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November 24th, 2023

Award at the BDA Prize Lower Saxony 2023 for the ICS Rinteln

Good news from Hanover: The integrated comprehensive school in Rinteln has received an Award in the BDA Prize Lower Saxony 2023. From a total of 86 submissions and several evaluation rounds at the Gropiushaus in Hanover, the jury initially selected 27 buildings for the shortlist.

Of these, 11 projects have now been honored with a prize or an award. We are delighted that our IGS in Rinteln was also honored during the award ceremony at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

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November 15th, 2023

New publication: Sustainable Architecture & Design 2023 2024

The specialist publisher avedition from Stuttgart has published a new yearbook for sustainable architecture.

Editors Andrea Herold and Tina Kammer have selected 50 international projects for the publication "Sustainable Architecture & Design" that demonstrate sustainable and circular design.

Our Integrated Comprehensive School project in Rinteln is also included.

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

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November 13th, 2023

New photos of the "Underwater World" at Luisenpark Mannheim

Architectural photographer Brigida González was back at Luisenpark Mannheim to photograph the newly designed "Underwater World".

We have published the photos on our website.

Photo: © Brigida González

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October 13th, 2023

Two projects on the shortlist for the Heinze ArchitekturAWARD 2023

With the Daycare Center in Miltenberg and the Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln, two projects have made it onto the shortlist for the Heinze Architecture AWARD 2023. Now we have to keep our fingers crossed that both projects make it to the top.

Photo: © Marcus Ebener / © Stephan Baumann, bild_raum

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October 12th, 2023

Town Hall and community center Holzwickede now on archdaily.com

Today our Town Hall and Community Center in Holzwickede (Unna) was published on archdaily.com in the daily current projects.

The editor Paula Pintos curated the post.

Photo: © Brigida González

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October 10th, 2023

Green Experience Center in the Luisenpark Mannheim now also on detail.de

We are happy to announce a new online publication: Editor Jakob Schoof has published an article about our Green Experience Center in the Luisenpark Mannheim on detail.de.

Photo: © Brigida González

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October 5th, 2023

New publication: Town Hall and Community Center Holzwickede on baunetz.de

Our project "Town Hall and Community Center in Holzwickede" was published on baunetz.de.

Under the title "Citizen service under the olive tree", the extension of the listed town hall built in 1915 is presented.

Photo: © Brigida González

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October 5th, 2023

Neue Perspektiven: Ein Film über den Luisenpark Mannheim

Das Filmteam von 9sekunden hat einen Film über unser Projekt "Grünes Erlebniszentrum im Luisenpark Mannheim" gedreht.

Mit bewegten Bildern aus überraschend neuen Perspektiven wurde die besondere Stimmung dieses Ortes sehr schön eingefangen.

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September 29th, 2023

Great success for the ICS Rinteln

We are very pleased about a Honorable Mention at the German Architecture Award 2023 for the ICS Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln. From a total of 191 submitted buildings, a renowned jury selected 11 projects for a main prize, 5 awards and 5 honorable mentions. The award ceremony took place yesterday in Berlin.

The prestigious German Architecture Prize is awarded every two years by the BBR Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning for outstanding achievements in building culture.

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

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September 27th, 2023

Architecture Guide Germany 2024 with Miltenberg Daycare Center

On October 12, the new Architecture Guide Germany 2024 will be presented at the Architekturgalerie Berlin.

Our Daycare center with Family center in Miltenberg is among the exemplary buildings and ensembles selected for this publication.

Photo: © Stephan Baumann, bild_raum

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August 29th, 2023

New publication: Green Experience Center in Luisenpark on divisare

We are happy to announce a new publication: our Green Experience Center at Luisenpark Mannheim is now also presented on divisare.com.

