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Elias Baumgarten | 04.11.2024

Insight

With the exhibition Soft Power - Making Cities the Brussels Way, on view at Basel's Swiss Architecture Museum (S AM) until March 16, 2025, S AM declares Belgium's architectural culture to be a role model. But what does Brussels have over Switzerland?


Katinka Corts | 18.12.2023

Insight

Variations on our reality are currently on display at the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel. The curators of “What if” have given a stage to entries from architectural competitions that will never be realized. It is a look into the past that is sad, albeit briefly, but with positive...


John Hill | 07.08.2020

Found

Under the Radar opened at S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel in November 2019, when it was meant to run until March 15, 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic closed museums around the world. After reopening in May, S AM has extended the timely exhibition until the end of August.


John Hill | 27.05.2020

Film

Every Friday the Swiss Architecture Museum is holding "S AM Calls," in which S AM director Andreas Ruby talks with architects, urbanists, and others about the significance of the "coronavirus condition" on architecture and cities.


John Hill | 16.05.2019

Products

Flare of Frankfurt is a mixed-use development completed last year in the center of Frankfurt am Main. Hadi Teherani Architects' use of Neolith sintered stone for the facades makes the project stand out in its context while also expressing its constituent parts.


Martina Metzner | 23.01.2019

Specials

At Heimtextil 2019, the focus of the extended range of contract textiles geared to architects was on acoustically effective fabrics.


Martina Metzner | 19.11.2018

Specials

The new Hall 12 brought about a complete restructuring of the Heimtextil trade fair in Frankfurt; the range of products presented under Interior.Architecture.Hospitality is significantly expanded.


Thomas Geuder | 12.04.2018

Specials

For six days, the gates in Frankfurt am Main were once again open for players in the fields of lighting, electrical engineering as well as home and building automation. It was six fabulous days that caused satisfaction among almost all visitors and exhibitors. This is not least due to digital...


Christian Bauer & Associés | 02.03.2018

Works

Stadthaus am Markt is the construction of a museum in the historic center of Frankfurt integrating archeological excavations, as well as an architectural re-interpretation of old town houses.


Thomas Geuder | 23.02.2018

Specials

Finally, it's time again: The Light + Building trade fair will open its gates from 18 to 23 March 2018. This time it has in store: the trade fair motto "Connected - Secure - Convenient". The world's leading trade fair for lighting and building services technology thus...


Thomas Geuder | 03.04.2017

Insight

Over five days we battled our way through the ISH trade fair jungle and found much to be stimulated by. Along with the digitalization of buildings, the sanitary and heating sector is increasingly changing – and is looking for answers to the questions of our time. Our review of the trade fair.


John Hill, Thomas Geuder | 27.03.2017

Products

The Mainzer Landstraße, a major roadway in Frankfurt am Main, has been characterized by some pretty sober commercial architecture. A new eight-story office building designed by TEK TO NIK Architekten features a complex natural stone façade that adds some movement to the street.


schneider+schumacher | 23.01.2017

Works

Even from far away, the new sculpture in the office complex “die welle” draws attention to itself, inviting further exploration. It is an attraction that promotes the urban integration of the office complex within the adjacent inner city district.


John Hill | 02.11.2016

Headlines

The 450-foot-tall "courtscraper" designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group for The Durst Organization on Manhattan's West Side has won the 2016 International Highrise Award, the biennial award given by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum,...


Thomas Geuder | 30.03.2016

Insight

Light+Building, the internationally most important trade fair for lighting and building services technologies is over. We have found many new things, discovered several unexpected products, missed expected solutions and, every now and then, we also learned something new. Our trade fair...


John Hill | 29.03.2016

Headlines

The Dutch architecture firm won with a proposal for a mixed-use development with offices, apartments, hotels, retail, restaurants and public open spaces.


John Hill | 28.05.2015

Headlines

Grüntuch Ernst Architekten has been named the first-prize winner in a competition to design the Porsche Design Tower, a new apartment building in Frankfurt.