bez+kock architekten

June 7th, 2021

New project: German Embassy Chisinau / Republic of Moldova

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

May 10th, 2021

New film about the Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg

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 .

April 30th, 2021

Concept for a House for Dance and Choreography in Berlin

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.

April 6th, 2021

BDA Award for the Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia in Arnsberg

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

March 19th, 2021

JUNG Architecture Talks with Thorsten Kock

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...

March 8th, 2021

Secondary School in Greven receives an honorable mention at the Architecture Award of the BDA Münster 2020

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

February 17th, 2021

Architect wanted for our office in Stuttgart

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

February 5th, 2021

New model of the Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg

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

January 30th, 2021

Start of construction for the German Embassy in Rabat

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

January 27th, 2021

Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg nominated as "Building of the Year 2021"

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

January 21st, 2021

2nd prize in the competition 'Design Studio in Selb (Bavaria)'

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

December 8th, 2020

New publication: Architecture Guide Sauerland

With more than 100 selected buildings, the Architectural Guide Sauerland now published by DOM Publishers (Berlin) shows the "architectural diversity of this region", which is known above all for its forests and mountains, rivers and lakes.

We are pleased that the author Anselm Weyer has also included our Museum and Cultural Forum in Arnsberg in his selection of over 200 pages.

photo: © Brigida González

November 30th, 2020

New logo for Bez+Kock Architekten

The Stuttgart office for visual communication collect has designed our new logo. Based on the previous logo, a simplification of the existing contour and a reduction to only one color was created.

The new logo is reminiscent of the old one, but at the same time presents itself as a clearly new form. We are happy about the new appearance, which now determines our corporate design.

graphics: © studio collect

November 18th, 2020

New Publication: Fascination Concrete

Under the title Fascination Concrete the author Chris van Uffelen has published a new book about the "most used building material of our time".

Among the international projects that exemplify the diverse applications of concrete is our building for the Traffic police service in Aschaffenburg-Hösbach. The 192-page book was published by Braun Publishing.

photo: © Stephan Baumann / Braun Publishing

October 28th, 2020

Gymnasium Augustinianum in Greven published in bba bau beratung architektur

In its current issue (10/2020), the trade magazine bba bau beratung architektur reports on our project "Science Center for the Augustinianum Secondary School Greven", completed in 2018.

The focus of the article entitled "Concentrated monolithic" is the striking façade made of water-struck clinker in an earthy gray-brown color.

photo: © Christian Richters