Germany
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Germany - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Germany.
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Step inside Tomás Saraceno's playful world at Haus der Kunst in MunichAt Haus der Kunst, the artist weaves immersive connections between the crucial elements of our ecosystem
By Hannah Silver Published
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Tatjana von Stein’s The Dean Munich brings the city’s forgotten creative history to lifeWallpaper* talks to London-based designer Tatjana von Stein about The Dean Munich, her latest project: a hotel that pairs Jugendstil elegance with the city's exuberant 1980s creative spirit
By Ali Morris Published
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Bas Smets’ Water Garden maps a route towards climate resilience at the Vitra CampusUnveiled at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, the garden offers not only a blissful new landscape for humans, flora and wildlife, but also a way for the famed architecture and design site to become climate resilient
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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In Munich, Casele reimagines a butcher’s shop as a Southern Italian restaurantLaundry lines overhead, paccheri on the table: Casele is an evocative new restaurant within Glockenbach’s urban grain
By Daven Wu Published
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A Frankfurt airport interior elevates travel with its flowing, ‘lava-like’ ceilingRedesigning the airport’s Terminal 3 Marketplace, architects LAVA play with light, movement and generosity of space
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Lina Lapelyte takes over Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin with 400,000 wood cubesThe artist’s exhibition and performance, ‘We Make Years Out of Hours’, invites visitors to slow down and build
By Harriet Quick Published
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Looking for a spontaneous Berlin getaway? The Dean is tailor-made for on-the-go travellersLocated near Kurfürstendamm, The Dean Berlin offers rooms that blend character and comfort by interior designer Rachael Gowdridge
By Milly Burroughs Published
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A new exhibition celebrates photographer Hans Hansen’s unique approach to image-making‘Photo: Hans Hansen’ at Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe showcases the work of a master of commercial photography
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Tour Neues Frankfurt, the modernist housing scheme still tempting urbanites 100 years onWe explore the ambition of Neues Frankfurt – designed by Ernst May and home to seminal designs by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky – as the German city marks the pioneering programme’s centenary
By Ellen Himelfarb Published
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Axel Vervoordt knows how to make a good first impressionA nearly two-decade collaboration continues as the Belgian interior designer redefines the lobby of Munich’s Hotel Bayerischer Hof
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Let’s go Deutsch – a date with Berlin’s new-wave dinersIn the German capital, the diner is being reinvented as a contemporary hub for cosmopolitan flavours, conviviality and near-Nora Ephron levels of delight
By Milly Burroughs Published
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A luxurious new floating hotel redefines the European riverboat experienceQuietly cruising the Rhine, Main and Danube, new Hecker Guthrie-designed vessel Solara is the latest addition to the APT fleet
By Carli Philips Published
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Doshi Retreat at the Vitra Campus is both a ‘first’ and a ‘last’ for the great Balkrishna DoshiDoshi Retreat opens at the Vitra campus, honouring the Indian modernist’s enduring legacy and joining the Swiss design company’s existing, fascinating collection of pavilions, displays and gardens
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Bocci and Anna Carnick join forces on a showcase of evocative design practices in Berlin'Crafting Community' is on view at Berlin's Wilhelm Hallen until 14 September 2025
By Julie Baumgardner Published
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In the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, Chiemgauhof Lakeside Retreat elevates cabin-style charmArchitect Matteo Thun gives a masterclass in clean lines and traditional craftsmanship with this stylish German retreat in harmony with its surroundings
By Tianna Williams Published
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Rolf Sachs’ largest exhibition to date, ‘Be-rühren’, is a playful study of touchA collection of over 150 of Rolf Sachs’ works speaks to his preoccupation with transforming everyday objects to create art that is sensory – both emotionally and physically
By Anna Solomon Published
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A new book delves into Frei Otto’s obsession with creating ultra-light architecture‘Frei Otto: Building with Nature’ traces the life and work of the German architect and engineer, a pioneer of high-tech design and organic structures
By Jonathan Bell Published
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How did the Shakers influence modern design? A new exhibition considers the progressive philosophy of the free church‘The Shakers: A World in the Making’ positions the 18th-century sect as a pioneer of simple, functional and democratic design – principles that still guide aesthetics today
By Anna Solomon Published
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Meet the finalists of the Rimowa Design Prize 2025, and their life-enhancing innovationsBespoke Partnership
In a short film shot at the Bauhaus Dessau, Wallpaper* celebrates the young designers whose innovations for the Rimowa Design Prize and its theme of mobility address issues from dementia to air quality
By Simon Mills Published
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Take a rare chance to see the astonishing Ringier Collection of artworks in DüsseldorfFrom Barbara Kruger to Sylvie Fleury: publishing mogul Michael Ringier opens his private art collection to the public, sharing 500 works, and tells us what makes great art
By Harriet Quick Published
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Step inside Clockwise Bremen, a new co-working space in Germany that ripples with geological nodsClockwise Bremen, a new co-working space by London studio SODA in north-west Germany, is inspired by the region’s sand dunes
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Join our world tour of contemporary homes across five continentsWe take a world tour of contemporary homes, exploring case studies of how we live; we make five stops across five continents
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A weird and wonderful timber dwelling in Germany challenges the normHaus Anton II by Manfred Lux and Antxon Cánovas is a radical timber dwelling in Germany, putting wood architecture and DIY construction at its heart
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A Munich villa blurs the lines between architecture, art and natureManuel Herz’s boundary-dissolving Munich villa blurs the lines between architecture, art and nature while challenging its very typology
By Beth Broome Published
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MK&G’s ‘Glitter’ exhibition: a brilliant world-first tribute to sparkle and spectacleMK&G’s latest exhibition is a vibrant flurry of sparkles and glitter with a rippling Y2K undercurrent, proving that 'Glitter is so much more than you think it is'
By Hiba Alobaydi Published
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Johanna Seelemann and Robert Damisch use design as a tool to carve a future for the craft community of their homelandDesigners Johanna Seelemann and Robert Damisch tell us about their 'fascination for unravelling the objects that we might take for granted' and finding an answer to unite both craft and design
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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A Berlin park atop an office building offers a new model of urban landscapingA Berlin park and office space by Grüntuch Ernst Architeken and landscape architects capattistaubach offer a symbiotic relationship between urban design and green living materials
By Michael Webb Published


