Compulsory Acoustics, Joyful Atmosphere

Intelligent spatial organisation and targeted use of colour: Ester Bruzkus Architekten redesigned the office of the...

Ultra-Light Glass Facades

In cooperation with several companies, a research team at the Institute of Building Construction, TU Dresden developed...

Winged Roof Rising – The Hyparschale in Magdeburg

Abandoned for 30 years, the multipurpose hall with its self-supporting shell structure now shines again, restored by...

Small House on the Rhine by Marina Tabassum

The Khudi Bari is a bamboo structure designed for the river landscapes of Bangladesh. A small house of this innovative...

New Work in Existing Buildings

New Work in the sense of collaborative working methods can help promote collective intelligence in companies and save...

The Art of Grafting

Jeanne Gang and her international team have designed skyscrapers in San Francisco and are about to complete a timber...

Social Housing on Ibiza

A geometrical pattern consisting of brick either in natural red or with white render finish defines the facades of the...

Cultural Centre in Ptuj on the Drava

The dilapidated block in the medieval town centre of Ptuj had formerly housed a glass factory. The architectural office...

Art Space Kassel

The new exhibition hall of the Kunsthochschule Kassel neither has a front nor back. It is completely enclosed by a...

A House Inside a House for the Community

Studio Alexander Fehre designed the Herzzone project, a vivid meeting point for the staff members of the pharmaceutical...

Glass Peaks for Mountaineering Gear

The Dynafit headquarters is characterised by its steeply inclined facade. For its glazing, the architects Barozzi Veiga...

Townhouse near Paris

Materials such as wood, loam and natural stone constitute the five storey block border construction situated in...

Holiday Home in Normandy

In the southern part of Normandy, the architects of Java transformed a house built in 1970 into a modern holiday home...

Compulsory Acoustics, Joyful Atmosphere

Intelligent spatial organisation and targeted use of colour: Ester Bruzkus Architekten redesigned the office of the...

Ultra-Light Glass Facades

In cooperation with several companies, a research team at the Institute of Building Construction, TU Dresden developed...

House in Grândola

This purist cube sits unobtrusively in the semi-arid Alentejo region of southern Portugal. The first in a group of...

House in Dublin

The residential district on Anglesea Road in southwest Dublin is characterized by traditional terraced housing in...

House in Morcote

The village of Morcote is situated on the banks of Lake Lugano in Switzerland. This new house is located a short walk...

House and Studio in Weimar

In Weimar a new urban district is being built next to the site for which the Bauhaus produced a residential development...

House in Li Curt

Houses in Val Poschaivo, in the Swiss canton of Grisons, have traditionally been built close together to give...

Student Hall of Residence in Amsterdam

This hall of residence in Sarphatistraat is part of a line of buildings that corrects a recent intervention,...

House in Lantian

Built for the architect’s father, this house stands at the foot of the Quingling Mountains in Lantian some 1,500...

House in Dornbirn

Clad almost seamlessly with perforated stainless-steel panels, this house in Vorarlberg, Austria, has a largely closed...

Students’ Hostel in Garching

These two new four-storey halls of residence contain 32 single flats, 8 two-person and

Dwelling Block in Zurich

This block of dwellings, which stands like a monolith at the top of a hill, is an exotic development in the context of...

Luxury Dwellings in Zurich

Some may describe this building as clad in a suit of chain mail; others may see it attired in a silver robe. At all...

Shared-Ownership Housing in London

Located in Silvertown in East London, the project demonstrates that low-budget housing can be both attractive and...

Dwelling Block in Zurich

For the architect, the main challenge of this development lay in realizing an open, flowing concept of internal space,...

Mini-house in Kobe

This tiny (just 33 m2) plot offered a chance for a young couple to build a house in expensive downtown Kobe. But it...

House in Chur

High above the upper Rhine valley, on the slopes of Hochwang mountain, is this three-storey detached house. Situated...

Apartment block in Basel

The park surrounding Villa Schwarz is an important recreation space for people living on the outskirts of Basel. On...

House in Azeitão

House in Azeitão

Summer Home on Valentinswerder

Following a fire, two families who share a summer home on an island in a north German lake had to replace part of their...

