20.12.2016 budenheim.com office building, Budenheim – Honorable Mention

In the open architectural competition for the new laboratory and administration building of the Chemical Factory in Budenheim, our office has received an honorable mention.

10.12.2016 New Nursery with Six Groups, Walldorf– Honorable Mention

In the architectural competition for a new nursery with six groups in Walldorf, our office has received an honorable mention.

In collaboration with: herzig architekten, Darmstadt

Exhibition of the competition entries:

Exhibition: 12.12.-16.12.2016
at the town hall second floor, in Nußlocher Straße 45 in 69190 Walldorf

18.07.2016 Geisenheim Campus, Urban Design Competition - 3rd Prize

In the urban design competition for the expansion of the Geisenheim university our office has won the 3rd prize.

In collaboration with: BIERBAUM. AICHELE. landschaftsarchitekten, Mainz (DE), Frankfurt am Main (DE)

Exhibition of the competition entries:

19th – 22nd July & 25th – 29th July, From 11:00 – 14:00
Hochschule Geisenheim University,
von-Lade-Straße 1
65366 Geisenheim
Aula Gebäude 5902

28.07.2016 New Faculty of Industrial Engineering at the University of Würzburg - Schweinfurt – Honorable Mention

In the architectural competition for the new faculty of industrial engineering at the University of Schweinfurt, our office has received an honorable mention.

In collaboration with: herzig architekten, Darmstadt und LATZ RIEHL PARTNER Landschaftsarchitekten, Kassel

Exhibition of the competition entries:

Opening: 01.08.2016 at 17:00
Exhibition: 02.08.-12.08.2016
Mon-Thu 8:30 - 12:00 and 12:30-16:00
Fri 8:30 - 12:00

21.06.2016 Fulda university campus expansion – new construction, conversion and renovation of the former Mill Heyl buildings – Honorable Mention

In the architectural competition for the new construction, conversion and renovation of the heritage-listed buildings of the former Mill Heyl in Fulda University, our office has received an honorable mention for the design of the Nursing and Health Faculty as well as university´s sports facilities.

Exhibition of the competition entries:

June 22nd - 30th: 10:00 – 18:00
July 1st: 10:00 – 13:00
In hall No. 8 on the university campus

02.12.2015 Exhibition of the winning designs of the architectural competition; Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum for Design – „Moving Forward”

On the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the well-known Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum for Design in Berlin an extension building is foreseen which includes exhibition spaces for the Bauhaus collection as well as other various special exhibitions. Therefore, an international architectural competition was held by the state of Berlin.

The exhibition „moving forward" presents the winning designs of this architectural competition at the Bauhaus-Archive / museum for design in Berlin.

(Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum for Design, Klingelhöferstr. 14, 10785 Berlin, Opening: Tuesday, 01 December 2015, 19:00, Duration of the exhibition: from 02.12.2015 to 29.02.2016, daily except Tue, 10:00-17:00)

09.11.2015 The topping out ceremony for the new central library of the Philipps-University of Marburg

Together with political decision-makers, representatives of the Philipps-University, the Hessian construction management and students, the topping out ceremony for the new central library was celebrated today.

In addition to the holdings of the current university library, the new building accommodates the holdings of libraries from humanities and social sciences institutes which are currently distributed throughout the city. In the future, this prominent building with a central atrium will shape the heart of the Firmanei campus.

Photo credits: University of Marburg / Markus Farnung

23.10.2015 Bauhaus-Archiv / museum for design in Berlin - 3rd prize

On the 100th founding anniversary of the Bauhaus, the most important school of architecture and design in the 20th century, the Bauhaus Museum in Berlin will be expanded by a new building to meet the increased demands of a museum with archive function.

The design suggests a structure of three single cubes which are connected by terraced levels to create an overall ensemble with the historic Bauhaus building. The design aims to perpetuate the base idea of the Bauhaus-Archiv, the „promenade architecturale". By elaborating this concept, the lookout platform designed by Gropius is widened towards the plaza and the foyer level of the new museum.

07.05.2015 First spatial impressions of the new central university library, Marburg

The ground work and the structural work in the basement have been completed. The shell construction work of the upper floors is in progress. The edges of the building, the resulting paths and the space between the adjacent building structures are now clearly visible. The atrium in its curved shape and with its openings towards St. Elizabeth's Church and the old botanical garden is already noticeable.

Photo credits: Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Thomas Scheidt

02.01.2015 The demolition work for the second phase of the RheinEnergie headquarters begins

The demolition of the old administrative building has begun in order to prepare the site for the second construction phase of the new RheinEnergie headquarters. This phase completes the overall ensemble of the new headquarters by adding a canteen, operation services, etc.

Starting from the central atrium completed during the 1st construction phase, the communicative intermediate zone will extend to the new buildings of the 2nd phase and then to the lake, thus, connecting the workstations to the common facilities.

15.08.2014 Groundbreaking ceremony for the central university library, Marburg

The infrastructure and demolition work to clear and prepare the building site has been completed. In the presence of political and academic decision-makers the ground was broken for the construction of the new central university library of Marburg.

With approximately 34.600 m2 of gross floor area, the university library will be completed by 2017 as the heart of the Firmanei campus. Located at the crossroads of the historical old town and the heritage protected botanical garden, the new building will reorganize the area with its elongated, doubly bent shape.

From Left: library director Dr. Hubertus Neuhausen, district administrator Kirsten Fründt, mayor Egon Vaupel, finance minister Dr. Thomas Schäfer, university president Prof. Dr. Katharina Krause, minister of science Boris Rhein, director of the Hessen construction management Thomas Platte

Photo credits: press office of the Philipps-University of Marburg / Reinhold Eckstein

13.06.2014 Inauguration of the RheinEnergie headquarters Parkgürtel, Cologne

The first construction phase of the RheinEnergie headquarters with 45.000 m2 is completed. This is the first part of the park-like overall ensemble which includes office spaces, a conference hall and customer center. The communicative middle point and entrance hall form the centrally located, glass-covered atrium.

After 3 years of construction, the new building was inaugurated with 450 guests of honor from the fields of economics, politics, culture and sports and a feast for the employees. 1900 employees of RheinEnergie and their foundations will work in this €140 million project.

95% of the cooling and heating system of the building runs on renewable energies (geo- and solar thermal energy). By the beginning of October 2009, the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) has already awarded RheinEnergie a pre-certification in gold.

24.02.2012 Aerial image of the Rhein-Energie headquarters construction site, Cologne

The construction of the RheinEnergie headquarters is rapidly progressing. In the first construction phase, the structure of the underground level is completed.

The aerial image illustrates the conceptual structure of the building with its curved forms and the opening to the internal connection and communication area, which would be extended towards the lake in the second construction phase.