DETAIL (2025)

22/07/2025

Summer Special for Architects!

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In the current issue:
– Co-living project in an agricultural zone
– Renovation and extension of a swimming pool
– Sustainable building with local traditions

Secure your summer offer now and head into the second half of the year inspired! All details and the offer are in the first comment.

22/07/2025

Casa Lelis in Argentina by Valentín Brügger >>
https://www.detail.de/de_en/casa-lelis-in-argentinien-von-valentin-brugger

The weekend house designed by Valentin Brügger and his firm draws on elements of the local building tradition, particularly the solid exterior walls and light roofs covered with corrugated iron. The exterior walls of Casa Lelis are made of raw concrete with integrated field stones, which sometimes occupy the entire wall thickness. The roof, on the other hand, extends in front of the terrace as a steel skeleton down to the ground floor. On the south side, the cyclopean rear of the building contains the kitchen, sanitary facilities, stairs and a small loggia on the upper floor. Meanwhile, the open steel structure covers the terrace and supports the two upper-floor bedrooms. Facing the midday sun to the north, the house can... Find out more at www.detail.de

Photos: Cairoli

21/07/2025

Do you love architecture? 📚

In this month's DETAIL Quiz, we are giving away monographs on BIG, Hermann Kaufmann Architekten and David Chipperfield Architects - three offices that are shaping the architecture of our time.

Answer the quiz question on our website and be in with a chance of winning one of these high-quality books.

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"BIG - Architecture and Construction Details", Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj

21/07/2025

Sombra Pavilion in Venice by MVRDV >> https://www.detail.de/de_en/sombra-pavillon-in-venedig-von-mvrdv

For the seventh edition of the group exhibition “Time Space Existence,” MVRDV, together with Studio Metadecor, Airshade Technologies, the AMOLF Institute, ARUP, and Alumet, have designed the Sombra Pavilion. This dynamic shading structure will be on display until 23 November 2025 in the Giardini Marinaressa at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Covering 30 m², the pavilion is an architectural experiment in the dynamic control of light, heat, and ventilation: kinetic building elements that rely solely on passive physical principles, without electronics or motors. By actively responding to sunlight and shade, the installation creates a dialogue between architecture and the natural environment... find out more at www.detail.de

Photos: Jaap Heemskerk, Federico Vespignani

18/07/2025

Villa Muhr in Bohinj by Ofis Arhitekti >> https://www.detail.de/de_en/villa-muhr-in-bohinj-von-ofis-arhitekti

Villa Muhr is located on a sloping site at the entrance to the village of Ribčev Laz. Viewed from the valley side, the building is clearly divided into a stone base and an upper wooden structure. For the ground floor, which is partly embedded into the terrain, the architects reused the rubble stones from the old ruins. Above this, resting on a striking cantilevered steel frame, rises a three-storey timber construction. The spruce wood façades and balconies have been traditionally charred to make them more durable. Inside, warm wood tones and natural materials dominate the spaces. Throughout the house, there are details that reference local materials and building traditions – from chandeliers made of storm-felled wood to shutters inspired by the... more details at www.detail.de

Photos: Miran Kambic

17/07/2025

Collegium Academicum by DGJ Architektur >> https://www.detail.de/de_en/collegium-academicum-von-dgj-architektur

In front of the windows of the Collegium Academicum, wooden sliding shutters provide privacy. Continuous access balconies on the courtyard side lead to the apartments. For fire safety reasons, these balconies are made of concrete, and the courtyard façades have been clad in sheet metal.
The two buildings, each with four storeys, contain a total of 46 residential units for 176 residents. At present, these are organized into shared apartments for three or four people. However, the apartments can be reconfigured internally at any time — even combined into large shared apartments suitable for senior living. This is possible firstly because all apartments are barrier-free via the access balconies, and secondly because... more at www.detail.de

Photos: Thilo Ross Urh. Nr. 4026999/Quelle: DGJ Architektur GmbH

16/07/2025

: DETAIL 7./8.2025 Regional Building Culture >> https://www.detail.de/de_en/detail-7-8-25?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=LP&utm_campaign=AFF0019

Back to the Future?

Traditional building forms have undergone repeated revivals and rejections throughout architectural history – from the medievalist nostalgia of the Arts and Crafts movement to early modernism’s deliberate break with the past, from the fraught alliance of traditionalist styles like Heimatstil with 1930s fascism to the regionalist tendencies of the 1970s. While those earlier movements often focused on formal opposition to the perceived failures of modernism, today’s discourse goes further: there is growing recognition that building regionally also means building in a climate-conscious way, using locally available materials and resources.

The projects presented show how this can be done in practice. The motivations behind a return to traditional forms vary: in some cases, building codes or a protected historic setting played a decisive role; in others, the regional architectural language aligned with the values of the architect or client.

