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The Freie Walddorfschule Uhlandshoehe was founded by Emil Molt and Rudolf Steiner in September 1919 as the first Waldorf School in the world. It sits on an exposed site half-way up the hills on which Stuttgart is built, in a neighborhood with…

Freie Waldorfschule Uhlandshoehe - New School Building

5.490 qm / 59,094 sq.ft. - Stuttgart, Germany

5.490 qm / 59,094 sq.ft.

Education - Stuttgart, Germany

living - germany

The town of Kolbermoor is adding a mixed residential and commercial building to the site where the new town hall is located in order to provide affordable housing in the town’s center. Seventeen subsidized residential units of various sizes spread o…

Mixed-use Building at Rathausplatz

2.630 qm / 28,310 sq.ft. - Kolbermoor, Germany

2.630 qm / 28,310 sq.ft.

Living - Kolbermoor, Germany

work - usa

For SC Workplace, we transformed the ubiquitous “developer box” – a 110,000 square-foot, four-story, 120’x240’ core and shell building with a central elevator lobby - into a dynamic work environment, which promotes connection and collaboration. To achieve i…

SC Workplace

10.220 qm / 110,000 sq.ft. - Southern California

10.220 qm / 110,000 sq.ft.

Work - Southern California

Schwaketenbad in Constance is the largest indoor leisure pool on Lake Constance. Attractively situated on the edge of the city, this new structure was constructed close to nature on the same site as the original indoor aquatic center that was…

Schwaketenbad

10.172 qm / 109,491 sq.ft. - Constance, Germany

10.172 qm / 109,491 sq.ft.

Leisure - Constance, Germany

education - france

Built in collaboration with Atelier 2A+, the goal was to modernise the site of an existing school dating from the 1980s, including a Franco-German bilingual secondary school, a primary school, a lower secondary school and gymnasium, and to link them…

Lycée Franco-Allemand

16.044 qm / 172,696 sq.ft. - Buc, France

16.044 qm / 172,696 sq.ft.

Education - Buc, France

As part of the new project to promote the construction of school buildings in the Bavarian capital Munich, a five-track primary school is being developed according to the learning house concept. The building incorporates a double sports hall, a…

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Primary School Infanteriestrasse

13.794 m2 / 148,479 sq.ft. - München, Germany

13.794 m2 / 148,479 sq.ft.

Education - München, Germany

work - germany

The new Plaza building will be the keystone to the Putzbrunn Campus, Gore’s mayor European location.. It is located in the heart of the site and will act as the primary destination for all visitors. It is also envisioned to be the place where all a…

Gore Plaza

4.375 qm / 47,093 sq.ft. - Putzbrunn, Germany

4.375 qm / 47,093 sq.ft.

Work - Putzbrunn, Germany

The new building of the Paul-Winter School will be erected right in front of the city gates of Neuburg. In addition to the program required for schooling purposes it will also comprise a gymnasium, outdoor sports areas, a school cafeteria and rooms…

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Paul-Winter School

13.293 qm / 143,085 sq.ft. - Neuburg, Germany

13.293 qm / 143,085 sq.ft.

Education - Neuburg, Germany

urban - germany

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Berliner Tor Hamburg - Green Landscape Bridge

For the area around the Berliner Tor, between the Hamburg districts of St. Georg, Borgfelder and Hammerbrook, the Department of Urban Development and Housing conducted a test planning procedure with four invited planning teams. New ideas were to be…

Hamburg, Germany

Urban - Hamburg, Germany

education - usa

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Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

Setting a new paradigm for scholarship in the 21st century and beyond,Harvard’s Science and Engineering Complex [SEC] is designed to inspire learning and scientific discovery while showcasing sustainability. The building weaves together a number of t…

50.539 qm / 544,000 sq.ft. - Allston, MA, USA

50.539 qm / 544,000 sq.ft.

