Our project “Kokoni One | Timber Construction Quarter at the Orchard” was honored with the polis Award 2025. It received …
3 pm | Lecture by Jan Schreiber: “Rethinking Ressources” The “20. Norddeutsche Holzbautage” (“20th North German Timber Construction Days”) will …
Special Mention for the design by ZRS Architekten and Bruno Röver in the competition “Rathaus der Zukunft, Berlin-Mitte” (“Town Hall …
16 April, 6pm | Vernissage “How do we want to build in future?” with Natural Building Lab (TU Berlin) and …
The Café Leo, a timber pavilion at Leopoldplatz in Berlin-Wedding, has been awarded the BDA Preis Berlin 2024. The award, …
The exhibition “Baustelle Holz” (Wood under Construction), which will be on display at the “BDA Galerie Berlin” until early May, …
The refurbishment of the 26 individual roof areas of the “Französisches Gymnasium” (“French Gymnasium”) in Berlin Tiergarten is progressing steadily. …
A new residential building is currently being constructed on Salvador-Allende-Straße in Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick, using hybrid timber construction with a wooden façade …
On March 5th, the topping-out ceremony for our project Holz Ziegel Lehm | Pilot Project Sustainable Housing Berlin was celebrated, …
We are pleased about the approved building permit for the Museum Pavilion on the campus of the TU Berlin. The …
The new federal headquarters of the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) is being built on the former site …
The annual exhibition of the Architektenkammer Berlin presents 60 selected projects designed in Berlin-based offices for architecture, urban planning, interior …
The first volume of the new “CRADLE Book” series was recently published on the topic of timber hybrid construction. One …
Resource efficiency was one of the key topics of BAU 2025 trade fair. Andrea Klinge spoke about the research project …
The January issue of Baumeister magazine is titled “Weniger” (“less”), which is not only a life motto but has long …
There is a new normative basis, DIN 18940, for the construction, dimensioning and execution of load-bearing earth block masonry. The …
The two buildings of the pilot project Holz Ziegel Lehm in Alt-Britz are constantly rising. The envelope of the timber …
We are delighted that our project Woof & Skelle: Building Ensemble for Social Housing & Kindergarte, Ellener Hof, Bremen has …
The Berlin Chamber of Architects has published a new guide to circular planning and building, in which Andrea Klinge and …
ZRS Architekten Ingenieure cooperated with the editorial team of DBZ (Deutsche BauZeitschrift) in the preparation of the magazine issue focusing …
As one of four outstanding earth building projects, the Weleda Logistics Cradle Campus in Schwäbisch Gmünd by Michelgroup was honoured …
Our project Woof & Skelle: Building Ensemble for Social Housing and Kindergarten in Ellener Hof, Bremen, was published in the …
The Bauhaus University Weimar has added a new part-time certificate program in Earthen Construction to its curriculum. Starting in the …
We are pleased to announce the start of construction work at the Karlshorst fire station! As part of the energy-efficient refurbishment …
ZRS was represented at the 9th International Conference on Building with Earth, LEHM 2024, with several presentations. Together with Nico …
The seminar in the event series ‘On course for the future: public construction with wood’ organised by Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe …
An artificial volcano is perhaps first associated with the Babelsberg Film Park. However, the artificial volcano in Wörlitz has been …
The grand opening of the EDEKA Future Market in Nauen took place on 28 August. The store opened its doors the …
Our project Seminar and Training Centre in the Healing Garden, Chamchamal, Kurdistan-Iraq has been awarded the International Architecture Award 2024. The …
The first milestones in the construction of the Holz Ziegel Lehm pilot project, which we are carrying out together with …
The SIRCULAR research project held its kick-off meeting in June. 22 partners from six European countries, including ZRS Architekten, are …
The article “Wonder building material with a wow effect” about Christof Ziegert, his expertise in earth building and ZRS’s work …
The topping-out ceremony for the new Volksbank Aue-Bad Schlema building complex was celebrated at the end of July. The carcass …
The curators for the German contribution to the 19th Architecture Biennale in Venice 2025 have been announced: TEAM STRESSTEST, consisting …
As part of the seminar ‘QLab Sustainable Building, a qualification programme for women*’, the Baufachfrau Berlin association visited the ZRS …
ZRS Architekten Ingenieure has been nominated for the German Sustainability Award (GSA) as a pioneer of transformation in architecture and …
6:30 pm | Public lecture by Andrea Klinge
Interview with Christof Ziegert on building with earth
In the fourth episode of the podcast “Discussions with Science and Politics” (“Wissenschaft und Politik im Gespräch”), science journalist Julia …
The spatial enclosure is finished! The wooden hollow box elements of the ceiling extend from one beech truss to the …
ARGE coopdisco + ZRS Architekten was awarded third place in the two-stage competitive dialogue for the redevelopment of a former …
At this year’s “climate protection partner of the year”-awards (“Klimaschutzpartner des Jahres”), the project “Kokoni One – Timber Construction Quarter …
In this year’s “climate protection partner of the year” awards (“Klimaschutzpartner des Jahres”), the project “Holz Ziegel Lehm – Pilot …
