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Wulf Architekten creates perforated metal fire station in Germany

August 23, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Fire station in Germany by Wulf Architekten

A lightweight upper storey clad in perforated metal is elevated on timber beams above a concrete podium at this fire station in Straubenhardt, Germany, designed by local practice Wulf Architekten. Combining six previously independent firefighting units, the building’s different functions are separated by its stacked form. The garages are in its base with classrooms and

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Buero Wagner makes inventive use of industrial materials in Munich office extension

August 12, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Curtains made from aluminium foil and furniture made from galvanised-steel gratings are just some of the novel uses of industrial materials featured in this silver-coloured office extension in Munich. Designed by local studio Buero Wagner, the extension was created by opening up the basement of an existing office in the backyard of a turn-of-the-century building

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Cells in former Berlin prison turned into guest rooms for hotel Wilmina

July 22, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Narrow guest room with small window and white interior scheme by Grüntuch Ernst Architects

German practice Grüntuch Ernst Architects has converted an abandoned women’s prison and courthouse in Berlin into a “tranquil” hotel. Called Wilmina, the hotel occupies a duo of listed 19th-century structures in Charlottenburg that had been forgotten for decades prior to their renovation. The former court, which sits at the entrance on Kantstraße, accommodates the hotel’s

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Holloway Li transforms Munich office building into Wunderlocke hotel

July 19, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Co-working space inside Wunderlocke hotel in Munich, designed by Holloway Li

Wassily Kandinsky’s abstract paintings influenced the colourful yet understated interiors that design studio Holloway Li has created inside the Locke hotel in Munich. The aparthotel, called Wunderlocke, contains 360 serviced studio apartments and is situated in Munich’s Obersendling district, taking over an office building that previously belonged to German tech company Siemens. London-based Holloway Li

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Vitra relocates Kazuo Shinohara’s “geometric” Umbrella House from Tokyo to its German campus

July 15, 2022 Simon Volt 0

Umbrella House at Vitra by Kazuo Shinohara

Vitra Design Museum has collaborated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to relocate one of Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara’s last remaining homes from Tokyo to its architecture park in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Vitra recently unveiled the house, which was originally built in 1961 in Nerima, Tokyo, and was set to be demolished to make

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Yinka Ilori tops Berlin pavilion with colourful disc canopy

June 22, 2022 Katie Last 0

Yinka Ilori colourful pavilion at Estrel Berlin

London designer Yinka Ilori has created a colourful pavilion named Filtered Rays as an events space for the Estrel Berlin hotel in Germany. Located on the banks of the Spree alongside Estrel Berlin in the Neukölln area of the city, the pavilion is the Ilori’s latest brightly coloured public intervention following his recent skatepark in Miami

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Museum of Military History by Daniel Libeskind

June 6, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Exterior of the Museum of Military History

Continuing our series on deconstructivism we look at Daniel Libeskind’s extension to the Museum of Military History in Dresden, Germany, which features a pointed steel and glass shard that thrusts through the original building’s neoclassical facade. The extension was completed in 2011 and is one of Libeskind’s best known projects, along with earlier works such as

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Zaha Hadid’s Vitra Fire Station is “ready to explode into action at any moment”

May 24, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Exterior of Vitra Fire Station by Zaha Hadid Architects

We continue our series on deconstructivism by looking at Zaha Hadid’s first major built work, the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in 1993, the building was a key work in establishing the style of deconstructivism and now serves as an exhibitions and events space. The station’s dynamic form

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Urselmann Interior renovates own office using recycled and biodegradable materials

May 10, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Düsseldorf studio Urselmann Interior has renovated its own office interiors using biodegradable, recycled or upcycled materials, including glueless joinery and a cellulose-based wall cladding. The interior design studio said that it renovated its self-described “circular” office in the German city to only feature materials that are either recycled, upcycled or biodegradable. These include existing wooden

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Berlin citizens propose law to ban cars from city centre

January 28, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

View of Berlin city centre with television tower

Berlin’s centre could become the largest car-free urban area in the world following a campaign supported by 50,000 citizens. Campaign group Berlin Autofrei has proposed a law to limit private car use within the Ringbahn train line in the German capital, an area of 34 square miles. The city government will now formally consider the

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