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From Design to Execution – a Conversation with Jan Richter
The introverted timber structure replaces an old building from the post-World War II era in Mitry-Mory in the Paris...
Read nowDaycare Centre in the Julian Alps
The new daycare centre in the Slovenian community of Bohinjska Bistrica appears as if it had been there all along. The...
Read nowKindergarten Elsa Triolet near Paris
The introverted timber structure replaces an old building from the post-World War II era in Mitry-Mory in the Paris...
Read nowResearch Daycare Centre in Merseburg
On the campus of Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, the Leipzig-based office of Aline Hielscher Architektur...
Read nowTwin Daycare Centres near Kassel
As the design basis for the two daycare centres on the borders of the municipality of Edermünde in North Hesse, Löser...
Read nowThe sum of measures creates a good urban climate
Extreme urban heat is a key theme at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. The German Pavilion responds with...
Read nowShaping Society
Can well-designed spaces foster childhood development? In Germany, the team members of the Berlin-based architectural...
Read nowReuse Everything
Radical and fearless, Søren Pihlmann and his Copenhagen-based studio are committed to adaptive reuse through circular...
Read nowDaycare Centre in Oranienburg
A timber balcony structure envelops the daycare centre in Oranienburg. This second facade layer appears unusually...
Read nowPort of Passage
A 550 m stainless steel staircase by MAD makes Fenix in Rotterdam a major tourist attraction. But Europe’s first art...
Read nowCircular Daycare Centre near Copenhagen
The Svanen daycare centre in Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen is exemplary in terms of its radically sustainable approach...
Read nowStrawBrick – an Organic Brick Made of Straw
In the StrohGold research project, a team from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is developing a brick made from highly...
Read nowDaycare Centre in the Marche
A robust structure and short construction time were the main requirements for the new daycare centre in the Italian...
Read nowFrom Design to Execution – a Conversation with Jan Richter
The introverted timber structure replaces an old building from the post-World War II era in Mitry-Mory in the Paris...
Read nowDaycare Centre in the Julian Alps
The new daycare centre in the Slovenian community of Bohinjska Bistrica appears as if it had been there all along. The...
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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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School
School in Niederhasli
This low, linear building mediates between open fields and a group of 1970s apartment blocks on the edge of the village...
Read nowChurch complex in Louisiana
This new church complex accommodates functions previously spread out across church property. Single-storey structures...
Read nowAcademy of Music in Santiago de Compostela
Rising like a huge block of granite in the landscape, the academy is articulated into horizontal courses of thick,...
Read nowPrimary School Extension in Baierbrunn
The architects proposed an extension in the form of an independent, flat strip to harmonize with the small-scale...
Read nowGrammar School in Dallgow-Döberitz
This colourful new school on the outskirts of Berlin is distinguished by its clear forms and functional interior. The...
Read nowSecondary School in Eching
Planned for roughly 1,000 pupils, this new secondary school is situated on the periphery of Eching, north of Munich....
Read nowExhibition and Training Centre near Zevenbergen
The concept foresaw the development of a commercial, multi-functional building type – containing showrooms, training...
Read nowSecondary School in Brixlegg
The school was designed to a passive-energy standard. Access to the area for all-day tuition on the ground floor is...
Read nowRenovation and Extension of a Modular School in Schulzendorf
A facade of woven willow reeds, reminiscent of a basket, envelops the pupils and teachers of the extended school in...
Read nowSvalbard Science Centre in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
On the Norwegian Svalbard Islands in the Arctic Ocean, 60 per cent of the land is covered with glaciers. The UNIS...
Read nowSecondary School in Copenhagen
The cubic external form of this school gives no hint of the unusual layout internally, where flowing spaces and curved...
Read nowArt Gallery and Arts Educational Centre in Waiblingen
The Unteres Remstahl Arts Educational Centre and the Stihl Gallery of the town of Waiblingen in southwest Germany rest...
Read nowNursing School in Niort
The white volumes of the extension structures to the nursing school are accentuated by
Read nowSchool in London
Harrow Road in west London is a rough area with a large immigrant population. Until recently, school was of no great...
