Architecture

Some of the largest architecture firms have effectively become war corporations. At the same time as designing Olympic parks and world-famous buildings, they have constructed military bases, maintained weaponry, and trained personnel for wars in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. In some conflicts, the same firms have been contracted from invasion to reconstruction, including facilitating military attacks, rebuilding war-damaged infrastructure, and establishing new governments. Architecture for Warfare tells the story of a form of multidisciplinary corporation that employs architects skilled in designing structures alongside former military personnel with experience handling live-fire weapons. It highlights the tensions and contradictions within these architecture-led firms that claim to make the world a better place. The book combines personal narrative with detailed research to reveal unsettling relations between design, planning, and armed conflict.

• Describes the emergence of architectural "war corporations"
• Combines firsthand accounts with research supported by the Graham Foundation
• Reveals ethical conflicts in architectural design

Als wachsende Metropole muss Hamburg zukunftsfähige Lösungen für die drängenden Fragen der Stadtentwicklung finden. Klimaschutz, Mobilitätswende, Bevölkerungswachstum und bezahlbarer Wohnraum sind jedoch Herausforderungen, die über Landesgrenzen hinaus wirken. Mit dem Stadt-Umland-Atlas Hamburg legt die Hamburger Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen einen Grundstein für einen neuen Blick auf Hamburg und die Region: Umfangreiche Datenerhebungen erfassen Muster und Potenziale, die sich aus den Verflechtungen zwischen Stadt und Umland ergeben. Visuell aufbereitet in über 250 Karten schaffen diese einen umfassenden Überblick für die Planung und Gestaltung zukünftiger räumlicher Strukturen in der Hansestadt und darüber hinaus.

• Betrachtung räumlicher Strukturen der Stadt Hamburg und ihres direkten Umlands
• Darstellung und Analyse von Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Metropole und Umland
• Umfangreiches Datenmaterial, aufbereitet in über 250 Karten

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch)

No one can really know what will prove sustainable in thirty years—and that is precisely why we need a plurality of building practices and ongoing conversations about them. The large-scale exhibition WEtransFORM in Bonn provides plenty of inspiration for both. As part of its thematic year on ecological transformation, the Bundeskunsthalle is showcasing outstanding projects in sustainable architecture and urban development from across Europe. This companion book to the exhibition conveys key insights, tells personal stories, and encourages readers to get involved in building a more sustainable world. Our shared goal: to reduce resource consumption.

• A richly illustrated companion to the exhibition WEtransFORM in the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, June 6, 2025–January 25, 2026
• Featuring works by Anna Heringer, Céline Baumann, Daisy Ginsberg, ecoLogicStudio, Florian Nagler, heri & salli, ITKE, Julia Lohmann, Marjan van Aubel, Martin Rauch, Mischer’Traxler, MVRDV, Office for Political Innovation, OMC°C, Powerhouse, raumlaborberlin, Superflux, 51n4E, and more

Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German)

Niemand kann mit Gewissheit sagen, was sich in dreißig Jahren tatsächlich als nachhaltig erwiesen haben wird. Gerade deshalb braucht es eine Pluralität von baulichen Praktiken und die fortwährende Diskussion darüber. Für beides bietet die große Ausstellung WEtransFORM in Bonn reichlich Inspiration. Im Rahmen ihres Themenjahrs zur ökologischen Transformation versammelt die Bundeskunsthalle vorbildliche Projekte nachhaltiger Architektur und Stadtentwicklung in Europa. Das Begleitbuch vermittelt die Kernbotschaften der Ausstellung, erzählt individuelle Geschichten und ermutigt zu eigenem Engagement. Das gemeinsame Ziel: den Ressourcenverbrauch reduzieren.

• Reich bebilderter Begleitband zur Ausstellung WEtransFORM, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 6. Juni 2025 bis 25. Januar 2026
• Mit Arbeiten von Anna Heringer, Céline Baumann, Daisy Ginsberg, ecoLogicStudio, Florian Nagler, heri & salli, ITKE, Julia Lohmann, Marjan van Aubel, Martin Rauch, Mischer’Traxler, MVRDV, Office for Political Innovation, OMC°C, Powerhouse, raumlaborberlin, Superflux, 51n4E und anderen

What role do spaces beyond the city play in urbanization? How have such spaces been transformed during the geohistory of capitalism? This volume brings together texts collaboratively produced by three researchers in the Urban Theory Lab to address these questions. Planetary urbanization is understood here not only with reference to the global expansion and proliferation of cities, but as an evolving web of metabolic relations between cities and the diverse operational landscapes that support them across the earth. Through studies of operational landscapes in various regions of the world and critical analyses of inherited approaches to urban theory, the authors portray capitalist urbanization as a metabolic monstrosity that degrades the biospheric foundations of both human and nonhuman life.

• Conceptualizes planetary urbanization as a thickening web of relations between cities and operational landscapes
• Critically evaluates and updates urban theory in relation to contemporary planetary environmental transformations and crises
• Analyzes the essential role of mining, agriculture, and logistics in the dynamics of capitalist urbanization

(English, German)

Compelled by the global environmental crisis, the building industry is moving toward a paradigm shift that significantly impacts the way we build, design, and interact with the natural environments around us. The built spaces of the future need to disrupt the conventional design practices that have "elevated" the building sector to the largest contributor of manmade CO₂ emissions globally. Achieving net-zero embodied and operational emissions in future construction will require the active participation of design, construction, and building professionals, as well as the prompt implementation of decarbonization solutions. These solutions, which restructure the way humans interact with their ecosystems, entail a reevaluation and reinterpretation of architecture and its role as a transformative agent. GAM 21 collects perspectives and proposals on how to make a radical shift towards environmental transformation successful.

With contributions by Greg Foliente, Guillaume Habert, Monica Lavagna, Alice Moncaster, Chrisna du Plessis, Philippe Rahm, and others

• Explores contemporary approaches to decarbonizing the construction industry, one of the world’s largest emitters of CO₂
• Includes contributions from international authors and experts

Die globale Umweltkrise zwingt die Baubranche zu einem Paradigmenwechsel, der die Art und Weise, wie wir in Zukunft bauen, gestalten und mit unseren natürlichen Umgebungen interagieren wollen, stark beeinflusst. Gebaute Räume der Zukunft müssen konventionelle Planungspraktiken überwinden, die den Bausektor zum größten Verursacher von CO₂-Emissionen weltweit gemacht haben. Das Erreichen von Netto-Null-Emissionen beim Bau und Betrieb künftiger Gebäude erfordert eine aktive Beteiligung von Entwurfs-, Konstruktions-, und Baufachleuten und die rasche Umsetzung der Dekarbonisierung. Diese Ansätze, die die Interaktion zwischen Menschen und ihren Ökosystemen neu strukturieren, haben auch eine Neubewertung und Neuinterpretation der Architektur und ihrer Rolle als Triebkraft der Transformation zur Folge. GAM 21 sammelt Perspektiven und Vorschläge, wie ein radikaler Wandel hin zu einer ökologischen Transformation gelingen kann.

Mit Beiträgen von Greg Foliente, Guillaume Habert, Monica Lavagna, Alice Moncaster, Chrisna du Plessis, Philippe Rahm und anderen

• Aktuelle Ansätze zur Dekarbonisierung der Baubranche als einer der größten Verursacherinnen von CO₂-Emissionen
• Beiträge internationaler Autor*innen und Expert*innen

Die Kritik der gegenwärtigen Abrisspraxis wird angesichts der Klima-, Biodiversitäts- und Energiekrisen lauter. In Deutschland werden wohl über 50.000 Gebäude pro Jahr abgerissen, die Bau- und Abbruchabfälle verursachen gut 55 Prozent des gesamten Abfallaufkommens. Die Abrissfrage macht das Phänomen Abriss im Gebäudesektor aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven greifbar. Mit Ansätzen aus Architekturgeschichte und -theorie, Denkmalpflege, Feminismus, Aktivismus und Kunst werden die ökologischen, politischen, sozioökonomischen sowie kulturellen Folgen der auf den fossilen Logiken der Moderne beruhenden Praxis von Abriss und Neubau analysiert. Die Beiträge thematisieren die historische Entwicklung, gegenwärtige Akteursnetzwerke, Gentrifizierung und ideologische Einflussnahmen von Abriss, aber auch die sich seit den 1960er Jahren formierenden Anti-Abriss-Bewegungen.

Die Publikation bildet den Auftakt einer neuen Schriftenreihe, die aktuelle Fragestellungen des umwelt- und sozialgerechten Bauens thematisiert. Zudem werden wichtige Pionier*innen des ökologischen Bauens im 20. Jahrhunderts in den Blick genommen. Herausgeber der Reihe sind Philipp Oswalt und Alexander Stumm.

