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It’s no longer an insider tip, despite its hidden location: Since June 2023, architect Karl Amann has been running his private gal …

In 2025, Chemnitz, together with Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and neighbouring Gorizia (Italy), will be the European Capital of Culture. …

A sanctuary and meeting place within historical walls – a new “home”! In her master’s thesis, entitled “Daheim” (home), Mareike Fr …

Overcoming the sterile concept of large-capacity canteens, more and more companies are offering their employees the opportunity to …

Till Schmiedeknecht studied architecture in Karlsruhe, Barcelona and London. He then changed sides and, after detours into corpora …

The diversity of culture, history, contemporary architecture and excellent cuisine makes Graz a fascinating place: As Austria’s se …

Lisa Denecke aimed to create a place for exchange between all sections of society for her master’s thesis at the Burg Giebichenste …

With demographic shifts and an aging population across Europe, the question arises: what might high-quality, attractive living spa …

Offenbach? Offenbach! Of course, says the insider: this city deserves an exclamation mark. However, many people still approach the …

Nadine Landuris has worked for 17 years as an employed and as a freelance interior designer in Munich. Her job took her to Berlin, …

Since the pandemic at the latest, it has become clear that systemically important professions, such as that of a firefighter, dese …

Great office, great architecture, great city! Kira Ermantraut benefitted from her internship at 3XN in Copenhagen in more ways tha …

Between the 19th and early 20th centuries, Berlin was the third largest city in the world. Today, the capital of the Federal Repub …

For Annika Schürk, one thing is certain: “Gender equality is a fundamental human right and necessary for a prospering world.” In l …

Living in a castle: For many, this is probably no more than a dream, but in reality, many castles are vacant nowadays. New, resour …

Relaxed, charming, historical and at the same time young and fresh: Maastricht is the ideal place to experience a varied weekend. …

She is a writer, illustrator and painter. Annette Roeder, who completed a degree in architecture, has long since found her calling …

Marie Wettach developed a mixed-use concept for her master’s thesis at the Peter Behrens School of Arts (PBSA) in Düsseldorf in or …

With the demise of city centres due to online retail, the use of city centres as pure shopping, tourist and working districts is b …

When you think of beer-brewing culture, it’s not uncommon to conjure up images of traditional dark taprooms. But of course, there …

Brasília was inaugurated as Brazil’s new capital in 1960. Designed by Lúcio Costa, its so-called Plano Piloto is reminiscent of an …

For her final thesis at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Martina Velmeden took on the task of upgrading an entire neighbo …

Stuttgart-based architect Ruth Schagemann has been involved in national and international vocational politics since 2013. She was …

Linoleum is a material made from natural raw materials, primarily known as a floor covering, or as a flat coating for table surfac …

As we approach the final years of our lives, we talk about growing old in a self-determined way, but what happens when help is nee …

The office is exactly where you are! Ramona Böhm has developed a product that particularly promotes and supports just such a way o …

Leonie Winkler has studied Interior Design at the Istituto Marangoni located in Milan. Born in Munich, she started her first job a …

Yadegar Asisi’s 360° panoramas immerse in magnificent worlds, spatially, visually, acoustically, sensually and physically. For 30 …

When you think of Nuremberg, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), his residence (pictured on the right) and, of course, the Nuremberg Castl …

As some of the best wines can get lost in the shallows of retailers’ shelves, winegrowers around the world are taking the marketin …

“Enxame na encosta” – “Swarm in the slope” – is what Celine Kohlhaas from the Münster School of Architecture (MSA) calls her BB St …

In architecture, too, the creation of virtual realities is becoming increasingly popular. Karsten Ermann’s master’s thesis at the …

The town hall of the small central-Finland town of Säynätsalo is considered one of Alvar Aalto’s key works. Nestled in a pine grov …

DOMpublishers publish books for interior designers and architects. They are “books made by architects”. In 2005, Berlin-based arch …

The Romanian capital Bucharest is a capital of definite contrasts. Nowhere else are magnificent palaces of the Belle Époque so une …

Dare to handle colours boldly! In her bachelor thesis at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Franziska Kocks has intensively dealt wi …

Contemporary, durable, expressive architecture with a regional reference to South Tyrol — that is the strength of pedevilla archit …

