AIT 10.2024 – Office Buildings – New, sustainable aesthetics

The number of new office buildings is declining, but there is little cause for concern because there is so much stock of vacant retail space, industrial buildings and ageing offices that there is no shortage of space or ideas for attractive, identity-creating, individual office spaces. The best example: In Schalksmühle, we were able to see for ourselves how the conversion of a historic family villa in combination with a new extension can tell a company and family story in terms of interior design and architecture. Likewise in Bezau, Austria – here the Vorarlberg architects Innauer Matt drew on architecturally valuable existing buildings when it came to their own office space. Guaja.cc + facury found great architecture for the Greenpeace headquarters in Sao Paulo for conversion, and Gisbert Pöppler for his Berlin studio in Karl-Marx-Allee. Andrea Herold and Prof. Tina Kammer from interiorPark. in Stuttgart state in their article “New Aesthetics” that the refurbishment of existing buildings and the opportunity for conversion are increasingly leading to a circular use of building materials, which must go hand in hand with a change in aesthetic standards. We show many exciting examples!