Documented projects by Innauer Matt Architekten, bernath+widmer Architekten, Níall McLaughlin Architects, Architekten, TEd'A Arquitectes, Atelier RAUM architectes

14/07/2025

Listed Two-Bay Barn Becomes Apartment Building >>
https://www.detail.de/de_en/denkmalgeschutzte-doppelscheune-wird-mehrfamilienhaus

Many old agricultural buildings in the historic district of Tübingen-Derendingen are currently being renovated and converted into residential spaces. This includes a two-bay barn, built in 1806 and now a listed building. /OK Architektur has converted it into an apartment building comprising four residential units. One of the particular challenges for the team was finding a solution that would address the height of the building while also meeting the requirements for listed buildings, such as fire protection, building physics and construction technology. The entire barn had to be underpinned and re-founded. As far as possible, the building envelope with its agricultural character has been preserved. Large windows have now been installed where the barn doors used to be. These are covered with vertically mounted natural wooden slats. The wooden supporting structure... Find out more at www.detail.de

Photo: Sebastian Schels

13/07/2025

Bon Pastor Apartment Block in Barcelona (ES) by Peris + Toral >> https://www.detail.de/de_en/wohnblock-bon-pastor-in-barcelona-von-peris-toral

With its courtyards, loggias and terraces, the Bon Pastor apartment block by Peris + Toral at the east of Barcelona offers a living quality similar to that in the century-old row houses it has replaced.

As the decades passed, the district where Bon Pastor estate was, fell more and more into neglect and thus a few years back the city decided to rehabilitate it, complete with demolition of the small houses and relocation of the inhabitants to new apartment blocks built in their place. In their design, Peris + Toral sought to revive the community lifestyle that once pertained on and along the streets of Bon Pastor, now however in different form. To this end they gave the block various intermediate spaces... Find out more at www.detail.de

Photos: José Hevia

11/07/2025

Featured in our June issue: Steam engine in the poplar forest

The Eye Stone Spring bathhouse in Wulingshan, designed by Vector Architects, merges industrial aesthetics with poetic beauty. Nestled in a forest near Beijing, visitors reach the structure via a bridge before it emerges from the mist like a dark rock face. Despite its concrete structure, the building appears light and integrates sensitively into the natural surroundings. Eight cylindrical elements rise above the trees, evoking chimneys or machine parts. To minimize its footprint, the building is divided into two volumes and elevated above the terrain on concrete supports. The architecture picks up visual cues from its surroundings – in rooflines, surface textures, and color tones. Inside, exposed concrete meets...

Read more in our current issue DETAIL 06.2025 >> https://www.detail.de/de_en/detail-6-25?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=LP&utm_campaign=AFF0019 and in our digital database Detail Inspiration >> https://inspiration.detail.de

Photos: Liu Guowei

10/07/2025

Don’t miss it: Today marks the premiere of the documentary film by Johann Betz and his team, screening in 60 cinemas across Germany >> https://www.detail.de/de_de/filmtipp-sep-ruf-architekt-der-moderne

Sep Ruf – Architect of Modernism invites audiences on a journey to the key buildings of the post-war modernist architect, who passed away in 1982.
With insights from contemporaries, former colleagues, residents, users, and prominent figures in architecture, the film paints a vivid portrait of one of Germany’s most important architects of the 20th century.

Sep Ruf was an architect with vision and charisma, skillfully blending progress and tradition, as well as nature and architecture. His floating structures not only shaped the young Federal Republic but also gained international recognition.

Sep Ruf – Architect of Modernism (german)
Germany 2025, 96 minutes

Photos: Alpenrepublik

Ruf Gesellschaft e.V.

09/07/2025

Festival Season in Bregenz (July 16 – August 17, 2025) – Where cultural passion meets architectural excellence!

Whether it’s grand opera on the lake or quiet architectural statements in the landscape – Vorarlberg impresses on every level.
Discover the region’s architectural highlights with our award-winning book “Architecture in Vorarlberg”, featuring the most exciting buildings and design positions since 2000.
Perfect for anyone who wants to celebrate not only music but also masterful architecture during the festival season.

in collaboration with vai - Vorarlberger Architektur Institut: Architecture in Vorarlberg (german) >>>> https://www.detail.de/de_de/architektur-vorarlberg?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=AFT0258

The publication is available in our online shop!

Featuring projects by Dietrich l Untertrifaller ARSP Architekten Marte Marte Architects Baumschlager Eberle Architekten AllesWirdGut Architektur Bernardo Bader Architekten Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten, feld72 Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst Georg Bechter Architektur & Design, Baumeister Jürgen Haller - Architektur & Baumanagement, Herzog & de Meuron, Wolfgang Ritsch Architekten and many more.

336 pages, hardcover
Editors: Verena Konrad and Sandra Hofmeister
Authors: Nicola Hilti, Eva Lingg-Grabher, Christian Kühn, Verena Konrad, Sandra Hofmeister, and Marina Hämmerle
Design: Strobo Berlin München
Publisher: Edition DETAIL

Photos: Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel, Adolf Bereuter

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