The blog about planning, building and utilization of buildings

The UN estimates that by 2050 there will be about ten billion people on earth. Two-thirds of which will live in ... read more...

“Old McDonald had a farm (…) and on that farm there was …“ – remarkable architecture! Right, anyone who wants to ... read more...

Pretty cheeky: In 2008, the city of Dubai and thyssenkrupp Elevator, supervised by the Union Internationale des ... read more...

Since Andhra Pradesh was divided in 2014, the South Indian state needs a new capital, because the old one, ... read more...

Brick has been known and loved as a building material since the Middle Ages. Now the building material is showing ... read more...

Anyone who is not yet familiar with contemporary Japanese architecture, especially that from Tokyo, will be ... read more...

Design software for architects has never been more advanced. The powerful programs that are currently available ... read more...

Building in high mountains is a challenge. The geological conditions are complicated. The time window for the ... read more...

They are big, they are green, they are - an inspiration: trees. Some palaeoanthropologists assume that humans, ... read more...

If you literally look into the tube, you get nothing. But what is it like to look out of the tube? If it were up ... read more...

Ecologically sustainable construction is one of the most important trends of our time. Energy use is becoming an ... read more...

An extreme climate and almost inaccessible terrain has always turned building in the mountains into a challenge ... read more...

Being able to build a museum, at least once – that is the great dream of many architects and construction ... read more...

Concrete high-rises which protrude from landscapes. Splendid buildings which force themselves into the spotlight: ... read more...

The most amazing forms exist in nature and in technology, such as flowers, birds' nests or unknown flying objects. ... read more...

Health sector buildings impose very specific demands on architects and structural engineers. On one hand, the ... read more...

Whether North Pole, South Pole or deserts - most remote regions of the world have one thing in common: their ... read more...

Churches are as old as Christianity itself - about 2000 years. Ever since the Middle Ages they have been regarded ... read more...

They used to decisively shape a city's image, then they were largely banished from the cities: Industrial ... read more...

Wood is a wonderfully versatile and potentially sustainable building material which, for good reasons, is now also ... read more...