The community and town hall in Holzwickede by bez+kock architekten is impressive in terms of aesthetics and space. A truly integrative urban building block, it shows what open architecture can look like that takes the citizens as seriously as the users.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – like that of Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir, whose buildings are both precisely thought out as well as offering space for aesthetics and inspiration.

Not only beautiful, but also socially and ecologically sustainable: this is how the real estate company CapitaLand wants its own projects to be. To achieve this, the company has been working for years with architects such as Moshe Safdi, Toyo Ito, Ole Scheeren and Bjarke Ingels. Time for a portrait of a client.

When does a building have social value, is it holistically sustainable and designed for the future? The jury of the International High-Rise Award 2024/25 has asked itself these questions. The renowned architecture prize is awarded every two years by the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and DekaBank. We introduce you to the finalists.

Cologne's Severinstraße is one of those streets that makes it easy to understand why people fall in love with this city on the Rhine, which is so special in so many ways. Everything that makes up urban life can be found here. Right in the middle of this colourful microcosm is the office of Aretz Dürr Architekten BDA.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Petra Wörner, who is a pioneer in the field of healthcare and research buildings.

The student building project The Frankfurt Prototype shows how affordable housing can be realised in a resource-saving and aesthetic way, integrates an ecosystem as well as creating a new place for social interaction in times of digitalisation.

Daniel Baroš and Marcel Šípka are the founders of Henkai Architekti. Impressed by their unconventional architectural approach to public buildings, we wanted to find out more about the Czech studio.

The future grows from strong roots – therefore, the present needs to offer space for new ideas. Jung, a premium supplier of modern building technology, shows how posture, responsibility and efficiency can be translated architecturally with NGA Nehse & Gerstein Architects BDA in Schalksmühle.

A university building from 1908 was carefully refurbished and transformed into a boutique hotel with a special charm: Thanks to custom-made bricks by Petersen Tegl, a relief-like façade was created for an extension that forges a link between the historic building and its new function.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we are introducing the work of female architects to you at regular intervals. And now it’s the turn of Sofia Ceylan, Dr. Katharina Neubauer and Annabelle von Reutern, who have teamed up under the name TOMAS.

The example of the Pustevny Gateway shows how a transport hub at a tourist hotspot can be perfectly designed. Despite a high degree of functionality, Henkai Architekti have realised their imaginative gateway to the Czech Pustevny Mountains in the spirit of the poetic impression of the landscape.

Studio Loes became known beyond Berlin for "Element", a modular timber building. Their love of wood is apparent in many of their designs. In the following interview Gonzalo Lizama tells us how the three founding members got together and what characterizes their work.

Conventional building materials are hard to come by in space – so why not use space rock for architecture on the moon? Scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) have found an unusual way to approach this experiment.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects" we regularly present the work of female architects – a prime example being the interior design projects of Ester Bruzkus. She finds the inspiration for her opulent minimalism on architecture trips. That said, she also feels a deep bond with her home town.

Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery art museum has been working with renowned architects to design the Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, which provides a social platform in the centre of London. Minsuk Cho's ‘Archipelagic Void’ refers to the ‘madang’, an open courtyard that characterises the traditional houses of his native Korea.

Clou Architects have realised a building for a kindergarten in Hangzhou, China, which makes ideal use of the space by layering and stacking modules.

Marcel Raymaekers is an uncompromising pioneer of circular architecture in Europe. His opulent work was for a long time overlooked – until the Rotor collective began to document the unconventional approach.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Odile Decq, who seeks with her work to find an individual and holistic form of architecture.

Rieder’s "concrete skin" panels form a distinctive shell for the new Heimeran office complex on Munich’s Mittlerer Ring ("Middle Ring Road"). The dynamism of this busy location is reflected in the high-rise designed by OSA Ochs Schmidhuber Architekten and the geometrical structure of the three-dimensional façade.

Three in One: Tiles by Petersen Tegl have been used for a new building on the banks of the River Cam. By using different colors from the company’s "Cover" collection, the architects have succeeded in making the "Mill House" appear like three smaller structures that blend in with their surroundings.

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been honoured with the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. According to the jury, his architecture brings dignity to everyday life, transforming normality into the extraordinary and leading calmness to splendour.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – like that of Mariam Issoufou, whose work is drawing attention to African architecture.

In Kortrijk, Belgium, an old fire station has been converted into the “Deelfabriek”, an experimental venue for non-profit associations, self-help workshops, neighborhood initiatives, and all manner of community. Architectural practice Atama provided the setting for the activities.

In the heart of the Irish city of Limerick Níall McLaughlin Architects have realized a building that is not only a monument to the country’s national sport of rugby. At the same time, it is aimed at reviving the city’s languishing downtown.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Margot Schürmann who over a period of decades together with her husband Joachim Schürmann played a major role in shaping the direction that architecture took in West Germany.

With a 124-metre-long apartment line, the team of Christ&Gantenbein Architects from Basel activates an area in the middle of the south of Paris that has not been used for residential purposes until now and shows how social housing can be designed in 2023.

In our series Spotlight on Women Architects we regularly present the work of female architects – for example the buildings of Silvia Gmür, whose residential buildings and hospitals left a mark on Swiss architecture.

"A Lot With Little" is the name of Noemí Blager's current work. The architect and curator recently presented the interdisciplinary project at the Architecture Biennale in Venice: Ten short films made in collaboration with filmmaker Tapio Snellman and composer Daniel Nolan. The project is supported by the design label Arper.

We know them from walks on the beach, those oddly decorative flat spheres, that are at the same time robust yet fragile: empty sea urchin shells. Often their curves are almost completely intact. How do these arched shells manage to be so robust while made of so little and such flimsy material?

Luminaires by TTC Timmler Technology were selected for the modernization of the former Hanomag headquarters in Hanover; they serve to link the existing building with the new architectural elements that have now been added.

In Halifax, Canada, architect Omar Gandhi has built a house for himself and his family, for which he skilfully combines materials and deliberately uses light as an atmospheric tool to create space.

For Pedrali's 60th anniversary, AMDL CIRCLE and Michele De Lucchi have designed a wooden pavilion, under the roof of which Luca Molinari Studio is presenting the extraordinary success story of the company with the exhibition "Pedrali60, we design a better future".

In our series “Spotlight: Architects” we regularly present the work of architects – for example, the projects by Kim Le Roux and Margit Sichrovsky, who integrate circular planning and building into their work.