ALLPLAN BLOG - The blog for Architects and Engineers

 

Architecture

A moving unity monument: The "Scales"

The fact that Germany is a unified country today is in large part due to the hundreds of...
Read more
17 May
Architecture

Ease with Calculation - Trade Fair Architectu...

Architecture does not exist for itself. It establishes a connection with its environment,...
Read more
10 May
Architecture

"Siamese" Twin Towers by Zaha Hadid

If Zaha Hadid taught us anything, then it is probably astonishment.
Read more
3 May
Architecture

Out of the Bunker and into the Light: BIG's L...

Similar to the exhibits themselves in historic museums, museum buildings look back on a...
Read more
30 Apr
Architecture

The Big Bend and New York's "High-Rise = High...

In New York, the higher a building, the more profitable it is. However, what stands in...
Read more
23 Apr
Architecture

Rendered Art

The lines between architecture and the visual arts are often blurred. The big difference...
Read more
19 Apr
Architecture

Zaha Hadid's Last Catastrophe?

Zaha Hadid's portfolio largely comprises a collection of masterpieces. But the list of...
Read more
16 Apr
Architecture

Big, bigger, The Circle: Airport Architecture...

After six years of intensive preparation, the largest building construction project in...
Read more
6 Apr
Building Trends, Architecture

The straw bale house: Sustainable building wi...

Building in an environmentally friendly manner, using regionally grown materials,...
Read more
3 Apr
Architecture

"Heavy Metal:" Shipping Container Architectur...

Finished and ready for creative processing: Shipping containers are like large Lego...
Read more
29 Mar
Efficiency, Architecture

A High-Rise Made of Wood? The urban timber co...

"Wood is style." This quote from Matthias Horx, one of Germany's best-known future and...
Read more
26 Mar
Architecture

The subway as an art experience - Surreal arc...

Are subway platforms gray joyless places that you want to leave again as quickly as...
Read more
22 Mar