
LAVA designs a cyclist bridge to make Heidelberg bike-friendly
LAVA, schlaich bergermann partner and Latz + Partner have been awarded first prize in an international competition...

Renewable energy lab glows like a lantern in Germany
On a site formerly used for experiments on solar energy, Stuttgart-based architectural practice Behnisch Architekten...

Green-roofed CLT home opens up to a dreamlike garden in Germany
Near Hannover, Germany, Bremen-based treehouse specialist and architecture practice Baumraum has completed the...

This timber home weaves around pine trees for reduced site impact
A cluster of timber boxes make up Haus Koeris, a new eco-friendly home by architecture firm Zeller & Moye....

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...