Springer's Blog Posts Tagged 'Germany' (8)

The starting point of this project came from the ongoing conflict over one of the most attractive pieces of fallow land in Berlin: the Spree riversides located between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.  Drawing on the spatial partitioning strategy of a Voroni diagram, elements from differing social demands…

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Located on the research campus of the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, the Centre for Virtual Engineering (ZVE) specializes in the investigation of different multidisciplinary work flows. …

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The imposing Cottbus Library has an amoeba-like footprint and a glazed glass façade that is covered in repetitive white text and images.  The neutral-colored approach is…

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A concept home by the students of the Institute of Structural Design at the University of Karlsruhe, Roll It is another creative exploration of flexible, space saving housing.  The draft was part of a design competition in collaboration…

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The Jewish Community Center in Mainz, Germany was designed by Manuel Hertz Architects.  Hertz notes that Judaism has never developed a strong architectural tradition, so the building’s form is an…

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Constructed this year in Munich, Germany, the Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space was designed for experimental performances held by the Bavarian State Opera. Created by Coop Himmelb(l)au, it seats 300 - or holds 700 for standing spectators - and is dis-mountable, transportable, and re-mountable. To abstract music into spatial… Continue

On April 25th of this year 500 liters of waterbased environmentally-friendly paint were dumped in the intersection of Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin, Germany. A different color was spilled at each traffic light: chimney red, purple violet, cyan blue, and lemon yellow. From there, the vehicular traffic supplied the "brushstrokes" that brought the image together. For months citizens wondered whether it was artwork or a guerilla advertising campaign.… Continue

Say that name three times fast. Of course, if you speak German, it's probably easy. :)



Elbphilharmonie is a new glass-clad concert house in Hamburg, Germany built atop Kaispeicher A, an historic redbrick warehouse built in 1963 by the late Hamburg architect Werner Kallmorgen.… Continue