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We feature major designs like the Kolumba Diocesan Museum by the world-famous Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. We showcase the Kranhaus buildings by BTR (Bothe, Richter, Teherani, Hamburg) – two offices buildings and one apartment block.
Also check the ‘Glass Worm’ – new Peek & Cloppenburg store by Renzo Piano (RPBW), Offices at MediaPark Köln Block 5 by Herman Hertzberger Architect. Also showcased are FKB Airport by Murphy/Jahn Architects, and KölnTurm built in 2001, byJean Nouvel with Kohl & Kohl Architekten (Essen).
Probably the most famous structure in this German city is Kölner Dom, the towering cathedral on the west side of the River Rhine. It has been designated a World Heritage site since 1996.
In 1991 the practice won an international competition to masterplan Duisburg Inner Harbour. The scheme, set on an 89-hectare site, aims to connect the inner city with the waters edge and with areas north of the harbour
Duisburg Harbour Masterplan, Aurelis, Architect, Images, Foster + Partners, Germany, Building, Westphalia Architecture
Uwe Schröder (born 1964 in Bonn) is a German architect and university professor at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen.
Zollverein School of Management & Design Essen by SANAA : Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa: Germany building, Westphalia architecture images
In 1971, Dortmund was selected to replace the city of Cologne, which was forced to withdraw its plans to host games in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The funds originally set aside for the projected stadium in Cologne were thus re-allocated to Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen Stadium, Veltins-Arena building, FC Schalke 04 – by architects Hentrich, Petschnigg und Partner: Gelsenkirchen football stadium: Veltins-Arena