Read nowTraining Centre in Gordola
This training centre for the Swiss federation of master builders is situated on alluvial land in the Magadino plain...
Read nowKindergarten in Hirzenbach
In a housing area consisting largely of high-rise blocks, the existing school complex forms a central development. It...
Read nowVocational Schools in Recklinghausen
In 2001, two vocational schools decided to erect a new campus on the grounds of an abandoned coal mine. In addition to...
Read nowSchool Refectory in Munich
L’introduzione in Germania del corso ginnasiale ridotto a soli otto anni obbliga studenti e docenti a un maggior numero...
Read nowBoarding School for Handicapped-Children in Kramsach
The historic Mariatal monastery campus, situated adjacent to a mountain stream in an idyllic valley in Tyrol, has been...
Read nowBlumen Primary School and Bernhard Rose School in Berlin
The two school buildings were erected in a panel-form of construction in 1965 – 66 during the period of Communist rule...
Read nowRolandstrasse Primary School in Düsseldorf
Designed by Paul Schneider-Esleben, the school dates from 1961 and is an outstanding example of post-war German...
Read nowComprehensive School in Splügen
Splügen lies at a height of nearly 1,500 metres above sea level in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The comprehensive...
Read nowSidwell Friends Middle School in Washington, D.C.
With the conversion and extension of the Stewart Middle School on the campus of the Sidwell Friends School, pupils and...
Read nowHerzog-Ulrich School in Lauffen on the River Neckar
Built in 1907, this school is protected by a conservation order. The architects asked themselves at the outset how...
Read nowSchool in Zurich
Some 400 pupils are accommodated in this glazed cube. The classrooms, assembly hall and gymnasium were stacked on top...
Read nowSecondary School in Freising
This secondary school on the outskirts of Freising makes an urban impact amidst a rag-bag of low residential and trade...
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 Pedagogic Centre in Eichstätt
This two- and three-storey structure is laid out in comb-like form with south-facing courtyards that open on to the...
Read nowSchool for Individual Educational Support in Alzenau
With its Y-shaped, two-storey volume, the school responds to the topography and small-scale built structure of the...
Read nowSchool for Disabled Children in Hellersdorf, Berlin
Forming part of an educational centre on the eastern edge of the city, the school serves the needs of seriously...
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 nowMontessori College Oost in Amsterdam
One of Maria Montessori’s ideas was to stimulate children to learn by providing them with a wide choice combined with a...
Read nowFashion Centre in Fukuoka
Concrete construction has a long tradition in Japan, especially since the destruction of much of Tokyo in the great...
Read nowPrimary School in Au
The architects’ winning competition entry for this school in Switzerland proposed the demolition of the existing...
Read nowReport: Teachers’ Houses for Gando, Burkina Faso
West African Burkina Faso, with a population of 11 million, is one of the ten poorest countries in the world and has an...
Read nowSchool Building in Zurich
The school complex comprised a central tract built in 1865 and two adjoining gymnasiums dating from 1916 and 1973....
Read nowTechnical College in Bagnols-sur-Cèze
This elongated new structure, which houses an auditorium, a media library and the teachers’ common room, marks the...
Read nowYouth Studios in Mouans-Sartoux
The architect and stage designer Marc Barani was commissioned to design a youth centre as an extension to the museum...
Read nowSchool Building in Paspels
One would scarcely suspect that the client of this school building was the community of a mountain village with a...
Read nowFaculty Building in Pamplona
The bold cubic design of this new building is accentuated by the restricted areas of fenestration, mainly in the form...
Read nowHotel-Management and Catering School in Nivillers
The new development consists of a school and two related dwelling tracts, each accommodating 12 people. The buildings...
Read nowVocational School in Rudrapur
In Rudrapur, a town with a population of 3,000 people in northern Bangladesh, a model project is currently being...
Read nowPrimary School in Munich
In order not to impair the view of the nearby park and the daylighting of the adjoining housing, this school was...
Read nowSchool in Cabo Delgado
In Cabo Delgado, a rural province in Mozambique’s north, traditional huts only have a short life span. No more than...
