Tag: architecture
Pritzker Prize for Riken Yamamoto: Architect of Everyday Life – Culture
Once upon a time there was a picket fence: Riken Yamamoto receives the Pritzker Prize for his ability to shape not just spaces, but society. Good this way! It is…
Frank Gehry turns 95: You are a genius – culture
If he had lived earlier, he might also have invented the Gothic style: Frank Gehry, one of the great creators of architecture, is 95 years old. At one point people…
Greenwashing in architecture and urban development – culture
Now please imagine: the largest structure in the universe. Such a gigantic work that dwarfs Putin’s oversized property on the Black Sea from the more recent Villa Godzilla history. One…
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…