Berlin

Berlin workshop transformed into theatre school by Ortner & Ortner Baukunst

March 5, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Ernst Busch University of Performing Arts by Ortner & Ortner Baukunst

Architecture firm Ortner & Ortner Baukunst has created a new facility for the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin, by renovating a 1950s workshop building and adding a fly tower made from fibreglass and wood. Located on Zinnowitzer Strasse, on the former border of East Berlin, the four-storey building had been used as workshop space

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Sigurd Larsen proposes modular village on apartment block roof

March 1, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0

In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video, we explore a proposal by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen to house Berlin’s growing population on the roof of an existing apartment building. Larsen’s proposal would add dwellings set amongst a tree-lined linear park to the roof of a 270-metre-long apartment building located between the neighbourhoods of Kreuzberg

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Berlin’s Terrassenhaus has a stepped concrete facade

February 21, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Terrassemhaus by Brandlhuber + Emde and Burlon + Muck Petzet Architekten

Terrassenhaus is a concrete mixed-use block in Berlin by Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, and Muck Petzet Architekten that has a series of external terraces. Two large staircases connect the five-storey concrete building, which houses apartments and gallery spaces and is topped by a public roof terrace. The project has been named as one of the five finalists in the

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Berlin’s Terrassenhaus has a stepped concrete facade

February 21, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Terrassemhaus by Brandlhuber + Emde and Burlon + Muck Petzet Architekten

Terrassenhaus is a concrete mixed-use block in Berlin by Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, and Muck Petzet Architekten that has a series of external terraces. Two large staircases connect the five-storey concrete building, which houses apartments and gallery spaces and is topped by a public roof terrace. The project has been named as one of the five finalists in the

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Rundzwei Architekten wraps Berlin house in natural cork

February 8, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Cork Screw House by Rundzwei Architekten

Cork Screw House, designed by Rundzwei Architekten in Berlin, has a facade and roof made from a bottle manufacturer’s waste cork. The rectangular-shaped panels of cork provide a thermally efficient skin for the house, while also creating a bold, “monolithic” aesthetic. Rundzwei Architekten’s decision to use the material was result of its search for a material that had

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Aluminium defines interiors of Rimowa’s Berlin outpost

January 10, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Rimowa's Berlin store, designed by Universal Design Studio

Universal Design Studio has introduced shiny metal surfaces throughout Rimowa’s inaugural Berlin store reflecting the premium luggage brand’s material palette. The Rimowa store is set inside a listed period building along renowned Berlin shopping boulevard Kurfürstendamm, and has been almost entirely decked out in aluminium – the material used by the brand to form its signature

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The Green Miracle is a Berlin flat featuring colour-block cabinetry and an indoor swing

November 25, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Sage-green storage closets and a swing seat are among the quirky details in this renovated 19th-century apartment in Berlin, designed by local studio Club Marginal Architekten. The Green Miracle is located in the city’s buzzing Schöneberg district, in a residential block built in 1899. The 90-square-metre flat had been an empty shell for years, but has

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Berlin’s Bauhaus-Archiv designed by Walter Gropius for “a vivid encounter with the Bauhaus”

November 21, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

The Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin is next in our Bauhaus 100 series, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the influential school. Featuring a distinctive sawtooth roof, the gallery and archive was envisioned by Walter Gropius but not completed until after his death. The building, which has the full name Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung, holds a collection of of archival material from the school.

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