The January 2013 issue of a+u (Architecture and Urbanism) features  architecture in Germany between 2000 and 2012. The director of Deutsches  Architekturmuseum (DAM), Peter Cachola Schmal – selected 100 projects  which illustrate the country's architectural achievement. Thirty-five  projects are further selected from the list and introduced in detail  under three themes: “Sustainability / Ecological”, “Working with the  'Bestand (Existing)'”, and “Contextual”.
 
        The January 2013 issue of a+u (Architecture and Urbanism) features architecture in Germany between 2000 and 2012. The director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Peter Cachola Schmal – selected 100 projects which illustrate the country's architectural achievement. Thirty-five projects are further selected from the list and introduced in detail under three themes: “Sustainability / Ecological”, “Working with the 'Bestand (Existing)'”, and “Contextual”.
Content:
 
Maps of Germany
100 Selected Works in Germany 2000-2012
 
Essay: 'Working with the Bestand in a Contextual and Sustainable Way' by Peter Cachola Schmal
 
1. Sustainability / Ecological
 
GSW Headquarters by Sauerbruch Hutton 
EXPODACH – Symbolic Roof Structure at the World Exposition by Herzog + Partner
R128 by Werner Sobek
Biosphere and Flower Pavilion by Barkow Leibinger 
Federal Environmental Agency by Sauerbruch Hutton 
The Free University’s Faculty of Philology Library by Foster and Partners 
Lufthansa Aviation Center by Ingenhoven Architects 
e_3 by Kaden Klingbeil Architekten
Campus Restaurant with Auditorium by Barkow Leibinger 
Unilever Headquarters Germany, Austria and Switzerland by Behnisch Architekten
Städel Museum Extension by schneider+schumacher
 
Essay: 'The Germanness of German Architecture, if there is any'by Wolfgang Pehnt
 
2. Working with the 'Bestand (Existing)'
 
Bogenallee 10–12 by blauraum 
Dornbusch Church by Meixner Schlüter Wendt 
Hessian State Theater Darmstadt by Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei
Harbour me, Celia! by Peter Haimerl Architekt 
Dupli. Casa by Jürgen Mayer H. 
Moritzburg Museum Extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos 
Neues Museum by David Chipperfield 
Brunnenstrasse 9 by Brandlhuber+ERA, Emde, Schneider
New East Wing of the Museum of Natural History by Diener & Diener Architekten
Hut on Fichtelberg Mountain by AFF architekten
Conversion and Extension of Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
 
Essay: 'What Drives Contemporary Architecture in Germany' by Layla Dawson
 
3. Contextual
 
Living room by seifert.stoeckmann@formalhaut 
Parish Centre St. Francis by Königs Architekten 
Allianz Arena by Herzog & de Meuron 
Winter Bathing-ship by Wilk-Salinas Architekten with Thomas Freiwald 
The Hinzert Museum and Document Center by Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch 
Kolumba, Art Museum of the Cologne Archdiocese by Peter Zumthor 
Brother Klaus Field Chapel by Peter Zumthor 
Haus W by Kraus Schönberg 
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center, Central Library of Humboldt University, Berlin by Max Dudler 
Louis Hotel at the Viktualienmarkt by Hild und K Architekten 
Hydroelectric Powerstation by Becker Architekten 
JustK by amunt – Architekten Martenson und Nagel Theissen 
Visitor Centre Hercules by Staab Architekten