The January 2013 issue of a+u (Architecture and Urbanism) features architecture in Germany between 2000 and 2012. The director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Peter Cachola Schmal – selected 100 projects which illustrate the country's architectural achievement. Thirty-five projects are further selected from the list and introduced in detail under three themes: “Sustainability / Ecological”, “Working with the 'Bestand (Existing)'”, and “Contextual”.
Content:
Maps of Germany 100 Selected Works in Germany 2000-2012
Essay: 'Working with the Bestand in a Contextual and Sustainable Way' by Peter Cachola Schmal
1. Sustainability / Ecological
GSW Headquarters by Sauerbruch Hutton EXPODACH – Symbolic Roof Structure at the World Exposition by Herzog + Partner R128 by Werner Sobek Biosphere and Flower Pavilion by Barkow Leibinger Federal Environmental Agency by Sauerbruch Hutton The Free University’s Faculty of Philology Library by Foster and Partners Lufthansa Aviation Center by Ingenhoven Architects e_3 by Kaden Klingbeil Architekten Campus Restaurant with Auditorium by Barkow Leibinger Unilever Headquarters Germany, Austria and Switzerland by Behnisch Architekten Städel Museum Extension by schneider+schumacher
Essay: 'The Germanness of German Architecture, if there is any'by Wolfgang Pehnt
2. Working with the 'Bestand (Existing)'
Bogenallee 10–12 by blauraum Dornbusch Church by Meixner Schlüter Wendt Hessian State Theater Darmstadt by Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei Harbour me, Celia! by Peter Haimerl Architekt Dupli. Casa by Jürgen Mayer H. Moritzburg Museum Extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos Neues Museum by David Chipperfield Brunnenstrasse 9 by Brandlhuber+ERA, Emde, Schneider New East Wing of the Museum of Natural History by Diener & Diener Architekten Hut on Fichtelberg Mountain by AFF architekten Conversion and Extension of Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Essay: 'What Drives Contemporary Architecture in Germany' by Layla Dawson
3. Contextual
Living room by seifert.stoeckmann@formalhaut Parish Centre St. Francis by Königs Architekten Allianz Arena by Herzog & de Meuron Winter Bathing-ship by Wilk-Salinas Architekten with Thomas Freiwald The Hinzert Museum and Document Center by Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch Kolumba, Art Museum of the Cologne Archdiocese by Peter Zumthor Brother Klaus Field Chapel by Peter Zumthor Haus W by Kraus Schönberg Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center, Central Library of Humboldt University, Berlin by Max Dudler Louis Hotel at the Viktualienmarkt by Hild und K Architekten Hydroelectric Powerstation by Becker Architekten JustK by amunt – Architekten Martenson und Nagel Theissen Visitor Centre Hercules by Staab Architekten
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