Promotion: over 35,000 visitors gathered in cities across Germany's Frankfurt RheinMain region for Open – Design Week 2026, which spotlighted how design shapes everyday lives. More about Frankfurt RheinMain hosts festival of creative events for Open – Design Week
Munich-based architecture firm Holzrausch has completed a two-storey extension to a penthouse in Frankfurt, featuring open-plan living spaces that connect with a roof terrace overlooking the city. More about Holzrausch designs Frankfurt penthouse as a "roof garden in the middle of the city"
Promotion: Chinese lighting brand OLL made its international debut at the Light + Building fair in Frankfurt, featuring a display pavilion by architecture practice OMA with a cloud-like appearance. More about OMA-designed installation forms backdrop for OLL lighting showcase
Interior design studio Jolie has completed The Nest restaurant with lime-wash walls and natural materials that is designed to be relocated in five years time. More about Jolie creates temporary restaurant with "aesthetic and sensory" materials in Frankfurt
British architectural photographer Marc Goodwin provides a look into architecture studios in Frankfurt in the second edition of his three-part series documenting architectural offices in Germany. More about Photographer Marc Goodwin captures eight Frankfurt architecture studios
A collection of 300 pieces of gold bullion has been lit up and displayed in a room with two-way mirrored glass by German practice Pfarré Lighting Design. More about Pfarré Lighting Design uses two-way mirrors and LED screens to display gold bullion
Frankfurt's Light + Building has become the latest design fair to be postponed over coronavirus fears, and will now take place in September instead of March. More about Light + Building fair postponed to September due to coronavirus
A restaurant has opened in Frankfurt that combines the classic styling of a French brasserie with contemporary artworks and rich textiles. More about Le Petit Royal Frankfurt is a modern take on the traditional brasserie
In our latest competition, we're offering our readers the chance to stay at the Ameron Frankfurt Neckarvillen Boutique hotel, which occupies a series of historic buildings at the heart of the German city's centre. More about Competition: win a three-night stay at the Ameron Frankfurt Neckarvillen Boutique hotel
In our latest competition, we've teamed up with Lindley Lindenberg to offer readers the chance to win a three-night stay at the newly opened hotel in Frankfurt. More about Competition: win a three-night stay at Lindley Lindenberg in Frankfurt
Mecanoo has released visuals of Frankfurt Grand Central, a residential complex in Frankfurt, Germany, that will feature a copper-coloured tower. More about Mecanoo designs copper-coloured tower alongside Frankfurt station
Frankfurt is bidding to woo banks from London by building dozens of new high-rise towers by architects including BIG, UNStudio and Ole Scheeren. More about Frankfurt embarks on Brexit building boom with new high-rises by BIG, UNStudio and more
Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans for his first project in Europe, which will see him completely overhaul a 1970s office block in Frankfurt to create 200 riverside homes. More about Ole Scheeren plans to radically transform Frankfurt office block into Jenga-like apartment tower
Bjarke Ingels' firm has won a competition to design a 185-metre-high skyscraper in Frankfurt, with a proposal it describes as both classical and sculptural (+ slideshow). More about BIG's experiments in skyscraper design continue with Frankfurt win
German studio Franken Architekten milled a pattern of squiggly lines into the outer surface of this house and studio in Frankfurt's old town, replicating the outline of timbers from the building it replaced. More about Franken Architekten engraves ghost timbers into facade of Frankfurt house
The consecutive pitched roofs of this church community centre in Germany were designed by Netzwerkarchitekten to make the building resemble a row of terraced houses. More about Netzwerkarchitekten completes community centre with a zigzagging golden roof
Movie: chief design officer for Philips Lighting Rogier van der Heide explains how advances in LED technology are enabling lighting to be integrated into the surfaces of building materials and fabrics. More about Luminous ceilings and carpets will become commonplace, says lead designer at Philips
Artist Tobias Rehberger has taken over a gallery in his home city of Frankfurt with black and white graphics that play tricks on the eye (+ slideshow). More about Monochrome graphics create optical illusions at Tobias Rehberger's solo exhibition
Architect David Adjaye has revealed plans to group nine of Frankfurt's existing cultural institutions onto a combined campus in the heart of the city. More about Cultural Campus Frankfurt by Adjaye Associates
Slideshow: German architects Schneider+Schumacher have completed an underground gallery that creates a bulge beneath the lawn of the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt. More about Staedel Museum extension by Schneider+Schumacher