Photo: © Brigida González

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August 24th, 2023

House visit at the Holzwickede town hall and community center

On Thursday, September 7, the LWL Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe is organizing a "house visit" to the Holzwickede town hall and community center. The topic is the "Restoration and extension of the historic town hall, built in 1915, in accordance with the preservation order".

The "House Visit - Continuing to Build in the Existing Building" begins at 1:30 p.m. in the foyer of the Holzwickede Town Hall and Community Center, Allee 5, 59439 Holzwickede, Germany.

Photo: © bez+kock architekten

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August 21st, 2023

IGS Rinteln auf der Shortlist des BDA Preises Niedersachsen 2023

Wir freuen uns sehr, dass unsere Integrierte Gesamtschule in Rinteln von der Jury des BDA Preises Niedersachsen 2023 für die Shortlist nominiert wurde.

Unter insgesamt 86 Einreichungen wurden 27 für die Engere Wahl ausgewählt. Die Preisverleihung findet am 23. November 2023 im Sprengel Museum Hannover statt.

Foto: © Marcus Ebener

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July 27th, 2023

Also on baumeister.de the Green Experience Center in the Luisenpark Mannheim was published

The Green Experience Center in Luisenpark has now also been featured in the online edition of Baumeister magazine. Author Laura Puttkamer reports on the new building, which was realized as part of the Federal Garden Show 23 in Mannheim.

Photo: © Brigida González

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July 26th, 2023

Green Experience Center in the Luisenpark Mannheim on archdaily.com

We are happy to announce a new online publication:
Archdaily.com now features our Green Experience Center at Luisenpark Mannheim.

Photo: © Brigida González

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July 14th, 2023

Interview with Thorsten Kock on German Architects

The online platform German Architects has published an interview with Thorsten Kock about the competition "Requalification of the Acropolis of Byrsa and Rehabilitation of the National Museum of Carthage in Tunis".

Entitled "Roofs like large, protective umbrellas," it explains our competition's success.

Photo: © Grauwald Studio / Arne Hartenburg

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July 3rd, 2023

Daycare center in Miltenberg nominated for DAM Award 2024

We are delighted: The daycare center with family center in Miltenberg (Bavaria), completed in 2022, has been nominated for the DAM Award for Architecture in Germany 2024 of the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt.

This makes the daycare center one of the "100 remarkable buildings or ensembles in Germany" to be published in the new Architectural Guide to Germany (DOM publishers).

Photo: © Stephan Baumann, bild_raum

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June 26th, 2023

Green experience center in the Luisenpark on Baunetz.de

Our project "Green Experience Center in the Luisenpark Mannheim" was published today on baunetz.de.

Under the title "Freivoliere und Piguinanlage" the project, which was developed together with Koeber Landschaftsarchitektur (Stuttgart) in the context of the BUGA23 in Mannheim, is explained.

Photo: © Brigida González

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June 20th, 2023

Great success at the competition "Sorbian Knowledge Forum" in Bautzen

Our competition entry for the museum "Sorbian Knowledge Forum" in the city center of Bautzen was awarded 2nd prize and we are very happy about that!

"At Lauengraben, the building forms a powerful, monolithic prelude and is unmistakably a contemporary museum building", judged the jury chaired by Prof. Axel Oestreich (Berlin).

Visualization: © Renderbar / bez+kock architekten

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June 6th, 2023

Competition National Museum of Carthage in Tunis published on Baunetz.de

Under the title "Airy extension for the National Museum" the Baunetz has published an article about our competition success "Restoration of the Acropolis of Byrsa and redevelopment of the National Museum of Carthage in Tunis".

Among 94 designs from 30 nations, the jury chaired by Alberto Veiga (Barozzi Veiga, Barcelona) awarded our design, developed together with Koeber Landscape Architecture, with the 1st prize.

Visualization: © Grauwald Studio / bez+kock architekten

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June 1st, 2023

Competition Concert Hall in Chișinău published on Baunetz.de

Today, an article about the competition "Concert Hall in Chișinău" was published on Baunetz.de. Under the title "Philharmonic Hall in a new guise", the designs of the three prize winners are presented here.

