Behnisch Architekten

The transformation of the University of Baltimore's Robert L. Bogomolny Library respects the memory and history of the original library design while simultaneously modernizing it to meet contemporary research, scholarship, archival and environmental…

Robert L. Bogomolny Library

5.388 qm / 58,000 sq.ft. - Baltimore, MD, USA

5.388 qm / 58,000 sq.ft.

Education - Baltimore, MD, USA

work - germany

The Norddeutsche Landesbank occupies an entire city block and serves as an important linking element between the various activities which define the neighbouring quarters of the city: retail, commercial, residential, cultural, sport and leisure.…

Norddeutsche Landesbank am Friedrichswall

75.000 qm / 807,300 sq.ft. - Hannover, Germany

75.000 qm / 807,300 sq.ft.

Work - Hannover, Germany

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The Conference Hall lies between the organization’s main building Bâtiment AB and the administration building by Behnisch Architekten. The WIPO Campus is located in the United Nations district at Place des Nations in Geneva and is characterized by di…

WIPO Conference Hall

5.800 qm / 62,400 sq.ft. - Geneva, Switzerland

5.800 qm / 62,400 sq.ft.

Work - Geneva, Switzerland

living - usa

Brooklyn is often referred to as the creative capital of America, a place preferred by artists and those who thrive on cultural activities. This new mixed-use tower development is located at the vibrant heart of the BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)…

Brooklyn Arts Tower

21.300 qm / 230.000 sq.ft. - New York, NY, USA

21.300 qm / 230.000 sq.ft.

Living - New York, NY, USA

public - switzerland

In the context of the extension of their facilities, the World Trade Organization WTO in Geneva planned a security perimeter around their entire site. Situated directly at Lake Geneva, the building ensemble is surrounded by very differently designed…

WTO Security Perimeter

Geneva, Switzerland

Public - Geneva, Switzerland

education - usa

Setting a new paradigm for scholarship in the 21st century and beyond,Harvard’s Science and Engineering Complex [SEC] is designed to inspire learning and scientific discovery while showcasing sustainability. The building weaves together a number of t…

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

50.539 qm / 544,000 sq.ft. - Allston, MA, USA

50.539 qm / 544,000 sq.ft.

Education - Allston, MA, USA

education - france

Built in collaboration with Atelier 2A+, the goal was to modernise the site of an existing school dating from the 1980s, including a Franco-German bilingual secondary school, a primary school, a lower secondary school and gymnasium, and to link them…

Lycée Franco-Allemand

16.044 qm / 172,696 sq.ft. - Buc, France

16.044 qm / 172,696 sq.ft.

Education - Buc, France

public - germany

Hamburg’s Chamber of Commerce required a more intensive use of their existing neo-classical building on Adolphsplatz. The brief for the 2003 design competition anticipated the introduction of several additional floor levels within the existing B…

Haus im Haus

1.000 qm / 10,760 sq.ft. - Hamburg, Germany

1.000 qm / 10,760 sq.ft.

Public - Hamburg, Germany

work - usa

The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST) at the University of Pennsylvania is a newly completed research facility focused on sustainable energy, uniting scientists, policymakers, and students to drive progress in the field.…

University of Pennsylvania Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology

10.219 qm / 110,000 sq.ft. - Philadelphia, PA, USA

10.219 qm / 110,000 sq.ft.

Work - Philadelphia, PA, USA

work - germany

Edge ElbSide, a state-of-the-art office building located in the emerging Elbbrücken district of Hamburg's Hafencity, redefines the concept of modern workspaces. While the initial masterplan proposed an office building featuring an interior courtyard …

EDGE ElbSide Hamburg

32.000 qm / 344.448 sq.ft. - Hamburg, Germany

32.000 qm / 344.448 sq.ft.

