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Architecture award

With 527 submissions from 40 countries, this year’s Detail Award saw record participation. We present the winners.

Sculptural monolith

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.

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Spatial interplay

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

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

Brutalism on the water

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

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

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 

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

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.

The Tool for Architects

Test the new look of Detail Inspiration. Recently, we have upgraded the platform’s technical infrastructure and introduced several new features.

Athletics in the nature park

K Architectures have completed the renovation and extension of the Pierre-Paul-Bernard Stadium in Talence. The new sports complex blends harmoniously into the protected forest of Thouars.

Conversion with history

In Menorca, Calderon-Folch Studio has transformed a building dating from 1844 into a hotel that incorporates historical layers and regional references into its architecture.

Nominee DETAIL Award 2024

The nominees for the Detail Award 2024 have been announced: The former Coop wine warehouse in Basel’s Lysbüchel neighbourhood was transformed into a multistorey residential building, designed to accommodate residents of all ages and diverse lifestyles. 

Moving roofscape

Studio Gang's sweeping folded roof connects the disparate components of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, opening it up to the surrounding parkland.

Interview with Anders Lendager

Danish architect Anders Lendager is one of the most radical pioneers of circular construction. In this interview with Jakob Schoof, he explains how architects can help end the throwaway society.