Sanaa

Sanaa’s expansion to the Art Gallery of New South Wales spans the deep lanes of the city’s freeway and creates open spaces, primarily for contemporary Australian art.

India’s cultural heritage

Museum of Art and Photography by Mathew & Ghosh Architects

In the Indian metropolis of Bangalore, architects Mathew & Ghosh have realized the Museum of Art and Photography. Collections of South Asian art and culture have been displayed here since the middle of February.

Hotels, hostels, resorts

Where’s the Journey Headed? – Editorial Detail 3.2023

The current issue of Detail takes a look at new beginnings. Few sectors of the economy were so battered during the corona years as the hotel industry.

Ecological resistance

The Rambla Climate House in Spain

In a suburb of the Spanish city of Molina de Segura, Andrés Jaque and his office Offpolinn have created the Rambla Climate House, a single-family dwelling conceived as a climate- and eco-house. The project won the 2022 Simon Architecture Prize.

Meet the Architects

DIIIP, Loft M in Cologne

In our video series #Meet the Architects, architects present current projects from their offices. Jochen Reetz from DIIIP explains the design for the Loft M project in Cologne.

Refurbishment

Taking Stock – Editorial Detail 1/2.2023

Apart from the ecological, social, and economic necessity to do so, adaptive reuse often raises unforeseen structural and detailing issues, which we address at the start of the year. We docu­ment seven selected projects energy-efficient renovations, the addition of new functions to existing buildings, the densification of inner-city areas, and conversion.

Best of 2022

Our Readers' Video Favourites

These three videos have particularly inspired our readers this year.

Building envelopes

The Path to a New Architecture – Editorial Detail 12.2022

“We must become much more effective if we want comprehensive social and ecological transformation,” says the Vienna-based architect Markus Zilker from einzueins architektur.

Structural fire protection

Frame House in California

Mork-Ulnes are designing a single-family house that will withstand future disasters.

To learn from nature

Greenhouse in Catalonia

The new research facility of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) was built on a 130-hectare former farm.

Building with bulrushes in Berkeley

Detail Students' Award Goes to the USA

With their Biotic Air Unit 2071 research project, the students of UC Berkeley have demonstrated that a Californian variety of bulrush is a suitable building material.

Circular economy

Reuse Building Materials – Editorial Detail 11.2022

New builds are no longer in keeping with the times. Instead, we need to ask how we can use existing building stock as a resource, reusing bricks, windows, or facade pieces. 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.

Regional typology

The Flowing Garden

In the Chinese province of Fujian, More Than Arch Studio have designed a courtyard house with a labyrinthine interior.

From gorge to cave

Holiday Home by HW Studio in Mexico

This weekend house located in a secluded area near the Mexican city of Morelia virtually disappears into the landscape.