House in Aitrach

In the small-scale village structure of Aitrach in South Germany, the present house stands out as something...

House in Teublitz

The brief for this project required the architects to create as much space as possible in the simplest form of...

Atrium House in Senftenberg

Set on a site that extends between two roads are two new buildings – a lower, single-family house and a two-storey...

Housing and Office Building in London

In a lot of countries, a gap of only 30 cm between structures would be inconceivable, even if one them were a solid,...

Housing Development in Munich

Forming part of a new urban neighbourhood in Munich, the scheme comprises two five-storey blocks with a U-shaped...

Weekend House in Coliumo

Situated 550 km south of Santiago in Chile, this concrete cube with rough-boarded surfaces was built as a weekend...

House on Tegernsee

With its conventional roof form and the use of materials commonly found in local developments, the structure is...

House in the Canton of Aargau

This unusual house with a U-shaped layout and a clear facade articulation has been carefully integrated into an...

House in Zurndorf

Situated in peaceful Burgenland in eastern Austria, this “house with an elephant’s skin” might, at first sight,...

Straw House in Eschenz

Built to a tight budget, this simple, but well-conceived house in Switzerland accommodates a family of four. In view of...

Addition of Two Storeys to a Housing and Commercial Building in Hamburg

In a densely developed district of Hamburg, a two-storey building dating from the 1950s has been raised in height by a...

Prefabricated House from Denmark

While selecting the ideal living-room or bedroom furniture set, it is now also possible to order the matching house...

Demonstration House in Tosu-City

Japan has a long and flourishing tradition of modular construction forms. The rush-covered tatami mats serve to this...

Temporary House in Paris

This house – a prototype which was displayed at an exhibition at the Parc de la Vilette in Paris – followed a...

House in Tokyo

The architect names this house on a minuscule leftover site Lucky Drop in reference to a Japanese proverb for “best...

Prefabricated House in Lower Austria

The construction phase for the “art for art house” in Haringsee lasted only two months. The prototype of a...

Mobile House in England

The “m-house” combines the advantages of a mobile, temporary dwelling with the living standard of a loft. The two...

House in Shimane

The house is situated in west Japan, in a region that experiences marked climatic contrasts between seasons. In summer,...

Single-Family House in Dalaas

Situated on a steeply sloping site in Vorarlberg, Austria, this single-family house, with its monolithic volume and...

House in Hittisau

This all-timber house in post-and-rail construction accommodates two dwelling units. The southern part contains the...

Housing and Office Development in Sint-Denijs-Westrem

Erected on the foundations of the previous building, the present development was required to have a dual function. It...

Attic Renovation in Munich

The attic of a nineteenth-century apartment building protected under historic-preservation ordinances was remodelled...

House at a Lake in Kaufbeuren

At the edge of a small nature reserve on a gently sloping, southerly site lies a domicile with a panoramic view of the...

Apartment House in London

The Isokon Flats, completed in 1934 by Wells Coates, were conceived as a social and architectural experiment, aiming to...

Overhaul of the Residential Complex Heumatt in Zürich-Seebach

The renovation of a group of apartment buildings consisting of a tower and two low-rise structures, all dating to 1970,...

Remodelling of a Senior Centre in Magdeburg

Perforated metal panels, transparent railings, extensively glazed facades – not features associated with prefabricated...

Retirement Home in Landeck

This terraced structure, built in 1976, had become uneconomical due to sub-standard building physics and energy...

House in London

Designed for a family of four, this house in Notting Hill – enclosed on three sides by the street block – has an area...

House in Waidhofen

The roof of an existing house was removed, and a further storey with a terrace was added on top. The new timber-frame...

“Plus-Energy” Housing and Service Centre in Freiburg

This 125-metre-long development, with a six-

Glass extension in London

Glass was the solution for this extension in an area where planning regulations precluded a more solid structure. The...

Office and Apartment Block in Aarau

This new six-storey building for a Swiss media group stands in a prominent location on the street between the railway...

Single-Family House in Darmstadt

Agreeably contrasted with its surroundings through the choice of materials and its simple detailing, the house occupies...

House in Zweibrücken

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Terraced Housing in Roosendaal

The brief required a low-cost conventional housing type with a standard width of 6 m and a clear separation of the...

