Three projects from Germany were selected from the 29 nominated for the shortlist of the EU Mies van der Rohe Award 2022. Unfortunately, our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg is not one of them.
Nevertheless, we are pleased to have been nominated for the first time for this important international award, which this year focuses on "social inclusion, sustainability, circularity and aesthetic research".
Last Friday, the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the "New Park Center" in Mannheim's Luisenpark took place. Together with Mannheim's environmental mayor Diana Pretzell and Buga and Stadtpark managing director Michael Schnellbach, the symbolic project start was celebrated.
At the heart of the Luisenpark, several new buildings will be constructed by the time the Federal Garden Show opens in April 2023, including the walk-through underwater world and gastronomy, the penguin enclosure and the bird aviary.
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In the current issue "Bauen in der Stadt / Building in the City" of the magazine "Umrisse" (issue 5-6 / 2021) an article about the Mainzer Tor - Museum Depot, City Archive and Youth Center in Miltenberg was published.
Under the title "City Entrance with New Life," author Daniela Kircher describes the ensemble of buildings designed with red Main sandstone at the foot of the Schlossberg hillside.
Photo: © bild_raum / Stephan Baumann
Designed for around 900 students, the two-story wooden skeleton building of the IGS Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln (Lower Saxony) was recently completed.
Architectural photographer Marcus Ebener from Berlin captured the specific character and new spaces of our school building.
Photo: © Marcus Ebener
The magazine "Metropole Ruhr", printed in Essen, has published our project "Anneliese Brost Music Forum Ruhr in Bochum" in its current issue (04/21).
Five years after the opening of the concert hall, author Heike Reinhold writes: "It's hard to imagine the inner-city neighborhood without this unusual ensemble of buildings, in which architecture and music form an exciting yet down-to-earth combination."
Photo: © Brigida González
To strengthen our team we are looking for an experienced architect to work on exciting and challenging projects in the fields of cultural, educational and embassy buildings.
You are committed and have at least 7 years of professional experience in which you have successfully planned and implemented projects - preferably also with a renovation/old building component? Do you appreciate working in a creative team and enjoy implementing challenging construction projects? Then you will fit in very well with us.
We offer you a versatile, responsible job and an open and communicative working atmosphere in a motivated and experienced team.
We look forward to receiving your detailed application (max. 10 MB), which you please should send to Yvonne Schreiber:
bewerbung@bez-kock.de
Great news from Berlin: In the current Baunetz ranking (November / December 2021), our office occupies an excellent 5th place - and that means a new top position for us in the national list!
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We are happy about the 2nd prize in the competition "New institute building, workshop and laboratory of the HTWG Konstanz".
"The competition design is a very successful contribution that cleverly combines the themes of sustainable construction and functional requirements," was the verdict of the jury chaired by Markus Hammes.
Visualization: © loomn / bez+kock architekten
Our project "Mainzer Tor - Museum Depot, City Archive and Youth Center in Miltenberg" was published in the collection "Material Archive" as an exemplary application for "Red Main Sandstone" and "Profile Building Glass".
The Material Archive is a network whose current ten members from Switzerland and Germany - including ETH Zurich, ZHAW Winterthur and Burg Giebichenstein Halle - develop and process information about materials and communicate it to experts and the general public.
Photo: © bild_raum / Stephan Baumann
The online platform German Architects has published an interview with Martin Bez on the competition Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg.
Martin Bez describes the central architectural theme of the design as "the conclusive combination of a functionally coherent interior figure with an external appearance that creates an identity and is compatible with the city."
Drawing: © bez+kock architekten
Under the title "Nine awards, once gold" an article about the awarding of the BDA Architecture Award North Rhine-Westphalia 2021 was published on baunetz.de.
How nice that the gold award was given to our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg!
Photo: © Brigida González
In the current issue of db Deutsche Bauzeitung (10 / 2021), architectural journalist Ulf Meyer reports on the competition "Schloss Charlottenburg - Besucherzentrum und Umbau zum zentralen Besucherempfang" (Charlottenburg Palace - Visitor Center and Conversion to Central Visitor Reception) under the title "Stahl, Glas und Kappendecke" (Steel, Glass and Capped Ceiling), in which our design was awarded 1st prize.
Visualization: © Renderbar / bez+kock architekten
We are happy to announce that our museum and cultural forum in Arnsberg has been nominated for the shortlist of the Heinze Award 21.
And now it would be nice if we could get as many likes as possible for our project.
Photo: © Brigida González
A really nice surprise: From the 10 winners of the Architecture Award North Rhine-Westphalia 2021 recently selected by the BDA (Association of German Architects), the BDA members have chosen the main prize winner in a written ballot. Since our Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia in Arnsberg received the most votes, it has now been awarded the BDA Architecture Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2021 in Gold at the Maxhaus in Düsseldorf.
Hard to believe, but true: This means that our museum in Arnsberg is repeating the success of our Music Forum in Bochum, which received this important award from the BDA in 2018 - and we are very happy about that!
Photo: © Markus Luigs
From October 15 to 21, 2021, the Creative Days organized by poonam designers Studio will take place in Stuttgart.
At the symposium "The future of the Cities - Beyond Architecture" on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. at the Haus der Architekten, Thorsten Kock will give a lecture.
