Architecture

Will this be the architecture of the future? For years we have seen large furniture manufacturers and retail chains increasingly aligning their businesses with the new mobility of consumers. Gigantic building complexes were built near the motorway, in industrial parks...

Who would have thought that the Garden of Eden was only a few moments away: The world's largest greenhouse - the Eden Project - is located in British Cornwall.   The largest greenhouse in the world  However, the green gem is far from a classic garden. The...

Chemnitz as the new European Capital of Culture?   In December 2019, five German cities made it to the final round for the title of European Capital of Culture 2025 - including Chemnitz. Considering the negative headlines with which Chemnitz has...

Norwegian architecture firm builds the largest wooden house in the world   "We want to inspire others to build in the same way." With the Mjøsa Tower, the team from the Norwegian architectural firm Voll Arkitekter designed the largest sustainable building in the...

Is the tallest house in Western Europe soon to be in Denmark? The Danes want to go high. Literally. A 7000-inhabitant village in the Danish Jutland could soon get the tallest building in Western Europe. The clothing company Bestseller is planning a...

Is the tallest house in Western Europe soon to be in Denmark? The Danes want to go high. Literally. A 7000-inhabitant village in the Danish Jutland could soon get the tallest building in Western Europe. The clothing company Bestseller is planning a...

4000 Bauhaus buildings in just one city: Tel Aviv shows a formative part of Bauhaus history in a pragmatic, unvarnished and exciting way. The "White City", as the Israeli metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea is called today, is the reflection of a movement whose traces...

Paris – London – New York. The world’s metropolises are growing at a vast rate. While only one in three people were living in urban areas in the 1950s, now every second person is moving to the city, according to the latest figures from United Nations .1 By 2050, it is...

Bauhaus‘ lasting impression on design and architecture  14 years. The movement didn’t need any longer to completely revolutionise the fields of design and architecture. The Bauhaus Movement, founded in 1919, was one of the most influential in history. 100 years later,...

This week for Fact Friday, we remember the tremendous legacy of architect Ieoh Ming Pei who died on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the age of 102. During his long prolific career, Pei left his mark not only through his striking architectural style, but through his passion...