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Conversion of Lot 8 in Arles
The industrial hall Lot 8 in Arles is a living laboratory for sustainability.
Read nowTown Center Niederwerrn
The new community facility in the Lower Franconian town of Niederwerrn builds bridges in numerous ways.
Read nowGarage Extensions in Karlsruhe
A postwar neighbourhood in the Rintheim district of Karlsruhe now boasts an example of urban redensification of the...
Read nowGarden House in Munich
The green single family residential neighbourhood in the Pasing district of Munich features a new garden house by...
Read nowCircular Timber Construction
What are the potentials of circular timber planning and construction? The authors from the Chair of Architecture and...
Read nowMarga Klompé Lecture Hall Building in Tilburg
At a first glance it seems strange that a timber building in the Netherlands is clad in natural stone from Portugal. In...
Read nowOffice Building HasleTre in Oslo
Hasletre, located in northeastern Oslo, is Norway’s first office building explicitly designed for reversibility and the...
Read nowSustainability Sparks Surprising Solutions
Sou Fujimoto’s Grand Ring at Expo 2025 in Osaka aims to revitalise timber construction in Japan. After the event, the...
Read nowSteam Machine in the Poplar Forest
The Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring bathhouse by Vector Architects is an unexpected combination of industrial aesthetics...
Read nowArchitectural Rubble Elements
David Chipperfield Architects Berlin and the ICD at the University of Stuttgart are jointly exploring how mineral...
Read nowStalin’s New Neighbour
The National Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw by Thomas Phifer and Partners is a building that rewards a second look:...
Read nowConversion of Lot 8 in Arles
The industrial hall Lot 8 in Arles is a living laboratory for sustainability.
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Facade
Concept residential house in Salzkammergut
Advertorial: How can environmentally friendly living be combined with high living standards? The new Solarlux concept house in Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, provides answers to this question.
Learn moreHouse in Morcote
The village of Morcote is situated on the banks of Lake Lugano in Switzerland. This new house is located a short walk west of the village centre, just above the lake shore in an unprepossessing villa district.
Learn moreConversion 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.
Learn moreOffice Building in Kristiansand
The commercial and office building in Kristiansand on the south ern tip of Norway displays a striking character, most of all due to its exceptional timber facade.
Learn moreKuku23 in Vienna
The arts and culture quarter is located in the rapidly growing 23rd district of Vienna. A new building type defined as a studio house establishes a transition between the existing culture centre and the residential quarter.
Learn moreConcept residential house in Salzkammergut
Advertorial: How can environmentally friendly living be combined with high living standards? The new Solarlux concept house in Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, provides answers to this question.
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Hotel
Floor of a Hotel in Madrid
For the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid, Zaha Hadid and a number of other architects were each given the job of...
Read nowGuest Pavilions in Olot
The assignment was nothing out of the ordinary: a restaurant owner in Olot, Catalonia, wanted to offer his guests a...
Read nowCamp in Passail
“Multifunctional Camp Modules” was the title of the competition in search of ideas with a view to the future and a...
Read nowHotel and Tourism Institute in Montréal
Built in 1970, and comprising 21,000 m2, the building complex accommodating the Quebec Tourism and Hotel Institute...
Read nowHotel in Obanazawa
Many of Kengo Kuma’s projects are characterized by experiments with materials and their presentation in a striking or a...
Read nowConversion and Extension of St Alban’s Youth Hostel in Basle
Since the 1980s, this former factory structure has been occupied by a youth hostel. All modifications that have now...
Read nowOld hospice, St. Gotthard Pass
Ever since the 13th century and at more than 2000 meters above sea level, travellers, pilgrims, and merchants have...
Read nowHotel »The Waterhouse« in Shanghai
The area surrounding the South Bund along the banks of the Huangpu, situated east of the historic urban core and in...
Read nowDiscussion: A Hotel as an Integrated Whole – The Genesis of the Louis in Munich
Opposite the Viktualienmarkt, the food market in the heart of Munich, an office building dating from the post-war years...
Read nowCapsule Hotel in Kyoto
Erected on a six-metre-wide city-centre site, this capsule hotel sets new standards for what is a typically Japanese...
Read nowFloor of a Hotel in Madrid
For the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid, Zaha Hadid and a number of other architects were each given the job of...
Read nowGuest Pavilions in Olot
The assignment was nothing out of the ordinary: a restaurant owner in Olot, Catalonia, wanted to offer his guests a...
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Office and administration
Bank Headquarters in Munich
In the heart of Munich, not far from the ”Fünf Höfe” (Herzog & de Meuron), the HypoVereinsbank carried out another...
Read nowNetherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum
The striking cubic form of the building, with a side length of roughly 54 m and a height of 26 m, is clad externally on...
