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The northern Portuguese cities of Aveiro and Ílhavo impress with form, colour and function. A stroll past coastal buildings and canals, across educational campuses, through museums and industrial quarters.

Inspirations Drawn to the water

From azure to aquamarine, refreshingly cool or sun-warmed, with secluded coves or endless expanses – here, surfers and beachcombers alike will find a maritime selection of houses by the sea. From nearby to right on the shore.

Positions Netzwerk Zukunftsorte – the rise of pioneering rural third spaces

Founded in 2020, the Netzwerk Zukunftsorte e.V. association supports and connects people involved in rural, third-space rejuvenation projects. URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR sponsors the association. We interviewed its team to find out more about the underlying concept and their plans.

Insights New home Uckermark

They were pioneers of the new building culture in the Uckermark long before the region became famous. Following the award-winning Das Schwarze Haus and Die Kleine Acht, Professor of Fashion Design Johanna Michel and property developer Dirk Preuß are currently developing a third gem.

Inspirations Outside! Accommodations with exceptional gardens

Wildly growing, gently shaped or strictly designed. From small oases to spacious parks and transitions into the great outdoors. The variety is as great as it is colourful. A stroll through a selection of garden art.

Press Welcome to Berlin!

In a new series, Swiss daily NZZ focuses on tips for great rooms available at fair prices in European cities. One of the hot tips for Berlin: Wilmina, “one of the most unusual and tasteful hotels in the city”.

In Conversation Jonathan Tuckey: “Building new things wasn’t in my DNA”

Friday afternoon – time for a phone call! This time, London calling. A reflective conversation with Jonathan Tuckey, founder of Tuckey Design Studio, about his convictions, architectural influences, beer brewing and the charm of hand drawings.

Press Evident passion for design and recycling

"Today, Palais Brut offers a striking perspective on the architectural heritage of the GDR." CC/Magazine describes in detail the fascinating transformation of a former WBS 70 prefabricated building into vacation accommodation.

Press La vie en rose – Art-nouveau in the Algarve

Casa 1923: The BauNetz editorial team tells the story of the conversion of a listed ruin in Faro into a residential building with an architectural office and two holiday flats.

Press Where Design meets nature

In the article “European getaways where design meets nature”, the editors of The Spaces present The Triangle in the Danish Thy National Park. Nature lovers and cold-water surf enthusiasts will get their money's worth there!

Insights Book recommendation: Immerse yourself in the world of the 1920s

With Tautes Heim, Katrin Lesser and Ben Buschfeld have created a rentable museum for architecture and design from the 1920s. In their book “Tautes Heim - Stories & Details”, they allow readers to delve deep into the history of its creation and the design details.

News German Design Award 2025 for URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR

We have received the German Design Award 2025 for our current book trilogy. At the award ceremony on 7 February 2025, Kathrin Schmuck \ Bucharchitektur and Ulrich Stefan Knoll accepted the award.

Positions The charm of the unfinished – or: just do it

Sometimes it is precisely the imperfect that makes something appear perfect. In architecture, there are clever approaches that play with the unfinished, the authentic or the minimalist and impress with their own aesthetics. A consideration.

Press In the heart of Sicily

Elle Decor Italy explains what makes Casa Bendico in Val di Noto so special in terms of architecture and energy in the article ‘La villa in Val di Noto che guarda alle architetture rurali della Sicilia’.

Inspirations Literary Escapes

A holiday without books? Unimaginable. For those looking to save on luggage space, ensure a steady literary supply or simply be pleasantly surprised, here’s a curated selection of accommodations featuring their own libraries.

HomeStory Let nature take its course – The Schneeganserhof

If you want to escape from the daily grind and come back down to earth by just gently flapping your wings, you will find a carefully designed biotope near Lake Chiemsee where you can rediscover what you have lost.

In Conversation Kasper Egelund (Vipp): »My whole concept grew out of failure«

Time for a chat! We talked to Kasper Egelund, third generation co-owner and CEO of the Danish design brand Vipp about architecture, design and his passion for holiday houses.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2024

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday homes that our readers particularly liked last year. In which house would you like to spend your next holiday? We look forward to your feedback!

Best Of The most popular houses 2024 – Part 4: Best guest feedback

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday homes that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 4, you will find the holiday homes with the best guest feedback.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2024 – Part 3: Hotels and large houses

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 3 you will find the most popular hotels.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2024 – Part 2: Guest houses

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 2 you will find the most popular guesthouses.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2024 – Part 1: Holiday homes

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday homes that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 1 you will find the most popular holiday homes.

