New Project: Fire Station of KIT

We were successful with our design in the tendering process for the new fire station building of the KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). It includes a two-storey main building and a single-storey annexe. The materials concrete, wood and aluminum are illustrated - and with them the construction method. Building materials and component joints are to be selected according to the principles of circular construction.

Two projects nominated for the DAM Prize 2026

We are delighted that two of our projects, the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus and the Realschule Gerlingen, have been nominated for the DAM Prize 2026. A total of 115 projects made it onto the longlist. In the summer, the German Architecture Museum will announce who has made it onto the shortlist. 

To the Longlist of DAM Prize 2026

DMK Award for Sustainable Building: Fire Station in Straubenhardt honored

On May 6, 2025, the DMK Award for sustainable building was presented for the twelfth time in Wiesbaden. The expert jury reviewed 62 submitted projects and awarded our Straubenhardt fire station one of the four main prizes! Ingmar Menzer accepted the award in person. The DMK Award is presented by the Dagmar + Matthias Krieger Foundation - with the aim of communicating the topic of future-oriented and environmentally conscious construction to a wider audience. 

Read more on the Award

3rd prize in the competition for the new administration center in Kehl

Our design, submitted together with the landscape architects Planstatt Senner, envisages a seven-storey structure for the new administration center, which intersects with a one- and three-storey structure and connects to form a polygonal footprint. Congratulations to the competition team!

A social space that invites exploration and contemplation

The Museum of Art and History is the largest museum in Geneva. Our competition design, submitted jointly with Itten-Brechbühl, thomas jundt ingénieurs and map paysage, has been awarded 5th prize. Our design envisages restructuring and extending the cultural building built in 1910 and reinterprets the important Swiss museum. The aim is to create a space of openness and exchange, a social realm that invites exploration and contemplation. Congratulations to the entire competition team!

Inauguration Service inside the Christuskirche Sandhausen

The inauguration service on April 27 in the interior of the Christuskirche Sandhausen was the perfect setting to celebrate the completion of the renovation. The church, originally built in 1866, has been extended to include a new parish hall and a parish office. Congratulations to the planning team, almost all of whom were present in Sandhausen.

Topping-out Ceremony for the regional prison in Altstätten

Just eleven months after the foundation stone was laid, we were able to celebrate a proper »topping-out ceremony« for the extended and renovated regional prison in Altstätten together with client representatives and specialist partners on April 24. Tobias Wulf also came to the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, where he explained some of the ideas behind the project: For example, the new flat structure which integrates itself into the landscape and thus underlines the spaciousness of the surroundings.

»Substance that blends imperceptibly into the new«: Secondary School in Gerlingen published in DBZ

The April issue of DBZ is dedicated to school construction, including a six-page article on the refurbished and expanded secondary school in Gerlingen. The German trade journal vividly describes how an existing building from the 1970s was transformed into the central element of a modern school ensemble. For editor Amina Ghisu, the project proves that there is immense spatial potential hidden in our existing buildings, »which should not be seen as an obstacle, but as an opportunity.«

Read the German article online

Flexible new school building with an »open stage«

Together with wh-p Ingenieure and Koeber Landschaftsarchitektur, we are delighted to have won 3rd prize in the competition for the extension of the Königin-Katharina-Stift school in the immediate vicinity of Stuttgart’s Staatstheater (state theater) and Staatsgalerie (state gallery) . The new building in our design provides a deliberate contemporary contrast to the traditional historic school building. An open, flexibly configurable spatial structure and an open stage facing the nearby Oberer Schlossgarten park complement the existing school building with a new building that matches the school’s cultural orientation.

»Interdisciplinary Working Environments« – Lecture by Steffen Vogt

On March 26, Steffen Vogt will speak on the topic of »Interdisciplinary Working Environments« as part of the »Spotlight« Talks. His lecture will focus on the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, a laboratory building, which was completed last year. As part of eltefa, the lecture series focuses on pioneering projects by renowned architectural firms. Experienced planners will present their innovative approaches, share valuable insights and provide inspiration for pioneering building concepts. 

Date: 26 03 2025
Time: 12.30 pm
Location: Hall 4, 4B48

The Talks on March 26
The eletefa trade fair takes place from March 25 to 27 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center.