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27-10-2023

Architecture and Activism: an exhibition celebrating GRAFT’s 25th birthday

Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin celebrates GRAFT’s 25th birthday with an exhibition opening today and continuing until 5 December entitled "Taste Is the Lack of Appetite". The title, quoting well-known art critic Dave Hickey, highlights the studio’s desire to go beyond the conventional boundaries of architecture and have a positive impact on society.

15-12-2020

Architecture books: gift ideas for architects

At a time in history when we’re not moving around much, books are a great way of at least temporarily fulfilling our desire to explore the world in person. Architecture books are a lovely gift idea and can give us valuable insights into the work of others; some of them include IDENTITY by the GRAFT studio, the reflections of Julian Franke and Best Architects 21, the publication of the homonymous award.

14-07-2020

GRAFT completes Charlie Living in Berlin

Charlie Living by GRAFT is the largest predominantly residential new build project in Friedrichstadt, in direct proximity to what used to be Checkpoint Charlie. This is an open set of four new buildings standing in one of the last empty spaces along the former strip of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin Mitte.

21-11-2018

Highlights of the 16th Architecture Biennale in Venice, Giardini and Forte Marghera

We conclude our reports from the 16th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, FREESPACE with a look at the Giardini, focusing in particular on two proposals from Scandinavia, the Finland pavilion and the work by Rintala Eggertson Architects at Forte Marghera.

21-06-2018

The 2018 Architecture Biennale at FAB Berlin

At the event titled Impressions of the 2018 Architecture Biennale held on 13 June 2018 in the iconic space of the Fiandre Architectural Bureau in the Sarotti-Höfe, Berlin, Mario Cucinella from MC A, Lars Krückeberg from GRAFT and Christine Edmaier, President of the Berlin Architects' Association discussed their national participations and FREESPACE in general.

14-06-2018

Unbuilding Walls. The German pavilion at the 2018 Biennale

The German Pavilion curated by GRAFT architects alongside Marianne Birthler conveys the response of the curators to the FREESPACE theme of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia with a powerful installation that plays on the concept of the wall at various levels.

04-06-2018

Architecture Biennale: from Venice to Berlin with FAB Architectural Bureau

On June 13 FAB Architectural Bureau in Sarotti Höfe, Mehringdamm, Berlin hosts a round table discussion about FREESPACE, the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. Exclusive images of the Biennale by Berlin photographer Ken Schluchtmann will accompany a discussion with Mario Cucinella MCA, curator of the Italian pavilion, Lars Krückeberg of GRAFT, curator of the German pavilion, and Christine Edmaier, chair of the Order of Architects of Berlin.

11-05-2018

GRAFT Villa M single-family home in Berlin

In Berlin’s green Grunewald district, the architects of GRAFT designed a single-family home offering a surprising modern interpretation of comfortable city living. The façade covering featuring big Fiandre Architectural Surface slabs helps make the home look like a live-in sculpture.

09-05-2018

Unbuilding Walls, Germany's pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia

This year's German pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is curated by GRAFT architecture firm and Marianne Birthler, and its theme is “Unbuilding Walls”, a reference to Germany's division and reunification.