Tag Berlin, Germany

02-08-2021

Philipp von Matt Architects between architecture and art O12 – Artist House in Berlin

Philipp von Matt Architects designed an artist’s home and studio completed recently in Berlin’s Mitte district. The fruitful ongoing dialogue between the architect and the client, a French artist, was very important in the creation of a sculptural work in which art and architecture constantly interact.

30-07-2021

RTL chooses Swiss studio Evolution Design for its new offices in Berlin

Well-known broadcaster and media content producer media RTL inaugurated its new Audio Centre in Berlin this year, built to plans by Stefan Camenzind’s Swiss studio, Evolution Design. Inspired by the energy of the music industry, the interiors immerse visitors in the world of radio, news, entertainment and event production. The gritty, hip city of Berlin was also a major source of inspiration for the design concept.

16-07-2021

“Arbre à Palabres Kéré Architecture” exhibition at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin

A large installation depicting an abstract kapok tree – considered the fibre of the future – welcomes the projects created by architect Francis Kéré and his team for the exhibition entitled "Arbre à Palabres – Kéré Architecture". The exhibition will be inaugurated on July 16 with a virtual event streamed live from the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin.

11-05-2021

Tchoban Voss Architekten: Re-Use Exhibition at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin

From May 29, the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin will be hosting the “Re-Use” exhibition dedicated to the works of the Tchoban Voss Architekten studio. The studio has dedicated itself, for years, to projects that respect the history and architectural language of pre-existing buildings, recognising their important role and impact in the urban space. A modus operandi which the architects have successfully applied to projects completed in Germany and in other parts of the world and which was also the subject of the first exhibition titled "The Java Tower" organised at the same Aedes Architecture Forum back in 1997.

06-05-2021

David Chipperfield Architects refurbishes the Neue Nationalgalerie designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, an icon of the Modern Movement designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has been restored by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin. It is the last project, as well as the only building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Europe after emigrating to the USA. A virtual ceremony was held on April 29 to inaugurate the refurbished building, while the museum is set to reopen its doors to the public in August 2021.

16-03-2021

HGEsch exhibition: House and Horizon - Transformations at the Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin

From March 20 to May 13, 2021, in Berlin, the Aedes Architecture Forum opens its doors to the public, providing an opportunity to explore the transformation of urban spaces through the work of famous photographer and filmmaker HGEsch. Transformation is, indeed, a recurring theme in HGEsch's research work. The main subjects of the new exhibition are the former headquarters of the Osram company in Munich, designed by architect Walter Henn, and the large-format panoramic images of a number of important global metropolises including Doha, Dubai, New York, Beijing and, of course, Berlin.

19-01-2021

Kawahara Krause Architects Equivocal exhibition at Architektur Galerie Berlin

Until February 17 Architektur Galerie Berlin hosts an exhibition about the work of Kawahara Krause Architects, founded in Hamburg in 2009 by architects Tatsuya Kawahara and Ellen Kristina Krause. The exhibition illustrates the studio’s design philosophy in a series of working models and a site-specific installation made out of paper ribbons.

25-12-2020

Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin visible in its revamped charm

Berliners have been gifted a lovely end-of-year surprise. The Neue Nationalgalerie, first designed by Mies van der Rohe, is slated to reopen to the general public in August 2021 after years of restoration work by David Chipperfield Architects, and the swathes of fabric protecting this icon of modern architecture have finally been removed.

04-11-2020

Opening of BER, Berlin’s new airport by gmp

Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport (BER) was built to the designs of renowned German architecture firm gmp. At the time coined “Europe’s most modern airport”, it opened on 31 October 2020 with a delay of almost ten years.