November 2016 saw the opening of the new Natural History Museum in St.Gallen. The new building looks like five gabled-roof buildings had been stacked alongside one another and encased in corrugated exposed concrete. Yet it proves to be an astonishingly delicate structure rich in associations and slotted precisely into an extremely heterogeneous environment.

Berlin students have designed an extension to the famous Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel. So far, their ideas have remained on the drawing board.

Not only new builds can be Smart Homes. This conversion shows that even a house built in 1951 can still be smart.

We know the name of neither the city nor the country, and not even the surname of the man about whom I recorded the following story. An architectural fairytale by Arno Lederer, illustrated by James Turek.

Vola have furnished the sanitary facilities of the “Vital Office@Hirschgarten” office building with stainless steel electronic basin mixers.

The three founders of Biotope architects share two great passions: architecture and birds. As a result they founded their own studio in north Norway, on an island in the Arctic Ocean that is ideal for watching rare birds.

Privatizing plazas and streets, covering Hyde Park with a concrete slab: At an architectural congress in Berlin Patrik Schumacher fantasized about what he imagined unfettered construction could achieve. First and foremost, his propositions were simply embarrassing.

Schindler energy-efficient elevators have been installed as part of the modernization of Dortmund’s Grotekamp estate.

Rieder’s facade of thin fiberglass-reinforced concrete provides an elegant canvas for the historic part of the Mount Stephen Hotel in Montréal.

ewo is regarded as an expert when it comes to lighting in the public domain. Jyske Bank chose various new Cortensteel models from the FA System for the grounds of its headquarters in the Danish town Silkeborg.

Signature architecture is dead? Not in Lisbon, where Amanda Levete presents a new building by the river with dramatic forms and a façade of sparkling tiles.

With a handcrafted clinker silhouette the long-standing Petersen Tegl company has succeeded in integrating a new parish hall into Denmark’s oldest town.

A new concert hall now proudly stands in China’s coldest metropolis: the Harbin Opera designed by MAD Architects, in the middle of what was once a swamp. It defies the icy cold with its rounded shapes and warm interior.

The “Large Dome” that now contains the Reactor Block 4 at Chernobyl that went into meltdown in 1986 is not just a shell, but the single largest signature building on the planet.

Even in Iran a few people go skiing. A popular choice is Shemshak: the country’s second-largest skiing resort has been open since 1958, and lies north of Teheran. Ryra Studio designed a hotel there that recalls a mogul piste.

The name says it all: BIG. Now the Bjarke Ingels Group from Copenhagen is showing its spectacular buildings at Deutsches Architekturmuseum.

On the premium cruise ship “Genting Dream” Lindner Objektdesign created a theater with around 1,000 seats as well as restaurants with an Asian touch.

The manufacturer of lighting systems Ewo had a sinus curve of light projected onto the facade of the electricity distributor 50Hertz in the Network District of Berlin.

The design competition for a “Museum of the 20th Century” at the Berlin Kulturforum has a winner.

On December 7 and 8, 2016 Stylepark presents a comprehensive program of presentations to coincide with Architect@Work in Stuttgart.

Building on peaks is a heroic act – and to date the buildings have pretty much reflected the fact. Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have tried on the Chäserrugg to opt for an unobtrusively modest design.

The sculptural façade of the new building “Fortyseven and Co.” in Frankfurt/Main was created using a special construction of light limestone from Hofmann Naturstein.

The “Archi Depot” museum recently opened in Tokyo – with hundreds of architecture models on display it offers a comprehensive overview of the country’s recent construction history.

The plaza on the 8th floor has already opened, as has the hotel, and the apartments are swiftly finding buyers: And in January, performances will start at the Elbphilharmonie. It took forever, but is all now roses?

EeStairs designed a sweeping staircase for the new headquarters of Dutch manufacturer Vreugdenhil.

Herzog & de Meuron have emerged as the winners of the competition to build the “Museum of the 20th Century” in Berlin.

The ceramic color and format system “Pro Architectura” from Villeroy&Boch Tiles was used to create a mural of mosaic tiles for Ingolstadt’s new aquatic center.

The offices in the SkyKey building in Zurich were designed in line with the open-space principle. Integrated systems by Lindner ensure optimum acoustics.

Ceramic flooring by Dutch tile specialist Mosa was used in the conversion of a former farm in the south of France.

Simonswerk, the leading manufacturer of hinges and hinge systems, keeps the large connecting doors in the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur reliably in place.

Reading educates 10: The monograph “The Structure. Works of Mahendra Raj” is the first comprehensive presentation of the engineer’s contribution to the development of architecture in India, showing his bold designs over the past six decades.