Mit Beiträgen von ANA, Elisabeth Broermann, Laura Calbet, Dina Dorothea Falbe, Maximilian Hartinger, Maria Hudl, Katrine Majlund Jensen, Adrian Nägel, Yulia Ostheimer, Luise Rellensmann, Tim Rieniets, Charlotte Schaeben, Martha Seeger, Lukas Strasser und Alexander Stumm sowie den Architekturkollektiven AbbrechenAbbrechen (München), Abrisskollektiv (Hannover), Europaviertel retten (Freiburg) und ufoufo (Berlin)

• Aktueller Stand, Argumente und Zahlen zur Abrissdebatte
• Umfangreiche Recherche und Dokumentation zu vom Abriss bedrohten oder jüngst abgerissenen Gebäuden
• Geschichte und Netzwerke der deutschen Anti-Abriss-Bewegung seit den 1960er Jahren

Bilingual edition (English/German)

While most high-rise buildings continue to be built in China and the USA, Australia and especially Singapore have recently emerged as hotspots for high-rise architecture. Furthermore, the trend toward mixed-use skyscrapers, which have repeatedly been among the finalists of The International High-Rise Award since 2014, continues unabated. Former specific features such as extensive greening or the construction of high-rise clusters have long since become standard. Due to the shortage of suitable building sites and growing environmental awareness, existing buildings are increasingly coming into focus in high-rise construction.

Best High-Rises 2024/25 presents 32 of the most exciting recently completed high-rise projects that combine sustainability, external form and internal spatial qualities, and social aspects into exemplary designs that point the way to the future. Each of these projects is comprehensively presented with photos and plans.

The International High-Rise Award is presented every two years. Previous winners include 3XN (2022), OMA (2020), Benjamín Romano (2018), BIG (2016), Stefano Boeri (2014), Ingenhoven Architects (2012), WOHA (2010), and Foster + Partners (2008).

• 20 years of The International High-Rise Award
• 32 of the most interesting recent high-rise projects worldwide in texts, plans, and photos
• new focus: conversion of existing high-rises

Während die meisten Hochhäuser nach wie vor in China und den USA gebaut werden, lassen sich aktuell Australien und insbesondere Singapur als Hotspots für Hochhausarchitektur ausmachen. Weiterhin bestätigt sich die Tendenz zu mischgenutzten Hochhäusern, die sich bereits seit 2014 immer wieder unter den Finalisten des Internationalen Hochhaus Preises befinden. Einstige Besonderheiten wie flächendeckende Begrünungen oder der Bau von Hochhausclustern gehören mittlerweile längst zum Standard. Bedingt durch den Mangel an geeigneten Bauflächen sowie wachsendem Umweltbewusstsein rückt der Gebäudebestand beim Hochhausbau vermehrt in den Fokus.

Best High-Rises 2024/25 präsentiert 32 der spannendsten kürzlich fertiggestellten Hochhausprojekte, die Nachhaltigkeit, äußere Form und innere Raumqualitäten sowie soziale Aspekte zu einem vorbildlichen Entwurf verbinden und so beispielhaft in die Zukunft weisen. Jedes dieser Projekte wird anhand von Fotos und Plänen umfassend vorgestellt.

Der Internationale Hochhaus Preis wird alle zwei Jahre vergeben. Zu den bisherigen Gewinner*innen zählen u. a. 3XN (2022), OMA (2020), Benjamín Romano (2018), BIG (2016), Stefano Boeri (2014), Ingenhoven Architects (2012), WOHA (2010) und Foster + Partners (2008).

• 20 Jahre Internationaler Hochhaus Preis
• 32 der interessantesten jüngsten Hochhausprojekte weltweit in Texten, Plänen und Fotos
• Neuer Schwerpunkt: Umbau bestehender Hochhäuser

This book considers architectural models not as stable objects but as a question: What is a model, really? And where in the design process does it assume its powers or perform its tasks? Thirty essays respond to nine pointed questions, discovering surprising affinities and interweaving observations from diverse disciplinary, geographical, and scholarly perspectives, all framed by an introductory essay and a dialog between historian Annabel Wharton and artist Thomas Demand. Are You a Model? approaches models as phenomena and architectural tools without seeking to determine conclusive answers. Compiled by a group of architectural and art historians, historians of science, software engineers, architects, and curators, it views models as an epistemologically diverse practice rather than objects sorted by periods, genres, or materials.

With contributions by Giulia Amoresano, Yana Boeva, Giulia Boller, Stefanie Brünenberg, Alberto Calderoni, Daniel Cardoso Llach, Wonseok Chae, Diana Cristobal Olave, Carlotta Darò, Cansu Degirmencioglu, Kai Drewes, Ruth Ezra, Jia Yi Gu, Erik Herrmann, Carolin Höfler, Deniz Avci Hosanli, Christian Janecke, Sebastian Loosen, John McMorrough, Christina Moushoul, Ana Carolina Pellegrini, Eliza Pertigkiozoglou, Andreas Pilot, Stéphanie Quantin-Biancalani, Salome Schepers, Ecaterina Stefanescu, Simona Valeriani, Mara Trübenbach, Annabel Wharton, Matthew Wells, Baris Wenzel, Holger Zaunstöck, Maxime Zaugg, and Tamar Zinguer.

Volume five of the Landscript series examines material culture in the context of landscape architecture theory and design, positing the constructed landscape as a site for the investigation of human-nature relations and the factors that mediate their production, from labor to physical materials.

(english edition)
"No Trust, No City!" was the longtime credo on their website; "Some Ideas for Better Cities" was their first joint lecture series; and Acting in Public was their first book. For over twenty years, the architecture collective raumlaborberlin has been searching for new spaces of encounter and for ways of achieving cooperative urban development. Together with experts from various disciplines, they experiment with new forms of urban practice, participation, and the joint production of space. Polylemma explores the work of the collective from diverse perspectives. Its nine members visit the sites of their work, come together with long-standing colleagues and critics, dissect the mechanisms behind their actions, and reflect on the tools and methods of their research-based practice.

Examining numerous projects, they discuss strategies for learning together, experimental building, radical recycling, and cooperative urban development. The book is a call to action: space becomes an actor that fundamentally questions design itself and the role of architects. It offers an extensive collection of photos and drawings, analyses and ideas, tutorials and building instructions, that continually test and explore the parameters for action in urban space.
Polylemma asks: How do we want to live together in the future? It is a request to think space openly; a plea for the city as a sphere of action.

Botschaftsneubauten sind prestigeträchtig und identitätsstiftend zugleich. Ihre primäre Aufgabe, einen Staat im Ausland zu vertreten und sein gesellschaftliches Selbstverständnis widerzuspiegeln, macht sie zu politischen Symbolen. In den vergangenen 150 Jahren suchte Deutschland in seinen auswärtigen Staatsbauten stets einen individuellen architektonischen Ausdruck. Insbesondere die während der vierzigjährigen deutschen Teilung von der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland errichteten Neubauten für diplomatische Vertretungen dokumentieren die enge Verknüpfung von politischen, kulturellen und personellen Entscheidungen sowie deren Rahmenbedingungen. Die Bauwerke eröffnen aus ihrer exterritorialen Position heraus einen erweiterten Blick auf die Geschichte und das Selbstverständnis. Sie prägen den auswärtigen Repräsentationsbau bis heute.

The Neue Nationalgalerie on the Berlin Kulturforum is an architectural icon as well as the crowning conclusion of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s life work. An outstandingly successful and sensitive refurbishment and modernization project was carried out for the building’s most significant overhaul since its opening in 1968. It complies with the requirements of a contemporary museum exhibition facility, as well as monument-preservation guidelines. David Chipperfield Architects developed the renovation concept under the motto of "As much Mies as possible."

This publication provides deep insight into the planning, execution, monument preservation, and restoration from the perspective of those involved. The exemplary handling of the historical fabric is presented in design documents and numerous large-format photographs that impressively illustrate the design stage, the construction site, and the refurbishment results.

• With articles by David Chipperfield, Bernhard Furrer, Gunny Harboe, Joachim Jäger, Dirk Lohan, Fritz Neumeyer, Alexander Schwarz, Gerrit Wegener, and some 30 project managers 
• Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH, 2023 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize

With an introductory essay by Joseph Heathcott

(English / German) 

Courage! is a call for greater boldness in mobility planning. The book outlines the steps toward successfully implementing the mobility transition and encourages decision-makers in politics, public administration, and urban as well as rural planning. Twelve European case studies illustrate the transformation of transport spaces into environments for active mobility, more greenery, and higher-quality public realms. The analyses of processes and projects cover the actors involved, the decisions they made, the obstacles they overcame, the time they needed to bring about change, and the design solutions that proved effective. Six in-depth essays provide concise yet in-depth insights into key issues shaping the discourse on the mobility transition.