Work - Hamburg, Germany

public - usa

The Daley Center in Chicago serves as the primary center for municipal judicial activity in the City of Chicago. With over 100 invidual courtrooms, it is one of the only vertical courthouses in the country. The building, designed by the Chicago firm…

Daley Center Renovation

Chicago, IL, USA

Public - Chicago, IL, USA

Located in Heilbronn’s model district of Neckarbogen, the Josef-Schwarz-Schule is one of Germany’s most forward-looking school projects. The bilingual, all-day school brings together primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education on a cam…

Josef-Schwarz-Schule

54.825,00 m2 / 590.101,74 sq.ft - Heilbronn, Germany

54.825,00 m2 / 590.101,74 sq.ft

Education - Heilbronn, Germany

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Campus Giesing

Sustainable, green, and in harmony with the cityscape: That’s the new campus for the public insurance company Versicherungskammer (VK) in Giesing, just south of Munich’s city center. Three new stand-alone structures will be added south of the elo…

Munich, Germany

Work - Munich, Germany

In Gersthofen the new campus of the International School Augsburg is emerging as a forward looking educational ensemble that places the transformation of existing architecture consistently at its core. On the site of the former Paul Klee School a…

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International School Augsburg

13.766 qm / 148.176 sq.ft. - Augsburg

13.766 qm / 148.176 sq.ft.

Education - Augsburg

health - germany

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

The new building for the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg is to be sited in a prominent location. It has an explicitly welcoming appearance, and its visual form reinforces the idea of an open, communicative research facility.…

20.313 qm / 218,738 sq.ft. - Heidelberg, Germany

20.313 qm / 218,738 sq.ft.

Health - Heidelberg, Germany

living - germany

“Circular Economy in Wilhelmsburger Rathausviertel” is conceived as a pilot project for a new mixed-use residential quarter, centrally located on the IBA site in Hamburg. It is part of the EU-funded research project CIRCuIT, which is developing ful…

CIRCuIT - Circular Economy in Wilhelmsburger Rathausviertel

23.681 qm / 254,902 sq.ft. - Hamburg, Germany

23.681 qm / 254,902 sq.ft.

Living - Hamburg, Germany

The Campushaus in Halle-Neustadt is envisioned as a vibrant hub for education, innovation, and community. More than a building, it becomes a catalyst for collaboration, bringing together students, professionals, and residents in an open and…

Campushaus Halle-Neustadt

2.835 m² / 30.516 sq. ft. - Halle-Neustadt, Germany

2.835 m² / 30.516 sq. ft.

Education - Halle-Neustadt, Germany

The new educational center of Handwerkskammer (chamber of crafts) in Landshut combines a modern campus for vocational training with an ambitious pilot project for sustainable and circular building. Located on the site of the former training…

Educational Center Landshut

9.150 m² / 98.490 sq.ft. - Landshut, Germany

9.150 m² / 98.490 sq.ft.

Education - Landshut, Germany

In 2021, the city of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and the surrounding area along the Ahr River suffered extensive damage from a once-in-a-century flood. Infrastructure and buildings near the river, such as the Bad Neuenahr Elementary School, were heavily…

Elementary School, Bad Neuenahr

3.565 QM - Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

3.565 QM

Education - Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

leisure - germany

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Indoor Swimming Hall Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen

The design for the new indoor swimming hall in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is characterized by large, overlapping roofs slabs, seemingly floating above the swimming hall which connects fluidly with the surrounding park. The building utilizes a timber…

5.773 qm / 62,140 sq.ft. - Stuttgart, Germany

5.773 qm / 62,140 sq.ft.

Leisure - Stuttgart, Germany

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Einfach Bauen – The Juchhof 3 Changing-Room Facility

Can we apply the “Einfach Bauen” (Build Simply) approach to create structures that are more sustainable and use resources more sparingly? To what extent does a holistic approach foster attractive buildings that are more efficient and, at the same tim…

1.387 qm / 14,930 sq.ft. - Zurich, Switzerland

1.387 qm / 14,930 sq.ft.

