Back issues of [ark] magazine: 2004

Articles

• "School building funding - also an opportunity for architects and the construction industry" by Frieder Wurm
• "The PISA study and findings on the learning environment" by Astrid Neumann
• "Optimal acoustics in the classroom - essential not only for hearing-impaired students" by Carsten Ruhe
• Face to Face: "What memories do you have of your former school building and what would you like to do differently about today’s school and educational buildings?" with Kai Haag, Ernst Kasper, Ansgar Schulz
• "Audibility and comfort in schools with some remarks on the decline of the Vandal kingdom"
• "New partnerships - Public Private Partnerships (PPP)"
• "School buildings from a student perspective" by Christian Rittelmeyer
• "Materials and their surfaces" by Christian Kandzia
• "The role of color or the question of the right concept" by Peter Appenzellerr

Projects

• School building extension, Wolfurt, Austria (cucrowicz.nachbaur architekten)
• Municipal Music School, Friedrichshafen, Germany (Architekturbüro Plösser)
• School, Zirndorf, Germany (Ulrich & Ulrich Architekten)
• Kindergarten, Gosheim, Germany (Architekturbüro Weber)
• Administrative School, Weimar, Germany (Hestermann König Schmidt & Partner Architekten)
• Maria Montessori School Centre, Leipzig, Germany (Architekturbüro Ilg-Friebe-Naube)
• Elementary school, Völkendorf, Austria (Architekt Manfred Güldner)
• Whitelodge Day Centre, Chertsey, United Kingdom (Broadway Malyan)
• School Group, Lipsheim, France (Larche/Strolz Strasbourg)
• Gymnasium of the Nikolaischule, Leipzig, Germany (schulz & schulz architekten GmbH)
• Revitalization and expansion of the European Academy, Bolzano, Italy (Klaus Kada)

Articles

• "1-star hotel: The big chains are entering the low-budget market", by Anne M Schüller
• "A night in Everland", by Gianni Jetzer
• "Global trends and their impact on the architecture of the international hotel industry" by Dr Axel Gruner
• "Cooling ceilings and their influence on comfort", by Bernhard Pfeifer
• Face to face: "'If someone goes on a journey, he can tell a story,' wrote Matthias Claudius over 200 years ago in his song "Urian's Journey Around the World." What was your most eventful journey?" with Josef Weichenberger, Jan Störmer and Tassilo Bost
• "Economy, functionality and aesthetics"
• "Between kitsch and authenticity", by Armin Scharf
• "Green for breakfast", by Cornelia Markus-Diedenhofen

Projects

• Renovation of the Hilton, Athens, Greece (Meletitiki – AN Tombazis and Assoziates Architects Ltd, Harry K Bougadellis and Associates Architects SA)
• SIDE Hotel, Hamburg, Germany (Jan Störmer Architekten, Matteo Thun)
• Extension of Gasthof Kedl, Urbersdorf, Austria (Pichler & Traupmann)
• Ramada Plaza New Messeturm, Basel, Switzerland (Daniele Marques, Morger & Degelo)
• Hotel Ibis Katowice, Zabrze, Poland (Pentagramm Poznan)
• Steigenberger Airport Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany (Hoch-Tief Construction AG)
• Hart’s Hotel, Nottingham, United Kingdom (Marsh Grochowski Architects)
• Grand Hyatt, Shanghai, China (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP)
• Radisson SAS Hotel, Cologne, Germany (Grimbacher)
• Dorint Novotel at Kongressplatz, Karlsruhe, Germany (Architekten Schweger + Partner, Büro Markus-Diedenhofen)
• Designhotel Q! on Kurfürstendamm, Berlin, Germany (Wanzl & Co. Bauträgergesellschaft KG)

Articles

• "The passive house opportunity", by Dr Wolfgang Feist
• "Housing value promotion provides a modernisation boost", by Dr Frank Heidrich
• "Vorarlberg - promised land of energy-efficient architecture", by Harald Gmeiner
• "Energy-efficient renovation with passive house components", by Dr Burkhard Schulze Darup
• Face to face: "The majority of buildings in Germany no longer meet energy standards and need to be renovated. What arguments would you use to motivate homeowners to take this step?", with Daniel Sauter, Roland Matzig and Christoph Manderscheid
• "Excellent acoustics" (StoSilent Panel)
• "Ecological and economical" (Passivhaus)
• "The energy pass is coming" (EU directive on the overall energy efficiency of buildings)
• "Certified facade insulation system for passive houses"
• "www.bewusst-bauen.com supports consulting expertise"
• "IG Passivhaus: A network for information and further education"
• "Dark facades with System"
• "Metallic surfaces in architecture", by Hans Weidinger
• "Federal German Architecture Prize – Plaster"