Housing Blocks in Izola

Situated on the coast of Slovenia, these two blocks were realized as part of a state low-cost housing programme to...

Multi-Storey Housing in Munich

Urban planning policy in Munich today foresees an increase in the density of building development in the city centre....

Residence in Stuttgart

Stuttgart’s historic centre is situated in a valley, bound on three sides by luxuriant hills, a circumstance which may...

Semi-Detached Houses in Berlin-Weißensee

These four dwellings are located on an 1800 m2 site adjacent to a lake and park; with their clear typology, the two...

Residence in Dublin

On a prominent corner lot in Rathmines – a long-established residential district near Dublin which boasts a number of...

Overhaul of a House in Chamoson

This tri-partite stone house in an awe-inspiring mountain setting has stood the test of time since 1814. Its limestone...

Alpine Lodge in Styria

Situated at a height of 2,154 m, this new Alpine shelter has been built to passive-energy standards. At such a high...

Nursing Home and Centre for Senior Citizens in Steinfeld

This nursing home and centre for senior citizens is situated on the western edge of Steinfeld, a small community in...

Dwellings for Senior Citizens in Domat/Ems

The 20 two-room dwellings with an area of 57 m2 each are laid out on four floors and are designed to meet the needs of...

Passive-Energy-Standard Housing in Salzburg

The brief for the competition – organized by

Weekend House at St Andrew’s Beach

This elevated weekend retreat offers superb views over the ocean and a chance to reconnect with nature, beyond the...

Weekend House in Karuizawa

"Set in a woodland area an hour’s drive from Tokyo, the house commands a panoramic view on all sides. The mini-tower...

Extension to Semi-Detached House in Heverlee, Belgium

For the cubic extension to this semi-detached house, with its red-brick street facade and white bay window, the...

Flat Renovation in Berlin

This tower-like building on Karl Marx Allee known as “Haus des Kindes” (Children’s House) is a number of stories taller...

House in Enns

The house was to be open to the natural surroundings, while at the same time guaranteeing privacy. Glazed on three...

House in Zürich

Building restrictions limited the space upon which to build this new house (replacing an older one). The architects...

House in Vall de Bianya

On approaching this house in a remote valley in northeastern Catalonia, all that you see is a part of the roof rising...

Apartment, Retail and Office Building in Baden

Sharp edges, angles and incisions define the outward form of this concrete and glass building overlooking a busy...

Flat in Paris

New, low-cost internal finishings have transformed this small flat into a flexible and well-functioning dwelling. At...

Rooftop Dwellings in Metzingen

Erected on a factory building dating from the 1950s, the new two-storey volume contains nine maisonette-type dwellings....

House in Minamituru-gunn

This abstract house contrasts starkly with the rural setting. The site, located near Mount Fuji, provides the clients...

Residence in Santiago de Chile

Although the site lies on the edge of Santiago de Chile, the unpaved paths and high hedges which surround nearly every...

House in Cahuita

Designed for a writer, this pavilion-like house is set in lush vegetation on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The...

Beach House in Nandgaon

Set in a palm plantation on the west coast of India only a stone’s throw from the Arabian Sea, this beach house...

House in Andalue

Under normal circumstances, the gross floor area of this house in Chile, with three full storeys, would exceed local...

House in Madrid

With its bright orange coloration, round perspex roof-light domes and flamboyant, organic layout, this family house...

House near Adnet

This residence is nestled close to the earth in Tennengau, a landscape south of Salzburg characterized by a smattering...

House in Grândola

This purist cube sits unobtrusively in the semi-arid Alentejo region of southern Portugal. The first in a group of...

Children’s Activity Centre in Melbourne

In the middle of a playground in the south of Melbourne, an activity centre has been cre-

Kindergarten in Hirzenbach

In a housing area consisting largely of high-rise blocks, the existing school complex forms a central development. It...

Créche in Paris

The crèche closes a gap in the urban fabric near the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. The adjacent Théâtre de la...

Children’s Playhouse in Bonneuil-sur-Marne

This new playhouse is set within a social-housing estate consisting of high-rise structures in a suburb southeast of...

Conversion of “Tree of Dreams” Nursery School in Berlin

With a change of sponsorship, this two-storey nursery school dating from 1990 was given a new name, “Traumbaum” or Tree...