Read nowCafeteria in Berlin
This new cafeteria complements a 1950s-era school building in Berlin. Along three sides, frame construction clad in...
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 nowPrimary School in Bad Blumau
Primary School in Bad Blumau
Read nowReport: Solar School in the Himalayas
Since 1942, most of the former kingdom of Ladakh has belonged to India. Situated on the western edge of Tibet, this...
Read nowReport: Austrian School in Budapest
Located on the site of the European school in Budapest, the building has a reinforced concrete skeleton-frame...
Read nowSecondary School in Markt Indersdorf
Set in heterogeneous surroundings on the edge of town, the rectangular school structure is raised above the ground on...
Read nowDiscussion: Places of Learning and Living – Requirements for Modern Full-Time Schools
On the noticeboard of a German school, one might read: “Full-time (school) takes place from 1.30 p.m to 4 p.m. in the...
Read nowMagazine: Speech Therapy School in Griesheim
The design for the new speech therapy school in Griesheim near Darmstadt is inspired by the pine trees which are...
Read nowPrimary School in Rodeneck
Set on the edge of a steep slope, this new school building in northern Italy replaces an existing institution that is...
Read nowTraining Centre in Sungai Penuh
Situated on the shores of Lake Kerinci in eastern Sumatra, this new training centre is operated by a cooperative for...
Read nowDiscussion: Materials as the Basis of Architecture
Despite the intellectual input that goes into the design process, the most important instrument available to an...
Read nowTechnology: Forty Years of Construction in Detail
We speak of details when we are concerned with a part of a building, an extract, an individual aspect. A detail can...
Read nowSchool expansion in Marburg
In 2005 the university city of Marburg held a competition for both the expansion of the Martin Luther School and 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 nowSchool of Art in Paris
In the conversion of this former university library building in St Denis, cost constraints necessitated the retention...
Read nowPrimary School and Special Pedagogic Centre in Lauterach
Built in the 1960s in Vorarlberg, Austria, the school has been extended at a number of points. The solid tract that...
Read nowCentre for Agricultural Education in Altmünster
The Salzkammergut Centre for Agricultural Education in Altmünster is a school with integrated boarding accommodation...
Read nowTraining Centre in Unterschleissheim
The most striking feature of this BMW training centre is the long row of full-height, silvery, pivoting sunscreen...
Read nowSpecial School in Garbsen
Viewed from the north, this special school in Garbsen, Germany, has the appearance of a simple strip development. From...
Read nowSecondary School in Klaus
Located in Vorarlberg, Austria, the new school building was executed as a passive-energy structure and stands directly...
Read nowSchool in Bad Urach
The new Georg Goldstein School in Bad Urach, inaugurated in autumn 2012, incorporates no less than five different types...
Read nowSchool in Berlin
Since Germany’s disappointing showing in the PISA Study 2000, its sixteen states have been revamping the school system,...
Read nowDining and Club Rooms of the Officers' School of the German Bundeswehr in Dresden
The underlying concept of this new pavilion was to create a sensation of "sitting outdoors under a roof". The building...
Read nowSunday School in Ibaraki, Japan
Ten years after Tadao Ando built his Church of the Light in Ibaraki, the community approached him to complement it with...
Read nowSchool of Fashion and Graphic Design in Utrecht, Netherlands
Only after construction work had begun and the foundations had been laid was the present architect called in. The banal...
Read nowDesign School in Montreal
Located in a dense quarter of Montreal's commercial centre, the corner site on which the school stands is tight and...
Read nowExtension to Cantonal School in Solothurn, Switzerland
To ensure a flexible layout that could be adapted to changing uses, this two-storey, free-standing school extension was...
Read nowSpanish School in London
The school is housed in a former convent in a densely developed urban district. The large playground with its stock of...
Read nowSecondary School in Lemgo
Planned as an extension to the "Lippehof" building, the new school complex subordinates itself to the scale of the...
Read nowSchool Extension in Voerde
In addition to functional needs, the relationship to the adjoining landscape played a major role in the design of this...
