Germany Archives

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Man of Steel, Bronze & Glass Curtain Walls

Constance Dunn October 4, 2023

Perhaps no one better understood how to positively exploit the potential of technology and engineering than van der Rohe, a founding father of Modernist architecture

Walter Gropius & the Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus

Constance Dunn August 23, 2023

In the early 20th century, architect Walter Gropius aimed to harmonize art, technology, and craftsmanship—a vision that birthed the groundbreaking Bauhaus school in 1919. Gropius’s

SANAA’s Ambitious Sydney Modern Project Shines in Sydney’s Art Scene

Jenn Thornton May 17, 2023

Japanese architecture firm SANAA has designed the Sydney Modern Project, a $344 million cultural campus in Sydney, Australia. The project, funded by the NSW government

Inside David Chipperfield’s Careful Restoration of Berlin’s Iconic Neue Nationalgalerie

Jenn Thornton March 22, 2023

David Chipperfield Architects has completed the six-year refurbishment of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, a temple of modernity and one of the last works by

A Place and Time: Dorte Mandrup’s Ilulissat Icefjord Centre

Jenn Thornton June 15, 2022

Placemaking is of foremost importance to Dorte Mandrup, the founder and creative director of Danish architecture studio Dorte Mandrup A/S and Monocle’s architect of the

Digital Toll Roads

Warren Dow May 27, 2021

According to eMarketer, total worldwide digital ad spending will reach $455.30 billion this year. That’s a lot of dough and it’s expected to grow another

The Art of Hygge

Karine Monié October 18, 2017

Discover how the Danish concept of hygge can transform your home into a cozy sanctuary. From embracing simplicity and quality time to incorporating neutral colors

Fine Print

DIGS April 21, 2016

Made in Germany, Room & Board’s Vintage German Apple Botanical Plate recalls the instructional wall charts fashionable in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The large