A contemporary German home celebrates energy-saving, seasonal living
Architecture firms Jurek Brüggen and KOSA architekten teamed up to design Haus am See — German for “House...
Sculptural, energy-saving office boasts the “smartest building advances in Germany”
In the heart of Berlin, Danish architecture firm 3XN has recently completed Cube Berlin, a striking new office...
COBE unveils images of LEED Gold-targeted Adidas HQ in Germany
After a year of operation, sportswear titan Adidas has finally released images of its new LEED Gold-seeking headquarters...
Kuehn Malvezzi tops a brick office building in Germany with an energy-efficient greenhouse
In the historic center of Oberhausen, Berlin-based architectural firm Kuehn Malvezzi has created a job center topped...
Net-zero community planned for Hamburg will rely on geothermal and solar energy
The formerly industrial borough of Harbugh in Hamburg, Germany will soon get a strikingly modern and eco-conscious...
LAVA designs carbon-neutral LIFE Hamburg with an edible green roof
LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) has teamed up with urban agricultural collective Cityplot to design...
Giant glowing letters wrap MVRDV’s bold WERK12 building in Munich
Combining playful design with contemporary architecture, Dutch firm MVRDV has just completed WERK12, a mixed-use...
Germany to ban controversial weed-killer glyphosate by 2023
Reaching for the weed-killer glyphosate in Germany won’t be an option much longer. A primary component of Roundup,...
Zaha Hadid Architects’ undulating riverside promenade doubles as a flood barrier in Hamburg
Zaha Hadid Architects has raised both the cultural cachet and the storm surge barriers in the German city of Hamburg...
MASK Architects design a sustainable pavilion nestled in a German forest
Turkish architect Öznur Pınar Çer’s firm MASK Architects has designed a sustainably minded pavilion proposed...
Escape to the Bavarian Alps in a charming A-frame that produces surplus energy
An A-frame house from the 1970s has been converted into the Solarferienhaus S3 (Solar Holiday Home S3), an energy-positive...
A circular home in Germany produces biogas for self-sufficiency
When a German pioneer in the field of biogas technology commissioned Korbach-based Christoph Hesse Architects,...
Modern timber winery blends Japanese and Viennese influences
Wien-based architecture practice Architects Collective used innovative timber construction for the contemporary...
The geometric Black House captures light and views from multiple angles
When architect Benjamin Heller of Radolfzell-based architectural practice Freier Architekt designed the Black House,...
MVRDV designs solar-powered “KoolKiel” with Jenga-like architecture in Germany
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has unveiled plans to redevelop a post-industrial city block in Kiel, Germany, into...
Sculptural Haus B uses passive solar principles to surpass Germany’s energy standards
Completed over the span of four years, Haus B is a passive solar home that is a contemporary departure from the...
Germany premieres the first hydrogen-powered train in the world
At last, the world’s first hydrogen-powered trains have made their global debut in the northern countryside of...
A beer crisis is brewing in Germany as bottle recycling slows amid heatwaves
With summer still in full swing and heatwaves gripping countries around the world, breweries across Germany have...
Architect Stefan Hitthaler breathes new life into a 1970s UFO-inspired chalet
A UFO-inspired house may be one of the last things you’d expect to find in a quaint Italian village, but this...
Volkswagen fined 1 billion euros over diesel emissions cheating
German authorities slapped Volkswagen (VW) with a one-billion-euro fine — that's around $1.16 billion — for...
Court in Germany paves the way for the immediate ban of older diesel vehicles
The top administrative court in Germany has issued a ruling that empowers municipalities to ban older diesel vehicles,...
The self-sufficient Gut Feeling house produces more electricity than it uses
This narrow rental home, nestled in Oberaudorf — a village in Bavaria, Germany — is the perfect place to refuel...
Germany just approved 1,610 megawatts of offshore wind power
Offshore wind turbines could soon provide more electricity for Germany — to the tune of 1,610 megawatts (MW)....
12,000 distribution boxes in Germany are being converted into EV charging stations
Deutsche Telekom just announced plans to convert distribution boxes in Germany into electric vehicle chargers -...
Gorgeous roof garden feeds owners in the off-grid Yin & Yang House
Architecture studio Penda unveiled designs for an off-grid home Kassel, Germany with a stunning rooftop garden....
Cities in Germany to offer free public transit in fight against pollution
In what has been described a radical move for Germany, several cities across the country will trial free public...
MVRDV unveils solar-powered Milestone building that looks like a crystal rock
MVRDV just unveiled designs for a new mixed-use building in Esslingen, Germany that looks as if it were unearthed...
Y-shaped German hostel looks at sustainability from all angles
A newly opened youth hostel in Bayreuth, Germany offers much more than just a clean bed and shower—the 180-bed...
Consumers in Germany were paid to use electricity this holiday season
The cost of electricity in Germany has decreased so dramatically in the past few days that major consumers have...
First public ultra-fast EV charging station in Europe is now operational
An ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging station that just opened in Germany could offer upcoming models of...