Positions Wöltje’s World

Vacancy is a word that wants to be filled with relevance. With the “Happening Places”, Munich's idea architect Gregor Wöltje not only created exciting projects in the Bavarian metropolis, but also made lasting statements with them.

Materials NEWood: Mycelium Miracle for the Building Industry

Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are developing NEWood, a new class of bio-based materials. The goal is to create a recyclable alternative to conventional MDF, OSB and particle boards.

HomeStory Intuitive souls, dedicated foodies and passionate hosts: Anke and Felix Krohmer

There are countless ways to become a host, even for career changers, as Anke and Felix Krohmer’s journey demonstrates. Their recipe for success? A blend of passion, perseverance and a keen instinct – especially for the right architect.

Press Piedmont’s under-the-radar gem

Travel journalist Angelina Villa-Clarke has gone off the beaten track for Forbes Travel Trends Report 2025, exploring lesser-known destinations. One of her discoveries: the estate La Darbia, overlooking Lake Orta in Piedmont.

Press The luxury of simplicity

The Italian magazine Vivere Country featured our partner house ROSSO in the Allgäu in issue 179. Their verdict: an “embrace between the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi and the poetry of tradition”.

Materials Design objects made from shards and ash

London-based designer Rosy Napper researched a new type of ceramic material during her studies at Central Saint Martins UAL. The result is a 100% recycled material made from ceramic shards and ash waste: ReCinder.

Inspirations Space for Many

If you want to spend your holiday with a larger group, you not only need enough beds, but also enough space for group activities and privacy. We show a selection of suitable holiday homes here.

Materials Fabulous upcycling: Old clothes become new bricks

Young architect Clarisse Merlet turned the devastating impact of fast fashion into a virtue and founded FabBRICK, a creative recycling company that transforms textile waste into a new material for interior design.

In Conversation Art in architecture between experiment and pure irrationality

First Meisterzimmer, now Feuer & Flamme – applying their artistic approach, Jana Gunstheimer and Manfred Mülhaupt create idiosyncratic accommodation with their installations. But how does it actually come about and how do the two of them work? Time for a conversation.

Press South Tyrolean Hotel of the Year 2025: Ottmanngut

According to Gault&Millau, this hotel jewel in Merano cannot be compared to any other and exudes a special magic. Read here what makes the guesthouse of the Kirchlechner family so special.

Press Zen meets loden

The editors of the German gourmet magazine Der Feinschmecker know why you should definitely go to the Hotel Das Schgaguler in South Tyrol, even if you're not a foodie.

On the road In Greece, Morocco… and Bauhaus

Our author Tina Barankay sheds light on what Bauhaus and its students have to do with Mediterranean architecture and what interactions have occurred across spatial and cultural boundaries.

Inspirations Bold Use of Colour

Sometimes it’s colour accents that give a building the finishing touch; other times, colour becomes the essential architectural element. We present a selection of holiday homes that each play with colour in a unique way.

Press Views down to the water, fabulous food

Kate Wickers has been to La Darbia resort above Lake Orta, who is considered the most romantic of the Upper Italian lakes. Her enthusiastic report is now to be read in The Mail on Sunday, print edition November 10.

News German Design Award Winner: Our books

Our current book series was honored with the German Design Award 2025 as well as with the ICMA Gold Award 2024. The award-winning, three-piece set is available in our shop.

On the road Architectural Culture in Northern Greece: A journey through the ages

From modern concert halls to ancient sites and contemporary museums: a tour of the architectural world of Thessaloniki and Verginas in northern Greece shows how old and new can coexist harmoniously.

Positions Progressive Province: The future lies in the countryside

With rural exodus, vacancy and stagnation in daily life, what are the options? An interview with town planner, visionary and ex-journalist Frederik Fischer, who has been revitalising rural areas for years.

On the road Multi-Mediterranean Modernism

Provence, once known for its ochre-coloured buildings, is now showcasing a new design language characterised by steel and glass – particularly in the cities of Toulon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.

Positions Alain de Botton about the perfect holiday house

In this essay, the writer and philosopher Alain de Botton explains in an entertaining and pointed way what sense a vacation home makes, especially when seen as something other than pure vacation accommodation.

Inspirations Black

Black is considered the architect's colour – at least as far as clothing is concerned. But of course there are also many impressive houses with black façades, with different materials. We would like to present some examples here.

Insights Building in existing buildings: The fairy tale of the ugly duckling

Plattenbauten [prefabs, common in the former GDR] do not have a good image and are mainly destined for demolition. Palais Brut shows the qualities that can arise when their potential is carefully developed. This prefab could set a precedent.

Insights Tollense Valley. Never heard of it? Go there!