Read nowSchool of Forestry in Lyss, Switzerland
This school with boarding accommodation for future foresters forms the first phase of a more comprehensive development....
Read nowSchool in Brugg, Switzerland
The long exposed-concrete façade of the school forms a calm visual contrast to the nearby forest. On the opposite face...
Read nowExtension of Higher Technical College in Bregenz, Austria
Distinguished outwardly by a black concrete plinth zone surmounted by a skin of white metal louvers over the glazing to...
Read nowAcademy of Arts in Maastricht
The academy lies on the edge of the old town centre of Maastricht in an area of heterogeneous housing and commercial...
Read nowSchool in Niederhasli
This low, linear building mediates between open fields and a group of 1970s apartment blocks on the edge of the village...
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Living
House in Grândola
This purist cube sits unobtrusively in the semi-arid Alentejo region of southern Portugal. The first in a group of...
Read nowHouse in Dublin
The residential district on Anglesea Road in southwest Dublin is characterized by traditional terraced housing in...
Read nowHouse in Morcote
The village of Morcote is situated on the banks of Lake Lugano in Switzerland. This new house is located a short walk...
Read nowHouse 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...
Read nowHouse in Li Curt
Houses in Val Poschaivo, in the Swiss canton of Grisons, have traditionally been built close together to give...
Read nowStudent Hall of Residence in Amsterdam
This hall of residence in Sarphatistraat is part of a line of buildings that corrects a recent intervention,...
Read nowHouse in Lantian
Built for the architect’s father, this house stands at the foot of the Quingling Mountains in Lantian some 1,500...
Read nowHouse in Dornbirn
Clad almost seamlessly with perforated stainless-steel panels, this house in Vorarlberg, Austria, has a largely closed...
Read nowStudents’ Hostel in Garching
These two new four-storey halls of residence contain 32 single flats, 8 two-person and
Read nowDwelling 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...
Read nowLuxury 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...
Read nowShared-Ownership Housing in London
Located in Silvertown in East London, the project demonstrates that low-budget housing can be both attractive and...
Read nowDwelling Block in Zurich
For the architect, the main challenge of this development lay in realizing an open, flowing concept of internal space,...
Read nowMini-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...
Read nowHouse in Chur
High above the upper Rhine valley, on the slopes of Hochwang mountain, is this three-storey detached house. Situated...
Read nowApartment block in Basel
The park surrounding Villa Schwarz is an important recreation space for people living on the outskirts of Basel. On...
Read nowHouse in Azeitão
House in Azeitão
Read nowSummer 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...
Read nowHouse in Aitrach
In the small-scale village structure of Aitrach in South Germany, the present house stands out as something...
Read nowHouse in Teublitz
The brief for this project required the architects to create as much space as possible in the simplest form of...
Read nowAtrium 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...
Read nowHousing 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,...
Read nowHousing Development in Munich
Forming part of a new urban neighbourhood in Munich, the scheme comprises two five-storey blocks with a U-shaped...
Read nowWeekend House in Coliumo
Situated 550 km south of Santiago in Chile, this concrete cube with rough-boarded surfaces was built as a weekend...
Read nowHouse on Tegernsee
With its conventional roof form and the use of materials commonly found in local developments, the structure is...
Read nowHouse in the Canton of Aargau
This unusual house with a U-shaped layout and a clear facade articulation has been carefully integrated into an...
Read nowHouse in Zurndorf
Situated in peaceful Burgenland in eastern Austria, this “house with an elephant’s skin” might, at first sight,...
Read nowStraw House in Eschenz
Built to a tight budget, this simple, but well-conceived house in Switzerland accommodates a family of four. In view of...
Read nowAddition 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...
Read nowPrefabricated House from Denmark
While selecting the ideal living-room or bedroom furniture set, it is now also possible to order the matching house...
Read nowDemonstration House in Tosu-City
Japan has a long and flourishing tradition of modular construction forms. The rush-covered tatami mats serve to this...
Read nowTemporary House in Paris
This house – a prototype which was displayed at an exhibition at the Parc de la Vilette in Paris – followed a...
