The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that ‘Team Germany’ from the Technische Universität Darmstadt has won the 2009 Solar Decathlon with their project surPLUShome. This is the second time in a row that a team from TU Darmstadt wins this international contest…

Nearly 4 years after the competition for a new administration building of the Schwandorf Incineration Plant in Bavaria, Germany was won by Stuttgart-based archimedialab, this unique ensemble of building and landscape has now been officially inaugurated.

On Thursday, July 16, the mayor of Korça, Albania and the international jury pronounced German architecture firm BOLLES+WILSON winner of the competition for the new Korça City Center Master Plan. The international two-stage competition was decided in favor of the Münster-based office for its concept of “Scenographic Urbanism”,…

Danish firm schmidt hammer lassen architects has won an international design competition for a new 13,500 m2 auditorium complex for the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen University) in Aachen, Germany. Twenty-one German and international companies were invited to participate in the competition. This…

Personal responsibility in the sustainable use of global resources continues to play an increasingly important role in the life of the average consumer. In this context, the offices of J. MAYER H. Architects and Art+Com Berlin were commissioned to develop a permanent…

Underscoring the idea that the kitchen is both a social hub and a place of innovation and transformation, Dornbracht, manufacturer of premium kitchen and bath faucets, has created a novel exhibit celebrating the diversity and ingenuity of actual street “kitchens.” Entitled Global Street Food,…

German architecture firm kadawittfeldarchitektur recently completed their competition-winning kindergarten building in Sighartstein, Austria. The kindergarten is integrated into the landscape like a chameleon (including a crèche) for 4 groups. Kadawittfeldarchitektur’s proposal for the building won the 1st prize in the public architecture competition in 2003. The project…

The multi-award winning Imperial War Museum North (IWMN) in Manchester, UK has selected a preferred design team to develop the external spaces of the Museum following an RIBA international design competition and public consultation with visitors and key partners (previously on…

Yesterday, UNStudio was selected in the competition for a 110 meter tall hotel tower in Frankfurt, Germany. From the six projects presented, the jury, chaired by Prof. Johann Eisele, chose the designs by UNStudio - Ben van Berkel (Amsterdam), and Kohn, Pedersen, Fox (New York) and recommended proceeding…

It’s been almost one year ago, since the Commissioner General of the German Expo Pavilion, Dietmar Schmitz, signed the EXPO 2010 Shanghai participation contract between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Chinese organizers. The official ceremony was followed by a press conference, at which the German delegation presented the…