Architect Andrea Ruiken-Fabich and her husband saved one of the region's most important architectural monuments, Schloss Schmarsow, near Greifswald. A film now shows the rich cultural and natural landscape surrounding the historical building.

Press The charm of the north

The Frankfurter Allgemeine made its way to North Friesland and spent a few days at Friesensteern. Simon Strauß' conclusion: “Rarely has a vacation home ever conveyed so much serenity."

Positions Society. Powers. Design.

Shape and colour affect our sense of what looks good. Yet this means that design is far more than merely a stylistic device or a designer’s idea. It is also a response to social trends, which in their turn influence the further development.

Press Long live Franco-German friendship!

The colleagues from Le Figaro's travel desk discovered Schleswig-Holstein for themselves this summer. Read here what else they recommend besides an overnight stay in Zeit am See.

On the road Midcentury Architecture on Cape Cod: Summer houses

The peninsula in south-eastern Masachusetts has been a well-known summer resort since the 19th century. Some of the most famous modernist architects were also drawn here later and designed remarkable summer houses.

Inspirations (Simply) Opulent.

Sometimes it's the playful elements that make a house special. Or the contrasts between historical details and contemporary interiors. We present a few residences whose décor particularly caught our eye.

Press Germany’s most beautiful vacation homes

Vacation home in Germany? AD Germany has compiled an overview of the most beautiful accommodations. Here you can see which partnerhouses are among them (many!).

On the road Ljubljana – a city as a work of art

Barcelona has Gaudí, Brasilia has Niemeyer, Le Havre has Perret. This also applies to Ljubljana: since 2021, Jože Plečnik’s work has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site and with it large parts of the city centre.

Inspirations Stand-Up Paddling

Holidays in the flow. For all those who want to keep a steady balance on holiday and drift through the days, our stand-up paddle edition offers a dynamic and relaxed selection for drifting, balancing and gathering momentum.

Press City flair in the countryside

"Any big city would be delighted with the Engelwirt boutique apartment building in Berching". You can read the hymn of praise about the new opening in the Upper Palatinate in the Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine.

One Picture Defying the elemental forces

Our information architect knows exactly how to keep an overview at all times. Here he reveals whether this is precisely why he is always fascinated by this special picture.

Press Landlust in a prefab building

Unconventional - The Palais Brut accommodation offers a surprising look at the architectural heritage of the GDR and whets the appetite for country and plate, finds baunetz interior ⎢ design.

On the road Architecture of the elements

The architecture of the Faroe Islands is characterised by tradition, weather conditions and Nordic building culture. And the architecture itself influences the building culture of the North, often in international co-operation.

Positions Socialist Holiday Dreams and Realities in the GDR

How vacations looked like and which vacation concepts and typologies the SED regime developed over the decades describes architectural historian Prof. Daniela Spiegel.

Inspirations Repurposed

There are countless heritage-listed buildings throughout Europe that have been given a new lease of life in recent years. In many cases, special holiday accommodation has been created in the process. Here is a small selection.

On the road Denmark from Coast to Coast (Part 1/2)

4 days. 410 kilometres. 55 architecture lovers. 14 houses. 1 ferry boat. Sun, rain and wind. Networking and inspiration. Our partners' meeting 2024 was an open house road trip across the country - from Agger to Møn.

On the road Denmark from Coast to Coast (Part 2/2)

The idea for URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR was born in 2007 during construction work on a small island in the Danish Baltic Sea. A road trip back to the roots - part 2 of the sneek peaks of our partner meeting 2024.

Press The magic of the Uckermark @ Salon Magazin

Journalist Antje Wewer spoke to Uckermark pioneers Tita von Hardenberg and Ferdinand von Habsburg, who were drawn to Brandenburg in the early 2000s, in the Salon Magazin podcast.

HomeStory Stars without airs and graces: The vigilius mountain resort

In times when breathless living has become an attitude, an island sits on the Vigiljoch, which for 20 years has expressed its essence and offers what we all miss: the luxury of simply being.

Press Almost like Canada @ Süddeutsche Zeitung

Mareike Nieberding thinks it's worth taking an anti-cyclical break. One place where this works wonderfully is the lake hotel Seehotel am Neuklostersee in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Press Scandi cool @Financial Times

"A haven of bleached timber, glass and pale brick." - Financial Times presents Vipp Cold Hawaii as one of four sensational Scandinavian escapes in its travel section.

On the road Architectural Cosmos Vals

The Graubünden mountain village has developed almost mythologically into a hotspot of outstanding architecture. A story between tradition and innovation, bold visions and happy vistas. A visit to Vals.

