Manuel Herz   Germany   In the absence of a clearly defined typological tradition in relation to synagogues, the project connects with Jewish hermeneutics to exalt the written word as an ornamental element.

Manuel Herz   Ukraine   In the place that witnessed one of the most ruthless massacres of Jews, now again the scene of bellic insanity, a small house of prayer remembers the dead and calls for reconciliation.

Manuel Herz   Senegal   The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation – in partnership with the non-profit organization Le Korsa – has funded the construction of the new maternity and pediatric clinics of the hospital of Tambacounda, Senegal. The scheme by Manuel Herz – a German arc

During the siege of Kyiv, eyes have fallen upon a recondite corner of its outskirts: Babyn Yar, a reminder of the worst deeds that humankind is capable of, has suffered collateral damage in the rain of Russian missiles, and a miraculously unscathed b

The target of the air strike carried out on 1 March was a telecommunications tower outside Kyiv. At least five people died and another five were injured. Ruslan Kavatsiuk of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center informed The New York Times that the

The Guardian   Oliver Wainwright   One hundred years after Anni and Josef Albers met, their work, philosophy and funding clout have made possible a stunning hospital that is saving lives in one of the hottest places on Earth. When Anni Albers began weaving at the Bauhaus in the 1920s,

Advancing towards the heart of the USSR in the autumn of 1941, the Third Reich troops took Kiev on 19 September. A bit over a week later, the Einsatzgruppen C mobile death squads of the SS, with the collaboration of locals, murdered 33,771 Jews in th

Alba Carballal   Social awareness is the first step in taking political action, so in a conflict as acute as the Sahara’s, anything providing access to clear, true, updated information must be considered the most powerful of weapons. The recent publication of From Ca

La nueva sinagoga de Maguncia (Mainz en alemán), diseñada por Manuel Herz, se levanta exactamente en el mismo lugar que ocupaba la que fue quemada por los nazis en 1938. Esta dramática huella histórica ha constituido uno de los desencadenantes del pr

Hans Focketyn Ingrid Schröder Julia Jamrozik Manuel Herz   The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia

Manuel Herz   Refugee Camps of the Western Sahara