• Inventive, pragmatic, and surprising approaches to creating future-proof mobility spaces
• Practical handling of regulatory and societal challenges
• Reflections on issues such as equitable mobility, gentrification, and norms

Courage! ist ein Plädoyer für mehr Mut in der Mobilitätsplanung. Das Buch zeigt die Schritte zur erfolgreichen Umsetzung der Mobilitätswende und ermutigt Entscheidungsträger*innen in der Politik, der Verwaltung und der Planung von Städten und Dörfern. Zwölf europäische Beispiele demonstrieren die Transformation von Verkehrsräumen hin zu aktiver Mobilität, mehr Grün und einer höheren Aufenthaltsqualität im öffentlichen Raum. Die Prozess- und Projektanalysen umfassen Akteur*innen, ihre Entscheidungen, die Hürden, die sie überwunden haben, die Zeit, die sie brauchten, um den Wandel zu manifestieren, und die Designlösungen, die funktionieren. Sechs vertiefende Essays bieten einen fundierten und dennoch schnellen Einblick in Kernthemen, die den Diskurs um die Mobilitätswende prägen.

• Einfallsreiche, pragmatische und überraschende Wege für zukunftsfähige Mobilitätsräume
• Praktischer Umgang mit regulatorischen und gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen
• Reflexionen zu Themen wie gerechter Mobilität, Gentrifizierung und Normen

Architecture is, by definition, multidisciplinary—in design, in practice, and in research. However, genuine and productive collaboration across different disciplines is rarely a given. GAM 22 is dedicated to those synergies that succeed: when architects and material scientists explore new pathways toward carbon-neutral construction, when digital technologies, biological processes, or innovative recycling strategies become integral parts of architectural concepts, the result is more than the sum of individual contributions. GAM 22 brings together inspiring examples from research and practice that demonstrate how interdisciplinary collaboration can generate fresh impetus for our built environment. It is as a plea for the necessity of cooperation—and a volume full of hope at a time when it is urgently needed.

With contributions by Asya Ilgün, Yinan Liu, Saurabh Mhatre, Daniela Mitterberger, Uwe Rieger, Milena Stavrić, and others

• Innovative approaches to interdisciplinary practice and research
• With contributions by international authors and experts

Over the past fifteen years, Austria has seen the emergence of numerous educational buildings that provide fresh impulses for new learning environments beyond the traditional corridor school layout. This development is the result of joint efforts by stakeholders in pedagogy, architecture, and public administration to adapt learning spaces to contemporary educational approaches and to activate space as a "third teacher." This book presents 50 outstanding examples and, through essays and conversations, reflects on the contexts and conditions of their creation. It is aimed in particular at educators and architects who seek to create better learning environments and are looking for a shared foundation to do so.

Concept and texts by Christian Kühn, with contributions by Barbara Feller, Renate Hammer, Roman Höllbacher, Isabella Marboe, Astrid Meyer-Hainisch, Christian Peer, Romana Ring, Theresa Schleinitz, Carla Schwaderer, Karin Schwarz-Viechtbauer, and Nicola Weber

• Pioneering schools and kindergartens in Austria
• Standard reference on contemporary, participatory educational architecture
• Includes: The Charter for the Design of 21st-Century Educational Facilities as a practical foundation

The first German building exhibition took place in Dresden in 1900, establishing a curatorial practice that lives on today in the International Building Exhibitions (IBA), which continue to draw millions of visitors. Von der Weltausstellung zur Bauausstellung explores twenty international case studies—some of which have been researched for the first time—to trace the architectural history of major exhibitions that have left a lasting imprint on cities and regions. The author demonstrates how organizers appropriated the typologies of world, industrial, decorative arts, and colonial exhibitions, and how architecture, spatial design, and representation shaped and influenced each other. She follows the development from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Interbau of 1957, examining communication strategies, industrial prefabrication, urban and settlement concepts, as well as strategies of inclusion and exclusion.

• History of international building exhibitions as experimental grounds for architecture, design, and landscape architecture
• Publication marking the 125th anniversary of the first building exhibition in Germany
• Richly illustrated volume with material published here for the first time

Brothers Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz are among the most successful architects in Germany. Their designs are regarded as sophisticated, their constructions optimized and economical, their spatial concepts custom-made yet flexible. Their architecture is of timeless beauty and free of formal gimmickry, firmly rooted in the modernist tradition shaped by Mies van der Rohe.

What is the secret of this unpretentious, human-centered architecture? Architecture critic Falk Jaeger focuses on the ideas, architectural stance, and social positioning of the two architects, which he conveys to readers in pointed and engaging texts.

• Fundamental reflections on architecture, accompanied by photographs of the buildings by Schulz und Schulz
• Insights into the design approach of the award-winning architectural firm, known especially for its public and cultural buildings
• View of an architecture that once again values the timeless potential of modern architecture

Amid deepening ecological and democratic crises, urban theory is changing fundamentally. Film and cinema—media historically intertwined with the city—have likewise undergone a profound transformation in its modes of representation and visual culture since the late 1980s. Today, filmmakers, photographers, and radical artists investigate the distant landscapes and territories of extended urbanization in all its forms. Films like Behemoth (Zhao Liang, 2015), Homo Urbanus (Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, 2017), and Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, 2012) exemplify this genre. But how do cinema and the city mutually shape each other? This book stages an encounter between film and the theory of planetary urbanization by deploying the notion of the Sensoriums of Planetary Urbanization. It offers a deep analysis of the multifaceted experiences of urban life—within and beyond the city.

With contributions by Adam Jasper, Assel Kadyrkhanova, Mosè Cometta, Jacqueline Maurer, Sofie Stilling, Søren Nielsen and Hans Teerds, Fred Truniger, Anne Romme, Emil Hvelplund Kristiansen, Junia Cambraia Mortimer, Roberto Luís Monte-Mór, Rosa Barba, J.P. Sniadecki and Joshua Bonnetta, Christian Schmid, Ana Vaz, Hira Nabi, Chrystel Oloukoï, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine

• Brings together contemporary visual culture with the transformative theory of planetary urbanization
• Features contributions from scholars, researchers, filmmakers, and practitioners
• Draws on various academic disciplines and creative practices including film, urban studies, geography, architecture, architectural history, and cultural studies

How can the ongoing transformation of transportation succeed? With its focus on the environmental and societal sustainability of new planning measures, design research plays a central role in the development of sustainable mobility. The third volume of the series Mobility Design is a practice-oriented resource for communities, planners, mobility providers, and politicians. Developed through close collaboration between municipal authorities and mobility designers, these recommendations and examples demonstrate how cities can promote the potential of intermodal, environmentally friendly mobility. Their design principles, rigorously grounded in scientific knowledge and based on user needs, supply useful tools to those involved in the development of future-oriented mobility concepts.

• hares the results of the research project InterMoDe at the Offenbach Institute for Mobility Design and the City of Offenbach
• Provides strategies for the design of intermodal mobility systems

Warum sind manche regionale Architekturen berühmter als andere? The Making of Alpine Architecture untersucht die kulturellen Strukturen, die hinter der zeitgenössischen alpenländischen Architektur stehen, und analysiert die Ereignisse, Publikationen und Gebäude, die den architektonischen Diskurs auf internationaler Ebene geprägt haben. Mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Vorarlberg und Graubünden beleuchtet das Buch die zugrundeliegenden Dynamiken und zeichnet nach, wie Veränderungen in der Architekturkritik seit den späten 1980er-Jahren ein neues kulturelles Bild der Alpen hervorgebracht haben. Durch die Verknüpfung von Historiografie und detaillierten Fallstudien wird gezeigt, wie gezielte kulturelle Interventionen nicht nur regionale Identität formen, sondern auch die Qualität und Rezeption der Architektur weit über den Alpenraum hinaus beeinflussten.

• Einblicke in alpine Architektur und ihre internationale Rezeption
• Verbindung von kulturtheoretischen Ansätzen mit Fallstudien zu Arbeiten von Zumthor, Valerio Olgiati, Gion A. Caminada u. a.
• Strategien zur Förderung regionaler architektonischer Identität und Qualität

How can mapping capture the dynamic entanglements of space and time in a rapidly changing world? Spacetimes Matter is an invitation to rethink mapping as a critical tool for understanding multiple spacetimes—and how they come to matter. Introducing methodologies of spacetime mapping, the anthology presents a collection of interpretative, qualitative, and reflexive approaches to decoding urban processes, as well as socio-spatial and ecological dynamics. The mapping protocols collected here range from artistic and performative mappings and game development to complex, multimodal diagrams, and immersive virtual environments. Spacetimes Matter enables new perspectives for scholars and practitioners seeking insights into the shifting politics, processes, and imaginaries that make up contemporary more-than-human societies.