Press Think tank in the countryside @ Süddeutsche Zeitung

In the weekend edition of 18 May 2024, the Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed why you should definitely travel to Wendland by presenting our space Ein Ding der Möglichkeit.

Positions Experimentation and perseverance: Living Architecture

In this interview, Mark Robinson reveals why the British initiative is still setting standards after more than 15 years, what exactly it is and why it is more than just ‘an affair’.

Positions Holidays. The best time of the year.

When did we actually start taking holidays? And how has the concept of ‘free’ time changed over the centuries? A short (cultural) history.

One Picture Longing for summer

Our author Tina Barankay is actually a winter child. However, the image that still inspires her to immediately plan a trip to the south is revealed here.

Press Tasteful holiday oasis @ The Plan

Piedmont’s best kept secret overlooking Lago d’Orta - THE PLAN Interior Design & Contract 08, the supplement for the Salone del Mobile Milano presents our partner house La Darbia at great length in April 2024.

Inspirations Freedom on two wheels

As the air gets milder and the days get longer, it’s really hard to resist the urge to go cycling. If you want to get close to nature on two wheels, you'll find destinations in all directions in the following places.

Positions Best of Modernism: Iconic Houses

For more than a decade the platform has been the guide par excellence to modern house museums worldwide. In this interview, founder Natascha Drabbe explains what else the network can accomplish.

On the road Provençal Symphony – (Architectural) Art and Landscape

Azure blue sea, dazzling lavender fields, gentle pine hills and golden shimmering vineyards – the Provence Côte d’Azur region enchants. On the road to places where art, culture and landscape merge into a symphony.

Positions Retrieve, rework, reinstall

An architectural firm has demonstrated how to build a house from used, recycled and reusable materials. Due to the scarcity of data, this required a flexibility that is likely to change the planning process in the future.

Press Better than Netflix @Tagesspiegel

"Better than Netflix - you can watch hours of 'cow TV' here". For its magazine Brandenburg 2024, Tagesspiegel Unterwegs visited the Studio Uckermark and was absolutely thrilled.

One Picture Inner Peace

After working on several continents, our translator, reveals why she fell in love with exactly this picture of all things.

Press 20 years later, still perfect @ Wallpaper

Wallpaper* recently returned to the mountains of South Tyrol, where the Vigilius Mountain Resort, planned by Matteo Thun, continues to offer old-fashioned relaxation like no other.

Press Like an abstract painting @ Corriere della Sera

The perfect balance of geometry and colour. The villa built by Salvati and Tresoldi on Lake Garda in the 1970s continues to amaze with the message of freedom it conveys, according to the editors of Living Corriere.

Inspirations Bon appétit!

As we all know, food tastes best in company. We have put together some recommendations for those who like to dine in large groups – from accommodation with a large communal kitchen to houses with a table d'hôte.

HomeStory Kultur Gut Hasselburg – a symphony of architecture and music

In Ostholstein there is a fully preserved estate that is an impressive symbiosis of heritage listed and modern brick architecture, offering a holiday in the countryside and first-class musical enjoyment.

Positions Sourcing good material

Many people want to build sustainably. But the materials for this are not always easy to find. Private builders can mainly make use of existing materials. A guide to the relevant criteria and suppliers.

Press Like in a home movie @ Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin

The Süddeutsche Zeitung couldn't stop raving about our partner hotel Gutshaus Lexow in the Mecklenburg Lake District. Because here you can both - have a stylish holiday and a wonderful conference.

On the road 100 years of Functionalism in the Czech Republic – the Ensemble Legacy

In Zlín in Moravia, the entrepreneur Tomas Bata not only turned his shoe company into a global corporation, but also had a lasting impact on the city, making it the first functionalist city in the world.

Positions Tourist infrastructure as a location factor

Reiner Nagel, Chairman of the Board of the Federal Foundation of Baukultur, in interview on golden energy, the cultural relevance of tourism architecture and his personal holiday preferences.

Press The sound of the sea @ ELLE Decor Italia

The editors of ELLE Decor Italia fell in love with the successful restoration, the special location and the view from the roof terrace of Casa Santa, a former fisherman's house in Monopoli, Apulia.

Positions Dialectical Materialism in Construction

In the first part of our series on circular economy, urban mining and cradle to cradle, we start with a current overview of the transition in the building sector.

SpaceStories A Thing of Possibility

A space in Wendland that offers many possibilities with a guest house and event rooms. Behind the unusual name is an equally unusual concept - and a key question: How do we want to live and work in the future?

Best Of The most popular houses in 2023

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday homes that our readers particularly liked last year.

