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Lombard Odier New Headquarters / Herzog & de Meuron

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Located on the shore of Lake Geneva, the new Lombard Odier 'One Roof' headquarters brings together 2,000 employees previously dispersed across six sites in Geneva, while offering capacity for up to 2,600. The new building embraces transparency and flexibility through a design guided by two main principles: maximizing the perception of the natural surroundings and creating interior spaces that foster collaboration. One Roof is situated in Bellevue, north of Geneva's city center, as part of the 2017 Champ-du-Château masterplan, which includes a large housing complex, a park, and underground car and bike parking. The surrounding area is characterized by its residential nature and abundant green spaces, with proximity to both the botanical gardens and the Quartier des Nations, home to several international organizations. The site offers excellent connectivity through public transportation and links to an extensive bicycle network.

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.

IGZ Campus Falkenberg / J. Mayer H. Architects

Valeria Silva — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

The completion of IGZ’s new main building on its extended campus is a significant step for the software company’s own economic positioning, as well as part of larger regional efforts to increase employment opportunities in rural areas. IGZ is a fast-growing company in IT logistics and Industry 4.0: part of the digital boom we have experienced since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the growing possibilities for innovative developments, fostered by European financial and economic support. What is more, the infrastructural measures put forward by individual municipalities to maintain and create jobs have an impact on the entire Upper Palatinate region. For these reasons, sustainable and innovative planning and construction were the centerpieces of the new IGZ Campus module in Falkenberg.

WAVE Residential Complex / GRAFT

Paula Pintos — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The design for the ensemble provides public access to the riverside zone along the Spree. “Wave” not only incorporates the waterfront path but also orients the building to the south overlooking the water with spacious courtyard gardens and yacht-like balconies. By facing out over the water towards the iconic “Molecule Men” landmark, it avoids the typical inward-looking hermetic privacy of many projects. At its centre, the riverside path widens to form a small square together with gardens and a jetty alongside the Spreepromenade.

Paragon Apartments / GRAFT

Andreas Luco — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0000

The Paragon Apartments lie north-east of the intersection of Prenzlauer Allee and Danzinger Strasse, between the dense block developments at Kollwitzplatz and Helmholzplatz and the open residential district bordering to the east. The new quarters, with 217 premium rental apartments, a kindergarten, a café and an organic supermarket, mediates between the urban qualities of the Prenzlauer Berg district and the adjacent park-like surroundings.

Kantini in Bikini Berlin / Studio Aisslinger

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 01:00:00 +0000

BIKINI Concept Shopping Mall has a new pulsating heart pumping bright colour through its system: KANTINI, Europe’s first Design Food Court. Modern, easy-going and witty. These three adjectives characterise the city of Berlin as well as BIKINI’s architecture and lay the groundwork for the inspiration behind KANTINI’s design.

Reception Area of the Schaubühne Berlin / Barkow Leibinger

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 01:00:00 +0000

Since 1981, Schaubühne Berlin has been housed on Lehniner Platz. The building, with its distinctive rounded façade, was erected as part of architect Erich Mendelsohn’s “WOGA- Complex” in 1928. After a lively, 90 - year long history seeing a variety of uses and numerous conversions, in the spring of 2018 the reception area of the now listed building underwent a redesign and expansion: following plans by Barkow Leibinger, a generous new box office has been created on the site of the former “Universum Lounge”. The ticket booth that previously occupied the foyer has been opened up bringing a bar to the reception area.

Messe Frankfurt – Tor Nord / Ingo Schrader Architekt

Cristian Aguilar — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The German Design Council has announced the Tor Nord on the premises of the Messe Frankfurt as winning project of the 2014 Iconic Awards.

Milan Expo 2015: X-TU Designs Latticed “Fertile Market” for French Pavilion

Karissa Rosenfield — Thu, 01 May 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Paris-based X-TU has envisioned a more cohesive, sustainable market where food is not only grown and harvested, but sold and consumed on the spot. Serving as the French pavilion for the 2015 Milan Expo, X-TU’s competition-winning scheme will celebrate the country’s “rich genetic heritage” and future in innovative food production with a timber “fertile market” that supports the growth of the produce it sells.

Archaeological Pavilion / kadawittfeldarchitektur

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

In the heart of Aachen, within view of its famed cathedral, is the city’s most beloved innercity park, the Elisen Garden. During extensive archeological excavations amazing discoveries were made: spanning from the Neolithic period (4700 BC) to the high and late Middle Ages (ca. 910-1500) there is evidence of all essential periods of the history of settlement in Aachen from the birth of Christ to the present.

Q1, ThyssenKrupp Quarter Essen / JSWD Architekten + Chaix & Morel et Associés

Sebastian Jordana — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:01:00 +0000

Announcing its return to Essen, the principal, ThyssenKrupp AG, clearly turns its attention to the region where the technology giant has its roots. The company continues to write its history on the grounds of the former Fried. Krupp cast iron factory from 1811. Typologically, the new quarter follows the idea of campus architecture, an ensemble of various individual buildings on a “green carpet” with trees, connecting paths and small squares. Expectations were focused on a structure that would flexibly react to changes within the company. The Q1 building is the readily noticeable accent at the centre of the structure-providing main water axis.

Zoo/Flora Rail Station / RÜBSAMEN+PARTNER

Sebastian Jordana — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The light rail station Zoo / Flora defines a place with high recreational and tourism frequency relevance. The bus stop is undeveloped barrier-free. The structural substance of the inventory is getting old.