Education - Allston, MA, USA

transport - usa

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Harvard University Bike Shelter

The new building for Harvard’s Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) combines a cutting-edge location for scientific research and teaching with innovative design and a sustainable building concept. As one of the first construction projects u…

Allston, MA, USA

Transport - Allston, MA, USA

public - italy

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Office Building for the Comune Di Ravenna and Administration Building for the ARPA

Both the new laboratory and administration building for ARPA (Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione e Ambiente Dell‘ Emilia-Romagna) and the new building for the city administration are to be located at the western edge of the city of Ravenna. The b…

12.000 qm / 129,120 sq.ft. - Ravenna, Italy

12.000 qm / 129,120 sq.ft.

Public - Ravenna, Italy

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After lengthy deliberations, the Bavarian capital of Munich is building a new action sports center on the site of the Eggenfabrik in Pasing, an erstwhile factory for agricultural equipment situated to the west of Erna-Eckstein-Strasse right beside…

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Action Sports Center

8.670 qm / 93,324 sq.ft. - Munich, Germany

8.670 qm / 93,324 sq.ft.

Leisure - Munich, Germany

The design for the new indoor swimming hall in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is characterized by large, overlapping roofs slabs, seemingly floating above the swimming hall which connects fluidly with the surrounding park. The building utilizes a timber…

Indoor Swimming Hall Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen

5.773 qm / 62,140 sq.ft. - Stuttgart, Germany

5.773 qm / 62,140 sq.ft.

Leisure - Stuttgart, Germany

Life Hamburg is a future-oriented campus for lifelong and self-directed learning, fulfilling work and holistic well-being. In the northeast of the Hanseatic city in Hamburg-Bramfeld, on the edge of the Otto Group Campus, a place for…

Life Hamburg

11.250 qm / 121,000 sq.ft. - Hamburg, Germany

11.250 qm / 121,000 sq.ft.

Education - Hamburg, Germany

work - germany

Two new laboratory buildings for the departments of Chemical Engineering, Energy – Building Services – Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Physics are to be constructed app…

Steinfurt Campus, Reconstructions of Buildings C + Q and New Parking Structure, FH Münster (University of Applied Sciences)

Building C: 11.817 qm / 127,197 sq.ft., Building Q: 2.233 qm / 24,035 sq.ft. - Steinfurt, Germany

Building C: 11.817 qm / 127,197 sq.ft., Building Q: 2.233 qm / 24,035 sq.ft.

Work - Steinfurt, Germany

Hohenstaufen Secondary School was built between 1957 and 1959 by architects Günter Behnisch and Bruno Lambart. It was placed under a protection order in 2015. The building consists of an elongated four-story main classroom block with an east-west …

Hohenstaufen Secondary School - General Renovation

1.100 qm / 11,700 sq.ft. - Göppingen, Germany

1.100 qm / 11,700 sq.ft.

Education - Göppingen, Germany

urban - germany

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The Potsdamer Platz Quarter – Transforming Public Realm

Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz area is to be turned into an appealing, forward-thinking urban quarter with upscale streets and squares, combined with public spaces that are designed to engender an enticing environment for living and working. Acting t…

42.158 qm / 453.789 sq.ft. - Berlin, Germany

42.158 qm / 453.789 sq.ft.

Urban - Berlin, Germany

health - germany

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PHM - New Pathology, Human Genetics, and Microbiology Building, Tübingen University Hospital

A new laboratory and research building for pathology, human genetics, and microbiology is being constructed at Oberer Schnarrenberg in an attractive hillside setting. The new building represents an important component in the master plan of the…

10.684 qm / 115,000 sq.ft. - Tübingen, Germany

10.684 qm / 115,000 sq.ft.

Health - Tübingen, Germany

health - germany

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

The new building for the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg is to be sited in a prominent location. It has an explicitly welcoming appearance, and its visual form reinforces the idea of an open, communicative research facility.…

16.318 qm / 175,647 sq.ft. - Heidelberg, Germany

16.318 qm / 175,647 sq.ft.

Health - Heidelberg, Germany

work - usa

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Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology

The new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST) will occupy a prominent and critical site on the University of Pennsylvania campus, simultaneously announcing one’s arrival to the campus core and furthering the University of P…

10.219 qm / 110,000 sq.ft. - Philadelphia, PA, USA

10.219 qm / 110,000 sq.ft.

