Senior citizens, who are often full of vitality, have diverse conceptions of life. These are met by increasingly differentiated alternatives offering...

Modern façades make more use of multi-layered constructions to fulfil complex functional and design requirements. After dematerialised glass envelopes, the...

Off-site manufacture of building components saves both time and costs. While this frequently led to industrialised uniformity before, it now allows development...

The term »cost-effective building« often refers only to the building costs, while a realistic evaluation requires a consideration of the entire life cycle of a...

'Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood'. This was recommended once by Daniel Burnham, US architect and author of The Plan of Chicago. His...

A successful formal design transforms interior spaces from mere usable volumes to spaces for living, work and interaction, spaces that can be experienced with...

Food and drink – ranging from vital intake of nourishment to opulent society dinners. Our issue Concept Gastronomy is packed with bars, cafés and restaurants...

Thanks to changing general conditions and increasing environmental awareness, the size of timber constructions being built, also in an urban context, is getting...

Architecture and landscape are connected in many different ways. Buildings can blend almost invisibly into the surrounding landscape or they can deliberately...