• Introduces spacetime mapping as a novel approach for considering multiple spatialities and temporalities
• In-depth methodological reflections, grounded in diverse regional and disciplinary contexts
• Engages with decolonial and more-than-human perspectives

As ports expand to meet global demands for sustainability and energy transition, European states are reshaping their maritime landscapes through port clusters—new organizational structures that transform both administration and governance. This book critically examines how port clusterization is redefining the relationship between cities and their ports, challenging conventional urban and architectural research on port-city conditions. It explores the spatial impacts of this transformation into landscapes of the cluster and introduces design tools to help port city institutions navigate pressing challenges. From coastal land consumption to sustainable infrastructures and the shifting perception of ports within cities, Landscapes of the Cluster provides fresh insights into the future of port-city dynamics.

• Examines the emerging phenomenon of port clusterization from a spatial perspective
• In-depth research on Italian port clusters, complemented by international guest essays
• Establishes a cooperative dialogue between academia and port institutions

Keine Wohnform ist so populär, so zahlreich vertreten und gleichzeitig so heftig umstritten wie das Einfamilienhaus. Durch die Adenauer-Regierungen für konservative politische Ziele instrumentalisiert, war es ein zentraler Bestandteil städtebaulicher Planungskonzepte, die dem zunehmend technisierten Wohnen Raum boten und stereotype Genderrollen und heteronormativ-patriarchale Familienideale materialisierten. Zugleich wurde das Einfamilienhaus medial als idealer Lebensort inszeniert. Das große Ziel: ein kleines Haus untersucht die Hintergründe dieser Erfolgsgeschichte des Eigenheims anhand nahbarer und farbenprächtiger Homestories in der Zeitschrift Schöner Wohnen und liefert eine kritische Betrachtung des Einfamilienhaus-Booms in den bundesdeutschen Wirtschaftswunderjahren.

• Kritische Analyse des Einfamilienhaus-Booms im Westdeutschland der 1960er und 1970er Jahre
• Mediale Repräsentationen des Eigenheims als „ideale Wohnform"
• Hintergründe zur Geschichte der populären Wohnzeitschrift Schöner Wohnen

Büdchen, Bühnen und Büros – vor 25 Jahren gründeten Konstantin Jaspert, Frederik Jaspert, Jürgen Steffens, Rolf Watrin und Olaf Drehsen in Köln das Architekturbüro JSWD. Zeit für eine Bestandsaufnahme: In 25 Kapiteln stellt die Autorin Uta Winterhager das renommierte Büro vor und lässt dabei viele zu Wort kommen, die zu seinem Erfolg beitragen. Im Fokus stehen die Projekte selbst. In einer Reihe protokollierter Ortsgespräche besucht sie mit den Partnern, mit Projektleiter*innen und jüngeren Mitarbeitenden realisierte Projekte und zukünftige Baustellen. Gespräche mit Bauherren, Kooperationspartner*innen und internen Fachleuten zu den Themen Arbeit, Health Care, Ressourcen und Revitalisierung, Architektur und Landschaft sowie zum Wettbewerbswesen erweitern den Blick und schaffen einen Zugang zum vielschichtigen Wirken von JSWD.

• Nach JSWD – Ensembles die zweite große Büromonografie
• Lebendiges Porträt des umtriebigen Architekturbüros mit Kölner Wurzeln

The socially and ecologically conscious transformation of the built environment—whether urban or rural—calls for productive discussions with the community. The sharing of collective experiences gives rise to inspiring ideas and concrete visions for the climate-neutral reconstruction of our lifeworld. Starting from these principles, architects and urbanists present ten strategies for transforming residential and office buildings, urban districts, and traffic infrastructures. They shape processes that rely on discussion and trial and error, taking lived reality seriously, experimenting with temporary utilizations, and encouraging shared responsibility rather than simple acceptance. Together, they are developing a vision of a possible future.

With an interview with John von Düffel and contributions by Frank Adloff, Leona Lynen, Susanne Wartzeck, Andreas Willisch, and others

• Collective approaches to the transformation of existing architecture
• Visions of a climate-neutral future

Die beiden großen christlichen Volkskirchen in Deutschland befinden sich in einem massiven Auflösungsprozess. Dieser wird nicht etwa von außen erzwungen; die Gläubigen treten aus freien Stücken aus der Kirche aus. Und so wird über das mögliche Ende des größten kulturellen Flächenverbandes mit den Füßen abgestimmt. Diese Erosion bezieht sich allerdings auf die institutionelle Verfasstheit und weniger auf die gelebte Praxis. So wäre es denkbar, dass in den zentralen Gebäuden der Städte und Dörfer christliche Prinzipien neu gedacht und gelebt werden können.

Offene Enden fragt nach den Gemeinschaftsformen, die sich aus den neuen, zum Teil hybriden Programmen für sakrale Bauten ergeben, die bisher exklusiv religiös genutzt wurden. Ein anderer Typus Kirche, der nicht mehr allein auf Mitgliedschaft baut, sondern von der Beteiligung verschiedener Personen auf Zeit lebt?

Mit Beiträgen von Thomas Erne, Karl-Heinz Hörning, Hans Joas, Kerstin Menzel, Claudia Neu, Detlef Pollack, Martin Sturm, Andrée Volkmann (Comics) und anderen

• Neue Perspektiven für die Umnutzung von Kirchen in Deutschland
• Das Potenzial von Kirchenräumen als öffentliche Orte der Gemeinschaft
• Zeigt neue praktische Formen der Gemeindearbeit

How can we map the urbanization of the planet in an era of climate breakdown? The Urban Theory Lab’s Data-Spheres of Planetary Urbanization confronts this question by assembling a series of experimental visualizations of the worldwide urban fabric. This book reverses the mainstream, city-centric perspective on urbanization, showing, instead, that the world of contemporary urbanization encompasses much of the planet, including apparently remote areas, wildlands, and oceans. Cities are not only producers of value, but entropic black holes that consume surpluses produced elsewhere and project waste back into the planetary biosphere. Non-city spaces are, correspondingly, the metabolic bases of planetary urbanization.

With a foreword by Jason W. Moore, an afterword by Alexander Arroyo, and contributions by Martín Arboleda, Danika Cooper, Kian Goh, Julie Michelle Klinger, Roi Salgueiro Barrio, and Hashim Sarkis

• Shows the impact of planetary urbanization in 500 beautiful and revealing spatial data visualizations
• Highlights the importance of operational landscapes beyond the city
• Assembles theoretical and methodological texts by the Urban Theory Lab as well as critical commentaries

„Wohnen wie in den Ferien“, so wurde die Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl in Zürich zur Erstvermietung 1932 angepriesen. Noch heute ist sie mit ihren gut geplanten Außenräumen, Erschließungen und ihren kompakten rationalen Grundrissen eine bedeutende Zeitzeugin des Neuen Bauens in der Schweiz. Bei den Bewohner*innen ist sie so beliebt, dass viele von ihnen fast ihr ganzes Leben dort verbringen. Dies ist nur deshalb möglich, weil verschiedene Wohnungstypen – vom kleinen Studio bis zum Sechs-Zimmer-Reihenhaus – geschickt in die Siedlung integriert wurden. In ihrem Buch versammeln die Herausgeberinnen Beiträge zu Geschichte, Typologie und Bedeutung der Siedlung und beleuchten mit Porträts der Bewohnerinnen die zeitgenössischen Lebenswelten von in der Siedlung lebenden Frauen.

Mit einem Beitrag von Nina Hüppi

• Frauen als Nutzerinnen und Akteurinnen in der Architektur der Moderne
• Interviews mit Zeitzeuginnen als Forschungs- und didaktische Methode
• Thematisiert Diskrepanz zwischen male construction und female use

How do you design and build a good school? First published in 2012 and reissued in 2017, this standard work on designing new school buildings will soon be available in an updated handbook format. The question of how pedagogy can be translated into contemporary, high-quality school architecture is central to the guide, as is that of how joint planning can succeed. New typologies and developments in school design are described in detail, with attention paid to the implementation of a pre-planning phase in school design. The volume provides exciting insights into the fundamentals and processes of school design in Germany for all relevant professions and interested stakeholders.

• A foundational work on the subject of innovative school design
• Contains basic information on the relationship between education and architecture
• Provides a practical guide to implementing a pre-planning phase (Phase 0) in school design

How can we explore adaptations of old buildings from a fresh, postfunctional perspective? Exploring the concept of transformative potential, this book shows how the repurposing of existing buildings uncovers untapped possibilities that go beyond traditional categories. Analyzing several European examples in depth, it asks how architectural designs change over time and what this means for sustainability and preserving heritage. Drawings illustrate how architectural forms interact with their functions and environmental effects, providing a dynamic exploration of adaptive reuse. The Potential of Form suggests that adapting buildings involves balancing their design interventions, their consistency across time, and the latent energy embedded in their architectural form.

