Germany

Berlin’s Bauhaus-Archiv designed by Walter Gropius for “a vivid encounter with the Bauhaus”

November 21, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

The Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin is next in our Bauhaus 100 series, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the influential school. Featuring a distinctive sawtooth roof, the gallery and archive was envisioned by Walter Gropius but not completed until after his death. The building, which has the full name Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung, holds a collection of of archival material from the school.

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Walter Gropius designed school in Dessau to reflect the Bauhaus values

November 5, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

To continue our Bauhaus 100 series exploring the key projects and figures of the influential design school, we take a look at its home in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius to embody the school’s core principles and values. Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, in 1919, as a new kind of art school based around

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Wulf Architekten brightens German disease research centre with Velux skylights

October 30, 2018 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: Wulf Architekten has used Velux’s modular skylights at a research centre in western Germany, to flood its entrance and oval-shaped laboratory building with natural light. The German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases – abbreviated to DZNE – is situated in the city of Bonn. It is one of ten centres spread across Germany, where scientists

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Herzog & de Meuron unveils revised design for Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin

October 19, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has released renders of its updated plans for the Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin. The studio led by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron presented its revised designs for the art museum – set to be built alongside the Mies van der Rohe-designed Neue Nationalgalerie – to the public

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New Tendency overhauls East German radio centre to create Red Bull music studios

October 17, 2018 Trudie Carter 0

Berlin-based design studio New Tendency has updated a GDR era broadcast building to create a temporary workspace for participants enrolled in Red Bull’s music academy scheme. New Tendency updated Berlin’s Funkhaus, a former broadcasting centre for the German Democratic Republic (GDR) built in the 1950s by Bauhaus alumnus Franz Ehrlic, to host the annual Red Bull

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Images revealed of David Chipperfield Architects “city palace” apartments in Munich

October 16, 2018 India Block 0

David Chipperfield Architects has revealed designs for a residential development in Munich, Germany, that recalls the local 19th century architecture. Set among the neoclassical buildings of the Kolbergerstrasse on the edge of Hertzog Park, the five-storey apartment block will include a two-storey penthouse, two three-storey apartments with their own gardens, and several one-storey apartments. Described

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Studio Morison wraps statue of Maximilian I in Munich plaza with origami-like pavilion

September 15, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Studio Morison has installed a multifaceted mesh-covered pavilion around a statue of Maximilian I in the centre of Munich, to raise awareness for the city’s homeless and impoverished. Named “I Will Be With You, Whatever”, the installation was designed by British artists Heather and Ivan Morison of Studio Morison and engineered by Artura Design and Engineering. The sculpture, which

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Berlin’s Hermannstrasse station to trial anxiety-inducing music in bid to reduce crime

August 21, 2018 India Block 0

Germany’s national rail operator has announced plans to play atonal music in a Berlin station, in an attempt to deter criminal activity. According to local paper Tagesspiegel, Deutsche Bahn plans to experiment with playing music at different volumes in Hermannstrasse station, to judge its effectiveness at driving away loiterers without upsetting passengers. “Few people find it beautiful —

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Batek Architekten create gallery-like backdrop for Zalando beauty store in Berlin

August 17, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

German practice Batek Architekten combined pale surfaces with concrete and steel accents to draw customer’s attention to the products on offer in this beauty store in central Berlin. The shop is located close to the city’s busy Hackescher Markt square and is Zalando’s first bricks-and-mortar store – the brand previously sold high-street fashion, shoes and

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Berlin restaurant LA Poke takes its cues from Hockney painting A Bigger Splash

July 9, 2018 Natashah Hitti 0

The forms and colours of a David Hockney painting are referenced in this Berlin poke restaurant, designed by Ester Bruzkus Architekten to feel “as relaxed as a day at a California pool”. LA Poke, which serves Hawaiian-style Poke Bowls, is based on Hockney’s 1967 painting A Bigger Splash, which depicts a splash in the swimming pool beside

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