As part of the competition process, we developed a new architectural and urban development concept for the industrial area between the Frankfurter Ring and the DB Nordring railroad line in Munich, which was previously used by Leichtmetallwerke Bayern. The areas for the manufacturing industry were supplemented by publicly accessible uses such as gastronomy, culture and retail. Particular importance was attached to the development of generous green and open spaces.

“The 101 best hotels in Germany” were chosen for the fourth time. The superior hotel THE FONTENAY (interior design in collaboration with Matteo Thun & Partners), which opened in spring 2018, won the main prize in the “Best Design Hotel” category. A project that combines exclusivity, uniqueness and relaxation at a particularly high level.

The Construction Summit is the trade fair and conference for digitalization, sustainability and innovation in the construction industry. On April 11, our Associate Partner Hanns-Jochen Weyland will be speaking there on the topics of BIM, data and models.

Kasimir Altzweig, the responsible partner for competitions at Störmer Murphy and Partners, challenges the principle that architecture must always be for people in the HEINZE Podcast. “So for whom exactly? Rather, we should build something that connects us all.” Find out what he means in this episode. He also talks about how a lost competition was crucial for the implementation of the timber high-rise Roots, and why Störmer Murphy and Partners did not adhere to the specifications of the competition brief, leading to the loss of this competition.

Germany’s tallest wooden skyscraper is currently being built in Hamburg, 19 stories and 65 meters high. In Switzerland, too, an 80-meter-high residential tower made of wood is soon to be built. New territory for architects and building authorities. But it is a trend that is picking up speed.

Our planet is getting warmer – that’s clear. How can we cool it down? The film shows how innovative processes are being tested around the world and has them evaluated by leading climate researchers: can biochar, which contains particularly high levels of CO₂, replace the climate killer cement in the construction industry?

Munich’s Freiham district is the largest neighbourhood development in Europe. ZAM is the name of the local district centre with 90,000 square metres of floor area where 25,000 people will live and 15,000 people will work. Our part of the project at Freiham S-Bahn station is the lively hub of the new city district. The Süddeutsche Zeitung stated: “The compact central square opens towards Bodenseestraße and is enclosed on the other three sides by large buildings. Their visual impact is reduced by the ten-metre-high arcades, which lend the ensemble lightness and at the same time link it visually.”

Yearbook of Architecture.
German Architecture Publishing House
Published November 2023
Störmer Murphy and Partners on pages 42-43

German Architecture. Time Project 1950-2025
The Focused Monographs
Published March 2023
Störmer Murphy and Partners on pages 136-151

Is there such a thing as sustainable high-rise buildings? It seems to be possible with wood as a building material. The September issue of the renowned architecture magazine Baumeister presents a selection of completed projects as well as those in planning and under construction that aim to prove that sustainable high-rise concepts do exist – including our Roots project.

Last year, the real estate and investment company Becken built the DGNB Gold and WiredScore Gold-certified office and commercial building “ConneXion Office” on one of the last available plots in Hamburg’s city center, within sight of the main train station and the art mile, and has since sold it.

“We had the idea that BIM could help us to take better care of sustainability.” – Hanns-Jochen Weyland, Associate Partner and DGNB auditor in an interview in Bauwelt.