The Allianz Arena stadium replaced the Olympic Stadium (see post Frei Otto, Günther Behnish. Olympic Stadium. Munich) as home of local teams' football matches.

In its favour it has the fully-covered seating, a host of commercial spaces underneath the stands, comparable to that of.
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In a conversation which took place with Juan María Songel (GG Barcelona, 2008 p 91) Frei Otto regrets that the Olympic stadium roof could not be lighter, owing to the necessity to adapt it to a form previously designed by the winner of the competition, the architect Günter Benisch.
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The renovation of this block, in the heart of Munich, is a work of composing in-fills and voids in which that already existing is submitted to the new order, based on the use of the entire ground floor as retail space.

A series of passageways links up with the surrounding streets, each one having a distinct character. In the project several studios took part, within the general urban concept designed by H&dM.

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The headquarters of the collection is a small building in the garden of the private house of the owner, Ingvild Goetz, who wanted a space where she could temporarily exhibit some works.

The planning regulations of the residential area where it is located restricted the footprint and the height, such that it is made up of one excavated floor and one upper floor as exhibition space. The floor between, on ground level, houses a library and an office. Initially conceived for private use, .
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Located in the Museum district of Munich, the new Brandhorst Museum is a rectangular box three-storeys high, including the basement, which houses a private contemporary art collection.

The authors' intention was to create a facade which was also an abstract painting. The exterior skin is made up of several layers: in front of the structure and the insulation layer, comes a sheet of two-tone folded microperforated metal which absorbs traffic noise. In front, the glazed ceramic pieces a.
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Four years after its completion, the climbing vine has not managed to get past the second storey and the East and West facades suffer the consequences.

The solution for enclosure thought up by the architects is made up of a stainless steel mesh, - which acts as a safety parapet and facilitates the green wall – and of double-glazing with adjustable shutters inside (building detail in D.
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The new city of Riem forms part of Munich's strategy for growth, which is based on three concepts: urban, compact and green. It lies on the the land of the former airport and tries to achieve a liveable environment based on three basic ingredients: home of the Trade Fair and the whole range of associated offices, social housing and facilities for 16,000 inhabitants and a 200-hectare park.

In 1998 the trade fair installations were inaugurated and the first residents started to arrive. Ten years later, Riem is a bustling mixture of workers and residents, with a neighbourhood life revolving around the shopping centre, located in the pedestrian area, and the civic-educational-religious centre designed by Nagler.

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The residential complex is composed of four buildings between Genterstrasse, Peter-Paul Althausstrasse and Osterwaldstrasse. Otto Steidle (1943-2004) finished the first of these, in Genterstrasse, in 1972, where his studio is located.
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