Format Elf Architekten added a pattern of hexagonal holes to the long aluminium facade of this office building in Germany to control the amount of daylight entering the interior (+ slideshow). More about Honeycomb perforations speckle facade of Campus Netzwerk office by Format Elf Architekten
For the new premises of German textile-printing company Textilmacher, Munich firm Tillich Architektur has completed a building with a concrete facade reminiscent of creased fabric (+ slideshow). More about Tillich Architektur adds folded concrete facade to textile company headquarters
This zinc-clad warehouse in Germany by Ecker Architekten has gabled elevations on all four sides, creating a multi-faceted roof that helps the building to appear smaller than it really is (+ slideshow). More about A faceted roof conceals the size of Hangar XS warehouse by Ecker Architekten
Berlin's Tchoban Foundation museum for architectural drawing is showing an exhibition of futuristic sketches by late experimental architect Lebbeus Woods. More about Tchoban Foundation exhibits fantastical drawings by Lebbeus Woods
A combination of voids and staggered volumes create private terraces and balconies for the properties that make up this residential development in Berlin by local studio Atelier Zafari (+ slideshow). More about Balconies sit within angular openings at Atelier Zafari's Berlin apartment block
Berlin studio Thomas Kröger Architekt has installed copper-clad boxes to sit above diners at this newly opened Italian bistro in the heart of Potsdamer Platz. More about Thomas Kröger Architekt suspends copper cuboids from Berlin restaurant ceiling
German architecture office Auer Weber has extended an astronomic research facility near Munich by adding interconnected cylinders with hollow centres and curvy corridors raised up on stilts (+ slideshow). More about Sinuous ESO headquarters by Auer Weber curves around courtyards and over gardens
A robotically woven carbon-fibre pavilion based on the lightweight shell encasing the wings and abdomen of a beetle is the second structure revealed this week from the team of architects and engineers at the University of Stuttgart (+ movie). More about University of Stuttgart unveils carbon-fibre pavilion based on beetle shells
German studio Format Elf Architekten has designed three holiday cottages for a resort in the Bavarian countryside that resemble archetypal pitched-roof barns (+ slideshow). More about Format Elf Architekten adds blackened timber cottages to a rural German resort
News: a double-domed pavilion is the first building to have its main structure entirely made out of wooden panels created by robots, according to academics from the University of Stuttgart (+ slideshow). More about Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall is a plywood pavilion made by robots
Exposed brickwork and ceilings, themed rooms and a dedicated recording studio feature in the headquarters of audio platform Soundcloud, which have been created inside a former brewery in Berlin (+ slideshow). More about Kinzo converts three floors of former Berlin brewery into headquarters for Soundcloud
White scaffolding supported raised plywood floor sections and form clothing rails at this pop-up boutique in Berlin by Polish studio Kontent (+ slideshow). More about Scaffolding forms temporary clothing rails at Berlin pop-up shop by Kontent
German architecture collective Modulorbeat stacked concrete components normally used for mine shafts to create a tower housing a tiny sauna on the outskirts of the city of Bochum. More about Modulorbeat creates One Man Sauna inside a stacked concrete tower
Two houses originally designed by Walter Gropius for professors at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau, Germany, have been rebuilt as a minimalist arrangement of geometric shapes by Berlin office Bruno Fioretti Marquez. More about Bauhaus Masters' Houses reinterpreted by Bruno Fioretti Marquez
News: the second Berlin city centre proposal revealed today is a cluster of five towers by Graft and Kleihues + Kleihues Architekten, which will be connected on their upper levels by a chain of bridges. More about Graft unveils towers linked by bridges for Berlin's Holzmarkt
News: German studio J Mayer H has won a competition to design a shopping centre near Berlin's Alexanderplatz where shoppers will be able to indulge in skydiving or surfing. More about J Mayer H designs Berlin shopping centre offering indoor skydiving and surfing
The loft space at the VitraHaus showroom in Weil am Rhein, Germany, has been transformed into a fictitious home by London-based Studioilse using furniture by Vitra and Artek (+ slideshow). More about Studioilse designs home for fictitious couple using Vitra and Artek furniture
Narrow indentations create the impression of brushstrokes across the grey plaster walls of a university chemistry facility in Germany, designed by Cologne firm Kister Scheithauer Gross (+ slideshow). More about KSG adds textured walls to university chemistry lab in Aachen
The raw concrete exterior of this winery building in Germany, by local firm Burkhard Architekten, is in such contrast to its neighbours that local residents think the structure is still under construction (+ slideshow). More about Burkhard Architekten adds concrete wine-making facility to German village
Wooden shingles give a rough texture to the walls of this extension to a youth centre by Bernd Zimmermann – the German architect who recently completed a house clad with mirrors (+ slideshow). More about Youth centre extension by Bernd Zimmermann features a facade of wooden shingles