OMA lands Axel Springer office project ahead of BIG and Buro Ole Scheeren
News: OMA has seen off competition from BIG and Buro Ole Scheeren to win a competition to expand the Berlin headquarters of multimedia firm Axel Springer. More
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Nature-inspired hotel lounge by Jouin Manku features an organic fireplace
Paris studio Jouin Manku installed a sculptural fireplace and chose materials with natural tones and textures to give this lounge in Munich's Bayerischer Hof hotel the feel of a fantasy forest landscape. More
Autostadt installation by J Mayer H provides huge shapes for children to clamber over
Berlin studio J Mayer H has returned to Volkswagen's Autostadt visitor centre, at the German car brand's factory in Wolfsburg, to create a landscape of three-dimensional structures for children to interact with (+ slideshow). More
Slides, nets and drawbridges feature in Townhouse B14 by XTH-Berlin
This Berlin townhouse by architecture office XTH-Berlin features doors that open like drawbridges, sloping floors that function as slides and nets that cover holes in the floors (+ slideshow). More
Monochrome graphics create optical illusions at Tobias Rehberger's solo exhibition
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
J Mayer H designs gridded pavilion for Karlsruhe's 300-year anniversary
Berlin studio J Mayer H has designed a temporary pavilion comprising a wonky grid of criss-crossing timber beams to celebrate the 300th year of German city Karlsruhe (+ slideshow). More
Buero Wagner suspends bottles of foraged ingredients from ceiling of cocktail bar
German firm Buero Wagner has designed a bar for mixology company Gamsei with ceramic bottles of ingredients hanging from a metal grid on the ceiling (+ slideshow). More
Plants create "urban jungle" at 25hours Bikini Berlin Hotel by Studio Aisslinger
Foliage is scattered around the interior of this hotel in Berlin by designers Studio Aisslinger to create an "urban jungle" (+ slideshow). More
Abandoned concrete bunker converted into a green power plant by IBA Hamburg
This concrete Second World War bunker in Hamburg has been converted into a renewable energy plant and visitor centre by urban development company IBA Hamburg (+ slideshow). More
Interactive model offers a look inside Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie
The not-yet-realised interior of Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg can now be toured by computer and tablet users via a fly-through model created by digital studio Neutral (+ movie). More
Timber-clad kindergarten by Behnisch Architekten opens in new housing district
This timber-clad kindergarten by Stuttgart-based Behnisch Architekten is the first building to open in a new district built on former railway land in the German city of Heidelberg (+ slideshow). More
Von M modernises three apartments inside a Stuttgart apartment block
German studio Von M has rebuilt the interior of an apartment block in Stuttgart to create a trio of open-plan homes where built-in furniture divides rooms and stark walls are offset with colourful objects (+ slideshow). More
Frank Gehry designs Berlin's tallest skyscraper
News: architect Frank Gehry has won a competition to design a skyscraper for Berlin that is set to become the city's tallest building. More
s_DenK house by SoHo Architektur has a kinked facade
This house in the Bavarian countryside by local office SoHo Architektur has a kinked facade that provides different views from the living spaces and a pitched roof that references vernacular farm buildings (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid designs apartment for Ronald McDonald charity house
Zaha Hadid Architects is one of 11 international firms designing a studio apartment at a new McDonald's charity house in Hamburg to accommodate the relatives of children receiving hospital treatment nearby (+ slideshow). More
Stuttgart house by (se)arch with shingle-clad walls and a triple-height art gallery
A triple-height gallery housing a collection of prized paintings is concealed behind the wooden shingle facade of this house in Stuttgart by German architecture studio (se)arch (photos by Zooey Braun + slideshow). More
Small museum pavilion designed to resemble a rural shed by Von M
This small wooden pavilion was modelled on the design of a rural shed and added to an old museum in Germany by architects Von M (+ slideshow). More
Photographer Victor Enrich turns a Munich hotel upside down and inside out
A hotel in Munich is stretched, twisted, distorted and exploded in this series of 88 manipulated photographs by Spanish photographer Victor Enrich (+ movie). More
House Unimog stores a truck within its translucent base
This black house by German studios Fabian Evers Architecture and Wezel Architektur is raised up over a translucent base where the client's truck can be stored (+ slideshow). More
Daniel Libeskind designs metallic apartment block for Berlin
News: architect Daniel Libeskind has unveiled plans to build an angular apartment block in Berlin that will feature a gleaming metallic facade. More