Landscape architects Topotek 1 work as commuters across different disciplines, landscape-typologies and scales; the office also jaunts into architecture, urban design and art. The …
Spolia are structural elements that have been consciously—and therefore usually visibly—reused. The space they occupy within the broad field of reuse in architecture is associated …
Our nuclear power plants stand like landmarks on German river landscapes – they are constructional witnesses to a bitter social and political dispute about energy, the economy and …
As a collective cultural achievement, building culture is not a private matter: it is a physical expression of our society. It defines not only the character of our living …
"Quite good"-an everyday comment turns into a challenge: can architecture be "quite good"? Oda Palmke's collection of photos takes a careful look at seemingly ordinary houses that …
Volume 1 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst offers examples of nine types of urban structures as a guide to designing them. It depicts urban spaces in Berlin, …
The future of cities and their spaces lies in the redevelopment of existing housing stock and its associated transformation tasks. The discipline of urban planning needs to …
Since late 2006 the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Hamburg has made the concept of the "Leap across the Elbe" a reality, and in doing so has provided considerable support …
Symbolic places endow physical spaces with meaning. They impart knowledge about historical events, narrate stories, or stand for specific concerns. While the creation of symbolic …
With a Latourian Actor-Network Theory approach, Urban Design on the Move follows a young design team’s transformative journey of implementing the Europan 4 winning project at …