Read nowHouse in Tokyo
The architect names this house on a minuscule leftover site Lucky Drop in reference to a Japanese proverb for “best...
Read nowPrefabricated House in Lower Austria
The construction phase for the “art for art house” in Haringsee lasted only two months. The prototype of a...
Read nowMobile House in England
The “m-house” combines the advantages of a mobile, temporary dwelling with the living standard of a loft. The two...
Read nowHouse in Shimane
The house is situated in west Japan, in a region that experiences marked climatic contrasts between seasons. In summer,...
Read nowSingle-Family House in Dalaas
Situated on a steeply sloping site in Vorarlberg, Austria, this single-family house, with its monolithic volume and...
Read nowHouse in Hittisau
This all-timber house in post-and-rail construction accommodates two dwelling units. The southern part contains the...
Read nowHousing 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...
Read nowAttic Renovation in Munich
The attic of a nineteenth-century apartment building protected under historic-preservation ordinances was remodelled...
Read nowHouse 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...
Read nowApartment House in London
The Isokon Flats, completed in 1934 by Wells Coates, were conceived as a social and architectural experiment, aiming to...
Read nowOverhaul 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,...
Read nowRemodelling of a Senior Centre in Magdeburg
Perforated metal panels, transparent railings, extensively glazed facades – not features associated with prefabricated...
Read nowRetirement Home in Landeck
This terraced structure, built in 1976, had become uneconomical due to sub-standard building physics and energy...
Read nowHouse in London
Designed for a family of four, this house in Notting Hill – enclosed on three sides by the street block – has an area...
Read nowHouse 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...
Read now“Plus-Energy” Housing and Service Centre in Freiburg
This 125-metre-long development, with a six-
Read nowGlass extension in London
Glass was the solution for this extension in an area where planning regulations precluded a more solid structure. The...
Read nowOffice 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...
Read nowSingle-Family House in Darmstadt
Agreeably contrasted with its surroundings through the choice of materials and its simple detailing, the house occupies...
Read nowHouse in Zweibrücken
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Read nowTerraced 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...
Read nowHousing Blocks in Izola
Situated on the coast of Slovenia, these two blocks were realized as part of a state low-cost housing programme to...
Read nowMulti-Storey Housing in Munich
Urban planning policy in Munich today foresees an increase in the density of building development in the city centre....
Read nowResidence in Stuttgart
Stuttgart’s historic centre is situated in a valley, bound on three sides by luxuriant hills, a circumstance which may...
Read nowSemi-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...
Read nowResidence in Dublin
On a prominent corner lot in Rathmines – a long-established residential district near Dublin which boasts a number of...
Read nowOverhaul 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...
Read nowAlpine 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...
Read nowNursing 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...
Read nowDwellings 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...
Read nowPassive-Energy-Standard Housing in Salzburg
The brief for the competition – organized by
Read nowWeekend 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...
Read nowWeekend 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...
Read nowExtension 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...
Read nowFlat 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...
Read nowHouse in Enns
The house was to be open to the natural surroundings, while at the same time guaranteeing privacy. Glazed on three...
Read nowHouse in Zürich
Building restrictions limited the space upon which to build this new house (replacing an older one). The architects...
Read nowHouse 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...
Read nowApartment, Retail and Office Building in Baden
Sharp edges, angles and incisions define the outward form of this concrete and glass building overlooking a busy...
Read nowFlat in Paris
New, low-cost internal finishings have transformed this small flat into a flexible and well-functioning dwelling. At...
Read nowRooftop Dwellings in Metzingen
Erected on a factory building dating from the 1950s, the new two-storey volume contains nine maisonette-type dwellings....
Read nowHouse in Minamituru-gunn
This abstract house contrasts starkly with the rural setting. The site, located near Mount Fuji, provides the clients...
Read nowResidence 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...
Read nowHouse in Cahuita
Designed for a writer, this pavilion-like house is set in lush vegetation on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The...
Read nowBeach 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...
Read nowHouse in Andalue
Under normal circumstances, the gross floor area of this house in Chile, with three full storeys, would exceed local...