• Explores new methods for repurposing old buildings, using an innovative framework
• Presents detailed case studies of adaptive reuse in European architecture (i.e. Bourse de Commerce, Elbphilharmonie, Duperré Playground, Vitali Sheds, PC Caritas, Alvéoles)
• Richly illustrated with drawings by the author

Globalization, as it is conceptualized in the early twenty-first century, is undergoing significant transformations. While we continue to live in a globalized world where markets, technologies, and cultures remain deeply interconnected, we are also confronted with trade wars, global health crises, technological decoupling, and escalating environmental damage. Traditional theories of globalization are insufficient to fully analyze these shifts. Drawing on empirical research from the Re-Figuration of Spaces Collaborative Research Center, the book tests the interplay between analytical, narrative, and visual thinking, translating theoretical figures of thought into spatial stories. Three-dimensional table configurations by Nikolaus Gansterer allow the reader to think visually while navigating the research topics. Atlas of Spatial Figures proposes new spatial imaginaries to better capture the complex realities of our world.

• Significant contribution to the transformation of spatial thinking
• Comprises sixteen research projects from the fields of sociology, anthropology, geography, communication studies, architecture, planning, and visual arts
• Innovative visualization techniques including sixteen mixed-media table configurations

Between Land and Water reveals topologies within the changing rurban landscape of the Yongning river plain in China. It explores the interwoven relationships between the cultural meanings of places associated with water, the ecological conditions of a water-based landscape, techno-natural water infrastructures, everyday water practices, and rapid urbanization processes in a formerly rural landscape. The authors carefully weave together cartographic narratives about land use and industrialization, water scarcity, housing resettlements, and state administrative redistricting practices. This careful re-reading of the landscape raises questions about the sustainable water-based future development of the rurban landscape of the Yongning river plain. Visually narrative yet analytic in focus, the volume draws on historical cartographic records and extensive empirical field data to trace the dynamic interplay of technical visions, cultural heritage, ecological conditions, and migration in the creation of a water-based rurban landscape.

• Reveals the intrinsic logic of a rurban landscape balanced between land and water
• Extensive empirical field data and historical cartographic records of the Yongning river plain
• Part of the “Urban-Rural Assembly” research project, funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research

Der Qualität der gebauten Stadt – ihrer Häuser und ihrer öffentlichen Räume – kommt unter den heutigen Nachhaltigkeitsanforderungen eine besondere Bedeutung zu. Doch viele Kommunen klagen, es sei kaum mehr kompetentes Personal zu finden, das Städte, Stadtviertel und Stadträume entwerfen könne. Aufbauend auf der Kölner Erklärung zur Städtebau-Ausbildung „Die Stadt zuerst“ (2014) fragt die 14. Konferenz zur Schönheit und Lebensfähigkeit der Stadt nach den benötigten Fachkompetenzen: Was müssen Städtebauer*innen können, um nachhaltige und resiliente Städte zu entwerfen und zu realisieren? Es braucht fundiertes Wissen über angemessene Straßennetze, Blockgrößen- und formen, Grundstückszuschnitte und Haustypen. Es braucht Fähigkeiten, die Stadträume und ihre Oberflächen so zu gestalten, dass sie langfristig schön sind und eine ortstypische Atmosphäre entfalten können.

• Kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Hochschullehre in den Bereichen Städtebau und Stadtplanung
• Impulse zu aktuellen Fragen wie der Aufspaltung von Planungsprozessen
• Beiträge renommierter Expert*innen aus Praxis und Wissenschaft

Climate change is severely impacting cities and their surrounding areas, highlighting the need for new visions of the future in multiple facets of our lives. Building on its previous work in metropolitan planning and design, MetroLab has developed a visionary mapping approach to address the climate crisis on the urban scale. It aims to identify real needs for action and to show new pathways with a particular focus on the Vienna metropolitan area.

The creative mapping approach reveals multilayered spatial phenomena, functional linkages, and spatial relationships between the city and its surroundings, visually communicating key trends and illustrating how climate goals can be achieved through integrated, cross-border development.

• Innovative approach for regional and city planning
• Mapping as a central method for integrated development
• Developed by Vienna’s award-winning urban design think tank MetroLab

Architektur ist ein langwieriges Geschäft – was heute gebaut wird, wurde schon vor Jahren geplant; was heute geplant wird, wird erst viel später gebaut werden. Aber ohne eine Vision, die uns dem Ziel einer lebenswerten Stadt näherbringt, werden Absichtserklärungen nicht zur Wirklichkeit werden. So ist der vorliegende Band der Gestaltungsleitlinien Stadtraum am Beispiel Dresden vor allem als Leitfaden zu sehen, an dem sich Bauherr*innen, Planer*innen und Architekt*innen im Sinne eines gemeinsamen Bildes orientieren können.

„Ja das möchste, nach vorne die Ostsee, nach hinten die Friedrichstraße …‟. Es geht hier nicht um Traumgespinste im Sinne Kurt Tucholskys. Die Städte, in denen wir leben, sind bereits gebaut, und sie mögen Lücken und Brüche aufweisen, in denen sich auch gesellschaftliche Umbrüche widerspiegeln. Wie also gehen wir mit dem Bestand um, damit eine lebenswerte Stadt entsteht oder bestehen bleibt?

• Anschauliche Zeichnungen zu stadträumlichen, städtebaulichen und architektonischen Gestaltungsprinzipien
• Analyse der Stadtstrukturen Dresdens und Vorschläge zur Weiterentwicklung des Bestands
• Neun Thesen zur baukulturellen Entwicklung Dresdens

Urbanism as Civic Art presents essential expertise in the art of building cities. Showcasing 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. The book impressively documents the distinctive qualities of European cities: their beauty, durability, mixed usage, social diversity, density, and the clear separation between public and private space. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the foundations laid by early twentieth-century urban design pioneers such as Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stubben, offering a comprehensive framework for city planning.

Featuring contributions by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Christoph Mäckler, Werner Oechslin, Alexander Pellnitz, Jan Pieper, Birgit Roth, Mirjam Schmidt, Wolfgang Sonne, Jürg Sulzer and Anne Pfeil, and Thomas Will

• The definitive guide of the foundations of urban design, now in English
• Comprehensive analysis of 150 case studies from 70 cities
• Outcome of decades of research at the Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst

In 1908, the Exhibition Hall at the Mathildenhöhe Artists’ Colony in Darmstadt—designed by the Jugendstil architect Joseph Maria Olbrich—was inaugurated. A century later, schneider+schumacher was entrusted with its general renovation. To begin with, the office had to grapple with the building’s historic architectural substance, its complex climatic and exhibition technology, as well as the spatial and design challenges inherent to the iconic structure. Also playing an important role was the building’s status as a protected landmark and the decision—announced in the course of the renovations—by a UNESCO commission to declare the Artists’ Colony a World Heritage Site.

This richly illustrated volume tells the story of this building while showing readers how the architects have allowed it to speak again for itself, at the same time introducing new voices with the addition of contemporary elements.

• History and renovation of the unique Art Nouveau monument
• Best practice example of a sensitive restoration consistent with conservation requirements
• Published on the occasion of the reopening in autumn of 2024

Lässt man den Blick vom Rhein über die Tagebaulandschaften des Rheinischen Reviers und das Heuvelland bis zur Maas schweifen, zeigt sich eine vielfältige Region im Wandel. Dabei könnten die Ausgangslagen kaum unterschiedlicher sein – vom Wachstumsdruck entlang der Rheinschiene über den durch den Braunkohleausstieg angestoßenen Strukturwandel bis hin zur Neuinszenierung einer Grenzregion im Herzen Europas. Dabei ergeben sich nicht nur Fragen zur Zukunft der größten Landschaftsbaustelle Europas, sondern auch zur Wirkmacht der Landesgrenze und der Notwendigkeit einer grenzüberschreitenden Planung.

Das Buch zeichnet anhand zahlreicher Karten ein Bild des Status Quo und verknüpft diesen mit innovativen Ideen und Konzepten zur Gestaltung der Transformationsprozesse. Neben der Darstellung der unterschiedlichen Herausforderungen und Potenziale der Teilräume werden auch die zugrundeliegenden Prozesse illustriert. Die Ideen bewegen sich dabei vielfach auf dem immer wichtiger werdenden regionalen Maßstab und wagen einen Blick in die noch ferne Zukunft, ohne dabei das Hier und Jetzt aus den Augen zu verlieren.

• Umfangreiche Kartographie der Agglomeration Rhein Maas
• Grundlagen und Beispiele für informelle Regionalentwicklung und grenzüberschreitende Planung
• Innovative Strategien und Konzepte für die Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung

Als öffentliche Bauaufgabe sind Theater ein exponierter Schauplatz für ideologische Konflikte, soziale Fragen und gesellschaftliche Repräsentationen. Dieses Buch widmet sich dem Theaterbau des 20. Jahrhunderts erstmals als Wissensobjekt und stellt die Frage, wie unser Wissen über den Theaterbau und Bühnentechnik produziert, verbreitet und geformt wurde. Die Autor*innen nähern sich dem Thema anhand unterschiedlicher Objekte und Diskurse, von der Architekturausbildung über das kulturelle Erbe bis hin zur Architekturfotografie. Die einzigartigen Sammlungsbestände des Architekturmuseums der Technischen Universität Berlin offenbaren Archivmaterial zu so bekannten Häusern wie dem Schauspielhaus Bochum, dem Burgtheater Wien oder der kürzlich abgerissenen Berliner Komödie am Kurfürstendamm.

