With the digitalisation of communication across all industries, architecture communication has also changed fundamentally. The importance of social media, especially the image-heavy platform Instagram, is taking on an increasingly important […]
Never before has wood been so highly in demand as a building material. The Zurich exhibition “Touch Wood” explores the future of building with wood. The book that accompanies it […]
In a time of rapid developments in hybrid communication, companies across all sectors are faced with the great challenge of communicating their brand identity confidently on all channels, both internally […]
Mobile housing containers and plug-in cities – can we still learn from the urban utopias of the 1960s and 1970s? Do concepts of modular architecture still have an influence on […]
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is one of the most renowned climate researchers in the world. He is an advocate of limiting global warming, and considers the building […]
Our cities are dominated by buildings made of mineral building materials such as concrete and steel, whose raw materials endanger ecosystems during extraction and are very CO2-intensive in production. Low-tech […]
Fritz Eichler (1911 – 1991) was perhaps the most important design manager of the young Bundesrepublik. Long before this job title became customary, he played a decisive role in shaping […]
Between structuralism and postmodernism, he developed an architectural language from patterns and structures: an obituary for the architectural theorist and architect Christopher Alexander, who passed away at the age of […]
With the seven-volume “Architectural Guide Sub-Sahara Africa”, Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai have succeeded in creating a compendium that not only presents a panorama of Africa’s diverse architectures, but also […]
Demolishing old buildings and replacing them with new ones is often a losing proposition from an ecological point of view, because many building materials cannot be recycled. Renovation, urban mining […]
Of cabinets of curiosities, showcases and displays: Erika Thümmel has written a richly illustrated introduction to the history of staged spaces and presentation strategies with “The Language of Spaces”. An […]
Over the past ten years, architect Li Xiang, founder or X+Living, has explored interior design with her unique and rebellious style. Her many works in diverse fields such as culture, […]
Ornament and pleasure: He designed the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan, breathtaking villas in Caracas, a super-light chair and interiors of shimmering elegance. Now publisher Taschen-Verlag celebrates Gio Ponti’s versatile oeuvre […]
New technologies, digital processes and forward-thinking manufacturing methods make entirely new ways in design possible. Architect and designer Patrik Schumacher examines the potential of 3D printing. By Patrik Schumacher. 3D […]
How will we live together? It is a question that is as simple as it is fundamental. Chief curator Hashim Sarkis is asking it at the 17th International Architecture Biennale […]
Commitment to climate protection is closely linked to the fight against CO2 emissions. Here, the building sector plays a crucial role: wooden architecture in particular represents a promising way to […]
Robert Haussmann passed away on 21 September. An obituary of the Swiss architect and designer and his playful approach to modernity. By Thomas Wagner. Robert Haussmann was born in 1931 […]
What was it like to grow up in an avant-garde modernist building? Did the new way of living change life? Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster talked to former residents about […]
Designers and architects have a major role in the transformation into a circular economy. While this calls for interdisciplinary collaboration and holistic design, what we need above all is an […]
A single storey, green surroundings, relaxed, modern: it is originally from Asia, is seen by the French as a holiday home and was regarded as a modern dacha in the […]