Read nowHouse in Madrid
With its bright orange coloration, round perspex roof-light domes and flamboyant, organic layout, this family house...
Read nowHouse near Adnet
This residence is nestled close to the earth in Tennengau, a landscape south of Salzburg characterized by a smattering...
Read nowHouse in Grândola
This purist cube sits unobtrusively in the semi-arid Alentejo region of southern Portugal. The first in a group of...
Read now
Pavilions, small-scale architecture
Mobile House in England
The “m-house” combines the advantages of a mobile, temporary dwelling with the living standard of a loft. The two...
Read nowMeditation Pavilions near Kilsheelan
Glen Lodge was erected in 1820 as part of a neo-Gothic estate near Kilsheelan in Ireland. In 1960, the Rosminians...
Read nowGarden Pavilion in Soest
In this historical village and conservation area in the Netherlands, the only permissible way of extending a housing...
Read nowAqua-Scape in Japan
Echigo-Tsumari Exchange Center is a conference and trade centre in the Japanese region Tokamachi. Weekly markets are...
Read nowTemporary Pavilion in Seoul
Known as the “Prada Transformer”, this temporary pavilion has a variable appearance. Designed to show the relationships...
Read nowMobile Action Space
In their bid to upgrade desolate urban spaces in Berlin with art, the architects sought to integrate the public into...
Read nowRowing and Canoeing Centre in Alange
Despite the aridity for which the Extremadura region of Spain is known, water sports need be no contradiction in terms...
Read nowPavilion in Taipei
Last year, some 100,000 tonnes of polyethy-lene terephthalate (PET) were recycled in Taiwan. That represents roughly 80...
Read nowSleeping huts for orphans in Noh Bo, Thailand
The village of Noh Bo in Thailand’s northwest and in proximity to the Burmese border is inhabited by many Karen...
Read nowBar in Vila Nova de Gaia
„Ar de Rio“ is the newest of a number of bar pavilions situated along the banks of the Douro with a view towards the...
Read nowGarden Pavilion in Asserbo
The brief for this barely 10 m² “reading nest” required a simple structure that would not only be...
Read nowMobile exhibition pavilion
This mobile showroom serves for a kitchen appliance manufacturer’s worldwide product presentations. It is based on a...
Read nowBamboo Pavilion for the Expo Shanghai
Though quite modest in scale, the German-Chinese pavilion erected for the Expo 2010 Shanghai attracts attention by...
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 nowIkos Flexible Research Station
Most of the animal and plant species that exist on earth have inaccessible habitats. Gilles Ebersolt’s Ikos structure...
Read nowPavilion in Zurich
Founded 20 years ago, the Dynamo cultural centre for youth provides scope for young people to engage in all kinds of...
Read nowRucksack House
The Rucksack House offers a way of improving housing quality on an individual basis. It is also an attempt to explore...
Read nowHoliday House on Övre Gla
The house is located on the shores of a Swedish lake in a nature reserve. The only new buildings allowed in this area...
Read nowService Pavilion in Brest
Set within a newly landscaped area, the pavilion forms one element of a scheme to rejuvenate and upgrade a neglected...
Read nowCocobello – Mobile Studio
The Cocobello is a temporary structure that can be used as a showroom, workplace, press cabin or artist’s studio. On...
Read nowMobile House – Fred
“Fred” means flexible living in a timber container. This model is the younger brother of “Su-Si”, the first...
Read nowReport: Research Pavilion in Stuttgart
Situated on the edge of the Stuttgart Univer-sity campus is a new research pavilion. The starting point for this...
Read nowDiscussion: Translucent Gems for India - An Interview with Markus Heinsdorff
Markus Heinsdorff: Following the design competition I was commissioned to develop my concept, which deals with a...
Read nowMobile Smile - the Prefabricated House for Disaster Victims in Japan
Prompted by the situation after the earthquakes in Japan, a concept was drawn up to help victims return to permanent...
Read nowPavilion in New Orleans
Built originally for a conference of the American Institute of Architects, this pavilion was
Read nowReports: A Robotically Fabricated Pavilion Consisting of Glass Fibres and Carbon Fibres
The translucent structure of the ICD/ITKE research pavilion, designed by the architectural faculty of the University of...