- Zurich, Switzerland

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The new staff building for a paper manufacturer in Diemelstadt, North Hesse, asks how we can design buildings that are properly geared towards the present with equal flexibility for the future. The three-story building provides space for six new…

New staff building, Diemelstadt

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756 QM / 8137,52 sq.ft

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public - germany

The Museum of Phantasy was founded over twenty years ago in Bernried on the shores of Lake Starnberg. This modern art museum houses the assorted collections of the painter, photographer, publisher, and author of art books and novels, Lothar-Günther …

Buchheim Museum der Phantasie: Refurbishment and Extension

1.730 qm / 18622 sq.ft. - Bernried, Germany

1.730 qm / 18622 sq.ft.

Public - Bernried, Germany

Life Hamburg is a future-oriented campus for lifelong and self-directed learning, fulfilling work and holistic well-being. In the northeast of the Hanseatic city in Hamburg-Bramfeld, on the edge of the Otto Group Campus, a place for…

Life Hamburg

10.681 m² / 114.969 sq.ft. - Hamburg, Germany

10.681 m² / 114.969 sq.ft.

Education - Hamburg, Germany

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As part of the “Post-Carbon Architecture” studio at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, our partner Angie Müller-Puch joined the final review as a guest critic. In the winter semester, the course at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar places material at the center of arc…

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Guest Critique 'Post-Carbon Architecture' Bauhaus University, Weimar

Throwback to the final guest critique at HEIA Fribourg, where our partner Angie Müller-Puch joined the studio module 'Atmosphères' exploring the revitalisation of a former industrial site called “La Pisciculture”. Students presented strong archi…

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Guest Critique at HEIA Fribourg

The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania has been published on ArchDaily. The project integrates advanced laboratory spaces with an open, communicative architectural concept and a strong focus on…

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University of Pennsylvania Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology on arch daily

Last week, our team — Michelle Lee and Ryan Maruyama — presented the research project “Geometry of Water: Shaping Terra Cotta for Urban Heat Islands” at the Advances in Architectural Geometry 2025 symposium at MIT. They were joined in the present…

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Advances in Architectural Geometry at the MIT

Yesterday, we proudly celebrated the topping-out ceremony for our LIFE HAMBURG project — a future-oriented campus that redefines lifelong learning, meaningful work, and holistic well-being. In the northeast of Hamburg, a sustainable place for c…

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Topping-Out Ceremony for LIFE HAMBURG – Celebrating a Major Milestone!

Another key milestone for Campushaus in Halle-Neustadt: Funding has been confirmed and we now move into design development to create an extracurricular place for learning and exchange for users of all ages. The Campushaus brings together advisory…

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01.11

Key milestone for Campushaus

On October 30 (5–7 pm) our partner Stephan Leissle will speak at the SILBERSALZ Festival in Halle about the principles of circular construction and share insights from our current projects exploring how architecture can build with and for future c…

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Circular Construction in Focus

What innovations in construction can lead to smarter, more resource-conscious buildings? The upcoming half-day sia conference "Low Emission No Emission" takes a closer look at this question – with practical project examples, expert input, a…

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Join us at the “Low Emission No Emission” conference!

On the occasion of the 2025 Vitruvian Honors & Awards ceremony in New York, where our project, the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST) was recognized in the Facade System Integration category, we've created this video,…

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The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST)

The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania received recognition in the Sustainable Operations category at the 2025 Groundbreaker Awards. Our partner Erik Hegre accepted the award on behalf of our team…

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2025 Groundbreaker Awards

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Campus Steinfurt marks an important milestone in the development of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences. The new laboratory buildings C and Q form the first stage of a comprehensive master plan aimed at …

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Groundbreaking for the new Campus Steinfurt

The German International School Boston has opened its new Watertown campus. The Boston office joined the celebration for the ribbon cutting at the German International School Boston’s new Watertown campus. A milestone that reflects learning, c…

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A new chapter for the German International School Boston