Press Winter hideaways @Neue Zürcher Zeitung

The NZZ travel editors' selection of special hideaways that are ideal for recharging your batteries at the start of the year includes three of our partner houses.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2023 – Part 4: Best guest feedback

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday homes that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 4, you will find the holiday homes with the best guest feedback.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2023 – Part 3: Houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 3, you will find the most popular holiday homes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2023 – Part 2: International houses

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 2 you will find the most popular international holiday destinations.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2023 – Part 1: New entries

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In Part 1, you will find the most popular new entries (properties that were published with us for the first time in 2023).

Foreign rooms Travelling with books

In his column “Reisefieber” (Travel Nerves), German columnist Wolfgang Bachmann reveals why holiday reading is absolutely essential, but can also have its pitfalls.

Foreign rooms Missing the point!

In another edition of his “Reisefieber” (Travel Nerves) column, Wolfgang Bachmann reveals why not every random trend in the hotel industry is crowned with success and what really helps guests.

HomeStory Silent beauty in the Blue Land: DIRINGLO

With the Diringlo, an architect and an entrepreneur have preserved a historical gem of southern Bavarian residential culture, embedded in one of the most beautiful natural and cultural landscapes in Upper Bavaria.

Press Hotel tip Berlin @ Süddeutsche Zeitung

Can this really be Berlin? The Süddeutsche Zeitung warmly recommended our partner hotel Wilmina by Grüntuch Ernst Architekten for trips to Berlin.

HomeStory Near but unknown: konjiček – house above the valley

Mountains and sea in a small area. Culinary discoveries paired with diverse landscapes for nature lovers and active holidaymakers: if you want to explore Slovenia, the Vipava Valley is the perfect starting point.

Press Iconic architecture @Sabato

Sabato, the weekly luxury magazine of the business newspapers De Tijd | L'Echo, presented our partner houses Haus Schminke (pictured) and Casa 1015. Print edition 64, November 2023.

SpaceStories Not afraid to leave gaps

Entrepreneurs Birgit and Mathias Mahnke have dedicated themselves to the creative revitalisation of old industrial properties in eastern Germany and have skilfuly proven that coincidence can be planned.

Insights Flirting with Le Corbusier

Swedish art curator Sofia Mavroudis on the legacy of olive trees, the intriguing identity of a place and how this all turned into an architectural crush on Le Corbusier amidst the Cretan wilderness.

HomeStory La Mugletta and the Colli Euganei – A fine blend of Italy’s most charming facets

A shared vision, volcanic landscapes and an aperitif under Goethe’s palm tree. A holiday at B&B La Mugletta reveals distinctive architecture and a region that enchants with its quiet charm and cultivated gusto.

One Picture Sleep among Sheep

Our book designer has fallen madly in love with a “shed”. Here you can read why she is already dreaming again about the glass house in the countryside when she sees this photo.

Inspirations City Whispers

After an intense summer, we’re slowly retreating indoors. But before we finally settle in, let’s embark on an autumnal cultural journey through various metropolitan cities.

Press Places & Visions @ NZZ Bellevue

Inspiration: Claudia Furger has presented our book in detail in the "Travel & Discover" section of NZZ Bellevue. She reveals her favourites in the article of 10 October 2023.

Insights Podcast: Stories from the Ottmanngut

In a podcast series worth listening to, journalist Andreas Sentker talks with host Martin Kirchlechner from Merano about the past and the future, about the everyday and the curious, about life with guests and as a hotelier.

SpaceStories Cantzheim – Great location on the Saar

What do exceptional places and wines have in common? A good location. To test a successful liaison of wine and architecture from Max Dudler, we set off for the Saar, to Kanzem in Rhineland-Palatinate.

On the road Jade-green housing estate, horizon-blue world heritage site

On the road to a once spurned, then neglected workers' housing estate near Bordeaux. Today's World Heritage Site in Pessac is Le Corbusier's first urban planning project.

One Picture No People

Côte d'Azur. Fantastically beautiful, but packed in the summer. Why our copywriter would still go there anytime has to do with a very special picture.

Positions Guiding Architects: Seeing the world through different eyes

Interview - Guiding Architects has been an institution for 20 years when it comes to exploring cities and regions under the expert guidance of architects.

Inspirations Roll camera!

Where film fans can find suitable accommodation, we reveal here. Would you like to follow in the footsteps of famous directors and films, are you looking for a suitable open-air cinema or do you enjoy attending film festivals? Here are our tips.

One Picture Picturesque River Deity

The editor of our online magazine sometimes sits at his desk as if enchanted by the beguiling song of the sirens. And dreams himself back to the Middle Ages.

