ARCHITECTURE Sulky with a third wheel: the Bond Bug12/3/2014Must a car always have four wheels? Not at all. The “Bond Bug” not only proves that three’s enough, but also has quite a sassy feel to it. But the question remains – why is it that nature has not spawned any three-legged creatures?
FEATURED Academy with fab flooring12/2/2014The newly-built Sparkassenakademie in Stuttgart is a training center that’s a pleasure to work in. Lindner Group handled the floor, wall and door systems for the interior.
ARCHITECTURE Periphery that feels like the very center12/1/2014Traditional and progressive – an unusual blend. Sophia Walk spoke with the British architect Stephen Bates from London-based architecture firm Sergison Bates on building with bricks and the density dilemma.
ARCHITECTURE Top-drawer time bombs 11/25/2014In the 1960s they designed ambitious utopias with cheeky irony. Today they build shopping malls. The exhibition “Haus-Rucker-Co – Architectural Utopia Reloaded” at Berlin’s “Haus am Waldsee” tells fairytales from a long since obsolete future.
ARCHITECTURE Milanese High-Forest11/20/2014This year, surprisingly, but logically “Bosco Verticale” by Stefano Boeri won the International High-Rise Award. Will it become a role model?
ARCHITECTURE Will donate data. Save the city11/13/2014The Audi Urban Future Award 2014 goes to Mexico City. With their proposal for an “operating system for urban mobility”, the interdisciplinary research group centering on José Castillo won out against teams from Boston, Berlin, and Seoul.
ARCHITECTURE Foresight in Hindsight 11/10/2014Things always work out differently. Not that it stops people from loving future predictions. So who does a better job predicting things: pundits or fortune tellers?
ARCHITECTURE Frankfurt High-Rises 2010 to 2014 11/8/2014Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
ARCHITECTURE Frankfurt High-Rises 1990 to 2000 11/7/2014Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
ARCHITECTURE Frankfurt High-Rises 2000 to 2010 11/7/2014Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
ARCHITECTURE Frankfurt High-Rises 1980 to 1990 11/6/2014Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
ARCHITECTURE Frankfurt High-Rises 1970 to 1980 11/6/2014Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
ARCHITECTURE Frankfurt High-Rises 1950 to 196011/5/2014Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
FEATURED Bricks from top to bottom11/4/2014For the extension of a museum in Sorø, Denmark, the architects chose bricks by Petersen Tegl and even used them to clad the roof.
ARCHITECTURE Frankfurt High-Rises 1960 to 1970 11/4/2014Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
ARCHITECTURE My colleague, the Robocar11/3/2014Despite assistance systems in cars, driving instructors are sure that their competence still will be needed in the future.
ARCHITECTURE “The traffic in Berlin is frustrating.”11/2/2014In Berlin, traffic often is challenging. In an interview, Susi Nestraschil talks about her own ways through the urban jungle and possibilities to improve them.
ARCHITECTURE Using the social status to help society10/26/2014Team Seoul uses the car to promote social engagement as a status symbol in Korea.
ARCHITECTURE From “Slummerville” to “boom town”10/19/2014Philip Parsons, head of Team Boston, explains the opportunities of a close collaboration between urban designers and traffic planners.
ARCHITECTURE Architecture with added value 10/15/2014Just because a building looks good in a photograph doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good architecture. The winning projects in the various categories of the Zumtobel Group Award are now demonstrating what it takes to gain an extended understanding of planning and building.
ARCHITECTURE Smart elevators as a model for autonomous transport10/5/2014Elevators, that know the destination of passengers, are highly efficient. Could this principle work for cars, too? Martin Lewicki talked to Paul Friedli about driverless transport systems.
ARCHITECTURE Energy remains within the interior10/3/2014Vitra Design Museum is focusing on Alvar Aalto. And the result is more than just another show on that Grand Old Master of Modernism.
ARCHITECTURE The European Answer to Silicon Valley9/29/2014When Berlin´s new airport BER is in use, what will happen with the former area of the Berlin airport Berlin-Tegel?
ARCHITECTURE Playing on the roads9/15/2014Motivation is a central aspect of “gameful design” and intends to have a positive influence on user´s behavior.
ARCHITECTURE A car for your handbag9/7/2014The divisible car as a new interpretation of car sharing? Charlotte Malz talked to Prof. Fügener about concepts of future mobility.
ARCHITECTURE The Secret of Happy Cities9/1/2014What kind of urban realm makes you feel good? Scientists have developed different methods to demonstrate the psychological impact of cities on their inhabitants.
ARCHITECTURE Hot Spots: The ideal summer for architects8/29/2014Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam presents architects’ drawings of summer dreams – and escorts us sweetly into the balmy late summer.
ARCHITECTURE What lodged in Ateliermob´s mind:8/24/2014Architects and designers naturally have their own view on houses, people and exhibitions. So we asked a few of them for their photographic impressions of the 14th Architecture Biennale. And for their related comments of course.
ARCHITECTURE Hot spots: The Bridal Veil of Sancy8/22/2014Architect Louis Sicard has installed a shower in the Auvergne for elves, fairies, dwarves and hikers.
FEATURED Libeskind’s façade labyrinth8/19/2014The façade of the Kö-Bogen in Dusseldorf bears Daniel Libeskind’s typical formal language – the professionals at Lindner Fassaden GmbH were responsible for project planning and realization.
ARCHITECTURE What lodged in Ross Lovegrove`s mind:8/17/2014Architects and designers naturally have their own view on houses, people and exhibitions. So we asked a few of them for their photographic impressions of the 14th Architecture Biennale. And for their related comments of course.