• Der Theaterbau des 20. Jahrhunderts als Wissensobjekt
• Interdisziplinärer Zugang zu Theaterbau und -technik
• Erstmalig zusammengestelltes Archivmaterial aus der weltweit umfangreichsten Sammlung zum Theaterbau des Architekturmuseums der TU Berlin

In 1908, the Exhibition Hall at the Mathildenhöhe Artists’ Colony in Darmstadt—designed by the Jugendstil architect Joseph Maria Olbrich—was inaugurated. A century later, schneider+schumacher was entrusted with its general renovation. To begin with, the office had to grapple with the building’s historic architectural substance, its complex climatic and exhibition technology, as well as the spatial and design challenges inherent to the iconic structure. Also playing an important role was the building’s status as a protected landmark and the decision—announced in the course of the renovations—by a UNESCO commission to declare the Artists’ Colony a World Heritage Site.

This richly illustrated volume tells the story of this building while showing readers how the architects have allowed it to speak again for itself, at the same time introducing new voices with the addition of contemporary elements.

• History and renovation of the unique Art Nouveau monument
• Best practice example of a sensitive restoration consistent with conservation requirements
• Published on the occasion of the reopening in autumn of 2024

Color has always been a powerful tool in architecture: it can influence perceptions of space and form, conveys meaning and intention and guides the viewer’s sensory experience. However, it has lost importance in architectural practice and teaching.
With the volume Colors, the Graz-based research collective Diskursiv conveys a mood of contemporary architecture in its use of color. The contributors approach the topic on a theoretical level and, by stressing the potential impact of color, make an impassioned case for its return to the architectural discourse: against the dogma of the universal white box and for a rediscovery of color as a central instrument of architecture.

• Considers the positions, approaches, and working methods of various architecture offices with regard to color and colorfulness

The majority of the peripheries and in-between spaces of the planet’s urban regions are living spaces and working landscapes. Despite this, we understand little about the centrality of urban peripheries as the sites and spaces for some of the most imaginative, anticipatory, and purposeful instances of urbanism. This volume demonstrates the centrality of urban peripheries in all their variety with a view to reworking urban, architectural, design, planning, infrastructural, sociological, ecological, and geographical theory from the outside in. The book also examines the relationships of these new centralities to the metabolisms, assemblages, and urban political ecologies beyond the built and imagined materialities of their immediate situation.

• Features pioneering writing and illustrations on designed centralities in urban peripheries
• Presents a range of international examples covering most continents
• Offers novel theoretical interpretations from across the built environment disciplines

„Forschen, lehren, lernen – am Land fürs Land": Nach diesem Motto schuf die TU Wien 2022 mit der „landuni" einen Ankerpunkt im niederösterreichischen Drosendorf, um gemeinsam mit Bewohner*innen über eine lebendige, nachhaltige Zukunft für ländliche Regionen nachzudenken. Vom Hörsaal zum Dorfplatz beleuchtet die vor Ort verhandelten Themen wie Umbaukultur, räumliche Transformationsprozesse, Kreativwirtschaft, Klimawandel, Zukunftsbilder und Mobilität – und nimmt dabei auch die „landuni" selbst als Methode der Regionalentwicklung in den Blick. Finden Forschung und Lehre zum ländlichen Leben sonst vor allem in den städtischen Zentren statt, inspiriert das Buch dazu, das Nachdenken über das Leben auf dem Land lokal zu verankern.

• Pilotprojekt für eine lokale Verankerung des Forschens zum ländlichen Raum
• Stellt die „landuni" als zukunftsweisendes Format der Regionalentwicklung vor
• Hochwertig ausgestatteter Band mit dreifarbigem Farbschnitt

• Neue Betrachtungswinkel auf berühmte Denkmäler sowie Neuentdeckungen
• 30 Best-Practice-Beispiele für Bauen im Bestand, von Brandenburg bis Bukarest
• Mit einem Epilog des Architekturkritikers Jürgen Tietz

In 1970s Vienna, civic protests against the demolition and replacement of old buildings with new ones led to both a paradigm shift and a more “gentle” approach towards interventions in the city’s historic neighborhoods. After years of investigation and experimentation, the Sanfte Stadterneuerung (gentle urban renewal) programme was adopted to promote the renovation of existing residential buildings and participatory processes in neighborhoods. This volume illustrates the historic roots and evolution of this multi-award-winning approach through written contributions from experts, interviews with pioneers of the programme, building and neighborhood case studies, and perspectives on the future of urban renewal. Today, the first phase of the Sanfte Stadterneuerung programme in Vienna serves as inspiration for tackling current challenges in the development of strategies for the existing building stock.

• Considers the potential of gentle urban renewal as a powerful tool in designing and implementing urban transformation projects
• Features interviews with historical witnesses and projects across five decades
• Offers inspiring insights into Vienna’s practice of gentle urban renewal

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch)

How are we to move from urban spaces that are neglected, disused, vacant, stigmatized, or monofunctional toward those that are lively, integrated, and mixed-use? At eight German locations, among them Berlin, Leipzig, and Munich, projects were developed in relation to the thematic foci "multifunctional urban components," "health city," "development of existing structures," and "sustainable transformation of existing infrastructures," all of which highlight the potential for inclusive processes of transformation in municipalities in states of change. This catalog assembles the competition entries for the German locations, along with the German prizewinners for the European locations. Living Cities 2—visions for preexisting sites and spaces.

With contributions by Andrea Benze, Julio de la Fuente Martínez, Kaye Geipel, Elke Krasny, and Elisabeth Merk

• New concepts for neglected, just used, vacant, stigmatized, or monofunctional sites
• The essential competition for young architectural talent European wide

Wie kommen wir von vernachlässigten, brachliegenden, leeren, stigmatisierten und monofunktionalen zu lebendigen, integrativen und durchmischten Stadträumen? An acht deutschen Standorten, unter anderem Berlin, Leipzig und München, wurden entlang der Themenschwerpunkte „Multifunktionale Stadtbausteine", „Health City", „Weiterentwicklung des Bestandes" und „Nachhaltige Transformation für bestehende Infrastrukturen" Projekte entwickelt, die Möglichkeiten für inklusive Transformationsprozesse für Kommunen im Wandel aufzeigen. Der Katalog fasst die Wettbewerbsbeiträge der deutschen Standorte sowie der deutschen Gewinner*innen an europäischen Standorten zusammen. Lebendige Städte 2 – Visionen für den Bestand.

Mit Beiträgen von Andrea Benze, Julio de la Fuente Martínez, Kaye Geipel, Elke Krasny und Elisabeth Merk

• Neue Ideen für vernachlässigte, brachliegende, leere, stigmatisierte oder monofunktional genutzte Flächen
• Wichtigster städtebaulicher Wettbewerb für Nachwuchsarchitekt*innen europaweit

Since 1990, the department known as da (die architektur = the architecture) at the University of Arts Linz has been Austria’s newest and smallest architecture school. Located in this city on the Danube, it addresses topics related to both urban and rural space, with a critical emphasis on social and ecological aspects.

Stahlstadtschule assembles a selection of texts, interviews, projects, and artifacts that situate the Linz school of architecture within the larger Austrian architectural and cultural landscape, and in relation to the city of Linz and its urban development policies and processes. The publication traces the architectural history of the city of Linz in recent decades, at the same time opening up critical perspectives on these developments that have been offered by the local architectural school.

With contributions by Peter Arlt, Sigi Atteneder, Matthias Böttger, c/o now, Elisa Engel, Roland Gnaiger, Tobias Hagleitner, Saskia Hebert, Gabu Heindl, IfA Diaspora, Gabi Kaiser, Kontextur, Franz Koppelstätter, mia2, Barbara Pampe, Sabine Pollak, Heidi Pretterhofer, Clemens Quirin, Michael Rieper, Ulrike Schwantner, THuM Ateliers, Stephan Trüby, Rainer Zendron, Michael Zinner, and others

• A fresh look at developments in architectural theory and instruction in recent decades

• A critical and creative confrontation with urban development and architecture in Linz

In recognition of the dire threats of climate collapse and mass extinction, the global initiative Bauhaus Earth convened a team of scientists, architects, spatial planners, and policy makers from around the world to author a manifesto.Toward Re-Entanglement is a call for radical action. It challenges all those with a role in the conception, production, operation, and governance of the building sector, to address the systemic ecological, climatic, and social impacts incurred by its activities.

