House within a house
For a good 340 years, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (Handelskammer) has been not only the central stock exchange and hub of the city‘s economic life, but also a place of great social importance.
Situated...
S11 ”Steckelhörn 11“
The project “Steckelhörn 11” is located in the old centre of Hamburg, close to the prominent new HafenCity development. It replaces a ruinous building and fills the gap between two historic premises. The triangular-shaped...
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
The Elbphilharmonie on the archaic Kaispeicher A
The Kaispeicher A, designed by Werner Kallmorgen and constructed between 1963 and 1966, was used as a warehouse for cocoa beans until close to the end of the...
Oval Am Kaiserkai
This eleven-storey residential tower is situated on the northern bank of the Kaiserkai in Hamburg‘s HafenCity. This exposed location offers a beautiful view of downtown Hamburg, the Speicherstadt and the harbour. Following an analysis...
BF21 ”Vanmeer“
The apartment building ˝Vanmeer˝ at Kaiserkai 45 is conceived as a landmark on the former harbour quay. It refers to traditional images of freight stacked on the quayside: the main body of white glass...
Hafencity School
The school by the Sandtorpark is the first public building in the newly emerging Hafencity and a part of the urban, dense city quarter. As a result of the scarce property the “hybrid“ building...
Unilever Headquarters
The new Unilever headquarter building is situated right by the river Elbe, prominently positioned in Hamburg‘s HafenCity. The Unilever building opens up large areas to the public, both outside the building and within.
The central...
Marco Polo Tower
Directly on the Elbe, commanding a prominent position in the HafenCity, stands the Marco Polo Tower right beside the new Unilever headquarters, also by Behnisch Architekten.
The 55 m high tower punctuates the end of...
Überseequartier SPV1+4
The mixed-use building (SPV 1-4) designed by Erick van Egeraat is part of the Überseequartier and the larger plan of the HafenCity waterfront redevelopment in Hamburg, Germany. The new building SPV 1-4 comprises spaces...
Hamburg Science Center and Acquarium
The complex, comprising of the Science Center, Aquarium and Science Theatre, is located at the entrance to the Magdeburger harbour and sits at the end point of an urban axis from the inner Alster...
Spiegel HQ
Henning Larsen Architects has chosen a two-part composition to create hierarchy and openness on the site and has integrated the complex urban spaces that meet at Ericusspitze in their design. With its clearly readable figure...
Empire Riverside Hotel
The Empire Riverside Hotel and the ‘Brauhaus‘, an office building with a restaurant on the ground floor, are located in the centre of Hamburg, above St. Pauli‘s gangways on the former Bavaria brewery grounds....