Weleda AG’s new logistics centre has won first prize in the ecological reality category of the Polis Award. The pioneer project …
The book “The Real Deal” compiles short essays and interviews by and with players in the construction industry as well …
Aedes Archiecture Forum shows 16 timber buildings of different typologies in its exhibition “Wood’s Up!”. Local structures, alternative financing models …
ZRS Ingenieure has invested heavily in the laboratory’s equipment by installing a large pressure testing machine. This expands our range …
In a new episode of the Heinze podcast Architekturfunk, Andrea Klinge, ZRS Architekten, talks about the steps that will bring …
The DIN standards committee Lehmbau has completed the revision of the standards for earth building materials under the chairmanship of …
As part of the EU research project ‘GreeNest’ (NEST InGrained ecosystem foR zEro EmissioN buildings), 20 European partners, including ZRS …
The INBUILT European research project, in which ZRS Architekten is involved, held its kick-off meeting at the end of 31 …
At the White Temple in Uruk, southern Iraq, the third and last remnant of the pillars of the north-eastern central …
The topping-out ceremony for the EDEKA Future Market in Nauen was celebrated on 23rd January. A large part of the timber …
The autumn issue of the science magazine TAD (Technology | Architecture + Design) is dedicated to the topic of circularity. …
Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH has published a book on the topic of circular construction. It contains several interviews with various …
The Yearbook of Civil Engineering 2024 brings together current buildings by engineers from Germany that showcase the entire breadth of …
The Yearbook of Architecture documents selected projects of contemporary building culture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The four chapters “Working”, …
We are delighted to announce the start of construction on the project Holz Ziegel Lehm planned by Arge ZRS Architekten …
In June 2023, the ev.-luth. Maria Magdalena church community in Hamburg launched a workshop process for the construction of a …
The U-Halle in Mannheim was honoured with the German Sustainability Award (DNP) 2023. Hütten & Paläste transformed the 20,000 m² …
The book “Sustainable Architecture & Design 2023/ 2024” brings together 50 current projects as particularly good examples of environmentally friendly …
We are pleased to announce that our project Woof & Skelle: Ensemble of buildings for social housing and kindergarten in …
Many old houses that are not listed are being demolished. New buildings are then usually built with concrete and glass, …
Julian Mönig from the Natural Building Lab at TU Berlin explains the advantages of clay plaster in interiors in the …
We are delighted that Woof & Skelle: Building Ensemble for Social Housing & Kindergarten in Bremen is one of the …
The new issue of the magazine db on the subject “Building differently” focusses, among other things, on “Low-tech instead of …
Our building ensemble for social housing and daycare in Bremen has received the 2nd prize in the main category: New …
The German Sustainable Building Council – DGNB e.V. has selected the winners of the DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2023. In the …
Issue 3/23 of the magazine “Die Architekt” was designed together with Andreas Hild under the title “Auf Evidenz bauen – …
The aim of the Standardization Roadmap of DIN, DKE and VDI is to provide an overview of the status quo …
Our office celebrated its 20th anniversary on 10 June 2023 with a symposium on the topic “Building within Planetary Boundaries” …
Our project Building ensemble for social housing & kindergarten in Bremen has been shortlisted for the German Timber Construction Award …
The new issue of DBZ on the topic of circular building presents our project Woof & Skelle: Building Ensemble for …
The building ensemble for social housing & kindergarten in Bremen by ZRS Architekten Ingenieure has won the 2nd prize in …
On 17 April, the foundation stone was laid for the EDEKA Future Market in Nauen. An innovative and ecologically sustainable …
This year, the standard civil engineering publication Mauerwerk Kalender, edited by Detlef Schermer and Eric Brehm and published by Ernst …
As part of the study for Lichtblick, ZRS Architekten analysed the climate impact of the accounting rules applied in the …
The ancient metropolis of Uruk lies 300 km south of Baghdad, on the western edge of the Sumerian heartland in …
The KOKONI ONE – new eco-quarter is taking shape! The first 12 of a total of 84 houses in pure …
The study “The Green Construction Industry” by BauinfoConsult outlines the contours of a transformation of the construction industry. It shows …
The two new buildings, Woof & Skelle, are part of the Ellener Hof district developed by the Bremer Heimstiftung, consisting …
Prefabrication of exterior wall, roof and special modules, interior staircases as well as window and exterior door production including surface …
This year, the popular Leipzig prize for the Conservation of Historical Monuments went to the rehabilitation of a small, ruinous …
On 7 September, the foundation stone was laid for the Kokoni One neighbourhood in Berlin-Pankow in the district of Französisch …
The nbau. Nachhaltig Bauen reports in detail on the CRCLR-Haus in which ZRS Ingenieure developed the supporting structure for the …
20 students from 14 countries have just completed the 4-week »Conservation of Earthen Architecture« course hosted by the Getty Conservation …
The new workshop building is an extension of the Konrad-Zuse School in Pankow, a vocational school with a focus on …