Press Château or barn @ Frankfurter Allgemeine

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung featured our new publication Places & Visions in a full-page spread in its August 13, 2023 issue.

Press Local touches @ New York Times

Why is a four-room hotel in Ireland’s “forgotten county” so successful? The New York Times reveals some of the secrets of Breac.House in Donegal.

A landlady’s life Peak season – time for complaints

Complaints in the high season are a topic of their own, our landlady thinks. Read here what she is particularly concerned about around the summer holidays.

Findings A Combat Statement to Airbnb & Co.: Florence Wants to Ban Short-Term Rentals

As the news agency Reuters already reported in June, Florence seeks to ban Airbnb rental apartments as also from other platforms from city centre.

Press Inspiring Architecture @ RND

More than just a roof over your head: holidays with aesthetic appeal. The Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) talked to us about inspiring architecture.

On the road Land of Lakes, South Sea and Savoy – on the road in Finland

Alvar Aalto was the defining architect of Finnish modernism. The 125th birthday of the master builder will be celebrated in 2023. We are “on the road” to the most important places where the master builder worked.

SpaceStories Lichtturm Solingen – A metamorphosis from water to light

What do you do with a water tower that is no longer needed for water supply? In Solingen, a lighting designer has found his very own answer: a lighthouse in the middle of the Bergisches Land. We allow ourselves to be enlightened.

One Picture Time Out

Sometimes all our online producer wishes for is a bit of peace and quiet. Where this comes from and where her thoughts take her, she reveals in the 6th part of the series “One Picture”.

Press View to the sea @ SZ Magazine

The Süddeutsche Zeitung has been presenting our partner house Convento Olhão at the Eastern Algarve in their column Hotel Europa.

On the road The Avant-Garde Era – on the road in Czechia

The Iconic Houses Network presents Modernist studios, residential and artists' houses and makes them accessible to the public. On behalf of us, Hendrik Bohle attended a conference, which focused particularly on Czech architectural Modernism.

HomeStory The world is a gentle place ‑ The Schgaguler

At the heart of lively Kastelruth there is a quiet house that has placed zeitgeist and a thoroughly essential architecture in front of the majestic Sciliar. The timeless presence of the rock massif is omnipresent, the holiday concept is wholesome, warm and grounding.

Press Travel to Spain @ The Times

Current recommendations for Andalusia and Galicia from The Times can be read here. Buenas noches!

Findings Architecture Day 2023

Anyone who wants to get an idea of what architecture in Germany is capable of should keep the weekend of 24/25 June free: Tag der Architektur [Architecture Day] will once again take place throughout Germany.

Inspirations Quiet luxury

Subtle and quiet is how certain vacation accommodations come along in the meantime. Opulence and showiness are a thing of the past. Some exquisite, because timeless-classic and minimalist vacation architecture we present here.

Press Modernity and tradition @ Süddeutsche Zeitung

Award-winning modern architecture in an alpine idyll: In the issue 21/2023 of the SZ magazine, our partner hotel Bühelwirt in Ahrntal / South Tyrol is presented in the section "Hotel Europa". Tenor: A successful combination of modernity and tradition.

One Picture Enthralled

Our book designer is also an architect. Why genuine simplicity enthralls her and what this has to do with childhood literature, she tells us in the 5th part of the series “One Picture”.

On the road Route 6 – on the road in the Alps

The renowned South Tyrolean architect Werner Tscholl designed six architectural sculptures for the high alpine Timmelsjoch Experience between Italy and Austria. “on the road” to the dreamlike and spectacular route of the six special shapes.

Press Art lovers @Weltkunst

Weltkunst, the art magazine of DIE ZEIT, recommends the Meisterzimmer on the site of the former cotton mill for a stay in Leipzig. Here, art lovers can stay in style and in the immediate vicinity of the galleries.

A landlady’s life Well behaved, not shedding, house-trained

Dogs can be a conflict-prone issue in the rental business. Our landlady is convinced that clear communication and mutual respect can help resolve potential disagreements.

One Picture Great Dreams of Space

Sometimes it's a certain image that drives you away. One of our freelance copywriters for example has been magically drawn to a house photo in Spain for years.

Press Holiday home in Apulia @NZZ Bellevue

In the Housing Stories column of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Claudia Furger presents in detail the Palazzo Marconi in Corigliano d'Otranto, which a German-Italian couple has restored and converted with dedication.

Findings 100% Bauhaus on 365 days

1 ticket, 100% Bauhaus: With the new BauhausCard, visitors can visit the nine most famous Bauhaus sites in Berlin, Dessau, Weimar and Bernau within one year.