Company Day Nursery in Verona

Situated on an industrial works site roughly 5 km from the centre of Verona, this day nursery has the difficult task of...

Kindergarden in Egg

Hitherto, both the kindergarten and the local brass band in Egg, Austria, occupied provisional quarters. For that...

Crèche and Nursery School in Bicesse, Estoril

The clear white cubic forms of this day-care centre stand in an open landscape between the mountains of Sintra and the...

Crèche and Nursery School in Covolo

The starting point and source of inspiration for the design of this nursery school with crèche can be found in the...

Day-Care Centre for Children in Darmstadt

The kindergarten is constructed in a prefabricated wood-panel system with a facade consisting of grey fibre-cement...

Kindergarden in St. Michael/Eppan

The striking design for this kindergarten, which is set in a quiet housing area in Eppan, was the winning entry in a...

Nursery School in Marmoutier

This new nursery school In Alsace was built within listed historical walls that once enclosed the gardens of a...

Process: Kindergarden in Tokyo

The Fuji Kindergarten in Tachikawa, a suburb of Tokyo, consists in large part of its roof. Seen from above, it...

Primary School in Victoria

This new building, which complements an existing school, is organized in a linear form, with south-facing classrooms...

Special Support School in Freising

Children with learning or speech problems can receive more intensive care in special schools than in normal classroom...

Kindergarten in Lustenau

One of the striking features of this kindergarten is the spatial integration of an old footpath into the building. This...

Crèche in Ourense

In the course of extending the university, additional care facilities for young children became necessary. The...

Kindergarten in Guntramsdorf

This kindergarten south of Vienna stands in a wood of stately chestnut trees. The various sections of the complex,...

Kindergarten in Espoo

Situated close to Helsinki, Espoo has a population of 255,500 and is a typical Finnish town, with multistorey housing...

Kindergarten in Nîmes

Two broad projections on the south face mark the main entrance to the two-storey, pavilion-like kindergarten Les...

Crèche, Kindergarten and Childcare Centre in Vienna

This new municipal structure provides facilities for 133 children. Built to passive-energy standards in a prefabricated...

Westpark Education Centre in Augsburg

Accommodating 430 children, this education centre incorporates crèche, kindergarten,

Primary School and Day-Care Centre in Hamburg

Surrounded by office buildings and housing developments, this “hybrid” structure unites dwellings with a primary...

Kindergarten and Primary School in Saint-Denis

Situated on a former factory site in the north of Paris, the new Casarès-Doisneau educational complex comprises a...

Childcare Centre in Sierre

Since the opening of the Crèche de l’Europe in Sierre, the town centre has acquired fresh attraction as a place for...

Kindergarten in Bizau

In its cubic form and use of materials, this kindergarten fits in well with the character of the picturesque village of...

Children's day nursery in Berlin

As part of a reorganisation of Hausvogteiplatz in the inner-city Mitte district of Berlin, a building housing two...

Parish Community Centre in Munich

Dating from 1970, the centre consists of a block of flats, a club for senior citizens, a kindergarten, youth rooms and...

Typology: Modern Childcare Centres – Hands-On Architecture

For many parents in Germany, finding care for their child in a kindergarten is a matter of luck, since about 220,000...

Housing Development in Zurich with Dwellings for Senior Citizens, a Crèche and a Parent-Child Centre

Erected in a new urban centre in the district of Affoltern, Zurich, this development incorporates dwellings for the...

Natural park centre, elementary school, and kindergarten in St. Magdalena

Bordering the natural park “Puez-Geisler” in South Tyrol with its striking, jagged mountain ridges, the little hamlet...

Magazine: Daycare centre in Hanover

The first German child-care centre with a DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) Gold certificate is located close...

Children’s Day-Care Centre in Salzburg

An extension was required to a school complex dating from the 1970s to accommodate day-care facilities. Since the...

Cultural Centre for Children in Copenhagen

This new cultural centre offers various play facilities and programmes for young people. Located on a street corner,...

Nursery School Extension in Fellbach

This residential nursery school extension provides space for an additional group of children in an independent...