Eyeglasses are by now no longer just merely a visual aid; today, they are more of a fashionable-individual expression of one’s own …

Whether walkable nets in the Grindelwald Gorge, in the NRW Art Collection and at Singapore Changi Airport, whether fall protection …

Two phases in particular shaped Barcelona’s reputation as a city of architecture: an economic boom in the nineteenth century, from …

Life plans are changing and this has an impact on our housing needs! Lina Merck addressed this development with her diploma thesis …

The trend towards a minimalist life without having to pay high rents and tolerating superfluous ballast has brought the Tiny House …

“You should not build in a place, you should build the place” – this is probably the best-known quote from the office bergmeisterw …

Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt (1912–1994) studied architecture in Stuttgart with Paul Bonatz. As a Jewess, she was forced to go into …

Spain’s third largest city is a cultural and economic epicentre – and it is home to some of the country’s most renowned designers …

The Schminke House is one of four outstanding examples of the Neues Bauen and the International Style movements worldwide. It rank …

Fabian Hübner has been working at Heatherwick Studio since April 2018. At home and abroad, the London Studio covers an enormous sp …

In her master thesis at Düsseldorf University of Applied Science, Kirsten Jäger has made it her central task to convey the topic o …

Public conveniences seem to be one of the most banal functional units and building tasks which require the attention of architects …

No other European metropolis combines recreational value and architectural quality as masterly as Copenhagen. This makes the Danis …

In October, the Hermann Schmidt publisherwill be able to celebrate its 30th anniversary! Together with her husband, the typographe …

Building culture, tradition, respect, region, craftsmanship, material and structure are concepts repeatedly mentioned in connectio …

For most people, going to the dentist is far from a pleasant event. If psychological barriers are to be lowered, not only is a tea …

As a global player, the Herzog & de Meuron architectural office – founded by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in Basel in 1978 …

Der libanesische Architekt Jad El Khoury arbeitet seit 2015 als Künstler und studiert derzeit Art and Public Space in Oslo. Er erf …

Not for, but along with people with disabilities: Based on a play of colours and a corresponding concept, in her master thesis Jaq …

The house in the south of Berlin called Tautes Heim by its owners Katrin Lesser and Ben Buschfeld is architectural and design hist …

Who am I? What do I want to achieve? The question of one’s self comes easily to some people; others never find the right answers. …

For some people, cut flowers are a superfluous luxury, but for many they are more than just a fleeting eye-catcher. Especially in …

Wood has always been part of David Stanzel’s life. As the offspring of a carpenter family, Stanzel, born in Bavaria, always had a …

The longing for the countryside is as present as never before in times of ever greater urban challenges. Anja Kluge and Ingolf Gös …

The Main metropolis is a city of contrasts. Spectacular skyscrapers in the banking district on the one hand, the placid historical …

Whether holidays in the forest, by the sea or in the mountains – the longing for holidays away from one’s home has rarely been gre …

Consciously perceiving what one has experienced and reflecting on it – in their master study project, Ann-Sophie Lehmann and Gisa …

The architect and architectural theorist Dr Jana Revedin writes fascinating biographic novels. In 2018, Jeder hier nennt mich Frau …

As is well known, living space is extremely scarce and expensive in the rapidly growing Asian cities of millions in this world. Li …

In the time between the construction of the Stuttgart Weissenhofsiedlung and the takeover by the National Socialists, a surprising …

How can unused parking areas be restructured in such a way that considerable added value is produced for the neighbourhood communi …

The Flaine ski resort designed by Marcel Breuer in the French Alps between 1960 and 1979 makes the hearts of winter-sport fans and …

The opportunity for stays abroad is probably never greater than during while one is studying. For six months, Dominik Stoschek has …

Choosing a new eyewear model can become a time-consuming endeavour. No other accessory or item of clothing changes our external ap …

The design of a residential tower by Jan Neflin and Lucas Apfelbacher has been developed under the supervision of Professor Piero …

Hassell is one of Australia’s major architectural firms with offices in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA. The overarching aim o …

The office which had been founded by C.F. Møller in Aarhus in 1924 has developed into one of the major Danish architectural office …

Wine and architecture have long belonged together. Various labels with images of traditional, small press houses and large, renown …