On the road Natural Architecture: Between tradition and innovation

Architect Hendrik Bohle and journalist Jan Dimog from thelink.berlin take us to Great Walser Valley. And tell us how the building culture in the Austrian biosphere park skilfully combines contemporary architecture with mountain tradition.

Press Travel to the highlights of architecture @GEO Saison

GEO SAISON featured Das Glashaus in der Uckermark, designed by architect Sigurd Larsen from Berlin, in the cover story of issue 4/2023.

HomeStory Alpenloge: Sophisticated composition of cuisine, design and hospitality

Off the beaten track, the boutique hotel in Western Allgäu combines subtly composed rooms with elaborate culinary delights and emphatic hosts. You will find plenty of peace here, but fortunately no events.

Findings Exhibition tip: Garden Futures. Designing with Nature

Until 3 October 2023, the Vitra Design Museum, together with the Wüstenrot Foundation and the Nieuwe Instituut, has been showing a major exhibition on the history and future of the modern garden.

A landlady’s life Reading helps

The landlady is back! In the seventh part of the series, she tells us what happens when guests sometimes do not know exactly what they have booked and for when.

Inspirations Spring Awakening

The gradual return of spring in Central Europe is awakening our spirits. Those who long for a little more sun and warmth may already be dreaming of a trip to the south. And if there is also the prospect of dipping one's toes in the sea or a pool, holiday bliss may already be perfect. A selection of houses in the south that could awaken this wanderlust.

One Picture Silent Expanses

The editor of our online magazine has been dreaming of a trip to Scotland for years. In the third part of the new series, he reveals where this fascination comes from.

Press Special accommodation in the Uckermark @Merian

"Everyone can feel at home here, not just Berliners who are tired of the big city." - The MERIAN editorial team recommends our partner houses Gutshof Fredenwalde and Gut Fergitz am See, both designed by the architect Ferdinand von Hohenzollern.

SpaceStories Hermitage Sykaminea – Hub of creativity

In the Hermitage on Lesbos, a long-term project by German-born visual artist Andreas Sell, small teams find a project space for meetings or workshops that goes far beyond the scope of dull event rooms.

Findings Viticulture and architecture

When winemakers and architects come together, sometimes very special places are created. And at best, wine and architecture lovers can also spend the night there.

Positions Becoming a host: What we recommend. And what not

Again and again we are asked by future hosts what to consider when building and designing a holiday home or what mistakes should be avoided at all costs. There is no secret recipe, but we do have some advice.

Press Under one roof @SZ

In the series "Under one roof", the Süddeutsche Zeitung introduces people and their living environment. Among them are some partners of Urlaubsarchitektur and their projects.

One Picture Cure for wrinkles

Our community manager fulfilled a long-held wish years ago. What a picture had to do with it is revealed in the second part of our series.

Findings World Capital of Architecture 2023

Copenhagen is this year's World Capital of Architecture. Learn more about the UNESCO designation and the event program here.

Inspirations Winter delights with a difference

Every season has its highlights and winter is no exception. Even if, in times of climate change, it sometimes requires a little more flexibility than in the past. We will introduce you here to some holiday homes that offer relaxing days away from artificial snow slopes.

Press Excellent Hotels @Geo Saison

The 2/2023 issue of Geo Saison focuses on "The 100 best hotels in Europe". Find out which holidayarchitecture hotels are included in this year's ranking here.

Best Of The most popular houses in 2022

As every year, at the beginning of January we publish the holiday homes that our readers particularly liked last year. The ranking is determined by how often an entry was read or how many positive comments the house received (category: best guest feedback).

The most popular houses in 2022 – Part 4: Best guest feedback

In Part 4 you will find the most popular holiday domiciles with the best guest feedback.

The most popular houses 2022 – Part 3: Houses from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

In part 3 you will find the most popular vacation domiciles from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The most popular houses 2022 – Part 2: Houses internationally

In part 2 you will find the most popular international vacation domiciles.

The most popular houses 2022 – Part 1: New entries on HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE

In Part 1, you will find the most popular new entries (homes that were published on HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE for the first time in 2022).

One Picture Gigantic mountains

In the first part of our series "One Picture", our founder and curator reveals why he would make his way back to South Tyrol on the basis of a picture alone.

Press Winter Wonderland @IDEAT

In issue 11 (January/February 2023), IDEAT's editorial team recommends our partner houses Peterhof in Vorarlberg (pictured, photo: Bernhard Rogen), Anders in South Tyrol and the Pures Leben houses in Styria.

Findings Conversion instead of demolition

German magazine brand eins takes a detailed look at various aspects of the current architectural debate regarding the requirements of the housing industry versus climate protection and the circular economy, and identifies problems that cannot be solved with a concrete mixer.

