Description
This issue features a selection of 100 notable recent projects in Germany, with detailed profiles of more than 30 works across three categories: sustainability/ecological, working with the existing, and contextual. Opening with an essay by Peter Cachola Schmal, “Working with the Bestand in a Contextual and Sustainable Way”, it goes on to include critical texts by Wolfgang Pehnt and Layla Dawson, plus an interview covering the 5th International Highrise Award. Barkow Leibinger, Behnisch Architekten, Sauerbruch Hutton, Jürgen Mayer H, David Chipperfield, Max Dudler, Hild und K and Peter Zumthor are among the many architects spotlighted.
CONTENTS
- Maps of Germany
- 100 Selected Works in Germany 2000-2012
- Essay: “Working with the Bestand in a Contextual and Sustainable Way”, by Peter Cachola Schmal
1. Sustainability / Ecological
- GSW Headquarters, by Sauerbruch Hutton
- EXPODACH – Symbolic Roof Structure at the World Exposition, by Herzog + Partner
- R128, by Werner Sobek
- Biosphere and Flower Pavilion, by Barkow Leibinger
- Federal Environmental Agency, by Sauerbruch Hutton
- The Free University’s Faculty of Philology Library, by Foster and Partners
- Lufthansa Aviation Center, by Ingenhoven Architects
- e_3, by Kaden Klingbeil Architekten
- Campus Restaurant with Auditorium, by Barkow Leibinger
- Unilever Headquarters Germany, Austria and Switzerland, by Behnisch Architekten
- Städel Museum Extension, by schneider+schumacher
- Essay: “The Germanness of German Architecture, if there is any”, by Wolfgang Pehnt
2. Working with the “Bestand (Existing)”
- Bogenallee 10–12, by blauraum
- Dornbusch Church, by Meixner Schlüter Wendt
- Hessian State Theater Darmstadt, by Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei
- Harbour me, Celia! by Peter Haimerl Architekt
- Dupli. Casa, by Jürgen Mayer H.
- Moritzburg Museum Extension, by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
- Neues Museum, by David Chipperfield
- Brunnenstrasse 9, by Brandlhuber+ERA, Emde, Schneider
- New East Wing of the Museum of Natural History, by Diener & Diener Architekten
- Hut on Fichtelberg Mountain, by AFF architekten
- Conversion and Extension of Hambach Castle, by Max Dudler
- Essay: “What Drives Contemporary Architecture in Germany”, by Layla Dawson
3. Contextual
- Living room, by seifert.stoeckmann@formalhaut
- Parish Centre St. Francis, by Königs Architekten
- Allianz Arena, by Herzog & de Meuron
- Winter Bathing-ship, by Wilk-Salinas Architekten with Thomas Freiwald
- The Hinzert Museum and Document Center, by Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch
- Kolumba, Art Museum of the Cologne Archdiocese, by Peter Zumthor
- Brother Klaus Field Chapel, by Peter Zumthor
- Haus W, by Kraus Schönberg
- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center, Central Library of Humboldt University, Berlin, by Max Dudler
- Louis Hotel at the Viktualienmarkt, by Hild und K Architekten
- Hydroelectric Powerstation, by Becker Architekten
- JustK, by amunt – Architekten Martenson und Nagel Theissen
- Visitor Centre Hercules, by Staab Architekten
180 pages, ills colour & bw / 22 x 29 cm / English, Japanese
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