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W wywiadzie architekt Karsten Schlattmeier z Herford opowiada o swojej pracy, doświadczeniach z FACID i potencjale, jaki oferują tekstylne fasady w kontekście budynków przyszłości.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) dostarcza nowych strategicznych rozwiązań w zakresie projektowania i realizacji projektów budowlanych, a także eksploatacji budynków.

Standing at 239 metres high with an impressive unitised façade, the Landmark Pinnacle building on London's Isle of Dogs is a literal representation of a new architectural concept. On behalf of Chalegrove Properties Limited, Squire & Partners architectural practice has designed a unique 76-storey building in London's former docklands and thereby created one of the tallest residential towers in Western Europe. Once it is complete, the skyscraper will be one of the largest Schüco reference projects too.

Surface finishes are becoming more and more smooth, hard-wearing and glossy. Do true haptics have any real value any more – especially when it comes to automotive design?

The brain takes 1/10 of a second to form a first impression of a stranger.

Mass consumption, economic growth, globalisation – every trend has a countertrend. For example, “slow architecture” which puts the focus on the local area. The first question is: How do I want to live? An interview with sociologist Christiane Varga.

E:son Lindman cannot and will not simply make reproductions. The type of view he has of an architectural building reveals a lot about feelings and imagination, subjectivity and connotations. E:son simply cannot do it any other way and therefore his photographs are always very special. A touch of magic. You doubt reality. Is it a rendering? Is that mist really there? That light? A mood that appears to be reflected in the architecture?

New issues are constantly shaping our daily work – 3D printers and robots on the building site, applications that use artificial intelligence to generate a variety of design options and connect construction machinery to planning – the list is endless. Let's take a closer look at the opportunities and challenges of the future.

The newbuild of the Zeil 111 residential and commercial building in Frankfurt's top inner- city location has proved to be a piece of complex urban restoration. The new building curls around an existing chemist in a gap between buildings which is 45 metres deep, only 10 metres wide on the Zeil shopping street side and 20 metres wide on the Holzgraben street side.

The implementation of new architectural ideas and approaches requires constant further development of both your own limits as well as the requirements of the client and society.