Architecture

"Timber construction helps us to reduce carbon emissions"

Environment - Architecture - Oct 10, 2018

After years of relative neglect, timber construction is making a comeback. All over the world, architects are now using wood in designs of houses and even high-rise buildings. Hermann Kaufmann holds the Chair of Timber Construction at the Institute for Architectural Design and Building Technology in the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Environment - Architecture - Jun 27, 2018

Architecture that breathes

Campus news - Planning and building with living construction materials: Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig founded the research field of "Baubotanik" in 2007.

Innovation - Architecture - Dec 6, 2017

Auto-reactive facade ventilation saves energy

Research news High-rise buildings with glass facades are energy-guzzlers: They heat up like greenhouses and therefore have to be cooled for most of the year.

Business - Architecture - Feb 12, 2018

Star architecture and its impact on the city

Research news - The Guggenheim Museum by star architect Frank Gehry led to an economic boom in the Spanish city of Bilbao. This "Bilbao Effect" is appealing to many urban planners and politicians who look to better position their cities in economic and social terms by building exceptional architectural projects.

Architecture - Environment - Nov 30, 2017

Climate-friendly architecture thanks to natural folding mechanisms

Research news - Active components on buildings such as blinds whose design was copied from naturally occurring solutions - that is the subject of the research conducted by a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Freiburg, and the University of Stuttgart.