Work - Philadelphia, PA, USA

The project to build the new Josef-Schwarz School is one of the largest construction projects of its kind in Germany. The school will be built in the Neckarbogen quarter, a model development on the western edge of Heilbronn’s downtown. The all-day s…

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Josef-Schwarz School

48.063 qm / 517,350 sq.ft. - Heilbronn, Germany

48.063 qm / 517,350 sq.ft.

Education - Heilbronn, Germany

Winnenden is located right at the edge of the Swabian Forest, framed by and carefully embedded in a charming setting with vineyards and meadow orchards. The existing Wunnebad site was designed as an indoor and outdoor bathing complex with the…

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Wunnebad Winnenden

10.615 qm / 114,260 sq.ft. - Winnenden, Germany

10.615 qm / 114,260 sq.ft.

Leisure - Winnenden, Germany

work - switzerland

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Smart Living Lab

In Fribourg, Switzerland, the Smart Living Lab – a research center studying the future of the built environment – will occupy a central location where the old Cardinal brewery stood. Part of the new blueFACTORY quarter, which seeks to connect sta…

4.705 qm / 50,645 sq.ft. - Fribourg, Switzerland

4.705 qm / 50,645 sq.ft.

Work - Fribourg, Switzerland

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From March 24 to 26, 2023, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar invites you to the „7. Internationales Symposium zur Architekturvermittlung“ on the topic "Kultur – Erbe – Aneignung“ (Culture - Heritage – Appropriation). Architects, urban psychologists and cultural…

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7. Internationales Symposium zur Architekturvermittlung with Angie Müller-Puch

With renewable building materials and resource-saving use of existing infrastructure, Münster University of Applied Sciences is expanding the Fachhochschulzentrum (FHZ) on Corrensstraße. Behnisch Architekten, in collaboration with Berghaus A…

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Things are moving forward in Münster: Timber frame construction for the extension of the Fachhochschule has been started!

Behnisch Architekten is expanding its partnership to include seven of its long-term architects as new partners: Michael Innerarity (Stuttgart), Christine Napolitano and Erik Hegre (Boston), Maria Hirnsperger, Florian von Hayek, and Stephan Leissle…

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New partners at Behnisch Architekten

The second topping out ceremony this year, we celebrated in Erlangen! A new civic meeting place and health center is being built on a former military site at the southwestern edge of Erlangen’s Röthelheim Park. In addition to a climbing tower and bo…

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Topping out Ceremony – BBGZ Family Center, Erlangen

VLEST is progressing and we celebrated a beautiful topping out ceremony under a bright sky. The new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology will occupy a prominent and critical site on the University of Pennsylvania campus,…

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Topping out Ceremony – Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, University of Pennsylvania

ArchDaily has just launched the 14th edition of its Building of the Year Awards and Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex is eligible for nomination. We look forward to your vote here! The nomination process runs until February 15th…

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Vote for us: Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex is up for nomination in ArchDaily's 2023 Building of the Year Awards

Hear about selected projects from the 2022 Building-Integrated Solar Technology Architecture Award: The use of solar energy in buildings is a central issue on the path to climate neutrality. Solar technology systems should be a natural component of…

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Solar architecture / BIPV Webinar with Cornelia Wust, Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Our project the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex is finalist of the Harleston Parker Medal 2022, recognizing the “the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument, or structure built in the metropolitan Boston area in t…

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Harleston Parker People’s Choice Award voting 2022: open now!

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Happy New Year 2023!

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Action Sports Center Munich: Final Update

Our new project video for the indoor skatehall in Munich, in the listed former Eggenfabrik. The 1st project phase will include the energy renovation of the existing building with a PV integrated skylight, the skate parkour and chill out & active…

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Action Sports Center: Video

Congratulations to our Los Angeles partner Kristi Paulson for being honored by BISNOW as one of 2022's Southern California Power Women. She received an award for "Outstanding Excellence & Influence in Los Angeles Commercial Real…

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Kristi Paulson named as one of Bisnow's 2022 Southern California Women Leading Real Estate Honorees!