For tourism in the Sorrento area, it was a blessing that the old master of Italian modernist architecture Gio Ponti (1891-1979) to …

Many young architects and students of architecture are attracted to major architectural offices in Zurich, Basel, Bern and Geneva. …

Catering concepts are as diverse as are the current eating cultures and food trends. Having a meal together has long been more tha …

In autumn, Myriam Kunz can pop the corks. This is because her Buchstäbchen bookstore for children’s and adolescents’ books in Stut …

With the former Nuglar distillery warehouse (AIT 7/8.2019) and Casa Mosogno (AIT 3.2020), AIT recently reported on two outstanding …

Architect Michael Ragaller from Stuttgart visited the small village of Tschiertschen in Switzerland for us, the most beautiful vil …

An unusual initiative started by the Hanover Protestant regional church is to increase the awareness for youth work and assist in …

Feeling like James Bond just for once and reside in a futuristic-looking, extravagant villa with a pool not far from the French Me …

The Coachella Valley in the Los Angeles hinterland is one of the world’s most popular hotspots. Not only does the festival of the …

Merely selling off food was yesterday! Today, market halls actively contribute to public life by offering art exhibitions, event v …

The Italian region of the Marches is considered the better Tuscany. The latter is much better known, but therefore much more touri …

Every summer, the Institute of Public Buildings and Design of Stuttgart University organizes a one-week seminar with the title Wri …

Aleksandra Gleich is a lawyer and an architect at the same time and therefore has an extraordinary profile. She is versed in the l …

Normally, going to a pharmacy is one of those activities one would really prefer to do without. Long queues, expensive medication …

The Jugendandachtspreis 2019 by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover awarded four parishes with a cash prize for the redesig …

This summer, Dr. Uwe Bresan accompanied architecture students from the University of Stuttgart to a writing seminar taking place a …

The Volvo XC40 test-driven by Dr Wolfgang Voigt had to prove its worth in narrow alleys and car parks, on ferries and forest paths …

On September 5 and 6, 1944, allied pilots razed the French Atlantic city of Le Havre to the ground. Their aim was to destroy the p …

In times of Ryanair, easyJet and others, travelling by air has lost some of the glamour and charm of days gone by. In order to nev …

Brazil, a country known for its multiculturalism, stands for pure joie de vivre. São Paulo is the cultural centre where this feeli …

With his works, Karl-Heinz Bogner deliberately places himself at the interface of art and architecture. The freelance artist had o …

The Sea Ranch is an icon of American architecture! The residential complex on the Californian Pacific coast is associated with the …

Under the project management of Sarah Pallischeck, 13 bachelor students of TH Köln travelled to the Omomas Care Center, a home for …

Almost a case study: In this project, 13 interior design students are all dealing with the same real hotel room layout of the Glob …

Many might know the city from the conspiracy theory propagated in 1993. It says that Bielefeld doesn’t even exist. In his report, …

Whoever may attempt to describe the city of Valletta easily runs into danger of having to elaborate: This is because in the capita …

Whether full-bodied, dry or fruity – the market offers wines in any price category and flavour. For triggering an impulse to buy, …

Tel Aviv is not only a pulsating metropolis by the Mediterranean Sea but also the location of more than 4,000 buildings which have …

Felicitas Seidler studied architecture and afterwards – right, in that order! – completed an apprenticeship to become a goldsmith. …

In this real-life student project, the task was to design in Wiehe Castle in Thuringia, which is badly in need of renovation, an a …

An Erasmus Scholarship made it possible for Lorena Stephan to spend a semester abroad at Sapienza Università di Roma. She studied …

The chic speedster corresponds exactly to Katja Neumann’s automotive preferences – she was curious to see whether the car could fu …

Which are the demands the young generation makes on the work of the future? This question was the origin of the idea to focus toge …

For a week, Uwe Bresan followed students from the University of Stuttgart during their “Über Architektur schreiben” summer course. …

To convince clients, critics and juries, architects cannot exclusively rely on their images and drawings but also have to resort t …

Architectural journalist Katharina Matzig from Munich has followed the traces of Geoffrey Bawa in Sri Lanka. He is regarded as the …