Read nowTemporary Pavilion in Noda
Architectural students at the Tokyo University of Science, in conjunction with lecturers, a structural planner and a...
Read nowArtist's Studio on Fogo Island
On Fogo Island off the coast of Newfoundland stand six new, abstractly shaped ateliers in which artists can work...
Read nowEntrance to Architects´Office in Vienna
The entrance to the office is reached via a broad, dark passageway, which also serves as an access route to the rear...
Read nowLa Ballule
This inflatable, double-skin, plastic sphere was conceived in the first instance as an object for play. It is made...
Read nowTemporary Pavilion in London
London’s Kensington Gardens are currently enjoying an extraordinary pavilion in the park: a tension-filled sculpture,...
Read nowCovered Courtyard in Vienna
The new elements in this bank development are most clearly evident internally, where they are contrasted formally and...
Read nowReport: Expo.02 in Switzerland
Each of the sites, known as “arteplages”, was designed by a different team of architects and has a...
Read nowArtist’s Studio in Dublin
The small volume of the studio is set between two external spaces: a rear patio and a small garden on the street face....
Read nowStaten Island Esplanade in New York
As part of a programme to revitalize the old harbour areas of the city, a canopy structure has been erected over the...
Read nowPavilion at Earth Centre, Doncaster
On a roughly 26-acre site where lignite was once mined, an environmental theme park has been created, comprising...
Read nowSingle-Family House in Tokyo
This three-storey house is set on a narrow site 3 m wide and 20 m long. Since the occupants go out for many domestic...
Read nowJapanese Pavilion at the EXPO in Hanover
As an expression of sustainable architecture – a central theme of the Expo – the pavilion was constructed with recycled...
Read nowBathing Pavilion in Tussols-Basil, Spain
Set in an extensive park, the pavilion is slightly curved on plan, reflecting the course of the nearby river and the...
Read nowDiscussion: Pavilions of the Nations at Expo 2000 in Hanover
However disappointing many of the exhibitions at Expo 2000 may seem, with their over- reliance on electronic screens,...
Read nowPier in Borghetto Santo Spirito
Am Strand vor Borghetto Santo Spirito ragen mehrere Molen ins Meer hinaus. Die größte davon liegt an der Mündung des...
Read nowKiosk in Pisa
Entlang der mittelalterlichen Stadtmauer von Pisa laden vierzehn kleine Kioske zum Verweilen ein. Sie stellen den...
Read nowTravelling Membrane Roof in Vienna City Hall
This 34.21 x 32.52 m extendable roof structure provides protection against sun and rain and allows the courtyard to be...
Read nowLiving Realms
These four temporary exhibition pavilions were erected in the middle of a village pond as model rooms that show the way...
Read nowSpace for the Summer
“Develop for the municipality of Rotis a space for the summer that will provide room for at least two people. Find...
Read nowJapanese Tea Houses
The ritual of relationships surrounding the traditional tea ceremony begins on the “roji” or path in the garden, where...
Read nowDiscussion: History of Tent Construction
From earliest times, lightness, adaptability and flexibility have been the qualities associated with tent construction....
Read nowSerpentine Pavilion 2013
DETAIL: Five years ago you published Primitive Future. Is your design for the Serpentine Pavilion the most rigorous...
Read nowTree Hotel in Harads
Five “tree houses” are scattered about the woods of Harads in Sweden, and more are planned. These unusual hotel units,...
Read nowHoliday Home on the Costa da Morte
Comparing his holiday home on the coast of Galicia, Spain, with a truffle because of its symbiotic relationship to the...
Read nowInformation Pavilion in Leipziger Platz
The “Green Flea”, as this mobile pavilion is known, is 3 ≈ 7 m on plan and consists of two distinct elements that stand...
Read nowBicycle Shelter in Sakai-cho
Occupying a site next to an unstaffed station, this linear structure was conceived as a place of communication that...
Read nowGreenhouse in Prague
A 17th-century orangery once stood on this site on the edge of a royal garden. Václav Havel, the president of the Czech...
