urban planning

Many property owners no longer give department stores a chance

Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt Large red and yellow posters in the shop windows announce: “We are closing this branch. Everything has to come out. ”As if … Read more

Rudolf Wolters & Co: Building after 1945 – planned by Hitler’s architects

BToday it is hardly understood that the reconstruction after the end of the war took place in forms that had been developed in the reconstruction … Read more

Construction cranes keep turning in German metropolises

Düsseldorf Where if not in Munich could a property developer defy the corona crisis? The residential real estate market in the Bavarian capital is one … Read more

Frankfurt remains the Mecca for high-rise fans – Berlin is catching up

„Grand Tower“ in Frankfurt The recently completed largest residential high-rise in Germany comes up with award-winning architecture. (Photo: Magnus Kaminiarz & Cie. Architektur) Düsseldorf At … Read more

How department stores are breathed new life

Düsseldorf, Erfurt The summer of 2020 started with a shock for almost 5000 employees of Karstadt and Kaufhof: 56 branches, a third of all locations, … Read more

Corona pandemic: the end of the metropolis as we know it? what a nonsense

AWhen terrorists directed two planes into the twin towers of the New York World Trade Center in 2001, city planners reacted immediately: They demanded the … Read more