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post updated 2 September 2024

We’ve selected what we feel are the major examples of German Architecture. We cover completed buildings and new building designs across Germany. The focus is on contemporary German buildings.

We have 6 pages of German Architecture selections with links to numerous individual project pages.

Architecture in Germany

German Architecture : news + key projects (this page)

German Architecture Designs : A-D

German Building Designs : E-J

German Building Developments : K-Z

German Buildings : Projects outwith major cities – A-J

German Architecture Developments : Projects outwith major cities – K-Z

German Architecture

German Architecture Designs, alphabetical:

We’ve selected what we feel are the key German Buildings, in chronological order:

Altes Museum, Berlin (1833)
Berlin Turbine building – AEG Turbine Factory (1909)
Einstein Tower, Potsdam (1924)
Chilehaus, Hamburg (1924)
National Gallery Berlin (1968)
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt (1985)
Jewish Museum Berlin (1995)
BMW Central Building, Leipzig (2005)
Phaeno Science Centre Buildings, Wolfsburg (2006)
Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach (2006) – Stirling Prize
BMW Welt – Event + Delivery, Munich (2007)
Mercedes-Benz Museum Building, Stuttgart (2008) – Hugo-Haring Prize
Porsche Museum Building, Stuttgart (2009)

Comments on the German buildings selection welcome. These buildings are not selected due to their fame – we’ve left out the Berlin Olympic Stadium, Neues Museum, Commerzbank Tower and the Dutch Embassy Berlin – but because each design in its way achieved a milestone and signified strong creative achievement.

German Architecture Tours

Architecture Tours in Germany arranged chronologically:

Stuttgart Architecture Walking Tours, south west Germany – Architectural Walks by e-architect

The capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg is the sixth-largest city in the country. Key buildings include Mercedes-Benz Museum by UNStudio, Neue Staatsgalerie by Jim Stirling & Partner; Jim Stirling Michael Wilford & Associates and the Porsche Museum (pictured above) by Delugan Meissl. Key recent buildings include the Centre for Virtual Engineering by UNStudio, completed in 2013.

Munich Architecture Walking Tours, southern Germany – Architectural Walks by e-architect

Munich is the capital of the German state of Bavaria. It is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich has a wide range of contemporary architecture. Key buildings include BMW Welt – Event and Delivery Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au and the Olympic Stadium by Frei Otto – Architect / Engineer with Günter Behnisch. Key recent buildings include Allianz Arena (pictured above) by Herzog & de Meuron Architects with ArupSport and the revitalised Lenbachhaus Museum building by Foster + Partners.

Frankfurt Architecture Walking Tours, western Germany – Architectural Walks by e-architect

Hamburg Architecture Tours, north Germany – Architectural Walks by e-architect

Cologne Architecture Walking Tours, western Germany – Architectural Walks by e-architect

German Architecture News

German Architecture News – latest additions, arranged chronologically:

18 July 2024
Natural Science Center II, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany
Design: HENN

render © HENN
Natural Science Center II, University of Stuttgart

25 June 2024
Hyparschale, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects

photo : Marcus Bredt
The Hyparschale Building in Magdeburg

16 May 2024
Start-up Incubator and Co-working Space, Cottbus, Brandenburg, south-east of Berlin
Design: Prof. Bernd Huckriede, Dr. Jens Brinkmann, Ludwig Heimbach

photos by United Architektur / Kay Fingerle Fotografie
Cottbus Management Building, Brandenburg

Older posts:

4 Oct 2013
Müllheim Office Building, north west Germany
Design: wurm + wurm architekten

photo : Andreas Pauly
Müllheim Office Building
The task of this project was the revitalization of an empty precast concrete office from the 1980s.

20 Sep 2013
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria, Nuremberg, southern Germany
Design: gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners · Architects

photo © Heiner Leiskat
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria
The Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Bavaria is inaugurating its new archive in Nuremberg with a special ceremony.

20 Sep 2013
Darmstadt University Redevelopment, Hesse, central-west Germany
Design: Staab Architekten

photo from architecture practice
Darmstadt University Redevelopment
The C10 highrise at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, built in the mid-1960s, required architectural and technical refurbishment in order to reinforce its iconic status as sole highrise in the area announcing the campus throughout the city.

6 Sep 2013
House Philipp, Waldenburg, southern Germany
Design: Philipp Architekten

photo : Victor Brigola
House Philipp
This is a pure-styled residence located on a mountain ridge in Southern Germany, with strong horizontal styling.

3 Sep 2013
Zoofenster, Berlin
Design: Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten

photograph : Hans-Georg Esch
Zoofenster
This is one of Berlin’s tallest buildings at 119m high. The building consists of a 22-storey block and 32-storey tower.