The Austrian capital Vienna offers everything the heart desires and only the best of it. This is the opinion of architect Armin Eb …

The Staatliches Bauhaus was founded in Weimar on 1st April 1919. Headed by Walter Gropius, the school set out to give the 20th cen …

Norbert Berghof is an enthusiastic Citroën DS driver and a car connoisseur – no wonder the Tesla X 100D has quite a fascination fo …

Actually, Uwe Bresan only wanted to have a quick look at Haus Schröder and then quickly drive on. In the end, he stayed almost a w …

As part of the “Pop-Up Luxury” projects, ten students from the bachelor course of studies in interior design at Coburg University …

Whether literary classics, light fiction or specialist journals – despite the growing significance of the digital media, the print …

She studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich. For the last four years, however, Laura Zalenga’s medium of expres …

Between farms, studs, and fattening farms, Münster is an unexpectedly urban variation to the agricultural flatlands of Westphalia. …

Non-bureaucratic, open, citizen-centred and service-oriented: We had presented the town hall in Deventer in the Netherlands in AIT …

As a professor at the technical university in Stuttgart, Paul Schmitthenner (1884–1972) was among the most influential personaliti …

In times when a healthy lifestyle and sportive leisure activities are getting more and more popular, shabby-stuffy gyms are no lon …

Students at the Swiss Academy of Art and Design in Basel developed prototypes for future lighting concepts and luminaires with the …

Granada in the south of Spain has a special appeal: Every year, the city attracts millions of visitors and those who have fallen u …

Students of architecture at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and trainee carpenters developed and realized their idea of …

They have titles such as „Kleines Afrika“, „Regenwurmtage“, „Ist 7 viel“ or „Frag mich!“ … The architect Antje Damm has written ov …

Graduate from Cologne University of Applied Sciences Hannah Tholen designed as part of her master’s thesis a bath completely in li …

Closely experiencing architecture icons and actually living in them – this is now possible in Schloss Lauterbach designed by Henry …

Put baked goods in the display counter and they will sell automatically? As if! If you want to convince customers of your products …

In Berlin, the architect Daniel Pleikies has his own bicycle manufacture called wheeldan. Bespoke bicycles are exclusively built t …

The analysis of the newly built residential- and commercial district in Stuttgart caused Lena Engelfried and Tara Hariri to draw u …

At the end, what counts is a neutral venue which provides space for any form of mourning: Death is a sensitive issue and is often …

The “Tunnel Airplane” project is a cooperation of the Mainz University Medical Center and students of the discipline Communication …

Since 2015, the start of massive refugee immigration into Germany, the situation for homeless people in the major cities has been …

Since the largest European seaport has been relocated from the city centre of Rotterdam in the 1980s, the look of the Dutch city h …

There is no doubt that it is a choice piece of property in a prime location beside the water in the midst of Berlin! The site meas …

It is no secret: church communities are shrinking. As a consequence of dwindling memberships, the need for large rooms for praying …

Schenker Salvi Weber – founded in 2009 – is a still young, highly ambitious architectural office. In their branches in Vienna and …

Modern looks and high-quality processing – this was the impression when test driver Andreas Witte from Scope Architekten first saw …

“Leaving out the things that aren’t necessary” is how Ronald Meijs describes his design philosophy. The industrial designer from M …

A pleasant museum visit combined with a test drive? Not a bad solution for a rainy Sunday, as Claus Zimmermann from Next – space I …

„So ein Auto wollte ich immer schon mal haben“, ging es Ekkehard Schröer, Innenarchitektur und Möbeldesign, aus Essen durch den Ko …

Since 1933, the church building of the Nordgemeinde at Killesberg has been standing between the Weissenhof and the Kochenhof Estat …

Can students of interior design still learn from the work by Adolf Loos today? In her master thesis at HfT Stuttgart, Theresia Mar …

Whether whimsical or momentous – museums and collections are the stores of knowledge in our society but this alone does not per se …

Every second counts! Planning fire stations is a complex construction task with particularly high requirements as to logistics. Th …

Cutting and dying as well as lifestyle and creativity are required when it comes to hairdressing. Those who want to successfully d …

Unlike a train station or an airport, a bus station is an very often neglected construction task. Centrally situated, it usually h …