Twelve principles of re-entanglement guide the re-design of the entire life cycle of the urban realm: the re-formation and re-materialization of the physical artifacts that comprise it, the reconfiguration of the socioeconomic structures that underpin it, and the re-engagement of the bioregions that might sustainably supply it. In this way, our unprecedented convergence of environmental and social crises offers us powerful opportunities for systemic change.

Lead authors: Philipp Misselwitz, Alan Organschi

The Senegalese building collective Studio Suddo Neuve is calling for a paradigm shift in the West African construction sector. The collective has been focusing on substituting the ubiquitously-present concrete blocks with earth-based materials. While this volume primarily documents the practical aspects of building with earth, it also examines urbanization and construction processes in the region. The detailed manual for the production and application of earth blocks underlines the contribution nature-based products can have for the transformation toward regenerative building practices and suggests its potential for global application. The project showcases how local materials can be adapted to contemporary building demands while retaining a minimized environmental impact.

• A handbook on building with earth blocks
• A West African perspective on the global reorientation of building practices

Das Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst vermittelt grundlegendes Wissen für den städtebaulichen Entwurf und liegt nun auch als Studienausgabe vor. Stadträume, Hofräume, Platzräume und Straßenräume werden anhand von 150 Beispielen aus über 70 deutschen Städten maßstäblich dargestellt, analysiert und verglichen. Das vierbändige Werk dokumentiert eindrucksvoll die in der Leipzig-Charta beschriebenen Qualitäten der europäischen Stadt: Schönheit und Dauerhaftigkeit, Nutzungsmischung, soziale Vielfalt, Dichte und die Trennung in öffentliche und private Räume. Herausgeber Christoph Mäckler knüpft an die Lehrbücher von Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin und Josef Stübben aus dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert an und liefert eine fundierte Anleitung zum Bauwerk Stadt.

Die Studienausgabe ist als Set (Band 1 bis 4) erhältlich. Darüber hinaus können die einzelnen Bände separat erworben werden.

Mit Beiträgen von Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Christoph Mäckler, Werner Oechslin, Alexander Pellnitz, Jan Pieper, Birgit Roth, Mirjam Schmidt, Wolfgang Sonne, Jürg Sulzer und Anne Pfeil sowie Thomas Will

With a Latourian Actor-Network Theory approach, Urban Design on the Move follows a young design team’s transformative journey of implementing the Europan 4 winning project at Heraklion’s old city waterfront in Crete, Greece. During the design trajectory, the team mediates several controversies that become decisive for the project’s outcome. Together with Hercules, a fictional character and friend of the team, they accompany the transformation of the competition’s design strategies into implemented urban practices. In a unique storytelling format, the author unpacks the team’s design diplomacy skills in promoting their idea of an open and porous city welcoming heterogeneous publics—laying bare the informal and unsaid aspects of the design implementation process.

With forewords by Didier Rebois and Albena Yaneva

• a compelling analysis of urban design in the making
• written in a unique storytelling format
• an inspiration for urban designers in uncertain environments

Volume 1 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst offers examples of nine types of urban structures as a guide to designing them. It depicts urban spaces in Berlin, Braunschweig, Bremen, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Hannover, Kassel, Cologne, Leipzig, Ludwigshafen, Mainz, Munich, Oldenburg, Potsdam, Stuttgart, and Weimar for comparison. Featuring essays by Christoph Mäckler, Werner Oechslin, Birgit Roth, Jürg Sulzer and Anne Pfeil, and Thomas Will.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

Volume 2 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst offers examples of five types of courtyards as a guide to designing them: residential courtyards, commercial spaces, schoolyards, entrance courtyards, and hybrid courtyards. It depicts courtyards in Augsburg, Berlin, Bochum, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Kiel, Cologne, Leipzig, Lübeck, Munich, Nuremberg, Passau, Potsdam, Regensburg, Stuttgart, Weimar, and Wiesbaden for comparison. Featuring essays by Alexander Pellnitz and Wolfgang Sonne.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

After its careful renovation by David Chipperfield Architects, the ballroom at Hasenheide 13 will serve as an exhibition venue for the Wemhöner Collection from 2022 onwards. Reason enough to review the eventful and lively history of the site in order to respectfully continue its history as a meeting place: a history that already began before the construction of the ballroom at the end of the 19th century and in a certain way also exemplarily reflects the development of Berlin over the past 150 years. This publication invites you to follow Lothar Uebel’s research and embark on a voyage of discovery that tells of fascinating episodes of an institution that deserves to continue to be a witness to Berlin's constantly changing face.

The debate on the sustainability of concrete as a building material rages on, shaped by interest groups from the construction industry to climate activists. With over 1600 completed projects, Felix Sommer and his team at Berlin-based company SB5ÜNF are one of Germany’s best-known experts specializing in concrete repairs, maintenance, and renovation. His engaging stories provide an insight into spectacular building projects, into perfecting the craftsmanship, and into cooperating equitably with all parties involved in a project. This lavishly designed volume offers an extraordinary perspective that enriches the conversation around one of modernism’s most impactful construction materials.

Bound in concrete

Featuring a handmade cover consisting of a 5mm layer of concrete, concrete lovers will appreciate this remarkable special edition devised by the author himself with Berlin-based designer Robert Schumann and printed by the Druckerei zu Altenberg.

Built in 1989, the Kornversuchsspeicher or Grain Test Silo was created as a conceptually ambitious experimental prototype for the grain storage required to supply the over one million inhabitants of Berlin. After being used by a string of haulage companies, it was left vacant. However, the protected monument has been turned into an attraction in the Europacity development area opposite Berlin’s central station in 2023. Its spectacular renovation by AFF architects, which received the Architekturpreis Beton award, turned the industrial structure into a mixed-use building hosting offices, a gallery, and a restaurant.
Berlin-based photographer Harf Zimmermann, co-founder of the internationally renowned OSTKREUZ agency, documented the renovation project over the course of five years with his analogue large-format camera. Some of the striking photographs of different construction stages lend the process the appearance of an archaeological dig, while others give the impression of a completely new construction project. The photo essay is complemented by an extensively researched and generously illustrated article on the building’s history by Hans Georg Hiller von Gaertringen.

Die Debatte zur Nachhaltigkeit des Materials Beton wird hitzig geführt und von unterschiedlichen Interessengruppen geprägt, von der Bauindustrie bis zu Klimaaktivisten. Felix Sommer gehört mit seinem in Berlin gegründeten Unternehmen SB5ÜNF nach über 1600 abgeschlossenen Baustellen zu den bekanntesten Spezialisten für Betonkosmetik, Betoninstandsetzung und Betonsanierung in Deutschland. In kurzweiligen Erzählungen gibt er Einblicke in teils spektakuläre Bauprojekte, in die Perfektionierung des Handwerks sowie in kooperative Prozesse auf Augenhöhe mit allen am Bau Beteiligten. Das aufwendig gestaltete Buch bereichert die Diskussion über einen der prägendsten Baustoffe der Moderne um eine außergewöhnliche Perspektive.

The debate on the sustainability of concrete as a building material rages on, shaped by interest groups from the construction industry to climate activists. With over 1600 completed projects, Felix Sommer and his team at Berlin-based company SB5ÜNF are one of Germany’s best-known experts specializing in concrete repairs, maintenance, and renovation. His engaging stories provide an insight into spectacular building projects, into perfecting the craftsmanship, and into cooperating equitably with all parties involved in a project. This lavishly designed volume offers an extraordinary perspective that enriches the conversation around one of modernism’s most impactful construction materials.

Volume 4 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst offers examples of different types of streets and their characteristics as a guide to designing them: avenues, target buildings, bends, and arcades, as well as their breadth and overall visual impact. It depicts street spaces in Augsburg, Bad Arolsen, Bad Tölz, Berlin, Bremen, Chemnitz, Dinkelsbühl, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Cologne, Landshut, Leipzig, Lindau, Munich, Münster, Potsdam, Regensburg, Speyer, Stralsund, Wiesbaden, and Wismar for comparison. Featuring an essay by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

In an age of glossy architectural visualizations and slick photography, today’s media is saturated with images of projects mummified in their ideal, untouched, and unused state. Every design and technical publication on landscape architecture tries to teach us how to do things based on best practices. Rarely do we see a landscape project that has been in use for five or even ten years. To counterbalance this status quo, it is time to review and scrutinize the Sh*tscapes: typical mistakes in the design of our public realm. This publication is a compendium of a hundred failures made in the design, construction, or maintenance processes of urban landscapes. Looking at these unsuccessful examples, the authors propose simple and practical solutions aimed at preventing common mistakes, predicting future scenarios, and averting or accepting failures.

City streets form the backbone of public spaces. In addition to serve mobility, they provide opportunities for shopping, entertainment, strolling, and much more. They are urban spaces shaped and characterized by the facades of buildings. In the face of today’s climatic requirements, how can we design the city streets of the future to be distinctive and inviting urban spaces?

