March 13th, 2024

From four to six - our leadership team has been expanded

We are happy to announce the expansion of our leadership team: In addition to Meredith Atkinson, Erik Bossog, Michael Gaisser and Tilman Rösch, Sebastian Linder and Yong Liang are now also members of our management team / team leaders.

Both have been working in our office since 2018, Sebastian Linder was most recently responsible for the project management of the Town hall and Community center in Holzwickede, Yong Liang has taken over the leadership of our competition team.

Photo: © Arne Hartenburg

March 12th, 2024

Thorsten Kock is the new architectural advisor for the City of Ludwigsburg

Together with Matthias Schuster from LEHENdrei, Thorsten Kock was elected to the architectural advisory board of the City of Ludwigsburg.

This is Thorsten Kock's third appointment to a architectural advisory board after Nürtingen (2018 to 2023) and Offenbach am Main (since 2020).

Photo: © Arne Hartenburg

March 7th, 2024

Top ten position in the Baunetz ranking

We've come a long way up - we are delighted to be ranked 8th in the current Baunetz ranking (January / February 2024).

After exactly 2 years, we were once again among the top ten in the office ranking (national).

Photo: © Brigida González

February 28th, 2024

Inauguration of the Music Academy in Staufen

The music academy in Staufen (Breisgau) was officially opened last week. The new building opened its doors in the presence of State Secretary for Culture Arne Braun and the President of the Federation of German Wind Music Associations, State Secretary Patrick Rapp.

The academy was designed not only for wind music, but also for amateur music in all its diversity.

Photo: © bez+kock architekten

February 15th, 2024

Award at the BDA Architecture Prize for Holzwickede

We are delighted to have received an award at the BDA Architecture Prize Dortmund Hamm Unna 2023 for our Town Hall and Community Center in Holzwickede.

The jury selected two awards and two honorable mentions from the 26 entries submitted.

"The old building, as an expressive building, has not been confidently complemented by a mere extension, but with the extension a coherent spatial continuum has been developed that creates a coherent building ensemble," was the jury's verdict.

Photo: © Brigida González

February 12th, 2024

Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln in the Bauwelt

Our Integrated Comprehensive School in Rinteln is featured in detail in the current issue of Bauwelt (3.2024).

The editor Ulrich Brinkmann writes: "The new school in Rinteln by Bez + Kock has qualitatively realigned the school location on the outskirts of the city, but is also worth a visit because of the way it deals with the cluster."

Photo: © Marcus Ebener

February 1st, 2024

Town Hall and Community Center Holzwickede in wettbewerbe aktuell

We are pleased about a new publication: In the current issue of wettbewerbe aktuell (02 | 2024), our project Town Hall and Community Center in Holzwickede is presented in the section "Followed up (Weiterverfolgt)".

Photo: © Brigida González

January 31st, 2024

Interview with Martin Bez in the DBZ Deutsche Bauzeitschrift

An interview with Martin Bez was published in the current issue of DBZ Deutsche Bauzeitschrift: "How should we build? Which projects can still persuade a specialist editorial team to publish them today?"

The interview, conducted by Benedikt Kraft, begins with these important and exciting questions.

Photos: © Brigida González and Arne Hartenburg

January 26th, 2024

Well done - Bochum and Arnsberg are also involved

Under the title "well done", the Federal Foundation for Building Culture has published a brochure that shows exemplary projects "that are on time and on budget and have been realized with high quality."

We are delighted that two of our projects, the Anneliese Brost Music Forum Ruhr in Bochum and the Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia in Arnsberg, have been published in the new brochure.

Photos: © Brigida González

December 19th, 2023

Holzwickede Town Hall and Community Center and Luisenpark Mannheim are among the Best Projects on Archilovers.com

Great news from the Italian online platform "Archilovers". Both the Town Hall and Community Center in Holzwickede and the Green Experience Center in Luisenpark Mannheim were selected as Best Projects 2023.

Out of around 50,000 projects published on Archilovers this year, around 1,000 projects received the Best of Archilovers 2023 award.

Photos: © Brigida González

December 14th, 2023

New publication: Green Experience Center in Luisenpark in architektur.aktuell

We are very pleased about a publication in the Austrian specialist journal architektur.aktuell.

In the current issue 12.2023 with the title "Deutschland" our project "Green Experience Center in Luisenpark" is presented by the author Ursula Baus.

Photo: © Brigida González

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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