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"?
photo: © bez+kock architekten
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.
In today's edition of the Stuttgarter Zeitung, Ulla Hanselmann portrays the work of our office, highlighting: "What stands out is their sensitive approach to materials, their special appreciation for quality craftsmanship, their individual approach to each project."
This attitude is exemplified by the Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg and the Musikforum Ruhr in Bochum.
photo: © Brigida González
Great success for the Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia in Arnsberg: At the BDA Architecture Prize South Westphalia 2020 our project received an award.
"The result is a striking museum that enriches the city of Arnsberg in its historic center in an extraordinarily successful way with a modern and emblematic building," was the jury's verdict.
In the BDA Architecture Prize, which is presented every three years, the jury assigned only one award and two honorable mentions.
photo: © Brigida González
Martin Bez gave a guest lecture at the aac Academy for Architectural Culture. Under the title "3 x OLD + NEW", the main focus was on how to deal with historic existing buildings and their structural extension.
The photo shows Martin Bez at the guest critique the following day together with Volkwin Marg (gmp Architekten, Hamburg).
photo: © Jochen Stüber
In the series of JUNG Architecture Talks, Thorsten Kock talks with Wiebke Becker and Dijane Slavic about the topic "Cultural Monument - Monument Culture".
This is not only about the question of the special significance of cultural buildings for the city, but also about how a new construction within an existing building and the appreciation of a monument culture can look like. But listen for yourself...
Good news from Dresden: Our competition design for the extension of the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden received a honorable mention. "The House for Music appears to be an independent solitaire on the outside, but on the inside, especially in the foyer area, it cleverly blends into an interior unity with the existing building," was the jury's verdict.
A total of 23 works were submitted to this competition, 3 prizes and 2 honorable mentions were awarded.
Visualization: © Jörg Röhrich / renderbar
Our Science Center for the Augustinianum Secondary School in Greven has received an honorable mention at the BDA Architecture Award Münster and Münsterland 2020. We are very happy about this!
A total of 39 buildings were submitted for the BDA Architecture Prize, which is awarded every three years; 5 received an honorable mention and 2 received an award.
photo: © Christian Richters
And the winner is .... We are very pleased about our competition success! Our design for the new building of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Police Station in Calw was awarded 1st prize.
"A design that fits particularly well into the urban situation in terms of scale and integrates quite naturally into its surroundings", was the verdict of the jury chaired by Prof. Jörg Aldinger.
Visualization: © Jörg Röhrich / renderbar
To coincide with the recently opened exhibition of the DAM Prize at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt, DOM Publishers (Berlin) has published the German Architecture Annual 2021. Here, all 25 projects on the shortlist of the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany are presented in detail by renowned authors.
The architectural historian and exhibition curator Hans-Dieter Nägelke has written a text about our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg.
photo: © Brigida González
The studio for architectural models Boris Degen has created a wooden model of the Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg for the exhibition of the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany 2021.
The new 1:100 scale model, which also shows the museum courtyard at Landsberger Hof, will be exhibited at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt until June 13th, 2021.
photo: © Boris Degen
Due to "present circumstances", the Fundació Mies van der Rohe has decided to postpone the EU Mies Award 21, originally planned for this year, until 2022. All nominated projects completed between October 2018 and April 2021 will now be considered.
The shortlist for the internationally renowned architecture prize will not be announced until January 2022.
photos: © Brigida González
We are pleased to announce the start of construction for the new building of the German Embassy in Morocco, which officially took place on November 27th, 2020.
The compact structure, which will house the residence and chancellery, is being built in the center of the Moroccan capital Rabat and is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 / beginning of 2024.
photo: © Bez+Kock Architekten
Today the exhibition for the "DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany 2021" opens at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt. The event will take place online for the first time: At 6:00 pm the livestream opens with the presentation of the award winners and the projects of the shortlist. Also participating is our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg.
The exhibition period has been extended until June 13, 2021, so a physical visit to the prestigious exhibition should also be possible.
photo: © Brigida González
Good news: Our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg has been nominated by the online platform "Archdaily.com" for the Building of the Year 2021 Award.
The online voting runs for a total of 2 weeks and we would be very happy about as many votes as possible for our project.
Photo: © Brigida González
In the current issue of the Spanish art magazine "ars" an article about our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg was published.
"The building owes its powerful appearance to the inclined windows, which suggest solidity", writes architecture journalist Ulf Meyer.
photo: © Brigida González
Our competition design for the "New construction of a Design Studio for the State Vocational School and Technical School for Product Design in Selb" has received a 2nd prize. We are very pleased about this.
"With a sensitively structured building, the work succeeds in creating an unobtrusive but charming space at Hutschenreuther Platz", was the jury's verdict.
Model photo: © Bez+Kock Architekten
We are pleased to have been awarded the contract in the negotiated procedure for the construction of a new courtroom building in Stuttgart's judicial district.
There, 17 courtrooms are to be created for the Regional Court and the Higher Regional Court in a tight, inner-city situation.
Graphic: © Bez+Kock Architekten
