In the early 20th century, German architect Hermann Sörgel proposed one of the most ambitious and controversial megaprojects in history: Atlantropa. His plan aimed to drain the Mediterranean Sea by ...

The German Design Awards 2026 invite submissions in architecture! Connect ideas, cultures, and innovations worldwide.

That’s how German architect Jürgen Mayer describes his latest project, a temporary pavilion parked just outside the Pinakothek der Moderne museum in Munich. In staccato-like fashion ...

A German architect accused of improperly installing a fireplace in his Hollywood Hills mansion, leading to a firefighter’s death in February 2011, is expected to plead guilty to involuntary ...

CHICAGO — Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed when two ...

The German architect’s firm, Büro Ole Scheeren, currently has major projects underway in various Chinese cities, from Shenzhen to Nanjing. Among the most striking among is Urban Glen ...

The thatched wooden house lies tucked away in a quiet area between mountains and rice fields. This and many others, known as kominka, can be recognised by their wooden beams that are hundreds of ...

A day after his death, German architect Frei Otto, best known for the tentlike structures of the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, on Tuesday was named the 2015 winner of the Pritzker Architecture ...