Projects

• Residential building Harthof, Munich, Germany (Christof Wallner in collaboration with Bettina Görgner)
• Steybe commercial building, Weinstadt, Germany (Fuchs, Wacker)
• Tuma Tschelle low energy house, Domat/Ems, Switzerland (Franco Perazzelli, Giubbini + Partner)
• New office campus building T-Mobile 2, Bonn, Germany (Prof. Schmitz Architekten)
• Nursing home, Leipzig, Germany (Planning group Prof. Laage, Barbara Brakenhoff, Lutz Siebertz)
• Lamborghini Showroom, London, United Kingdom (Mark Wilkinson, Gooch Webster)
• Passivhaus residential building Petrisberg, Trier, Germany (H. Lamberty Architekten, with Schmitz & Hoffmann)
• Lothar Fischer museum, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany (Berschneider + Berschneider)
• Fire and Music House, Tullnerbach, Austria (ah3 Architekten)
• Municipal Hospital, Pforzheim, Germany (Peter W. Schmidt)
• Office and commercial building, Hilden, Germany (Pagel.Henn Architekten)
• Silo4plus5, Rostock, Germany (Beyer + Partner, Holmhansen Raumdesign)
• The renovation project “Am Forsthaus 12-14”, Hofheim, Germany (Planungsgruppe Passivhaus Architekten und Ingenieure)
• 4-litre house “Am Anger”, Erlangen, Germany (Konrad Gnad, Architekt)

Articles

• Forewords by Jürgen G. Hilger "Plaster - designer of our built environment", and Jochen Stotmeister "We want to promote good architecture"
• "On the connection between poetry and architecture" by Gerd de Bruyn
• "A personal jury report", by Klaus Theo Brenneren

Projects

• Göppner House, Ramstein, Germany (bayer I uhrig, Dirk Bayer, Andrea Uhrig)
• Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery), Berlin, Germany (Prof. HG Merz Architekten Museumsgestalter, Berlin team: Constanze Altemüller, Nursen Dasdelen, Christoph Eberhard, Uli Lechtleitner, Prof. Ute Lehmann, Joachim Munzig, Uli Neumann, Johannes Schrey, Johannes Stumpf, Michel Weber, Hans Witschurke, Uwe Wurster)
• Eight town villas, Leinefelde, Germany (Stefan Forster, Team: Reinhard Mayer, Nikolaus Neufeldt)
• Facade renovation of a large housing estate, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany (Spengler · Wiescholek, Ingrid Spengler, Manfred Wiescholek, Team: Annegret Hansen, Tobias Patzak)
• Residential complex Elbchaussee, Hamburg, Germany (Kahlfeldt Architekten, Team: Philipp Rentschler, Bernd Gotthardt)
• Conversion and renovation of a farmhouse, Glambeck, Germany (Tillmann Wagner & Tobias Engelschall)
• Auerberg residential courtyards, Bonn, Germany (usarch - Uwe Schröder Architekt, Team: Stefan Dahlmann, Till Kurz, Stefanie Schmand)
• Grüne.Haus - House for two families, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany (Kohlmayer Oberst Architekten, Regina Kohlmayer, Dirk Oberst)
• Jerusalemer Street Daycare Centre, Berlin, Germany (Staab Architekten, Volker Staab, Alfred Nieuwenhuize)
• Secondary school Kamper Weg, Düsseldorf, Germany (Prof. Ursula Ringleben with Mark Langenbahn, Team: Kerstin Meier, Jochen Koppensteiner)
• Expansion and renovation of youth hostel, Konstanz, Germany (Working group: Dieter Baumewerd, Joachim Sieber, Mathias Vögele, Team: Hekyung Lee, Christian Vögele, Jürgen Bamberg)
• Atelier Haack, Darmstadt, Germany (Florian Krieger, Kerstin Schultz, Werner Schulz)