Read nowReports: Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 - Staging Individual Mobility of Tomorrow
Size and effort alone permit comparing the exhibition appearances at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 with automobile...
Read nowModular House in Olching
This prototype structure, providing a simple shelter against the weather, was built on a garden site near Munich. The...
Read nowReport: Japanese Pavilion at the Expo 2000 in Hanover
Shigeru Ban, the Japanese architect known for his structures made from recycled paper (see Detail 8/96), is creating...
Read nowHypar Pavilion in New York
The Lincoln Center in Manhattan, New York, is one of the most important venues for the performing arts in the world. It...
Read nowShelters in Winnipeg
Six mysterious wooden cocoons stand in the snow like fine origami folded structures outside the Canadian city of...
Read nowNightclub in Munich
Situated in a prominent position between the opera house and the Four Seasons Hotel in Munich, the former central...
Read nowDiscussion: The Pavilion and the Expanded Possibilities of Architecture
Born of fêtes, festivals, and balls, the pavilion has always been a space for the imagination: a space for...
Read nowTechnology: Mobile Roof Covering to the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg
In 1693, to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 96 arcaded boxes for spectators were cut in the rock wall of...
Read nowTechnology: The Return of Modular Construction – the Adaptation of Scaffolding to Form the Load-Bearing Structures of Buildings
It is important to find an appropriate yardstick for the planning, the building costs and the construction period of...
Read nowTheatre in London
The National Theatre in London, completed in 1976, is an outstanding example of brutalism in architecture. Comprising...
Read nowLecture Hall Complex in Garching
Alongside research buildings and other structures on the campus of the University of Technology, Munich, in Garching,...
Read nowDiscussion: Restoration of a Tea House in Kyoto
The Hitotei Tea House is one of two old buildings of its kind in the grounds of the Ninna-ji temple on the outskirts of...
Read nowPavilion in Münster
For the exhibition “Golden Splendour – Medieval Art Treasures in Westphalia”, shown last year in Münster, a temporary...
Read nowBeach Hut on Runners on Whangapoua Beach
The Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand extends 85 kilometres into the Pacific Ocean. White sandy...
Read nowTransformation of a University Pavilion in Los Angeles
At the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, a temporary pavilion is traditionally erected for...
Read nowCovering to Market Square in Avenches
The original project, to develop a pergola for a restaurant in the marketplace of the Swiss town of Avenches, was...
Read nowUmbrella Teahouse
Inspired by the simple elegance of a Japanese bamboo umbrella, the architect designed this 6-kg folding object for the...
Read nowSpatial Sculpture in Karuizawa
The mobile spatial composition “Gisant/Transi” in the Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Japan, occupies a place between...
Read nowReport: Plastic Concrete – Sculptures in the Waldpark in Potsdam
The four organically shaped “terminals” invite passers-by either to stop and rest or to let off steam. The sitting...
Read nowPavilion in Venice
Consisting of a number of tubular fragments, the pavilion forms the entrance to the 50th
Read nowLookout Tower in Helsinki Zoo
The tower was the outcome of an international student competition and was to stand in a prominent position high above...
Read nowFurnishing Unit for Sleep and Play
To divide the children’s room in a Paris flat
Read nowBMW Guggenheim Lab in New York
With its modest appearance, this small pavilion is tucked inconspicuously into a gap between other buildings in New...
Read nowHutong Bubble in Beijing
In the past few decades, large segments of the Hutongs, the historic central districts of Beijing whose delicate urban...
Read nowPavilion "Boat House" in Skibbereen, Ireland
This riverside retreat consists of a single open space with a small core, containing a kitchen, WC and store. The...
Read nowPavillon in Streatley on Thames
The pavilion comprises a transparent glass and steel structure cantilevered out over the river on two raking supports....
Read nowInformation Tower in Munich
The sensitive city-centre location of the tower imposed strict demands on the quality of its design. Nevertheless, it...
Read nowMobile House in England
The “m-house” combines the advantages of a mobile, temporary dwelling with the living standard of a loft. The two...
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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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