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In 1980, Fritz Auer and Carlo Weber founded the practice Auer+Weber. It has since defined itself through multifarious projects, characterised by open undogmatic architecture. With Auer+Weber+Assoziierte, the transition to a ...

This very special exhibition journal, West Arch - A New Generation in Architecture takes a look at twenty-five architectural practices from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, primarily characterized by their ...

Christoph Mäckler is a well-known German architect.With his latest completed building project, the 170-metre-high OpernTurm, he has altered the appearanceof one of Frankfurt/Mains most important urban squares. Together with the ...

The challenge of appropriately modernising historic buildings presents older European metropolises in particular with a wide range of tasks. This book examines drastic changes that affect buildings from many different ...

A massive reduction in population and collosal overhaul of economic structure have presented enormous challenges for the people of east Germany over the past 20 years. As part of the ...

Our cities are constantly changing. The last 100 years in particular have seen radical conversions, extensions and the development of residual areas in inner cities which have significantly changed urban ...

This fourth volume of Metropolis examines how waste ground--unused and unoccupied spaces in cities and industrial areas--can offer opportunities for creative exploitation and sustainable development. Calling on expert architects and ...

Future façades will become three-dimensional displays. New developments in display technology, so called voxels allow revolutionary architectural expressions. Whereas spatial expressions till present were determinated by the physical attributes of ...

A huge, electronically operated umbrella spans an inner courtyard, flexible lengths of cloth replace solid walls, a bubble filled with air becomes an events venue'textiles are among those materials with ...

In face of diminishing resources, the importance of photovoltaics for our energy demands is increasing, so that producing up to 25 percent of required electricity in this way seems like ...

Structure in Mind' - das ist avancierte Technologie, gepaart mit dem Gespür für die sinnliche Qualität von Form und Material, wie sie in der Architektur beispielhaften Ausdruck findet. Structure in ...

Disembodiment describes a physical process in the context of urban conditions. It is a process that robs our bodies of all material existence and transforms our physical conditions by intensifying ...

Roger Anger (1923-2008) was one of the busiest and most exciting French architects of the 1950s and 60s. Sculptural plasticity and individualized, timeless modernity identify his unique architectural language. This ...

An office building whose façade changes at night into a gently pulsating play of colors; an apartment that lets us know when our loved one is coming home on the ...

Architects Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos from the Amsterdam office UNStudio are undeniable stars on the international architectural scene. In their interdisciplinary united net of experts they promote creative ...

Mexico City is one of the biggest urban conurbations in the world. This book invites readers on an astonishing journey through the everyday life of the city. Today, its citizens ...

MULTIPLE CITY reflects on current urban development against the background of urban concepts over the past 100 years. It is possible to trace the history of multiple manifestations, parallel strategies ...

Dwelling and Architecture: From Heidegger to Koolhaas explores the influence of Martin Heideggers concept of dwelling (Wohnen) in disputing major imperatives of modern architecture. It is a book on both ...

Half of mankind lives in cities âeuros' and the tendency is on the increase. These people use the greater part of our energy and yet also produce the most pollutants ...

Stefan Behnisch und Partner gelten heute international als eines der erfolgreichsten deutschen Architekturbüros. Anknüpfend an die formale Tradition der "Stuttgarter Schule" mit ihren offenen, transparenten und atmosphärisch freundlich gestimmten Bauten, ...