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November 24th, 2022

2nd prize at the Campus Golzheim competition in Düsseldorf

We are very pleased to have won 2nd prize in the competition for the Golzheim Campus in Düsseldorf. In addition to an urban-open space planning reorganization of the campus, the competition area included the design of a building for the Düsseldorf Academy of Music as well as a sketchy proposal for the Düsseldorf district government.

In our design, developed together with asp Architekten and Koeber Landschaftsarchitektur, the central park serves as the green lung of the campus and an identity-creating open space that invites passers-by, students, workers, and residents to linger, move, and exchange ideas.

Visualization: © Koeber Landschaftsarchitektur / bez+kock architekten

November 2nd, 2022

This is how winners look like: ICS Rinteln is awarded 1st prize

In the Wood Construction Award Lower Saxony 2022, our ICS Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln was awarded 1st prize.

From the nine buildings shortlisted, the jury selected three prize winners. We are very happy about the great success of our comprehensive school!

Photo: © Timo Jaworr

September 28th, 2022

New publication: ICS Rinteln on DETAIL-Online

We are pleased to announce that DETAIL-Online has published an article about the ICS Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln.

Editor Jakob Schoof describes here the "Demountable solid wood construction for 900 pupils".

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

September 21st, 2022

IGS Rinteln among the 4 finalists of the German Sustainability Award

We are very pleased that our IGS Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln is one of the 4 finalists of the German Sustainability Award for Architecture. The prestigious architecture award for sustainable building projects is presented by the German Sustainable Building Council - DGNB e.V. in cooperation with the German Sustainability Award Foundation.

"The school building for the integrated comprehensive school in Rinteln/Lower Saxony is distinguished by the consistent implementation of a wood-concrete hybrid construction method, both outside and inside, and makes a forward-looking and climate-friendly architecture not only visible for pupils, parents and teachers, but also tangible to the senses," was the jury's verdict.

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

August 3rd, 2022

IGS Rinteln in md interior | design | architecture

In the current special issue "Material affects" of md interior | design | architecture and db Deutsche Bauzeitung, our Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln was published.

Under the title "More wood than concrete", author Thomas Geuder reports on northern Germany's largest school in wood construction.

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

July 4th, 2022

Alternate venue for the Nuremberg State Theater

In the context of a parallel multiple commission for an urban planning survey of the alternative venue of the Nuremberg State Theater, the first issue was the exact location of the interim.

While the jury decided last Friday in favor of the northwestern side of the inner courtyard of the nearly 40-meter-high Congress Hall, we proposed a location on the outer façade of the unfinished Nazi building, which was constructed between 1935 and 1943.

Visualization: © Rendertaxi / bez+kock architekten

June 13th, 2022

Lecture by Thorsten Kock in Rinteln

In the context of the symposium "Wood instead of Concrete?! Wood makes school - building culture in Northern Germany" Thorsten Kock will hold on 20 June at 12:15 pm in the ICS Rinteln, Paul-Erdniß-Straße 1a, 31737 Rinteln, a lecture on the topic "WoodBuildingCulture".

The ICS Rinteln is considered the largest school in northern Germany built with wood and an "excellent example for discussing the topics of sustainable building culture and quality as well as modern building with wood in northern Germany with experts."

Photo: © Arne Hartenburg / © Marcus Ebener

May 23rd, 2022

Nike for Composition for the Museum and Cultural Forum Arnsberg

Great success for our Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia in Arnsberg: Our project was awarded at the BDA Architecture Award Nike 2022 in the category "Composition"!

The justification for the award states: "The jury recognizes in the very sovereign, coherent composition of the ensemble not only a successful "concern for the existing building", but also "great cinema" of contemporary architecture."

Photo: © Brigida González

May 4th, 2022

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Adult Education Center in Rottenburg

On May 3rd, 2022, we could celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony for the refurbishment and expansion of the Adult Education Center Rottenburg.

In his speech, the Lord Mayor of Rottenburg, Stephan Neher, said: "Even in these uncertain times, we cannot wait, but must continue to invest in music education for youth, adult education and kindergartens."

Completion of the project is scheduled for the end of 2025.

Photo: © City of Rottenburg

April 27th, 2022

Topping out ceremony in Regensburg

On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, we celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the extension to the Georg Kerschensteiner Vocational School in Regensburg.

The ceremonial address for the school building, designed with a striking clinker facade, was given by Regensburg's mayor, Gertrud Maltz-Schwarzfischer.

Photo: © bez+kock architekten

April 7th, 2022

ICS Rinteln on archdaily.com

We are happy about a new online publication: Our ICS Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln was published on archdaily.com.

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

March 17th, 2022

Lecture by Martin Bez in the Multihalle Mannheim

On the interplay of poetry and technology in architecture Martin Bez will give a keynote lecture on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Multihalle Mannheim built by Frei Otto.

The event of the series "AIT Dialog - Poetry & Technology" starts at 18:00 and can be followed as a live stream.

Photo: © Arne Hartenburg

February 22nd, 2022

Honorable Mention in the competition State Archaeological Museum

We are pleased to have received an Honorable Mention in the international competition "State Archaeological Museum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Rostock".

At a prominent location in Rostock's Christinenhafen, a museum is to be built that will pursue a "high aesthetic standard" and "take into account the principles of flexibility, sustainability and digitalization in conjunction with social inclusion."

All competition entries are on display at Rostock City Hall until March 3rd.

Visualization: © Renderbar / bez+kock architekten

January 25th, 2022

Unfortunately not on the shortlist for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award

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".

Photo: © Brigida González

December 16th, 2021

Mainzer Tor in Miltenberg in the magazine "Umrisse"

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