Macro Sea converts Berlin factory into student residences
Ladders provide access to mezzanine sleeping areas in rooms at this student residence within a former car-radio button factory in Berlin's Kreuzberg district (+ slideshow). More
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Zanderroth Architekten designs cb19 apartments without internal walls to create flexible layouts
The apartments in this new Berlin co-housing project by Zanderroth Architekten were designed without the need for load-bearing walls inside, giving the owners flexibility to decide on their own layouts (+ slideshow). More
GMP Architekten's ballet facility features materials that reference its industrial setting
An overhanging upper storey clad in concrete panels leans out over the glazed entrance of this ballet rehearsal building, added to a former transportation hub in the German city of Düsseldorf (+ slideshow). More
Two designs draw first place in Bauhaus Museum design competition
Two teams, from Barcelona and New York, have been awarded joint first place in a competition to design a new home for the Bauhaus Museum Dessau (+ slideshow). More
Holzhaus am Auerbach features projecting terraces that extend the living space outdoors
Raised terraces cantilever out from both sides of this Alpine retreat by architects Christine Arnhard and Markus Eck, allowing occupants to extend their dining room into the garden (+ slideshow). More
Atheorem refurbishes compact apartment in Berlin's Mitte district
Berlin architecture firm Atheorem has used dark grey curtains and metallic fixtures to update an apartment that dates back to the late 1800s in the city's Mitte district. More
Atelier Van Lieshout takes over German festival with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly installation
Dutch studio Atelier Van Lieshout has unveiled its largest installation to date: a giant art village at the Ruhrtriennale arts festival in west Germany (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV created "a different kid on the block" with Haus am Hang, says Jacob van Rijs
MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs explains how the staggered formation of his firm's Haus am Hang in Stuttgart gives every floor its own outdoor space in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
S3 House is a concrete and aluminium villa by Steimle Architekten
Anodised aluminium panels surround windows and doors set into the angular concrete facades of this house in Tübingen, Germany, by Steimle Architekten (+ slideshow). More
Roots trail from house suspended above a construction site by Leandro Erlich
A root system sprouts from the concrete foundations of this house installation that dangles from a crane above a construction site in Germany. More
Sarah Van Peteghem furnishes Berlin apartment with vintage Danish seats
Interior designer Sarah Van Peteghem has added greyscale furnishings, fabrics and accessories sourced from both contemporary brands and antique stores to this minimal apartment in Berlin (+ slideshow). More
Berlin apartment by NOWlab features a spiral staircase and a fireman's pole
Hidden behind a bookcase in a secret room, a fireman's pole offers a fast escape route from the top floor of this Berlin home by local studio NOWlab (+ slideshow). More
House and office complex by J Mayer H features monochrome facades and false shadows
J Mayer H Architects has completed a housing and office complex in Germany, covered with graphic patterns that extend down from facades to create the impression of elongated shadows (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV's "office village" avoids business park cliches says Jacob van Rijs
MVRDV created an urban centre in the heart of "business-park suburbia" with its UPV Munich office park, says studio co-founder Jacob van Rijs in the third movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
BIG's experiments in skyscraper design continue with Frankfurt win
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
J Mayer H completes timber lattice pavilion to mark the 300th year of the city of Karlsruhe
The Baroque urban planning of Karlsruhe, Germany, influenced the latticed timber structure of this pavilion, created by Berlin studio J Mayer H to celebrate the city's 300th anniversary (+ slideshow). More
House B by Format Elf contains two floors within its large asymmetric roof
Format Elf Architekten has disguised a three-storey family home as a two-storey building by incorporating both upper floors within a large asymmetrically pitched roof (+ slideshow). More
Diébédo Francis Kéré's Camper pop-up store opens at the Vitra Campus
Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created a temporary retail space for shoe brand Camper inside a domed building at the Vitra Campus (+ slideshow). More
Jeremie Maret builds a "transparent tiny skyscraper" on a Berlin industrial estate
Zurich-based artist Jeremie Maret has built a small see-through tower in Berlin and invited guests to take a nap inside. More
Timber-clad pavilions by Barkow Leibinger form a campus for a computing thinktank
These four asymmetric wooden pavilions completed by German studio Barkow Leibinger in a Bavarian village accommodate a thinktank for a computing and microelectronics institution (+ slideshow). More