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Herzog & de Meuron unveils revised design for Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin

October 19, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has released renders of its updated plans for the Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin. The studio led by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron presented its revised designs for the art museum – set to be built alongside the Mies van der Rohe-designed Neue Nationalgalerie – to the public

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New Tendency overhauls East German radio centre to create Red Bull music studios

October 17, 2018 Trudie Carter 0

Berlin-based design studio New Tendency has updated a GDR era broadcast building to create a temporary workspace for participants enrolled in Red Bull’s music academy scheme. New Tendency updated Berlin’s Funkhaus, a former broadcasting centre for the German Democratic Republic (GDR) built in the 1950s by Bauhaus alumnus Franz Ehrlic, to host the annual Red Bull

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This Small Prefabricated Cabin Is Designed To Be Placed Anywhere

September 3, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Cabin Spacey A team of designers have created Cabin Spacey, a small urban cabin in Berlin, Germany, that offers an alternative to typical rental apartments, and can be placed on an unused roof, urban wasteland, or parking lot. The prototype, which is currently on the ground so people can view it easily, measures […]

Berlin’s Hermannstrasse station to trial anxiety-inducing music in bid to reduce crime

August 21, 2018 India Block 0

Germany’s national rail operator has announced plans to play atonal music in a Berlin station, in an attempt to deter criminal activity. According to local paper Tagesspiegel, Deutsche Bahn plans to experiment with playing music at different volumes in Hermannstrasse station, to judge its effectiveness at driving away loiterers without upsetting passengers. “Few people find it beautiful —

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Batek Architekten create gallery-like backdrop for Zalando beauty store in Berlin

August 17, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

German practice Batek Architekten combined pale surfaces with concrete and steel accents to draw customer’s attention to the products on offer in this beauty store in central Berlin. The shop is located close to the city’s busy Hackescher Markt square and is Zalando’s first bricks-and-mortar store – the brand previously sold high-street fashion, shoes and

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Berlin restaurant LA Poke takes its cues from Hockney painting A Bigger Splash

July 9, 2018 Natashah Hitti 0

The forms and colours of a David Hockney painting are referenced in this Berlin poke restaurant, designed by Ester Bruzkus Architekten to feel “as relaxed as a day at a California pool”. LA Poke, which serves Hawaiian-style Poke Bowls, is based on Hockney’s 1967 painting A Bigger Splash, which depicts a splash in the swimming pool beside

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Berlin housing scheme designed with zig-zag facade

June 18, 2018 India Block 0

David Kohn Architects and Nord Studio have won a competition to design a residential block in Berlin with a zig-zag profiled facade. London-based David Kohn Architects and Berlin-based Nord Studio collaborated on a design for Lützowufer Berlin, which draws inspiration from the links between German and British architectural culture. The 75-home apartment block, for developer Euroboden, will

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Le Corbusier’s interior realised by Philipp Mohr at Unité d’Habitation in Berlin

June 18, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

The interior of an apartment in Berlin’s Unité d’Habitation has been refurbished by German-American architect Philipp Mohr to Le Corbusier’s original plans. Mohr, who had been a fan of the influential architect since he attended a retrospective exhibition as a teenager in the 1980s, purchased the apartment in 2016 with the intention of refurbishing and selling it. When

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Frank Gehry’s plans for Berlin’s tallest skyscraper put on hold

May 3, 2018 India Block 0

Plans for a 150-metre-tall skyscraper in Berlin designed by Frank Gehry have been put on hold due to safety issues with subway stations below the site. Gehry Partners won a competition in 2014 to design the Hines-Hochhaus tower for international real-estate firm Hines. It was expected to become the tallest building in the German city. But

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Julian Rosefeldt celebrates “anti-architecture” in new movie Manifesto

November 28, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

Filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt transforms German industrial landmarks into “alienated places” for his latest film, which sees actor Cate Blanchett take on 13 personas while reciting art declarations. Rosenfeldt, a German artist and former architect, first presented Manifesto in 2015 as a multi-screen gallery installation. He has now expanded the project into a film, which was shot almost exclusively in

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