On July 14, Berlin’s seven state-owned housing associations organized an excursion to exemplary new projects (“Neubautour”) for Governing Mayor Kai …
The EDEKA Future Market in Nauen has now been in operation for almost a year. Both the supermarket and the café …
On July 7, the Bundesstiftung Baukultur visited our project Holz Ziegel Lehm – Pilot Project for Sustainable Housing Berlin, which …
The shell construction is completed, and the interior work is in full progress: the roof of the wooden house of …
On June 5, the 12th Representative Assembly (“Vertreter*innenversammlung”) of the Architektenkammer Berlin elected its new seven-member board. The new president …
Our project Kokoni One | Timber Construction Quarter at the Orchard, Berlin received an Honorable Mention in the category New …
Our project EDEKA Future Market Nauen received an Honorable Mention in the category New Construction at the Holzbaupreis Berlin-Brandenburg (Timber …
Saturday, 28 June, 2 pm and 4 pm: Architectural tour Holz Ziegel Lehm | Pilot Projekt Sustainable Housing Berlin (German) …
Our project “Kokoni One | Timber Construction Quarter at the Orchard” was honored with the polis Award 2025. It received …
Honorable Mention for the design by ZRS Architekten and Bruno Röver in the competition “Rathaus der Zukunft, Berlin-Mitte” (“Town Hall …
The refurbishment of the 26 individual roof areas of the “Französisches Gymnasium” (“French Gymnasium”) in Berlin Tiergarten is progressing steadily. …
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, …
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” …
