Berlin's Tempelhof Airport to become Germany's largest refugee camp
Berlin is to extend the refugee camp at the decommissioned Tempelhof Airport, making room for 7,000 people in and around one of the German capital's most iconic buildings. More
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Munich Creative Business Week 2016 events explore design's connections with the economy
Dezeen promotion: this year's Munich Creative Business Week will include a range of design-led events for industry professionals and the public across the city from 20 to 28 February 2016 (+ slideshow). More
Sigurd Larsen adds plywood playhouse to Michelberger hotel room
A wooden volume conceals the bedroom, bathroom and sauna inside this Berlin hotel room, which was recently overhauled by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen. More
Alternating roofs break down scale of Von M's slatted timber kindergarten
German studio Von M has completed a slatted timber building with a fragmented roofline to house a kindergarten in the German city of Ludwigsburg (+ slideshow). More
OMA unveils major renovation plans for Berlin's KaDeWe department store
Rem Koolhaas' firm has revealed plans to overhaul continental Europe's largest department store, with the addition of a glass rooftop extension and a series of sculptural new staircases (+ slideshow). More
Optimist Design creates Red Bull music studio inside former Berlin power station
LA-based Optimist Design has completed a recording studio in Berlin for Red Bull, marking the latest addition to the energy drink company's network of music venues around the globe (+ slideshow). More
Perforated brick garage by Wirth Architekten doubles as an al-fresco dining room
Wirth Architekten used wood from a storm-felled tree and brick from a burnt-down farmhouse to create this multi-use garage for a residence in Germany's Lower Saxony region (+ slideshow). More
Chipperfield unveils design for partially buried concert hall in Germany
David Chipperfield Architects has released images of its design for a half-submerged concert hall bracketed by textured concrete walls in southern Germany (+ slideshow). More
David Chipperfield reveals £185 million masterplan for Berlin brewery
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled plans to refurbish a 19th-century brewery in Berlin, adding a trio of new buildings to house a gallery, restaurants and a medical innovation centre (+ slideshow). More
Wandel Lorch completes chapel with bulging brickwork in Hamburg docklands
A crucifix and bell are set into two hollows in the swollen brick facade of this chapel, which was designed by Wandel Lorch Architekten for a site in Hamburg's docklands (+ slideshow). More
Bocci transforms Berlin courthouse into satellite studio and showroom
Canadian lighting brand Bocci has opened its first satellite headquarters in a previously disused Berlin courthouse, and filled it with room-sized installations. More
Loft Szczecin fills Berlin summer apartment with Polish materials and furniture
Polish studio Loft Szczecin has renovated a summer apartment in the suburbs of Berlin, pairing original brick walls and ceilings with mid-century furniture (+ slideshow). More
Folding timber walls create flexible spaces for Berlin art gallery by NORD Studio
German office NORD Studio has renovated a derelict building in Berlin to create a gallery, artist studio and archive dedicated to drawings (+ slideshow). More
Staab Architekten chosen to extend Berlin's Bauhaus-Archiv with "almost frail" design
Berlin architect Volker Staab has won a competition to extend the Bauhaus archive and museum in the German capital, designed by founder Walter Gropius in the 1960s. More
As a designer you will sometimes "fail completely" says Nils Holger Moormann
Movie: German designer Nils Holger Moormann told young designers they must learn to be resilient if they want to have successful careers at this year's Blickfang design workshop. More
Robot uses stacked spiky particles to build groundbreaking ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2015
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart used 30,000 spiky components and a robot to create a pavilion described as the "first architectural structure realised with a designed granular system" (+ movie). More
Museum dedicated to the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm has a stepped roof overlooking Kassel
This limestone-faced museum in the German city of Kassel by Kada Wittfeld Architektur houses the archives of famous literary duo the Brothers Grimm (+ slideshow). More
Vitra Design Museum hosts major Bauhaus retrospective
Work from Bauhaus artists and designers including Walter Gropius, Marianne Brandt and Wassily Kandinsky is on display at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany (+ slideshow). More
Porsche 911s fixed to steel frame to create streamlined sculpture by Gerry Judah
Three sports cars appear to soar up into the sky outside auto brand Porsche's museum in Stuttgart as part of this sculpture by British artist and designer Gerry Judah. More
Kresings Architektur adds larch animal enclosures to petting zoo in Germany
The animals of this petting zoo in Germany now have new lodgings – a trio of larch-ribbed structures by Kresings Architektur that overlook a pond (+ slideshow). More