In 2005, 20 years ago, we won the international competition for the Mohammed bin Rashid Library in Dubai. An interview with Cem Arat has now been published in which he talks about the design concept and the aspects of sustainability that were already relevant at the time.

On the initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Climate Adaptation Week took place for the fourth time from 15 to 19 September. We took this as an opportunity to show what we understand by climate adaptation (spoiler: climate adaptation is not synonymous with climate protection) and how and where climate adaptation takes place in our designs

Innovation in knowledge work today is based more than ever on diversity, networking and exchange. At the same time, there is a growing realization that cities, in the sense of a productive city, are not only dependent on knowledge and service work, but also on material production as an economic activity. Against this backdrop, Markus Weismann and Nadine Funck have written an essay on the further development of monofunctional industrial and commercial areas into industrial districts.

How can we develop cities to be climate-adapted and resilient and at the same time dense and urban? The master plan for the new Stuttgart Rosenstein district is an example of how the seemingly contradictory demands of future living can be reconciled through a culture of dialogue in the planning process.

Circular building is on everyone’s lips, but the built reality still speaks a different language. Our publication “Zirkuläres Bauen in der Praxis ” sheds light on why this is the case. We discussed challenges and opportunities with 17 experts from the (construction) industry and formulated specific recommendations for action on how to make circular building become the standard.