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Gott Apartment Building / Amunt Martenson + heramarte

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Located in the inner courtyard of an early 20th-century apartment building, the project contributes to the contemporary condition of densifying the city from within. Positioned in a hidden, inner urban courtyard, the project reinterprets the traditional European Stadthaus, introducing a form of living that balances density, sustainability, and spatial quality.

Bridge Municipal Hospital Karlsruhe / caspar.

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital has planned a new helipad and connecting bridge between the landing site, hospital, and Helios Clinic across the road. In 2020, we collaborated with Werner Sobek on the bridge design competition, impressing with our aesthetics and high functionality.

TerraTimber / Professorship for Digital Design & Fabrication (DDF) + Professorship Design of Structures (dos) + Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0000

TerraTimber introduces an innovative method for the digital upcycling of waste wood to create circular construction systems enabling the sustainable transformation of reclaimed materials into structural elements. This approach utilizes computational tools and Augmented Reality (AR) fabrication processes to manage the complexity of diverse, non-standard waste wood materials. Starting from the generation of digital inventories through image processing, the wood pieces are then computationally assembled into large structural elements, which are finally physically assembled with nails made of wood and with the aid of AR. Earth is integrated to form a hybrid material system, enabling the construction of sustainable floor slabs from natural and recyclable materials.

Light Rail Tunnel Karlsruhe / allmannwappner

Andreas Luco — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Like a common thread winding its way below ground, our new uniform design ties together the seven light rail stations in downtown Karlsruhe relocated underground. The design is understated, giving a certain potency and poetry to the spaces and providing a contrast to the visual and auditory overload of the busy pedestrian area overhead.

Bicycle Parking Main Station Karlsruhe / TAFKAL

Andreas Luco — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Winds of change – turning a parking garage into a biking garage. Re-use of a carparking garage at the main station of Karlsruhe, Germany, into a garage for biking commuters. The Area south of the main station of Karlsruhe has been abandoned for many years now. In the early nineties, Rem Koolhaas had the commission for his first mayor building, the to-be-internationally-renowned ZKM, a museum for digital art and media. But, after years of discussing and arguing, the city of Karlsruhe pulled back from the project and opened the ZKM at another spot – without Rem. For the past 25 years, the area was reserved for cars and busses, adding the needed infrastructure for individuals coming to the main station.

MVRDV Wins Competition to Design the Masterplan of the Ettlinger Tor Area in Karlsruhe, Germany

Christele Harrouk — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:30:00 +0000

Proposing a reflective “floating garden” to counterpoint the existing absolutist castle, MVRDV has won the competition for the masterplan of the Ettlinger Tor area in Karlsruhe, Germany, taking joint-first place alongside Max Dudler Architekten. Inspired by the historical fabric of the city, the project imagines a new composition, blurring divisions, and bringing more greenery to the area.

FUX Center / Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel Architekten

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Located to the east of the area Alter Schlachthof, FUX is adjacent to Messplatz in Karlsruhe, which is a square that is used throughout the year for various festivals and events. The new building has been designed in accordance with the strict specifications of the development plan and makes constructive use of the information provided in the "Gestaltungshandbuch (design guideline) Alter Schlachthof".

Zaha Hadid Architects' Light Projection Show Transforms 18th Century Baroque Palace in Germany

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0000

An 18th century baroque palace in Karlsruhe, Germany has become the canvas for a dazzling light mapping projection in the latest project by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Zaha Hadid Architects to Project Augmented Reality Light Show onto Karlsruhe Castle at 2017 Schlosslichtspiele Festival

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Zaha Hadid Architects, collaborating with digital artists and computer science researchers Andy Lomas and Mubbasir Kapadia, have been selected to create a projection mapping light show at the 2017 Schlosslichtspiele Festival in Karlsruhe, Germany. Titled ‘Behaviour Morphe,’ the dynamic light display will be projected onto the city’s 18th century baroque palace, simulating how users move throughout and interact with the building’s interior spaces.