Not only are current projects presented, but above all personal insights into one's own living and working environment are shown.
Photo: © Arne Hartenburg
In the presence of Science Minister Angela Dorn, Finance Minister Michael Boddenberg and Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz, President of Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Beverage Technology Center and a new lecture hall building at Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences took place yesterday during a festive act.
"Both new buildings are part of a comprehensive reorganization and sustainable expansion of the university campus," said Finance Minister Michael Boddenberg. With the sustainably designed new buildings, the university, which was founded in 2013, receives important milestones for the further development of the campus.
photo: © Woody T. Herner
In a 10-year ranking published by the competition platform competitionline, our office occupies an excellent 8th place.
For the long-term ranking, all rankings in planning competitions from 2011 to 2020 were evaluated.
Visualization: © bez+kock architekten
The current issue (September 2021) of the magazine wettbewerbe aktuell published an article about our successful competition design for the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg.
The competition task consisted primarily of "accommodating a large building volume on a site of small size in a functionally sensible way and sensitively linking it with the existing building, which is a protected historical monument (...)."
Visualization: © Renderbar / bez+kock architekten
For a few months now, we have set up an Instagram account. Here we look at new and old projects - or present current news about our architectural office.
And here we are happy about many new followers...
In the current Baunetz ranking (July / August 2021) our office occupies an excellent 8th place. This means a top ten position in the national ranking for us for the tenth time in a row since January 2020 - and we are very happy about that! Will this be an "all time record"?
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To our great pleasure, our competition entry for the "Extension of the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg" was also awarded 1st prize!
"The ratio of open to closed areas along the facades is convincing as a well-proportioned and clearly defined composition", judged the jury chaired by Prof. Markus Neppl.
Until August 1st, all competition designs can be viewed at the Documentation and Cultural Center during regular opening hours of the permanent exhibition.
Visualization: © Renderbar / bez+kock architekten
We are very pleased to have been awarded 1st prize in the competition "Visitor Center and Conversion to Central Visitor Reception Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin".
"With the two planted roof terraces and the filigree steel and glass architecture, the new visitor center is an eye-catching attraction without having to compete with the architectural monuments with superficial gestures", was the verdict of the jury chaired by Prof. Arno Lederer.
The competition entries will be on display in the special exhibition rooms in the New Wing of Charlottenburg Palace until July 25, 2021.
Visualization: © Renderbar / bez+kock architekten
To strengthen our team we are looking for a dedicated architect to work on exciting and challenging projects in the fields of cultural, educational and embassy buildings.
Are you committed and do you already have some professional experience? Do you appreciate working in a creative team and enjoy implementing challenging building projects? Then you will fit in very well with us. We offer you a versatile, responsible job and an open and communicative working atmosphere in a motivated and experienced team.
We look forward to receiving your detailed application (max. 10 MB), which you should send to Yvonne Schreiber:
bewerbung@bez-kock.de
We are very pleased about the award at the BDA Architecture Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2021: Our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg is one of the "ten best buildings in NRW".
"The exciting sequence of spaces as well as intriguing pathways and visual relationships, which provide impressive views of the city and the region, contribute to the special atmosphere of this site, as does the exceptionally high quality of materials and details," judged the jury chaired by Prof. Karin Schmid from Munich.
photo: © Brigida González
In the current issue (June 2021) of DAB German Architects' Journal, Christoph Gunßer has published an article about the Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg.
Together with the John Cranko Ballet School in Stuttgart by Burger Rudacs Architects, two cultural buildings are presented here that were erected on a steep sloped lot while "cutting a timeless good figure."
photo: © Brigida González
We are pleased to have been awarded the contract in the negotiated procedure for the new building of the German Embassy in Chisinau / Republic of Moldova.
On the site, which was acquired by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Chancellery and Residence are to be housed in a joint new building. The new building will integrate a listed house damaged by earthquakes, built in 1887 as a residence and converted into a school in 1913.
Visualization: © loomn / bez+kock architekten
We are happy about a new publication: The Italian online platform "divisare" has published our project "Mainzer Tor - Museum Depot, City Archive and Youth Center in Miltenberg".
The new building at the foot of the Schlossberg replaces a car dealership at the western entrance to the city that has been abandoned for several years.
photo: © bild_raum / Stephan Baumann
The film team of 9sekunden from Osnabrück has set the scene for our Museum and Cultural forum in Arnsberg in an atmospheric five-minute video.
"Experiencing space takes movement and time. As if through a personal experience on site, moving stills can reveal those aspects of space, which are hidden between the lines", the filmmakers point out .
We are pleased: The BDA Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten (Association of German Architects) has nominated our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg for the BDA Architecture Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2021.
A total of 33 projects have qualified to take part in this architecture award. The jury will select the winners on June 22, 2021 in the Liebfrauenkirche in Duisburg.
photo: © Brigida González
Exciting task for our office: Together with Lisa Densem, Ulrike Kunert, Moritz Majce, Shahrzad Rahmani and Frans Swarte, we were commissioned by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe to create a concept for a future House for Dance and Choreography in Berlin.
Over the next eight months, our interdisciplinary team will develop a content concept for a place of encounter and movement - a place of art, experimentation and research.