Winziges Zimmer, Gestaltung egal, Hauptsache günstig? Studentenwohnheime dieser Art gehören glücklicherweise immer mehr der Vergan …

Dass der Sportunterricht an vielen Schulen zu kurz kommt, liegt nicht nur an fehlenden Fachlehrern, sondern oft genug auch am frag …

Memorial sites are places to remember the victims of wars and regimes of tyranny. They are not only to serve the survivors as a pl …

In the area of what is today Austria, wine growing has been rooted for millennia and this has left its definite mark on the countr …

Die Bauaufgabe ist die gleiche – und doch könnten die Gebäude oft nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Wir präsentieren Ihnen eine Auswah …

Einfach eine Gasse zwischen Stuhlreihen bilden und fertig ist der Laufsteg? Vielleicht würde das sogar schon wieder Aufmerksamkeit …

Die Bauaufgabe ist dieselbe, doch die Ausführung oft ganz unterschiedlich: In der Serie Drei präsentieren wir Ihnen immer drei Pro …

In der Serie Drei… zeigen wir stets ausgewählte Projekte zu einer gemeinsamen Bauaufgabe – passend zum Heftthema sind es diesmal …

We frequently come across exciting projects which do not quite fit the topics in our editions. But neither do we want you to miss …

Seit einem Jahr zeigen wir Ihnen nun auch spannende Projekte, die nicht in unsere üblichen Heftthemen passen. Mit der Serie Drei.. …

The Finnish-Swiss filmmaker Tapio Snellman studied architecture in Stuttgart and London and lives in the British capital. His port …

During their studies and their professional career, architects develop a keen sense of materials, their combination and applicatio …

Leipzig is currently considered to be the most rapidly growing major city in Germany. In addition to countless architectural monum …

During his architectural studies at Munich technical university, Felix Constantin Graf completed an internship at Matteo Thun & Pa …

Already during adolescence, Jonathan Schuster came into contact with MVRDV. The Dutch pavilion for EXPO 2000 in Hanover had very m …

Unsere Redakteurin Christine Schröder ist regelmäßig in Wolfsburg zu Gast und erkundet dabei die facettenreiche Stadt. Die untersc …

Seit Peter Sägesser während seines Architekturstudiums an der ETH Zürich ein Praktikum im damals noch kommunistisch regierten Unga …

Essen liegt mitten in Deutschlands größter Industrieregion, dem Ruhrgebiet. In der einstigen Bergbaustadt, in der die Kumpel noch …

„Komm, wir fahren nach Amsterdam“, sang Cora 1984 und schuf damit eines der traurigsten Liebeslieder der deutschen Popgeschichte. …

Rechtzeitig zur 15. Wohn- und Möbelausstellung „neue räume“ vom 18. bis 22. November in Zürich-Oerlikon, hat der en Initiator Stef …

Ganz im Westen Rumäniens, in der drittgrößten Stadt des Landes, begann 1989 die rumänische Revolution, die schließlich zur Befreiu …

Ljubljana, das beschauliche Städtchen mit mediterranem Flair, ist für Architekturinteressierte unbedingt eine Reise wert. Auch heu …

Die gebürtige Inderin Poonam Choudhry lebt und arbeitet in Stuttgart und pendelt regelmäßig zwischen den recht gegensätzlichen Wel …

Großstadt im Grünen, Messestadt, Universitätsstadt – die Niedersächsische Hauptstadt Hannover hat viele Bezeichnungen und bietet e …

Istanbul hat neben vielen Zeugnissen seiner bewegten Geschichte eine bunte Mischung an Menschen zu bieten, die alle auf ihre eigen …

Jürgen Haller führt uns für ein Wochenende durch seine Heimatregion Vorarlberg – die Dichte an guter Architektur könnte nicht höhe …

Die Biennale von Venedig ist das Architekturereignis dieses Sommers. Von Anfang Juni bis Ende November wird sich die Lagunen stadt …

Große Namen haben Weimar geprägt: Dichter Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Musiker Franz Liszt und Architekt Walter Gropius, der dort 1 …

Ein Wochenendtrip in eine andere Stadt ist eine willkommene Abwechslung vom Büroalltag, sollte aber auch gut vorbereitet sein. Um …