Tag: architecture
Hotel Maistra 160: Pontresina has a modern grand hotel. – Trip
Concrete on the outside, stunningly comfortable on the inside: architect Gion Caminada shows what a hotel in the mountains can be like today with the Maistra 160 in Pontresina. Irritation…
Bavaria: Archaeologists make sensational discovery on Fraueninsel – Bavaria
The fact that they would find the foundations of an old church under the meadow in the middle of Fraueninsel in Lake Chiemsee would not have surprised the geophysicists from…
Fraueninsel in Lake Chiemsee: 1000-year-old cult site discovered – Bavaria
The fact that they would find the foundations of an old church under the meadow in the middle of Fraueninsel in Lake Chiemsee would not have surprised the geophysicists from…
Densification in Munich: New apartments for 100,000 people – Munich
In Munich it is almost impossible to find an affordable apartment. There is great anger and frustration over record rents and stagnating new construction. Who is to blame for the…
Architecture and Tourism: Dubai, the Impossible City
The tallest building in the world, a penthouse for cars and a museum in a donut: architecture is constantly being created in Dubai that would be unthinkable elsewhere. This fascinates…
Notre-Dame repair: Like the rooster rising from the ashes – Culture
It has been almost five years since one of Paris’ most important landmarks burned down: the Gothic Notre-Dame Cathedral. Since then, large parts of the church have been covered by…
Architecture as flood protection: The “sponge city” of Copenhagen
As of: February 13, 2024 1:46 p.m A devastating cloudburst in 2011 forced Copenhagen residents to rethink their approach. Since then, parks and courtyards have been converted into large reservoirs…
Sensational find in the Baltic Sea: Researchers discover around 11,000 year old stone wall – knowledge
The researchers only realized afterwards that they had discovered something extraordinary. In September 2021, he actually just wanted to show his students how to use different measurement methods, says marine…
Researchers find ancient wall in the Baltic Sea – knowledge
The researchers only realized afterwards that they had discovered something extraordinary. In September 2021, he actually just wanted to show his students how to use different measurement methods, says marine…
Laying the foundation stone for “Berlin Modern”: Museum without properties – culture
From Jörg Häntzschel Another big show is planned in Berlin on Friday. With drumming, the foundation stone of the “Berlin Modern” museum is lifted by a crane into the huge…