The new issue of German Engineer Chambers’ yearbook “Ingenieurbaukunst” discusses the topic of planning and building with existing buildings based on …
Since 2007, the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany has been awarded annually to outstanding buildings in Germany. The prize …
What can a supermarket of the future look like? The answer to this question can be found in the prototype …
Two buildings are being built on a plot in Alt-Britz, one in timber-frame and the second in brick-and-wood. The floor …
All parts of the building are designed constructively and spatially in such a way that they can be adapted, converted …
From the jury’s statement: “The work represents a future-oriented contribution to the climate-friendly management of existing buildings. We are delighted …
ZRS Architekten Ingenieure stands not only for the planning and construction of timber construction projects, but also for research and …
WIR!-Bündnis GOLEHM Initiative for earth building and sustainable circular economy GOLEHM was launched in 2020 by the Saxony-Anhalt State Office …
The new workshop building of the Theodor-Littl-Schule occupies the space of the building to be demolished. The new building is …
The GOLEHM research project is a young WIR! alliance, represented by science, technology and crafts, private and public initiatives as …
The new building is made out of wood, straw insulation and clay and it combines a kindergarten and a senior …
The design for “WoHo(Ho)” fits prudently into its social, temporal and structural context and continues the popular typical Kreuzberg qualities. …
In cooperation with the Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) ZRS Architekten Ingenieure are organizing a digital workshop about strategies for the region …
A world without concrete is hard to imagine today but building with concrete is not a sustainable solution for the …
We are very pleased to announce that the team behind the project Gut Buchholz has been selected by the dena …
We are happy to announce that our proposal for the ‘New Competence Centre for the German Allotment Association’ has received …
The topping out ceremony for the new workshop building was celebrated on the 8.10.2020. In the previous months the building …
The Ottoman Palace “Bayt Kassar” in the heart of Beirut has been conservated for the past 2 years. Now it …
The almost 200-meter-long historic rammed earth enclosure wall in Greene near Einbeck is a monument of national importance and was …
We are very pleased to announce that our RE4 project won the DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2020 in the category ‘Research’ …
Through a competition the town Vetschau / Spreewald has commissioned a new multipurpose building on the grounds of the Dr. …
The competition entry for the new Creative Quarter in Potsdam stands for sustainable and future oriented Architecture from which client, …
With the aim of improving the housing situation of the teachers of METI, Modern Education and Training Institute, in Rudrapur, …
We are happy to announce that the Healing Garten in Chamchamal has been awarded for another prize. The project has …
In this springs edition of RECYCLING MAGAZINE you can read an interview with Andrea Klinge where she talks about the …
Within the design competition ‘New SEO Headquarters’ we planned an expansion for the location of the SEO in Vianden and …
We are pleased to announce that our EU research project RE4 was honored with the Hans Sauer Award 2020 – DESIGNING …
The 3rd edition ‘Lehmbau-Praxis – Planung und Ausführung’ by Ulrich Röhlen and Christof Ziegert was published in March 2020 by …
Der Spiegel visited our office and spoke to Eike Roswag-Klinge about how the construction way of the prestigious “The Cube” …
As timber buildings are becoming more and more important in the development of the city, the administration of Berlin has …
We are happy to announce that together with Partner & Partner Architekten we have been commissioned to plan the new administrative headquarter …
On the site of the former Kindl brewery in Berlin Neukölln, a place for communal living and working has been …
The new residential neighbourhood “Kokoni One” is located in the north of Berlin, within an existing residential area of Pankow, …
We are partners and contributors to the „Earthen Architecture Today“ exhibition being held at the CLB Gallery from 21.03 – 21.04.2019. The …
This competition for a future orientated, climate adaptive and scaleable concept for the development of post-war housing blocks was initiated …
In the laboratory of ZRS Ingenieure, rammed earth for load-bearing and non-load-bearing components is tested in the form of initial …
Andrea Klinge talks in an interview about the construction with waste materials and gives an insight into our research project RE4. …
The new building of the German Embassy in Tbilisi/Georgia is constructed as a rammed earth building. Concerns about the execution …
Our project Flexim Headquarters has been nominated to the longlist for the DAM Preis for architecture in Germany 2019.
conservation work in Uruk, Irak
The Healing Garden extends an existing Trauma Therapy Centre in Chamchamal, a town originally populated through forced resettlement in Kurdistan-Iraq. …
The Qasr Al-Hosn fort ensemble in Abu Dhabi is a monument of the highest cultural significance for the United Arab …
The chapel of reconciliation, prominently located at the Berlin Wall strip at Bernauer Street, reminds of the reconciliation church, which …
In 2016 the Plattform Nachwuchsarchitekt*innen called on all creatives to present all their unbuilt and not realised designs for Berlin …
