A new wing has been discreetly added to the complex of brick industrial buildings that were originally transformed by the studio in the 1990s into a museum of contemporary art. Aligned with the rest of the industrial constructions near Duisburg’s Inn
The extension of the original museum, a project by Herzog & de Meuron dating from 1999 on an old mill that was closed down in 1972 after successive transformations since it was erected in 1860, discreetly joins the brick structures along the dock...
The new masterplan for the inner city of Duisburg builds on the success of the office’s Inner Harbour redevelopment, carried out between 1991 and 2003, and will strengthen Duisburg’s transformation into a vibrant, green and sustainable city. Duisburg
Grafted on to the heart of a silo and attached to a zigzagging volume containing offices, the brick tower of the Duisburg archives cuts a figure in the industrial profile of the city.
The Küppersmühle Museum, remodelled by the Swiss studio ten years ago, is extended with a translucent parallelepiped that, placed atop the silos, will turn the building into an urban landmark. The piece, placed 36m above ground level, has 22 new hal
The declining industrial activity of the Ruhr basin has left large contaminated areas in disuse, that the Emscher Park initiative has set out to recover. In the city of Duisburg, the terrains once occupied by the Thyssen factory have been transformed
La cuenca del Ruhr, la zona minera que en otro tiempo surtió a Alemania del carbón que su industria necesitaba, presentaba a finales de los ochenta un panorama desolador caracterizado por parajes contaminados, fábricas en desuso y una tasa de paro su
Following the crisis in the German mining industry which left its mark on the Rhur basin – a desolate scene of pollution and unemployment – Duisburg is one of the areas that has benefitted most from the steps taken to revive the landscape and the eco