Visualization: © Grauwald Studio / bez+kock architekten

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May 31st, 2023

Exhibition in Hamburg: Architecture in the Book. The book in architecture

Kristina Bacht from AIT-Architektursalon Hamburg, together with Ilka Ruby and Olaf Bartels, curated the exhibition "Architecture in the Book. The book in architecture" as part of the 10th Hamburg Summer of Architecture. The main focus is on the question of the significance of architecture books in the digital age. Martin Bez also presents his favorite book here.

The exhibition can be visited until July 14, 2023 at AIT-Architektursalon, Bei den Mühren 70 in Hamburg.

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May 16th, 2023

New publication: Day care center in Miltenberg in the AIT

In the current issue 5.2023 "Public Buildings" of AIT Architecture, Interior Architecture, Technical Construction, editor Patricia Buth has published an article about our daycare center St. Franziskus in Miltenberg.

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May 10th, 2023

Fantastic success: 1st prize at the competition Concert Hall in Chișinău

In the competition for the concert hall in Chișinău (Republic of Moldova), our entry was awarded 1st prize. Congratulations to our competition team!

The competition provides for the design of a new concept for the building of the National Philharmonic Hall "Serghei Lunchevici" in Chișinău. At the same time, it is also about the rehabilitation of the historic building stock, which survived the fire of 2020.

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April 17th, 2023

Great competition success: 1st prize at the National Museum of Carthage in Tunis

Congratulations to our competition team - we are very happy: In the international competition "Requailification of the Acropolis of Byrsa and Rehabilitation of the National Museum of Carthage in Tunis", the jury chaired by Alberto Veiga (Barozzi Veiga, Barcelona) awarded our competition entry with the 1st prize among 94 designs from 30 nations.

In our design, the existing courtyard, located in the center of the approximately 5-acre site of the Acropolis of Byrsa and providing immediate access to all major archaeological areas, is proposed as the most suitable location for the new part of the National Museum of Carthage.

To the competition explanation of the IUA International Union of Architects
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April 17th, 2023

Starting signal for BUGA 23 and the new park center in Luisenpark.

On Friday, April 14, the 2023 Federal Horticultural Show BUGA 23 in Mannheim was officially opened by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.

We are pleased that our project "Green Experience Center in Luisenpark" with the walk-through large aviary and the new penguin enclosure is one of the highlights of BUGA 23.

To the news about the start of the BUGA 23 of the SWR
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March 16th, 2023

Video about Kulturraffinerie Monheim

The Rheinische Post published a video in its online edition showing the construction phases to date since April 2022 of our project "Kulturraffinerie K714 in Monheim".

The historic barrel filling hall with its characteristic elaborate brick facade is being converted into a distinctive, multifunctional event venue.

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March 14th, 2023

New publication: Daycare center in Miltenberg in CUBE magazine

In the current issue 01|23 of the CUBE magazine (Frankfurt and Rhine-Main region) our daycare center with family center in Miltenberg was published under the title "Shelter and history".

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March 13th, 2023

Groundbreaking ceremony for the XLAB encounter center in Göttingen

Last Friday, March 10, the groundbreaking ceremony for our project XLAB Encounter Center with Guest House in Göttingen took place in the presence of Lower Saxony's Minister of Science Falko Mohrs (SPD).

Within walking distance of the Experimental Laboratory XLAB, a new building with about 50 beds and a common area will be built here in the next two years.

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March 8th, 2023

Federal Horticultural Show 2023 in Mannheim - we are part of it

In a few weeks, the Federal Horticultural Show (Bundesgartenschau) 2023 will open in Mannheim and we will be there with our project "Green Experience Center in Luisenpark".

The SWR has published a detailed preliminary report on the BUGA 23 and the current status of planning in the Luisenpark.

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