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Architectural intelligence

At a time when reason and foresight are becoming less influential in world affairs, this Architecture Biennale may be just the response we need. Carlo Ratti, the Biennale Director, will be staging his exhibition “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective” at the Giardini and the Arsenale, as well as many other locations in Venice, from 10 May 2025. Will this Architecture Biennale offer fresh insights into the critical issues of our time?

Working environments as hotel lounges

In the Hyatt Hotel at Zurich Airport, Studio Alexander Fehre has designed a 1500 m² office environment with a lounge character that offers a variety of use scenarios.

Fired and unfired clay

The Hotel Leo in the garden of the Villa Wiesental is clad in greenish and white-grey clinker brick. The interior walls are made of clay bricks and earth blocks.

Architecture award

We present the winners of the Detail Award 2024. With 527 entries from 40 countries, this year's prestigious architecture prize saw record participation. 

Conversion with history

In Menorca, Calderon-Folch Studio has transformed a building dating from 1844 into a hotel that incorporates historical layers and regional references into its architecture.

DETAIL Award 2024

Barcelona-based architectural duo Peris + Toral has realised 43 flats made of clay on Ibiza, setting new standards in social housing construction.

Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024

In 1969, Marcel Breuer designed the office and research building for the Armstrong Rubber Company in New Haven, USA. Becker + Becker converted the iconic building into a 165-room boutique hotel. 

Company Portrait

Company Portrait

From attic to start-up incubator

In a highly prominent location opposite London’s Houses of Parliament, Material Works Architecture transformed an attic into a start-up incubator – with a laid-back interior design and a minimal carbon footprint.

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Solid wood on masonry

At the Hotel La Briosa in Bolzano, a new solid-wood construction meets historical masonry work. Felix Perasso and Daniel Tolpeit have combined old and new into a concordant whole. 

Thresholds and transitions

Berlin‘s new branch of the Locke hotel chain lies directly by the East Side Gallery. Its interior offers an eclectic design inspired by its location as well as its history. 

At lofty heights

The One Za’abeel towers rise as high as 305 m into the Dubai skyline. At 100 m, they are connected via a lofty bridge whose cantilever has set world records.