30 Aug 2013
Hans-Sachs-Haus Conversion, Gelsenkirchen, north west Germany
Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)

photo from architect
Hans-Sachs-Haus Conversion,
After a construction period of four years, the city of Gelsenkirchen is this weekend celebrating the opening of its new town hall, which was converted to plans by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp).

27 Aug 2013
Drehmo Building, Wenden, western Germany
Design: wurm+wurm architekten ingenieure GmbH

photo : Ester Havlova, Walter Fogel
Drehmo Building
The basic arrangement consists of the assembly hall with the affiliated areas of the loading bay and an automatic shelf storage.

22 Aug 2013
Hanomag U-Boat Hall Conversion – RS+Yellow Furniture Outlet, Hannover, north Germany
Design: BOLLES+WILSON

photo : Olaf Mahlstedt, Hannover, Germany © BOLLES+WILSON
RS+Yellow Furniture Outlet Germany
There is an enormous potential in the re-scripting of grand industrial spaces, survivors from an epoch that had less trouble expressing itself.

24 Jul 2013
Kindergarten in Münster, north Germany
Design: BOLLES+WILSON

photo © BOLLES+WILSON
Kindergarten in Münster
The elegant form of the elliptical nave physically anchors its surrounding neighbourhood.

8 Jul 2013
DHWB University Building, Stuttgart, south west Germany
Design: 3XN

image from architect office
DHWB University Building
The architects’ proposal here is to create an open, inspiring and social learning environment. This new building is for the technical faculty of the German university Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW).

9 Jul 2013
PALÄON Research and Experience Centre, Schöningen, near Wolfsburg
Design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen

photo : Jan Bitter
PALÄON Research and Experience Centre
The PALÄON pushes itself out of the slightly hilly topography and cuts into the forested meadows.

27 May 2013
Bavarian Museum Building Design, Regensburg, southern German architecture competition

image from architect studio
Museum Bayerische Geschichte
The building does not have a clearly defined and easy readable form.

7 Dec 2012
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany – Architecture Competition
Architect: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)

image © gmp
Kunsthalle Mannheim
gmp wins first prize after negotiated procedure
The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been awarded the contract to design the new Kunsthalle Mannheim.

Kaffee Partner Headquarters, Osnabrück, northern Germany
3deluxe

photo from architects
Kaffee Partner
The 100-metre tripartite building complex with 9,800 sqm of floor space was implemented in a very cost-efficient way.

Sumatrakontor, Hafencity, Hamburg
Erick van Egeraat

photo : J Collingridge
Sumatrakontor Hamburg
At Hamburg Hafencity the brand new ‘ Sumatrakontor ‘ by Dutch Architect Erick van Egeraat was officially opened.

Key Contemporary German Buildings

German Buildings, alphabetical:

Berlin Turbine building
Peter Behrens Architect

photo © Isabelle Lomholt
Turbine building

BMW Welt Building, Munich
Design: Coop Himmelb(l)au

picture from Ketchum
BMW Building

Dresden railway station project
Foster + Partners

photo © Nigel Young
German station building

Elbphilharmonie, HafenCity, Hamburg
Herzog and de Meuron Architects

image © Herzog & de Meuron
Elbphilharmonie + Elbphilharmonie Building

Einstein Tower, Potsdam
Erich Medelsohn Architect

image © Isabelle Lomholt
Potsdam Buildings

Folkwang Museum, Essen
David Chipperfield Architects

picture : Christian Richters
German museum building

Hamburg Science Centre Building
OMA

picture from architect
Hamburg Science Centre Building

Jewish Museum Berlin
Daniel Libeskind Architect

photograph © Bitter Bredt
Jewish Museum Building

Leipzig Railway Station – Redevelopment
Ian Ritchie Architects

picture from architects
Leipzig Glass Hall

Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Marbach
David Chipperfield Architects

photograph © Christian Richters
Museum of Modern Literature

Mercedes-Benz Museum Building
UN Studio Architects

photo : Christian Richters
Mercedes Museum Stuttgart

Militärhistorisches Museum, Dresden
Daniel Libeskind Architect

photo © Hufton+Crow Photography
Dresden Military History Museum

Museum für Kunsthandwerk
Architect: Richard Meier

image © Adrian Welch
Frankfurt Museum Building

Neues Museum Building, Berlin
David Chipperfield Architects

image : David Chipperfield Architects
Neues Museum

Porsche Museum Building, Stuttgart
Delugan Meissl

image © Delugan Meissl Associated Architects
Porsche Museum Stuttgart

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