Read nowHeadquarters in London
An impressive atrium extending the full height of the building with a striking concrete structural framework: these are...
Read nowBank in Bilbao
This new branch of a bank occupies the ground floor and basement of an existing building in city-centre Bilbao. The...
Read nowReport: Canton Tower in Guangzhou
The 610 m tall antenna tip of the Canton Tower is even taller than the Toronto TV tower and is thus the world‘s tallest...
Read nowOffice Building in Basle
An impressive walnut staircase that draws visitors upwards is certainly the outstanding feature of the interior design...
Read nowBank in Innsbruck
The private bank chose a six-storey 19th century building in central Innsbruck as its new headquarters. The ground...
Read nowBank in Götzis
The present structure forms part of a programme of new architecture designed to lend an old-established Austrian bank a...
Read nowTemporary Bank in Nuremberg
The “Blue Box” meets the requirements of the brief by providing a flexible, low-cost, temporary structure with a...
Read nowOffice building in Sydney
Measured against its certification results, 1 Bligh is the most sustainable high-rise office building in Australia to...
Read nowBank Headquarters in Munich
In the heart of Munich, not far from the ”Fünf Höfe” (Herzog & de Meuron), the HypoVereinsbank carried out another...
Read nowNetherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum
The striking cubic form of the building, with a side length of roughly 54 m and a height of 26 m, is clad externally on...
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Kindergartens
Children’s Activity Centre in Melbourne
In the middle of a playground in the south of Melbourne, an activity centre has been cre-
Read nowKindergarten in Hirzenbach
In a housing area consisting largely of high-rise blocks, the existing school complex forms a central development. It...
Read nowCréche in Paris
The crèche closes a gap in the urban fabric near the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. The adjacent Théâtre de la...
Read nowChildren’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...
Read nowConversion 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...
Read nowCompany 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...
Read nowKindergarden in Egg
Hitherto, both the kindergarten and the local brass band in Egg, Austria, occupied provisional quarters. For that...
Read nowCrèche 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...
Read nowCrèche 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...
Read nowDay-Care Centre for Children in Darmstadt
The kindergarten is constructed in a prefabricated wood-panel system with a facade consisting of grey fibre-cement...
Read nowKindergarden 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...
Read nowNursery School in Marmoutier
This new nursery school In Alsace was built within listed historical walls that once enclosed the gardens of a...
Read nowProcess: Kindergarden in Tokyo
The Fuji Kindergarten in Tachikawa, a suburb of Tokyo, consists in large part of its roof. Seen from above, it...
Read nowPrimary School in Victoria
This new building, which complements an existing school, is organized in a linear form, with south-facing classrooms...
Read nowSpecial Support School in Freising
Children with learning or speech problems can receive more intensive care in special schools than in normal classroom...
Read nowKindergarten in Lustenau
One of the striking features of this kindergarten is the spatial integration of an old footpath into the building. This...
Read nowCrèche in Ourense
In the course of extending the university, additional care facilities for young children became necessary. The...
Read nowKindergarten in Guntramsdorf
This kindergarten south of Vienna stands in a wood of stately chestnut trees. The various sections of the complex,...
Read nowKindergarten in Espoo
Situated close to Helsinki, Espoo has a population of 255,500 and is a typical Finnish town, with multistorey housing...
Read nowKindergarten in Nîmes
Two broad projections on the south face mark the main entrance to the two-storey, pavilion-like kindergarten Les...
Read nowCrèche, Kindergarten and Childcare Centre in Vienna
This new municipal structure provides facilities for 133 children. Built to passive-energy standards in a prefabricated...
Read nowWestpark Education Centre in Augsburg
Accommodating 430 children, this education centre incorporates crèche, kindergarten,
Read nowPrimary School and Day-Care Centre in Hamburg
Surrounded by office buildings and housing developments, this “hybrid” structure unites dwellings with a primary...
Read nowKindergarten 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...
Read nowChildcare 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...
Read nowKindergarten in Bizau
In its cubic form and use of materials, this kindergarten fits in well with the character of the picturesque village of...
Read nowChildren's day nursery in Berlin
As part of a reorganisation of Hausvogteiplatz in the inner-city Mitte district of Berlin, a building housing two...
Read nowParish 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...
Read nowTypology: 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...
Read nowHousing 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...
Read nowNatural 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...
Read nowMagazine: Daycare centre in Hanover
The first German child-care centre with a DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) Gold certificate is located close...
Read nowChildren’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...
Read nowCultural Centre for Children in Copenhagen
This new cultural centre offers various play facilities and programmes for young people. Located on a street corner,...
