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Ute-Strittmatter-Strasse — Collective Living in Freiham / 03 Arch. + ENEFF Architekten + Illiz Architektur + Westner Schührer Zöhrer

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The Freiham district is not only Munich's newest urban expansion but also currently the largest new development area in Europe. In the long term, around 25,000 people are expected to live here on an area of 350 hectares. Because the land remains in the city's possession, it was able to grant the plots in sections to municipal developers, cooperatives, and building associations under hereditary building rights.

Ursulastrasse 6 / Studio Mark Randel + David Chipperfield

Valeria Silva — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000

In a tranquil residential street in the Munich district of Altschwabing, between the Münchner Freiheit and the englischer Garten, our client purchased a property with an atypical, lowrise 1920s building, with a view to developing a new apartment block. Even if the quarter and its demographics have changed significantly in recent decades, Schwabing still holds onto an artistic and free-thinking atmosphere. The quarter is vibrant with pubs, local and international eateries, cinemas, galleries, long-established theatres, day-care centers, and schools.

Bestsecret Office / HENN + LRO GmbH & Co. KG Freie Architekten BDA

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Bestsecret, an online members-only club for luxury fashion, adds an office in the center of the Bavarian capital to its new headquarters in the Munich area. HENN translated the company's identity as a platform for curated luxury brands into a corresponding interior design, creating a place that strengthens the brand's identity while providing a pleasant, modern work environment for about 125 employees.

The Resilient House Multi-Generational Housing / etal.

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 24 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The multi-generational house with communal forms of living was realized for and with a "Baugruppe" (a group of people who commission their own housing development, here: together with the "Mietshäuser Syndikat"- https://www.syndikat.org) in Munich, with the aim of providing long-term affordable, self-managed rental housing. Through a concept selection process, the group was selected by the city to lease the land for the next 80 years. This marks the first new construction project of the Mietshäuser Syndikat in Munich. The building is a socially subsidized residential project under the "München Modell-Genossenschaften" funding model. The cooperative planning process was facilitated by the architectural office etal. All decisions by the group were reached through a consensus-based approach.

Sportarena Olympiapark Munich SAP Garden / 3XN

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 03:00:00 +0000

3XN completes SAP Garden, a new arena in Munich's Olympic Park - SAP Garden celebrates its opening on 27 September 2024. The project echoes the same democratic ideals as its historic surroundings, uniting sports and the local community in a state-of-the-art sports arena. Built on the site of the former Olympic Velodrome and with Frei Otto and Günther Behnisch's iconic Olympic Stadium as its neighbor, the new SAP Garden arena is informed by the legacy of its location and surroundings. The 62,500m² arena project is designed by 3XN in collaboration with CL MAP and landscape architects Latz + Partner for client Red Bull. "We are pleased to be opening the new SAP Garden arena, marking a new era for sport in the city of Munich," says Jan Ammundsen, Senior Partner at 3XN. "The project has been a meaningful opportunity for us to extend the architectural legacy of the Olympic Park. It was important for our design to fit the modern sports facility into the existing, historic Olympic Park in a seamless way. We hope that it will become a focal point that gathers locals to experience and take part in sports." The sports arena is the new home of ice hockey team EHC Red Bull Munich and basketball team Bayern Munich while three additional ice rinks serve as training and public facilities. The bowl can gather up to 10,700 spectators for ice hockey and 11,500 for basketball. Beyond the sports facilities, the arena offers three levels of VIP areas, merchandise shops, a large restaurant, a gaming room, offices and conference rooms, a parking garage, and a public rooftop terrace.

Campana del Rey Rum Bar / Buero Wagner

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0000

The small rum bar Campana del Rey is located in the heart of Munich's old town on the second basement floor of a small residential building. The vaulted cellar probably dates back to the 16th century. The upper floors have undergone several phases of conversion.

iCampus Rhenania / HENN

Paula Pintos — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000

In the new Werksviertel located in the east of Munich, where mashed potatoes, motorcycles and men’s suits were once manufactured and party people were out and about in Kunstpark Ost and Kultfabrik, a new urban neighborhood providing a high level of social diversity is currently under construction. Prominently situated with a view opening towards the Ostbahnhof station, the striking iCampus Rhenania complex of office buildings invites passersby into the neighborhood.

Münchner Volkstheater / LRO GmbH & Co. KG Freie Architekten BDA

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 03:00:00 +0000

On the former site of the slaughterhouse and stockyard of Munich, a new urban quarter is developing, with the Volkstheater in its center. The brick façade echoes the materiality of the surrounding old buildings.