Institute of Mathematics - University of Karlsruhe / Ingenhoven Architects

Florencia Mena — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:00:00 +0000

The Center of Mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe was built in 1964 and needed to be refurbished both architecturally and energetically. Located close to the historic center and due to its location on the edge of the university campus the building works as “showcase” of the university to the city. The rectangular, five-storey building encloses an elevated mezzanine patio, open to the east and west on ground floor.

Germany’s Karlsruhe Palace Becomes the Backdrop for this Stunning Video Mapping Project

Romullo Baratto — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:00:00 +0000

The ruestungsschmie.de architectural collective has shared with us their latest video mapping project on the façade of the Karlsruhe Palace in Karlsruhe, Germany. Designed to celebrate the city’s 300-year anniversary, the projection illuminates all 300 meters of the building’s façade.

An Entire House is “Pulled by the Roots” in Leandro Erlich’s Latest Exhibition

Eric Oh — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 06:00:00 +0000

Argentine artist Leandro Erlich has created “Pulled by the Roots” – a massive construction crane carrying an entire house mid-air over the Karlsruhe Market Place in Karlsruhe, Germany. With a root system dangling from beneath it, the house takes its title literally. Read more about this sculpture installation after the break.

Superstudio- and Lebbeus Woods-Inspired Projections Light Up the Karlsruhe Palace

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:17:00 +0000

As part of the ongoing festivities celebrating Karlsruhe's 300th anniversary (KA300), the German city's central palace is being illuminated nightly with projections inspired by Italian 70s architecture group Superstudio and Lebbeus Woods. The elaborate installation, the Schlosslichtspiele is showcasing the work of nine prominent artists and artist groups - all of whom uniquely explore the "depths and shallows" of the Karlsruhe Palace with their visual art.

Pavilion for the City Jubilee / J. Mayer H. Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:00:00 +0000

June 20th, 2015 marked the opening of the KA300 Pavilion in Karlsruhe, designed by J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten. To celebrate the three-hundred year anniversary of the founding of the city of Karlsruhe, this temporary event pavilion was erected in the city's Schlossgarten.

Fichte-Gymnasium Grammar School / netzwerkarchitekten

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:00:00 +0000

Like the main building, the extension of the Fichte-Gymnasium forms part of the block-edge on Sophienstraße respecting the urban eaves line. The new building concept translates the motions and activities of the internal school activities into the layers and plasticity of the façade design. In the street façade, ribbon windows with coloured internal glazing interact with framed casement windows picking up and interpreting the theme of the perforated façades of the Wilhelminian buildings along the Sophienstraße. To this end, the façade is covered with a “glass skin”, smoothing its plasticity facing the public space.

J. Mayer H. Chosen to Design Karlsruhe's Anniversary Pavilion

Andrew Gipe — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

In a design competition hosted by the German city of Jubilee, J. Mayer H. Architects and Rubner Holzbau have won the commission for a temporary event pavilion which will be erected in Castle Park in March of 2015 to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the founding of the city of Karlsruhe.

Glazed Software Factory Winning Proposal / HENN

Alison Furuto — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Developed for the architectural competition organized by real estate company, STI Immobilienmanagement, HENN's design for the Glazed Software Factory was just announced as the winning proposal. The company's new office building, located in Karlsruhe, consists of open, transparent spatial structures allowing for a varying range of office types. This strategy combines areas of communication and concentration with one another to provide a bright and diverse working environment for customers and staff. More images and architects' description after the break.

Primary School in Karlsruhe / wulf architekten

Jonathan Alarcón — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Protestant primary school with sports hall in Karlsruhe was completed in April 2013, after building work lasting for a good year. The school ensemble is immediately adjacent to residential buildings, an old peoples’ home, technical college, kindergarten and church, and represents a new and important urban building block for north-west Karlsruhe.