Kindergarten in Winnenden

The triangular plan form of the building was the result of tight site conditions and the wish to open up the...

Kindergarten in Rosenheim

With its colourful design, the kindergarten forms a striking contrast to the greyness of the surrounding developments....

Day Nursery in Ingolstadt

The kindergarten comprises an ensemble of four independent structures grouped about a courtyard, which, on sunny days,...

Day Nursery in Heslach, Stuttgart

Set on a sloping site with a large stock of trees, the building is divided into two parts. The simple structure to the...

Multi-Purpose Building in Ostwald, France

Temporary accommodation was required during the period of demolition and new construction of a children's day centre. A...

Kindergarten in Freiburg

The building is screened off with solid walls on three sides and opens to the south with a fully glazed façade that...

Children's Centre in Paris

A crèche, a kindergarten and rooms for road workers were accommodated on top of each other in a single, multi-storey...

Primary School and Nursery School in Delft

The limited site area allowed little scope for an extensive spatial programme. The school buildings were set on the...

Kindergarten in Munich

Erected as an ecological pilot project in the midst of a residential area, the kindergarten accommodates three groups....

Day Care Centre, Munich Attic conversion

The proximity of the building to the important historic monument Nymphenburg Palace meant that no alterations could be...

Provisional Kindergarten in Basle

A simple hut among the trees in a classical school courtyard meets an urgent local need for a kindergarten. Resting on...

Primary School and Nursery School in Amsterdam, NL

»De Evenaar« is located in a densely built-up residential area. Like a stone sculpture and detached on all sides, the...

Kindergarden in Munich

The shape of the long drawn-out complex of the kindergarden ensued from the urban situation, and necessitated closing...

Protestant Day Nursery, Manching

When the parish day nursery had to be extended to admit the increasing numbers of children, the design of the new...

Day Nursery Valency, Lausanne

To come across facilities which are distinctly devised to fit in with the world of children is as rare in Switzerland...

Kindergarden

In this park-like terrain, the kindergarden, a wood skeleton pavilion with hexagonal ground plan was built in close...

Kindergarden Crookham Junior

A very simple detail in this kindergarden is ample proof of Edward Cullinan and his team's imaginativeness: During the...

Two Child-Care Centres in Frankfurt

In order to comply with a politically determined increase in the number of places in day nurseries, the city of...

Discussion: Nurseries and Child-Care Centres in England

Sure Start was inaugurated in 1999 as a centralized government programme focusing on providing services to parents and...

Discussion: Building for Young Children in France

The education of young children in France is subject to a much greater degree of institutionalization than in other...

Day Nurseries Between Social Welfare and Self-Determination

Since the poor performance of German educational institutions became known through OECD studies, discussions have taken...

Perspectives: Interior Design – a Must, not a Luxury!

When, in early 2010, the Parish of St. Josef in the Bavarian town of Altötting commissioned us to design a crèche, we...

»Kinderhaus« in Tettnang

At the intersection of the historic centre, the new central business district and small-scale residential...

Housing Development with Childcare Centre in Paris

Next to the tracks of Paris North station, this former peripheral block development is slowly acquiring a suburban...

Process: Kalkbreite Housing and Commercial Development in Zurich

Kalkbreite Housing and Commercial Development in Zurich

Journal: Childcare centre in Völklingen

»An overly colourful and playful architecture with triangular windows and pointed towers is not what children need....

Childcare centre in Marburg

The grounds of the Vitos health centre in Marburg, near Frankfurt, are dotted with mature trees and historic buildings...

Nursery School in Hamburg

The small nursery school on Hamburg’s northeast side occupies an unusually large site. The children who attend the...

Pre-school in Lugano

Cassarate is a neighbourhood in Lugano characterised by heterogeneous, multi-storey apartment houses. The pre-school,...

The German School in Madrid

The new German School in Madrid was conceived as a cluster of buildings largely pentagonal on plan and with a honeycomb...

Pre-school in Bludenz

This atmosphere of this pre-school in western Austria is marked by rough-sawn fir and crisp exposed concrete surfaces....

Daycare Centre in Sakura

“Hakasui” – white water – is the name of a daycare centre located on a sloped site in Sakura in the east of Tokyo. This...

