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Florian Heilmeyer
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Profiles
An Architecture Office of the Future
Studio RAP in Rotterdam is a combination of a design studio and robotic factory.
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Viewpoints
Behind the Great Public Architecture Boom of Belgium
Once ridiculed for the mediocrity of its architecture, Flanders is now home to some of the best new public buildings in the world.
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3 Mass-Timber Shops That Put the “Super” Back in Supermarket
Working with the latest mass timber technology, architects across Europe are redefining grocery stores to support community and sustainability goals.
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A Supportive Housing Development Offers Refuge from the Street and Connection to the City
Near Geneva, Switzerland, architecture collective Nomos designed a set of buildings for people with and without mental disabilities as one curvy entity.
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In Germany, a Cradle-to-Cradle Firehouse Proves the Power of Mass Timber
Wulf Architekten designed the timber and concrete components of the Straubenhardt firehouse to be disassembled and reuse.
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In Southern Germany, A Small Brewery Proves Less Is More
With a restrained material palette and industrial inspiration, mehr* Architekten craft a local icon in Kirchheim unter Teck, near Stuttgart.
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A Dance Theater Makes Novel Use of Steel Sheet Piling
The metal facade of a new cultural venue in Munich takes inspiration from its name and its uncertain future.
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Who Was Günther Domenig, the Unknown Deconstructivist?
Domenig was one of Austria’s most radical architects and a major influence on many of architecture’s leading lights but remains widely unknown. A new exhibition aims to change that.
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Speed and Sustainability: The Luisenblock Shows What’s Possible with Mass Timber and Prefabrication
The new office building for the German Parliament was erected in mere months using a building system based on prefabricated wooden units.
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MoDus Architects Adds a New Wing to Make Icarus Fly
Overhauling an existing hotel in the Italian Alps creates a coherent whole and a symbol for sustainable building.
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Is This Floating Headquarters a Model for Waterfront Workplaces?
A three-story boat in Rotterdam is the largest floating office worldwide. Fully self-sufficient, it may be a blueprint for building in flood-prone cities.
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An Infill Apartment Building with a Secret Garden Rises in Paris
Overcoming logistical hurdles, MARS Architectes creates an “Alice in Wonderland” moment with an elegant new development concealed behind an older one.
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In France, a New Neighborhood Is Part of the Adjacent Park—or Is it the Other Way Around?
Édouard François’s latest plant-clad building rises in Nice, France. Called Le Ray, the architect hopes it will point the way toward a greener way of building and living.
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In France, A Hempcrete Sports Center Demonstrates the Material’s Promise
Designed by local firm Lemoal Lemoal, the relatively modest center is the first public building in France made of this sustainable material.
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In Sweden, the Sara Kulturhus Expands the Possibilities of Mass Timber
Made almost entirely of timber, without steel or cement reinforcement, the cultural complex signals a renaissance for the town of Skellefteå.
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A Recyclable Recycling Center in Switzerland by HWM Architects
Fully demountable, a municipal waste drop-off center near Lucerne is green in form and function.
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This is What Germany’s First Second-Hand House Looks Like
Outside of Hanover, Germany, a curious client and an innovative architecture office pushed the limits on the possibility of building with recycled materials.
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In France, an Historic Villa Is Reinvented as a Public Library
French architect Dominique Coulon transformed a 17th century villa in the village of Pélissanne into a garden and library for public use.
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In Amsterdam, a Socially Conscious Housing Development Takes Formal Inspiration from the Past
Marcel Lok and Korth Tielens Architects designed an 80-unit residential structure in the style of the Amsterdamse School with the hope of creating a new heart for an old neighborhood.