For over a decade, the Konferenz zur Schönheit und Lebensfähigkeit der Stadt has dedicated itself to fundamental questions in urban development. The contributions in this volume present discussions from experts in both the theory and practice of a range of different disciplines, as well as from the heads of various German city planning departments, on how the functional and traffic needs of city streets can be combined with their architectural, urban design, and ecological requirements.

Bilingual edition (English/German)

Do plants improve the climate in cities? How can greenery in architecture help reduce urban heat build-up and pollution by fine particulate matter, lower noise levels in the city, and enhance people’s wellbeing?

The manual on building greenery in its third extended edition is aimed at citizens, architects and developers alike. It provides answers to the frequently asked questions – from greening existing buildings to greenery with new builds, from grants, subsidies, and practical tips on choosing the right plants to the ecological impact on the urban climate. It’s high time – and many examples in Germany and around the world show that greened buildings are already a fast-growing reality.

• Third, expanded edition of the popular volume with a new foreword and contribution on the history and effectiveness of espalier trees on façades

• Numerous richly illustrated case studies from all over the world, including both well-known projects and new findings

• Offers concise answers to the most frequently asked questions about urban greening

Verbessern Pflanzen das Stadtklima? Wie kann Grün in der Architektur die urbane Hitzebildung reduzieren, die Feinstaubbildung vermindern, den städtischen Lärmpegel senken und das Wohlbefinden der Menschen steigern?
Das Handbuch zum Gebäudegrün in seiner dritten erweiterten Auflage richtet sich an die Bürgerschaft ebenso wie an Architekt*innen und Bauherr*innen. Es liefert Antworten auf die am häufigsten gestellten Fragen – von der Bestands- bis zur Neubaubegrünung, von finanziellen Förderungen und praktischen Tipps zur Pflanzenwahl bis zu ökologischen Auswirkungen auf das Stadtklima. Es ist an der Zeit – und viele Beispiele in Deutschland und weltweit zeigen, dass Grünbauten möglich und wachsende Realität sind.
• Dritte, erweiterte Auflage des Publikumserfolgs mit neuem Vorwort und Beitrag zur Geschichte und Wirkkraft von Spalierbäumen an Fassaden
• Reich bebilderte Case Studies aus aller Welt mit berühmten Projekten und Neuentdeckungen
• Kompakte Antworten auf die häufigsten Fragen zur urbanen Gebäudebegrünung

Volume 3 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst provides examples of squares as a guide to designing them. It depicts squares in Aachen, Alsfeld, Ansbach, Berlin, Braunschweig, Bremen, Celle, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Freudenstadt, Görlitz, Hamburg, Hannover, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kempten, Leipzig, Lindau, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Ludwigsburg, Mannheim, Munich, Putbus, Regensburg, Rosenheim, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Stralsund, Trier, Tübingen, Wangen, Warendorf, Weimar, Wismar, and Wuppertal for comparison. Featuring essays by Jan Pieper and Mirjam Schmidt.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

European experts comment on neighborhood development

In 2016, Vienna announced the upcoming International Building Exhibition in 2022, asking how cities can remain inclusive, livable and affordable. The 2020 interim IBA presentation—documented here—invites experts in research, planning, politics and practice to respond.

Finland’s 1998 architectural education policy: did it work, and could it be used elsewhere?

Architectural historian Turit Fröbe assesses the impact of Finland’s 1998 policy to integrate architecture into education. Fröbe consults various experts to examine the policy’s success and to determine if other countries might adopt this model.

Through speeches, articles and interviews, this book highlights some of the more significant architectural developments that have run parallel with Greek architect Vassilis Sgoutas’ own career in architecture. Although this is a personal book, it describes the journeys taken by many architects today.

What is “good” architecture? This seemingly simple question is connected to a wide range of criteria—just like the radical quest for “good” food, which has produced a wealth of insights over the past few decades.

This book showcases buildings whose construction has been based on simple technology, good craftsmanship and careful choice of local and natural materials, as well as local development initiatives that demonstrate excellence in building quality, landscape restoration and community revitalization.

The selection of case studies is broad and definitely unconventional: it encompasses Europe and Japan, and privileges lesser-known authors, unobtrusive works and marginal localities where radically fresh attitudes have been able to develop.

In 1970, Henri Lefebvre put forward the radical hypothesis of the complete urbanization of society, a circumstance that in his view required a radical shift from the analysis of urban form to the investigation of urbanization processes. Drawing together classic and contemporary texts on the “urbanization question”, this book explores various theoretical, epistemological, methodological and political implications of Lefebvre’s hypothesis. 

It assembles a series of analytical and cartographic interventions that supersede inherited spatial ontologies (urban/rural, town/country, city/non-city, society/nature) in order to investigate the uneven implosions and explosions of capitalist urbanization across places, regions, territories, continents and oceans up to the planetary scale.

Through his buildings and city planning work, Friedrich Pützer (born 1871) shaped Darmstadt’s cityscape far more significantly than is generally known. His buildings are evidence of the Grand Duchy of Hessen’s period of flourishing and reformation around 1900—particularly in its capital, Darmstadt. Pützer’s works are comprehensively represented in this volume. They include the modern and highly functional central station, which connected the city to the constantly growing rail network, and various parts of the chemical company Merck’s headquarters. Competing with the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony, he planned residences in Mathildenhöhe that proposed independent concepts for a new way of living, and designed innovative institutional buildings and lecture theatres for the city’s technical university. Pützer also conceived and realised the Paulusviertel neighbourhood, with its Pauluskirche church ensemble. This work is recognised as one of the major examples of the painterly style in city planning.

In 2020, Darmstadt’s twelfth city photographer Vitus Saloshanka set out to document Pützer’s impact. His photographs illustrate the sophisticated creativity, environmental sensitivity, and technical accomplishment of the Aachen-born architect’s buildings.

Wherever people live closely together, there is competition and displacement. We practically take it for granted that many public places cannot be used equally by different groups of people. This assumption goes almost unnoticed, and is counter to the ideals of a democratic, open society with equal rights for all its members. How do people who exist at the margins of society (or see themselves as existing there) experience public urban spaces? Where do they feel welcome, and where do they feel unwanted? Where, how, and why do use conflicts arise? The project Die fragmentierte Stadt—the fragmented city—pursues answers to these questions. A collection of observations, walks, and encounters that took place over the course of three years in Berlin, Graz, and Zurich form the foundation of four artistic ethnographic approaches to experiences of exclusion and appropriation strategies. Photographic, audio-visual, performance, and verbal investigations led to the development of the ideas, insights, and products introduced by the texts, images, and videos in this volume.

As an enriched e-book, the ePUB includes video works by Aya Domenig and Thomas Schärer.

Seit mehr als 40 Jahren befasst sich der Architekt und Stadtplaner Jan Gehl damit, Plätze, Straßen, ja ganze Stadtviertel zum Wohle der Bewohner neu oder umzugestalten. Er stützt sich dabei auf Erkenntnisse, die er durch langjährige Untersuchungen von Großstadtsituationen in verschiedenen Ländern gewonnen hat. Indem Gehl selbst Millionenstädte kleinmaßstäblich und im Detail betrachtet, entwickelt er Mittel und Wege, dysfunktionale und unwirtliche Stadtlandschaften entscheidend zu verändern. Dabei finden demografische Entwicklungen und sich wandelnde Lebensstile ebenso Berücksichtigung wie gestalterische Prozesse. Wichtigster Grundsatz für Jan Gehls Stadtplanung nach menschlichem Maß: Der Stadtraum muss mit der Geschwindigkeit eines Fußgängers erlebt werden statt aus einem Fahrzeug heraus. Nur so kann es gelingen, sowohl traditionelle Metropolen wie die schnell wachsenden Städte von Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern zu Städten für Menschen zu machen.

Das Buch präsentiert Jan Gehls Arbeit im Bereich Neubau sowie der Umgestaltung städtischer Räume und Verkehrsflächen. Darstellungen seiner Planungsmodelle in Text und Bildern sowie Planungsprinzipien und Methoden veranschaulichen, wie einfach lebendige, sichere, nachhaltige und gesunde Städte in Zukunft entstehen können.

Dealing imaginatively with the extreme water dynamics of the Elbe Islands in Hamburg is one of the key themes of the International Building Exhibition Hamburg within the context of its main heading “Cities and Climate Change”. The WASSERATLAS offers a new perspective on complex water-related issues in connection with the Elbe Islands. In a combination of maps, photos, diagrams and texts, it vividly depicts the interplay of human influences, topography, and water with all its facets: the Elbe, harbour water, canals, groundwater, sewage, and floodwater. Against the background of the original, fascinating concept of water-land and vital questions concerning the future, creative and remodelling approaches to the water-land dynamics of the Elbe Islands are applied, modified and developed in 3 x 3 scenarios. This makes the WASSERATLAS an innovative, interdisciplinary tool for the design of urban waterscapes.