Childcare Centre in Vétroz

In the small community of Vétroz, set in the Swiss Alps, the shimmering gold facades of this new childcare centre...

Home for Children and Young People with Crèche in Ingolstadt

The St Vincent Caritas home in Ingolstadt was built for nearly 40 disabled children and young people. It is based on a...

Process: Padre Rubinos Social Centre in Corunna

Galicians say that Corunna lies at the end of the world, an allusion to the time when the earth was thought to be flat....

Children’s day care centre in Erding

Like so many communities around Munich, the town of Erding is rapidly expanding. In anticipation of this growth, a new...

Process: Kindergarden in Innsbruck

The Olympic Village in Innsbruck is a large, two-part development dating from the 1960s. An important element of the...

Discussion: Child-Care Facilities in Finland

Sure Start was inaugurated in 1999 as a centralized government programme focusing on providing services to parents and...

Focus on Playing and Learning: Places of Education and Encounter

Day care centres and schools are places of encounter and learning in which children spend a large part of their day....

Kindergarten in Absam

The essential design criteria for the expansion of this local primary school in Absam were: seeing the world from the...

Practice: Participatory Design: Form Follows Fiction

Since 2003 architecture practice Die Baupiloten (A) have been collecting experiences in the field of participatory...

Town Hall in Freiburg

Three oval office buildings and a circular children's day care centre. This, essentially, describes the design with...

Day Nursery near Prince Alfred’s Hamlet in South Africa

Situated 140 km north-east of Cape Town stands the kindergarten “Hamlet Crèche”, the third project to be realized as...

Kindergarten of the French School in Barcelona

Coloured horizontal bands lend the new kindergarten tract of the French school a refreshing note and help integrate the...

Green: School and Community Centre in Heidelberg

The world's largest passive house district has been under construction in Heidelberg for ten years. After its...

Children’s Activity Centre in Melbourne

In the middle of a playground in the south of Melbourne, an activity centre has been cre-

House in Grândola

This purist cube sits unobtrusively in the semi-arid Alentejo region of southern Portugal. The first in a group of...

House in Dublin

The residential district on Anglesea Road in southwest Dublin is characterized by traditional terraced housing in...

House for Musicians in Gaasbeek

With the addition of a new annexe, this former dairy in Flanders is now used as a retreat for talented musicians...

House in Morcote

The village of Morcote is situated on the banks of Lake Lugano in Switzerland. This new house is located a short walk...

House and Studio in Weimar

In Weimar a new urban district is being built next to the site for which the Bauhaus produced a residential development...

House in Li Curt

Houses in Val Poschaivo, in the Swiss canton of Grisons, have traditionally been built close together to give...

Student Hall of Residence in Amsterdam

This hall of residence in Sarphatistraat is part of a line of buildings that corrects a recent intervention,...

Entrance Gallery to Amnesty International’s Headquarters in London

The search for a suitable building to house the new headquarters (the Human Rights Action Centre) of Amnesty...

Institute Building in Freiburg

In both scale and material the Karl Rahner Building adds a new dimension to its neighbourhood, a heterogeneous mix of...

Church Centre in Munich

Munich’s new urban district of Messestadt Riem, built on the site of the old airport, has at its heart a striking...

House in Grândola

This purist cube sits unobtrusively in the semi-arid Alentejo region of southern Portugal. The first in a group of...

House in Dublin

The residential district on Anglesea Road in southwest Dublin is characterized by traditional terraced housing in...

BOB-Campus in Wuppertal

The reuse of existing buildings is a central aim of sustainable construction, since it is the most effective way of conserving resources.

Conversion of a Wine Warehouse in Basel

Moving the industry out of the city and introducing housing and commercial functions – this scenario is also taking place in the Lysbüchel area in northwestern Basel.

Building Sorted by Type

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In order for the turnaround in the construction industry to succeed, material resources must be fully reused and recycled.

Understanding What is Already There

Since its founding 20 years ago, NoAarchitecten have become specialists in building within existing structures. In this interview, An Fonteyne discusses the journey to this expertise.

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The use of natural raw materials is today more significant in architecture than ever before.

BOB-Campus in Wuppertal

The reuse of existing buildings is a central aim of sustainable construction, since it is the most effective way of conserving resources.