Bielefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the Detmold administrative region and…
Hannover was established in the Middle Ages on the east bank of the River Leine. Though this is debatable, Honovere’s original name may have meant “high (river)bank” (cf. das Hohe…
The city’s name’s initial syllable may have been derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dheus-, which meant “wet area” or “flood plain.” Duisburg may thus be translated as “a fortified location…
The largest city on the Weser, the longest river in Germany, Bremen is encompassed by the state of Lower Saxony. It is located about 60 kilometres (37 miles) upstream from…
Architect Lucien Kroll, a well-renowned architect and urban planner for his participatory and collaborative approach to architecture, passed away at the age of 95 on the 2nd of August in…
Architecture in Essen in Germany describes the architectural styles from across the city’s more than 1000-year history. The women’s monastery in Essen, established in 845 on Burgplatz, has a long…
German Cologne Cathedral, The Kölner Dom, is the name of the Roman Catholic cathedral in the German city of Cologne. The enormous twin towers on this church, which rise 515…
Herzog and De Meuron is a Swiss architecture firm founded by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, together with Senior Partners Christine Binswanger, Ascan Mergenthaler, Stefan Marbach, Esther Zumsteg, and…
A military warlord and a powerful Catholic bishop engaged in a power struggle that led to the creation of the modern city of Munich. One of the most dominant German…
The concepts of architecture vary depending on how one perceives it—Architects design space as per their beliefs and understanding of how the user might experience the particular space. To enhance…
Germany’s capital and biggest city, in terms of land and population, is Berlin. According to the population within city borders, it is the most populated city in the European Union,…
This article details the life and ideology of an urban planner, who with his publication named To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898) and theory influenced the urban planning…