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Enkime HQ / RHO

Nina Vuga — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Enkime HQ is the new headquarters for one of Europe's leading social media agencies, set within a historic industrial courtyard along the Spree in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The brief called for a workplace that could hold the agency's creator-driven, collaborative culture without falling into the visual language typical of agency offices: glossy, branded, disposable.

Graham Foundation Announces 54 Grants for Individuals Exploring Architecture Through Research and Creative Practice

Reyyan Dogan — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:30:00 +0000

The Graham Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2026 Grants to Individuals program, awarding a total of $506,000 to 54 projects that investigate architecture through exhibitions, films, publications, and research initiatives. Selected from more than 600 submissions to the Foundation's September 2025 application cycle, the grants support work by 86 architects, artists, curators, designers, filmmakers, historians, scholars, and writers, reflecting a broad range of interdisciplinary approaches to the built environment and its cultural, social, and political dimensions.

Unearthing the Ground: Architecture and the Politics of Soil

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000

What architecture leaves in the ground outlasts what it puts in the air. A demolished building disappears from the skyline in a matter of days, but its foundations remain embedded in the soil for generations. The contamination caused by an industrial complex does not clear when the complex is torn down. The legal boundaries inscribed across colonial territory do not dissolve when the colonial administration ends. The ground holds what architecture quickly forgets.

Lew-Tolstoi-School / AFF architekten

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The school complex in the Karlshorst neighbourhood is situated in an area predominantly characterized by a low-density, small-scale building structure consisting mainly of residential buildings. The new building complex of the Lew Tolstoi School is an independent urban building block that, as residential development continues to densify, will be fully surrounded by it. In this respect, the urban planning approach for the school expansion and sports hall focuses on the building complex itself, with the goal of creating an optimally usable outdoor school space with sports areas.

Youth Club NW80 / AFF architekten

Andreas Luco — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Even though young people's leisure time often takes place in a digital parallel universe, this architectural project aims to provide a physical space for them to engage in various activities.

Spore Initiative / AFF architekten

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The "Spore Initiative" is a non-profit foundation that promotes cultural and educational programmes for biocultural diversity. The focus of its work is on communities whose way of life is rooted in a respectful relationship with nature. "Spore" supports these groups in developing cultural tools to preserve, make accessible, and share their specific knowledge.

C1 Workplace / Bruzkus Greenberg

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 11 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The shared amenity spaces at Berlin's C1 office building draw on the warmth and ease of the home office — comfort, domesticity, and informality — while embracing the energy of a shared workplace. Here, social interaction and collective identity unfold within generously scaled furniture and welcoming environments designed to bring people together.

MOM Apartment / J. Mayer H. Architects

Andreas Luco — Sun, 10 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000

MOM transforms a home set within a historic, stately apartment building in Berlin dating from around 1900. At the time of its construction, the building represented a remarkable example of innovative residential design. Each apartment features an individual floor plan, distinguishing it clearly from the standardized housing typologies typical of its era.

Center for Language and Movement / AFF architekten

Andreas Luco — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The Center for Language and Movement serves as a cultural landmark and distinctive address on the Efeuweg campus promenade, a school campus in Berlin's Neukölln district. It mediates between the large-scale public buildings of Gropiusstadt and the small-scale residential development of the surrounding area. The design is based on a variation of the gable form and develops a sculptural, narrative roof landscape – a place of language and movement interpreted spatially.

DAM Preis 2026 Awarded to Peter Grundmann Architekten for the ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics in Berlin

Antonia Piñeiro — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:30:00 +0000

The 20th edition of the DAM Preis 2026 has been awarded to Peter Grundmann Architekten for the ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics, an adaptive reuse project in Berlin, Germany. The project transforms a former single-story warehouse at a freight station in Berlin-Moabit into a cultural meeting place. The jury recognized the practice's transformative approach, highlighting the use of an above-average amount of manual labor and a modest budget to encase the existing hall in a lightweight steel-and-glass structure and add an additional floor. Developed in close collaboration with the non-profit association KUNSTrePUBLIK e. V., the project supports a wide-ranging public program established at the former freight station since 2012, including exhibitions, performances, artist residencies, repair workshops, neighborhood markets, and public viewings. Peter Grundmann Architekten was selected through a Europe-wide tender process and commissioned to build the acclaimed extension in 2019.

OneTwoHouse / rundzwei Architekten

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The OneTwoHouse (German: EinZweiHaus) is a residential building whose exterior form creates an optical illusion: Although it appears to be a semi-detached house, it is in fact a single-family home. The staggered volumes and symmetrical façade create the impression of two separate units that are, however, united under one roof.

LES Eventspace / RHO

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0000

LES, a project by Berlin-based studio RHO, is a versatile event location situated on an industrial campus in North Berlin. This 400-square-meter space is a dynamic environment that easily transforms from a campus canteen during the day to a corporate event location in the evening, meeting the varied needs of guests and the campus community. The design of LES is inspired by its industrial surroundings and combines functionality with contemporary materials and forms. The inclusion of a fully equipped kitchen on the underground level is a key aspect of the concept, with its design elements subtly reflecting the aesthetics of food production.

Conversion of an Old Locksmith Shop / ALAS Alarcon Linde Architects

Valeria Silva — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The many lives of a building. This 1931 building located in the Berliner neighborhood of Neukölln was born as a set of garages to then become an art warehouse and exhibition hall, later a locksmith shop, and finally to fall into disuse until a small group of artists and creatives acquired it in 2018 to convert it into workshops and apartments for their own use.

The Blue Box / Bruzkus Greenberg

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

When the clients found the rooftop apartment in Prenzlauer Berg, the thing they liked the most about it was how the wind blew over the roofs from one side of the apartment to the other when all the doors to each of the rooms were open. There were a lot of walls making a lot of small spaces that were cut off from each other.

Greenkamp House / atelier st

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:55:00 +0000

In the west of Berlin, nestled between the historic Grunewald forest and the old AVUS route, lies the Eichkamp estate, designed by Bruno Taut - a residential neighborhood that was conceived as a forest estate in the early 1920s. The plot is one of the last undeveloped plots in this unique ensemble. The special character of the estate, characterized by old deciduous trees, small detached houses, and an almost village-like atmosphere, despite its proximity to the ICC, can still be clearly felt here. The immediate neighborhood is heterogeneous, combining public buildings such as daycare centers and schools with private single-family homes from different eras. A new residential building has been created in this evolved context, which blends in respectfully and only catches the eye at second glance.

Graftlab / GRAFT

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

GRAFTLAB was conceived as a laboratory for modern working environments within the creative industry and fosters new collaborative formats through a focus on flexibility and cooperation. Located in the heart of Berlin, its open, transparent design represents the significance the creative sector plays in the city.

B-One Office Building / CF Møller

Andreas Luco — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

The new Berlin Hyp Office Building, named "B-One," represents forward-thinking, climate-friendly corporate architecture at the gateway to Berlin's City-West district. Designed by C.F. Møller Architects, this 11-story building demonstrates environmental responsibility while establishing an architectural reference point at the intersection of Landwehrkanal and Corneliusbrücke.

Center for Art and Urbanistics / Peter Grundmann Architekten

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 03:00:00 +0000

The ZKU, Center for Art and Urbanistics, was established in 2012 with the conversion of a former freight station in Berlin Moabit. Its highly diverse program includes not only art, urban research, and various music events but also urban strategies, lectures, cinema, neighborhood markets, and much more. The available space soon became insufficient for the growing range of activities.