Read nowNursery School Extension in Fellbach
This residential nursery school extension provides space for an additional group of children in an independent...
Read nowKindergarten in Winnenden
The triangular plan form of the building was the result of tight site conditions and the wish to open up the...
Read nowKindergarten in Rosenheim
With its colourful design, the kindergarten forms a striking contrast to the greyness of the surrounding developments....
Read nowDay Nursery in Ingolstadt
The kindergarten comprises an ensemble of four independent structures grouped about a courtyard, which, on sunny days,...
Read nowDay 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...
Read nowMulti-Purpose Building in Ostwald, France
Temporary accommodation was required during the period of demolition and new construction of a children's day centre. A...
Read nowKindergarten in Freiburg
The building is screened off with solid walls on three sides and opens to the south with a fully glazed façade that...
Read nowChildren'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...
Read nowPrimary 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...
Read nowKindergarten in Munich
Erected as an ecological pilot project in the midst of a residential area, the kindergarten accommodates three groups....
Read nowDay Care Centre, Munich Attic conversion
The proximity of the building to the important historic monument Nymphenburg Palace meant that no alterations could be...
Read nowProvisional Kindergarten in Basle
A simple hut among the trees in a classical school courtyard meets an urgent local need for a kindergarten. Resting on...
Read nowPrimary 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...
Read nowKindergarden in Munich
The shape of the long drawn-out complex of the kindergarden ensued from the urban situation, and necessitated closing...
Read nowProtestant Day Nursery, Manching
When the parish day nursery had to be extended to admit the increasing numbers of children, the design of the new...
Read nowDay Nursery Valency, Lausanne
To come across facilities which are distinctly devised to fit in with the world of children is as rare in Switzerland...
Read nowKindergarden
In this park-like terrain, the kindergarden, a wood skeleton pavilion with hexagonal ground plan was built in close...
Read nowKindergarden Crookham Junior
A very simple detail in this kindergarden is ample proof of Edward Cullinan and his team's imaginativeness: During the...
Read nowTwo 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...
Read nowDiscussion: 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...
Read nowDiscussion: 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...
Read nowDay Nurseries Between Social Welfare and Self-Determination
Since the poor performance of German educational institutions became known through OECD studies, discussions have taken...
Read nowPerspectives: 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...
Read now»Kinderhaus« in Tettnang
At the intersection of the historic centre, the new central business district and small-scale residential...
Read nowHousing Development with Childcare Centre in Paris
Next to the tracks of Paris North station, this former peripheral block development is slowly acquiring a suburban...
Read nowProcess: Kalkbreite Housing and Commercial Development in Zurich
Kalkbreite Housing and Commercial Development in Zurich
Read nowJournal: Childcare centre in Völklingen
»An overly colourful and playful architecture with triangular windows and pointed towers is not what children need....
Read nowChildcare centre in Marburg
The grounds of the Vitos health centre in Marburg, near Frankfurt, are dotted with mature trees and historic buildings...
Read nowNursery School in Hamburg
The small nursery school on Hamburg’s northeast side occupies an unusually large site. The children who attend the...
Read nowPre-school in Lugano
Cassarate is a neighbourhood in Lugano characterised by heterogeneous, multi-storey apartment houses. The pre-school,...
Read nowThe 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...
Read nowPre-school in Bludenz
This atmosphere of this pre-school in western Austria is marked by rough-sawn fir and crisp exposed concrete surfaces....
Read nowDaycare 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...
Read nowChildcare Centre in Vétroz
In the small community of Vétroz, set in the Swiss Alps, the shimmering gold facades of this new childcare centre...
Read nowHome 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...
Read nowPadre 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...
Read nowChildren’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...
Read nowProcess: Kindergarden in Innsbruck
The Olympic Village in Innsbruck is a large, two-part development dating from the 1960s. An important element of the...
Read nowDiscussion: Child-Care Facilities in Finland
Sure Start was inaugurated in 1999 as a centralized government programme focusing on providing services to parents and...
Read nowFocus 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....
Read nowKindergarten in Absam
The essential design criteria for the expansion of this local primary school in Absam were: seeing the world from the...
Read nowPractice: Participatory Design: Form Follows Fiction
Since 2003 architecture practice Die Baupiloten (A) have been collecting experiences in the field of participatory...
Read nowTown Hall in Freiburg
Three oval office buildings and a circular children's day care centre. This, essentially, describes the design with...
Read nowDay 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...
Read nowKindergarten 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...
Read nowGreen: School and Community Centre in Heidelberg
The world's largest passive house district has been under construction in Heidelberg for ten years. After its...
Read nowChildren’s Activity Centre in Melbourne
In the middle of a playground in the south of Melbourne, an activity centre has been cre-
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