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A Win for City South
A New Office Building Brings Life to City South in Hammerbrook
The Wall as the Primary Element
A town villa in Lank-Latum effectively combines openness and privacy.
Maritime Monheim
The "Rheinkiesel" reconnect urban living with the Rhine
Monolith in Prime Riverside Location
A Rodenkirchen apartment building that captures minimalism in built form
Openness as Guiding Principle
Historic Character Meets Modern Design
Single-Family Homes Renovation / Restoration / Construction in Existing StructuresBrick
Extended Industrial Building
In the New Railway Town, a historic railway structure has been given new life as a modern office building.
Commercial BuildingConversion / Renovation / New Construction in Historic ContextBrick
Generous Light and Air Spaces
The LVR Kurt Schwitters School in Gerresheim has been transformed into an architecturally unified ensemble.
Timber Construction (Load-Bearing Structure)Timber Facade Public Buildings Brick
Hall for Creative Spaces
Brüneo in Brühl: Co-working Space Built on Sustainability and Resourcefulness
Commercial Buildings SustainabilityNatural Stone Facade Brick
Zurich Campus in MesseCity Cologne
Brick architecture, Backstein-Kontor, Zurich Campus, MesseCity Cologne, custom brick
Oasis in Nature
A Spacious Villa that Embraces Its Woodland Setting
With Edges and Character
A striking pentagonal residence has emerged on this corner plot, embodying modern design.
Timeless Quality
A 1960s house reimagined as a contemporary villa
Single-Family Homes Flat RoofExposed Concrete Renovation / Restoration / Adaptive Reuse Brick
Village and/or City?
Sensitive densification draws on the historic village core
Inspiringly Sustainable
Passive House Living: Comfort and Character Combined
Revival West
Contemporary Living in Maximilians Quartier
Central Campus
New information centre and conversion of a historic gymnasium into a student hub
Flat RoofPublic Buildings Renovation / Restoration / Building within Existing Structures Brick
Sustainable and Human-Centered
Developer Chooses Climate-Friendly Brick and Innovative "Fair Housing" Model
School as a Place of Encounter
The new comprehensive school in Essen is a learning space that actively engages the surrounding community
Open and Welcoming
The building embodies the community's distinctive character and shared spirit.
Space for Art
The HFBK at last has the studio spaces its master's students desperately need.
Family-Friendly University
Childcare and Co-Working Under One Roof: Beuth University of Applied Sciences' New Building
From One, Make Two
A single-family home that creatively reconciles building codes with design ambition
Single-family homes Single-story Rendered facadeGable roof Tile
In Dialogue with the Landscape
A Residential Home That Turns Its Back to the Street, Opens Its Heart to the Garden
Fine Banding
New school building designed to modern educational standards
Fully Optimized
Office and residential building on a steeply sloped, ultra-narrow plot with distinctive brickwork
Black Beauty
A rustic yet elegantly refined villa in deep, dark tones