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April 2024
Degelo Architekten, Basel
Heidelberg Congress Center: a compact cube with many-faceted interior
Heidelberg, the city of science and research, now has its first major dedicated congress and convention venue. The Basel-based architectural bureau Degelo Architekten has developed a characterful building that on the exterior appears compact and plain, but which turns out to have a complex and many-faceted interior.
April 2024
Sandra Hofmeister (ed)
Natural Building Materials S, M, L
30 x Architecture and Construction
The new title Natural Building Materials S, M, L presents examples of how climate-friendly architecture can be achieved based on 30 international projects of all sizes and uses. The buildings present the entire spectrum from “small” to “large”, from less than 400 m² to more than 2,000 m² of floor area, illustrating a wide range of different design and construction options across all kinds of typologies.
March 2024
Benjamin Hossbach, Christian Lehmhaus, Christine Eichelmann
Competitions Panels and Diagrams 2
Planning competitions are used in public and private projects as an instrument for optimising the design and selecting planning partners. For both small and large projects, the organised, fair, transparent and specialist process helps to sustainably improve the quality of urban development, buildings, open spaces, and public art. The title Competitions Panels and Diagrams 2, from the Construction and Design Manual series, presents a selection of examples showing the calls to tender and results of competitions that have been completed. 27 international projects from 2016 to 2022 illustrate the design methods and visualisation techniques employed by some 100 architectural bureaus.
January 2024
Kostas Grigoriadis, Guan Lee
3D Printing and Material Extrusion in Architecture
3D printing as an additive production process is said to revolutionise architecture. This is not least due to the environmental advantages that this technology offers. It is not only plastic, concrete, or metal, but also natural resources such as clay that can be extruded in a liquid state and then hardened into its final form. In the Design Manual 3D Printing and Material Extrusion in Architecture, the architects and researchers Kostas Grigoriadis and Guan Lee, who both work at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, take a look at the current state of affairs regarding 3D printing in architecture.
January 2024
Yorck Förster, Christina Gräwe, Peter Cachola Schmal (Eds.)
German Architecture Annual 2024
For the first time the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany 2024 has been awarded to the debut project of an architectural practice. The Studierendenhaus der TU Braunschweig / Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke convinced the jurors through its elegance and transparency, the masterful lightness in its structure, and reduction in materiality and technology. The German Architecture Annual 2024 presents the winning project and the finalists together with the shortlisted entries from Germany and by German architects.