House of Communication / HENN

Paula Pintos — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000

The House of Communication for the Serviceplan Group creates a distinctive spatial identity for the world's largest owner-managed agency group for innovative communication, rooted in the company’s ideals of openness and collaboration. Connecting three separate buildings via bridges, the design concept brings together 40 different agencies and 1,700 employees under one roof on the iCampus, a new innovation district near Munich's Ostbahnhof, developed by R&S Immobilienmanagement. HENN devised the headquarters as a small city, a concept known as office urbanism. Like a city, the House of Communication includes spaces to meet, eat, and relax, alongside meeting rooms and individual work areas.

Confessionals for St. Michael / kunze seeholzer architekten

Andreas Luco — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000

One of the most important churches in Munich got new confessionals. The Jesuit Church of St. Michael in the old town of Munich, built between 1583 and 1597, is dedicated to Archangel Michael and is stylistically at the transition from Renaissance to Baroque. Many building ideas were adopted from "II Gesù", the Roman mother church of the Jesuits. The Munich "Michaelskirche" became a model for many baroque churches in German-speaking countries. St. Michael was also the spiritual center of the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria.

Oertelplatz Square / Pool Leber Architekten

Paula Pintos — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Oertelplatz, a square in the Allach area of Munich, is a new development providing the quarter with a new urban heart and transportation centre. Bordered to the east by the railway and an industrial area, to the south by a new commercial mall, and to the other sides by smaller residential buildings, Oertelplatz is divided into two separate areas. To the south, the urban square functions as a marketplace, with terraces for cafés and restaurants, and as a meeting place next to the fountain or under the trees.

M8 Work & Create / Oliv Architekten

Valeria Silva — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

The M8 office building (Mühldorfstrasse 8) is located in the east of Munich on the edge of the dynamic Werksviertel. Its location in the second row to Friedenstrasse and the uniform postmodern architecture close to the site, the new building represents a striking counterpoint. The aim was to create an office building with a high level of design and flexibility, functionally designed for a single user or several different users. Flexibility in use, timeless aesthetics, and the latest technical achievements are the basis for a building's long life cycle. With the M8, the main focus was on the balance between economic and ecological sustainability.

European School Munich / léonwohlhage Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH

Valeria Silva — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000

Primary school with a canteen, library, sports hall and daycare centre. The previous location in Neuperlach had become too small due to the increasing numbers of children. Thus, in the south of Munich, at the Fasangarten commuter railway station, a new building was constructed for the primary school classes, including a nursery and a sports hall.

Peak Office Building / Oliv Architekten

María Francisca González — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000

PEAK – a combination of new and existing architecture. Architecture faces a challenge nowadays, rare building sites, outdated structures and the necessity to act ecological and economical.

Wohnen ohne Auto / Pool Leber Architekten

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Wohnen ohne Auto (literally “Living without a car”) is a co-housing project, developed in a process of participatory design with a community of future residents. The project features a series of strategies which aim is to minimize the superfluous, to estabilish a collective attitude towards sharing and to facilitate in general a more sustainable behaviour.

Nove / ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:00:00 +0000

NOVE is a 7/10-story office building in the center of Munich in the privileged new area of Arnulfpark, 10 minutes from the central station and close to the major points of interest in the city. On a floor area of 27,500 sqm, the building provides space for 1,300 jobs. The building is planned primarily for office use. On the ground floor, this is complemented by a restaurant and bar, shops/showrooms and conference areas. Two large patios are available to all users of the building: one with water features and informal meeting areas and one which creates a more contemplative and calm atmosphere, following the design of Enzo Enea. A penthouse level offers special office-areas with terraces and roof gardens. The building is topped with a vegetated green roof.

I Will Be With You, Whatever / Studio Morison

Rayen Sagredo — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 09:00:00 +0000

For their 25-year anniversary, the Munich street magazine BISS presents a pavilion at Wittelsbacherplatz in the heart of Munich. Studio Morison have created the work I Will Be With You, Whatever that is displayed around the equestrian statue of Maximilian I (1573–1651) in the centre of the square. BISS is a journal venture, assisting citizens in social difficulties to help themselves. The magazine is sold by poor, ill and homeless people. The association relies on work as key to integration and has 51 of its c. 100 vendors permanently employed.

KAAN Architecten Designs New Facades For Munich's iCampus

Lindsey Leardi — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Netherlands based KAAN Architecten won R&S Realty II’s competition to design three office building facades for Munich’s new iCampus. Located in the Werksviertel district, the project adds a contemporary layer to this creative, industrial neighborhood.