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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…

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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 new mixed residential/commercial building is a confident and harmonious addition to the square in front of Kolbermoor’s town hall, rounding off an existing ensemble consisting of the town hall, library, adult education center, and parking s…

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

leisure - germany

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…

Primary School Infanteriestrasse

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

13.794 m2 / 148,479 sq.ft.

Education - München, 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…

Paul-Winter School

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

13.293 qm / 143,085 sq.ft.

Education - Neuburg, Germany

urban - germany

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…

Berliner Tor Hamburg - Green Landscape Bridge

Hamburg, Germany

Urban - Hamburg, Germany

Not far from Altona Volkspark in Hamburg’s Lurup quarter, a new building has been constructed for the neighborhood school with space for six classes per grade. Previously divided between three locations, the school now has one consolidated home c…

Lurup Neighborhood School

13.982 qm / 150,502 sq.ft. - Hamburg, Germany

13.982 qm / 150,502 sq.ft.

Education - 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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CIRCuIT - Circular Economy in Wilhelmsburger Rathausviertel

“Circular Economy in Wilhelmsburger Rathausviertel” is conceived as a pilot project for a new mixed-use residential quarter, centrally located on the IBA site in Hamburg. It is part of the EU-funded research project CIRCuIT, which is developing ful…

23.681 qm / 254,902 sq.ft. - Hamburg, Germany

23.681 qm / 254,902 sq.ft.

Living - Hamburg, Germany

work - germany

In order to meet the growing needs of its training center for future cadets, a new service building is currently being built for the police in Eichstätt. Its design takes advantage of the beautiful location in the Altmühl Valley and introduces a new f…

Service Building for the Bavarian Police

3.811 qm / 41,022 sq.ft. - Eichstätt, Germany

3.811 qm / 41,022 sq.ft.

Work - Eichstätt, Germany

public - germany

The Museum of Phantasy was founded over twenty years ago in Bernried on the shores of Lake Starnberg. This modern art museum houses the assorted collections of the painter, photographer, publisher, and author of art books and novels, Lothar-Günther …

Buchheim Museum der Phantasie: Refurbishment and Extension

1.730 qm / 18622 sq.ft. - Bernried, Germany

1.730 qm / 18622 sq.ft.

Public - Bernried, Germany

work - germany

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Campus Giesing

Sustainable, green, and in harmony with the cityscape: That’s the new campus for the public insurance company Versicherungskammer (VK) in Giesing, just south of Munich’s city center. Three new stand-alone structures will be added south of the elo…

Munich, Germany

Work - Munich, Germany

leisure - germany

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Indoor Swimming Hall Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen

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…

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

5.773 qm / 62,140 sq.ft.

Leisure - Stuttgart, Germany

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Einfach Bauen – The Juchhof 3 Changing-Room Facility

Can we apply the “Einfach Bauen” (Build Simply) approach to create structures that are more sustainable and use resources more sparingly? To what extent does a holistic approach foster attractive buildings that are more efficient and, at the same tim…

1.387 qm / 14,930 sq.ft. - Zurich, Switzerland

1.387 qm / 14,930 sq.ft.

- Zurich, Switzerland

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

health - germany

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.…

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

20.313 qm / 218,738 sq.ft. - Heidelberg, Germany

20.313 qm / 218,738 sq.ft.

Health - Heidelberg, 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

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How crucial is ventilation in educational buildings? Join our partner Stefan Rappold and ventilation expert Klaus-Dieter Wolf (TROX GmbH) in a live web-seminar from the Gotthard-Müller School as they discuss the significance of an efficient …

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06.12.23: Efficient ventilation control consonant with architecture: Live Web-Seminar with Stefan Rappold

14 December 2023 09:00 - 17:00 TU Berlin, Centre for Entrepreneurship Hardenbergstraße 38, 10623 Berlin Participation is free of charge, registration here. About the event: The construction industry is responsible for 37 per cent of global CO2 …

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14.12.23: „Design und Sustainability“ Knowledge-Hackathon with Stefan Behnisch

The new building to the north of the existing one is a freestanding detached wooden building with three floors. The rectangular construction is 59 m long and built parallel to the adjacent main road. It is integrated formally into the existing c…

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The National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg - New Building and Expansion ceremoniously opened

The role of color, especially in school buildings, plays an important role: it not only offers orientation, but supports the pedagogic concept, accentuates spaces and helps to foster a sense of community. In the case of the Paul-Winter School, we…

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Paul-Winter School – Winner of the Brillux Design Award 2023

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Press conference on CIRCuIT – our pioneering construction project

Excited to share progress pictures of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, a new home dedicated to the research of sustainable energy at the University of Pennsylvania. Facing East towards downtown Philadelphia, the solar sails…

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Facade construction: Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology

Congratulations to the city of Erlangen, which very deservedly won the prize. Since 1971, the founding year of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects, the city of Erlangen has organised 23 architectural competitions and has also worked in an exemplary…

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02.11

Ausloberpreis 2023 for The City of Erlangen!

We are excited to announce that Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex [SEC]] has won the Overall Lab Buildings and Projects Award in the I2SL Sustainable Laboratory Awards Program! Outstanding projects, programs, and individuals are…

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01.11

Harvard winner of the I2SL Sustainable Laboratory Awards

If we build new structures, our strategy for achieving sustainable development is a circular economy: we reuse, refurbish and repurpose materials whenever possible. A case in point is our CIRCuIT project in Hamburg. For a glimpse into some of our…

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23.10

We should reuse buildings whenever we can!

We are happy that Lycée Franco-Allemand in Buc, France has been awarded at the DNA PARIS DESIGN AWARDS 2023! The DNA Paris Design Awards honors designs in the disciplines of Architecture, Interior design, Landscape Design, Graphic Design and …

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DNA PARIS DESIGN AWARDS 2023 - Honorable Mention for Lycée Franco-Allemand

We are especially happy about this plaque! The board was ceremoniously unveiled with our partner office ATELIER 2A+ and our client Département des Yvelines and of course the students and team of the Lycée Franco-Allemand de Buc (LFA).

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UNE RÉALISATION ARCHITECTURALE FRANCO-ALLEMANDE SIGNÉE

We are proud to announce that the Lycée Franco-Allemand is one of the winners of the 2023 International Architecture Awards. If you are in Athens, you can visit the winner exhibition: "The City and the World" at Contemporary Space Athens …

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Lycée Franco-Allemand: Winner of The International Architecture Award® 2023