Grube Messel Building, Germany Visitors Center

Besucherzentrum Grube Messel

A crater measuring around 800 meters in diameter surrounded by woods, at its base a bare stretch of ground − in the Messel Pit near Darmstadt in central Germany, oil shale was mined for almost 100 years.

Sonnenhof Jena Germany Building

Sonnenhof Jena Germany Building

A ceremony on April 16 marked the official groundbreaking of “Sonnenhof”, a landmark development consisting of four new office and apartment buildings extending over several allotments in the historic center of Jena, Germany.

University Campus Ratzeburg: School Building

University Campus Ratzeburg: School Building

The new schools complex in Ratzeburg is located in a mainly residential cityscape, in the middle of an area of low-density detached housing, characterised by brick architecture and pitched roofs that make up the neighbourhood’s identity.

Schiller National Museum, Marbach building photos

Schiller National Museum, Marbach Building

The Schiller National Museum in Marbach am Neckar will be officially reopened in the presence of Federal President Horst Koehler on 10 November 2009, the 250th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller’s birthday, following a restoration by David Chipperfield Architects.

Weilburg Terraces, German Building by ACME

Weilburg Terraces, German Building by ACME

The historic city of Weilburg is dominated by a central castle, the castle gardens, terraces and protective medieval walls, which engulf and contain the city high above the Lahn river and its low-lying valley banks.

Aerospace Centre III, Wildau Building Germany

Aerospace Centre III, Wildau Building Germany

The Aerospace Centre III (ZLR III) in Wildau provides additional space for the numerous growing companies seeking premises in the area around the new Berlin-Brandenburg Airport and Wildau University of Applied Sciences

Hedge Building, Rostock: Dutch Pavilion, IGA

Hedge Building, Rostock Dutch Pavilion, IGA

The pavilion is the official Dutch entry for the International Garden Exhibition IGA 2003 held in Rostock, Germany. Two German architects Andre Kempe and Oliver Thill have designed the pavilion

Hörsaalzentrum Aachen Building: RWTH

Hörsaalzentrum Aachen Building: RWTH

Danish firm schmidt hammer lassen architects has won an international design competition for a new 13,500m2 auditorium complex for the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technical High School in Aachen (RWTH), Germany.

Jugendherberge Prora, German Youth Hostel

Jugendherberge Prora, German Youth Hostel

In 2004 Atelier Kempe Thill won an international competition for the remodelling of a part of the former Nazi Seaside Resort in Prora, Germany into the biggest youth hostel of Germany

Harbour Senftenberg, Germany: Stadthafen

Harbour Senftenberg, Germany: Stadthafen

The integration of the lake into the 70 square kilometers of navigable interconnection will further develop the tourist infrastructure of the region “Lausitzer Seenland”. Purpose of the competition is the design of the harbour on the basis of an urban and a preliminary study.

OZEANEUM Stralsund, Germany Building

OZEANEUM Stralsund, Germany Building by Behnisch Architekten

The new Oceanographic Museum OZEANEUM is located on the city’s historic waterfront immediately adjacent to the historic centre which has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Vitra Haus showroom Building, Germany

Vitra Haus showroom Building, Weil am Rhein

Standing on the northern side of the grounds in front of the fenced perimeter of the production premises, the VitraHaus joins two other buildings in this area, the Vitra Design Museum by Frank Gehry (1989) and the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando (1993).

The Nebra Ark, Wangen Building, Germany

The Nebra Ark, Wangen Building, Germany

The Nebra Ark Building, Architect, Photos, Design, German Project, Architecture The Nebra Ark Visitor Centre, Wangen Wangen Building, Germany design by Holzer Kobler Architekturen gmbh 13 Jan 2009 The Nebra Ark, Wangen, Germany Arche Nebra – Visitor Center and Observation Tower: Architectural Landmarks for the ancient Nebra Sky Disc photo © Holzer Kobler Architekturen, photos … Read more