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
We are pleased about a new publication on the online platform ARKITOK (Berlin/Basel). Since today our project "Integrated comprehensive school in Rinteln" is presented here.
Photo: © Marcus Ebener
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
We are pleased to announce a new online publication of our Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln: The new school building is now presented on archello.com.
Photo: © Marcus Ebener
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
Good news from Hanover: The ICS Integrated Comprehensive School Rinteln has been selected by a selection committee of the architectural chambers of Lower Saxony and Bremen for the "Day of Architecture 2022".
On Sunday, June 26, 2022, the new building at Paul-Erdniß-Straße 1a in 31737 Rinteln will be open to all those interested in architecture between 11 am and 5 pm.
Photo: © Marcus Ebener
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
From 56 submissions, the jury of the Lower Saxony State Award for Architecture has shortlisted 12 projects. And we are pleased that we are among them with the Rinteln Integrated Comprehensive School.
Photo: © Marcus Ebener
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
Our Museum and Cultural Forum South Westfalia in Arnsberg was selected for the shortlist in the category "Composition" of the BDA Architecture Award NIKE 2022. And we are very happy about that!
Photo: © Brigida González
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
Under the title "Strict Rhythm in Rinteln" the IGS Integrated Comprehensive School Rinteln was published on Baunetz.de. And we are happy about that.
Photo: © Marcus Ebener
We are happy about a new online publication: Our ICS Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln was published on archdaily.com.
Photo: © Marcus Ebener
The online platform ARKITOK, based in Berlin and Basel, has published our projects "Anneliese Brost Music Forum Ruhr in Bochum" and the "Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia in Arnsberg".
Photos: © Brigida González
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
The website ENTWICKLUNGSSTADT BERLIN published an interview with Martin Bez about our planned new visitor center at Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin.
Photo: © Arne Hartenburg
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
We are pleased about a** 3rd prize** in the competition "House for Film and Media in Stuttgart".
The House for Film and Media is to be built in the direct vicinity of the Leonhard Church and "establish itself as a central cultural and educational institution that illuminates far beyond the city limits and contributes to the ambitious smart city strategy "Digital MoveS - Stuttgart.Gestaltet.Zukunft"."
The jury chaired by Prof. Jörg Aldinger awarded 1st prize to Delugan Meissl from Vienna, no 2nd prize was awarded.
Visualization: © Renderbar / bez+kock architekten
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
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.
Photo: © bez+kock architekten
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
