Urban planning competition launched for the expansion of Hamburg’s main station. The city is holding a competition in coordination with Deutsche Bahn.
Category: HafenCity
Elbtower in HafenCity: development plan approved

Elbtower in HafenCity: development plan approved. After three hours, the commission approved the development plan for Germany’s third tallest building. The 245-meter office and hotel tower is to be the finishing touch to HafenCity.
Parks and open spaces in Hamburg

New parks and open spaces for winter walks in Hamburg. Given the pandemic situation, parks and public spaces have become essential places of refuge. We present some of these new open spaces in Hamburg.
BDA Hamburg Architecture Prize 2020

Shortly before Christmas, the best Hamburg buildings were awarded the prestigious BDA Hamburg Architecture Prize and the BDA / Hamburger Abendblatt Public Architecture Prize 2020! With these two awards, the BDA Hamburg wants to honor and highlight exemplary buildings that have been created in Hamburg in the past two years and set quality standards in contemporary architecture.
New building for HafenCity Hamburg GmbH

HafenCity Hamburg GmbH is building a new office building in the Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook neighborhood as a zero-emissions building in order to optimally position itself for its growing urban development tasks and the associated increase in personnel and space requirements in the future.
Moringa: Cradle-to-cradle inspired living in HafenCity

Moringa: Germany’s first high-rise residential building based on the Cradle 2 Cradle principle is being built in the Elbbrücken quarter of HafenCity. With green areas on and around the building and by using smaller quantities of building materials and a sophisticated recycling concept, it sets new standards.
Ground-breaking ceremony for new elementary school Am Baakenhafen
The ground-breaking ceremony for the new elementary school Am Baakenhafen just took place. Schulbau Hamburg is building a new elementary school in HafenCity, which is directly adjacent to a daycare center for children with an educational and family center.
Three new projects in HafenCity’s Baakenhafen quarter

The jury of the architectural competition chaired by the Hamburg architect Nikolaus Goetze decided on the architecture for three new building projects in HafenCity`s Baakenhafen quarter as follows Eble Messerschmidt Partner Architekten, WinkingFroh Architekten and Spine Architects GmbH were the winners.
Model facade for the Elbtower in HafenCity
Five years before the planned completion of the Elbtower in Hamburg’s HafenCity, a multi-storey model facade of what will be the city’s tallest building has been constructed.
Herzog & de Meuron win urban planning competition for new Grasbrook district together with Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten

Herzog & de Meuron with Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten win the urban planning competition for the new Grasbrook district