Built historisches Gebäude /// Kalhöfer-Korschildgen

Historical rooms are spaces of memory and remembrance. In them not only the architectural time is condensed in different forms and constructions, but also the demands and ideas of the societies and institutions of the respective epoch. The art historian Martin Warnke describes this background very …

The town gate Zülpicher Tor is one of the most remarkable ancient buildings in Nideggen, a tourist city in the Eifel Range, south of Cologne. The expansion of the gate provides an access keeping up with the times, and therefore makes its touristic use possible. The architecture of the expansion …

A school is to be built on a former fruit field. Instead of giving the building a presence, we use the camouflage strategy. We want an orchard that goes over the school. We want nature. The general uses of the school are under the “green carpet”. The class buildings are packed with …

The Historical Museum Saar is part of the Saarbrücken castle complex, which was renovated by the prominent architect Gottfried Böhm in the 1980s, and is housed in a new building to the side of the castle, which was built in postmodern style. Thanks to the Böhm entrance building, the museum has a sp …