Our books Award for our book Space & Time

Our latest book Space & Time has just been awarded the ICMA Award (International Creative Media Award) in the category "Art books - Art, Architecture, Design"! We received the Award of Excellence in this category. The ICMA Award is a worldwide competition for corporate media, books, corporate design and magazines.

Inspirations Self-sufficient

Becoming energy self-sufficient will become even more important in the future. Here we would like to introduce you to some houses that are already (or have been for years) intelligently taking care of their own energy supply.

Press In good hands @Landlust Zuhaus

Holidays and time travel in a half-timbered house - German living magazine Landlust Zuhaus presents the listed factor house in the border triangle of Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland (Autumn 2022 issue).

SpaceStories The Pirol – an island of culture in the midst of wild nature

Rooms are like clothes: They should fit the occasion. Sometimes it should be festive, sometimes more business-like and sometimes a little extravagant. Today we meet an expert in the Uckermark region who knows a thing or two about both clothes and rooms. Time for a fitting.

Press Anders @NZZ Bellevue

Travel & Discover: Where once there was a hotel with 50 beds, everything is different today. With its seven suites and a restaurant, the new hotel in South Tyrol is unusual in many ways. NZZ Bellevue (October 2022)

Press Wine architecture @Feinschmecker

The editors of the German gourmet magazine "Der Feinschmecker" fell in love with the resort La Darbia including restaurant and view over Lake Orta (Lago d'Orta) in Piedmont. Issue 11/2022.

Positions New holiday architecture: Andrea Gebhard in conversation

What role can holiday homes play in times of crisis and what could a “new” holiday architecture possibly look like? We talked about this with Andrea Gebhard, President of the Federal Chamber of Architects in Germany. And we also found out what true holiday happiness means to her.

HomeStory Life is a beach

Rasmus Johnsen and Anders Petersen are modern settlers with urban souls and surfers’ hearts. The breathtaking wilderness of Denmark’s northwest coast became their creative catalyst for local projects with a cosmopolitan spirit: A co-working collective and two holiday houses that spark the lightness of being.

Inspirations Where Artists would like to go

Some of our partner houses are not only adorned with art butare also ideal for artistic stays or even offer their own artist-in-residence programmes. Artists are welcome to the world of inspirational living!

SpaceStories Raumquartier – a place with a history and scope for design.

Anyone planning an event needs a suitable space. Preferably one that adapts perfectly to your own needs and ideas. And for such a space we drop anchor this time on the river Havel.

Findings Nice out here – Architecture in rural areas

The exhibition "Schön hier" (Nice out here) of the German Architecture Museum (DAM) focuses on rural areas as the center of life. On view in Taunus / Germany until November 27, 2022, the exhibition will then go on tour.

Findings World Architecture Festival 2022

This year's edition is themed "Together" and will take place in Lisbon from November 30 - December 2. The event will again be attended by thousands of international architects, interior designers, clients, builders, financiers, contractors and media representatives.

A landlady’s life Coming home

In the sixth part of our series "A landlady's life", our author raves about a special species, the regulars.

HomeStory Gem on the dyke: Tetenbüllspieker

High in northern Germany, André and Sebastian Schäfer have lovingly restored a centuries-old storehouse on the Eiderstedt peninsula. Their guests can explore the Wadden Sea World Heritage Area and discover the immense freedom of the endless horizon.

Findings Architectural culture in Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg in Austria has long been in the international league of destinations that shine with a high density and quality of building culture. The fact that this is no coincidence is due in part to the Vorarlberg Architecture Institute (vai), which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Positions Bridging the gap between history and modernity in Switzerland

The Swiss Foundation for Holidays in a Historical Building has been working at the interface between tourism and the conservation of historical buildings by promoting the preservation of historically significant buildings. Threatened architectural monuments are revived as holiday properties after gentle restoration.

SpaceStories Milchhof Arnstadt – architecture kissed awake

Inspiring event spaces offer more than just a roof over your head. Today we are going on the trail of German industrial culture and will find out how sleeping buildings are kissed awake ....

HomeStory Free as Oscar

The South Tyrolean architect Martin Gruber allows his thoughts to fly, pushes back the horizon and meets Oscar Niemeyer at the Copacabana. An ode to the creative power of imagination.

A landlady’s life Skin deep holiday cleanliness

In the fifth part of our series “From the life of a landlady”, our author puzzles over why some guests waste their wonderful holiday freedom in washing orgies.

Press Studio Uckermark @Bauwelt

Architect Prof. Helga Blocksdorf explains the concept behind our partner house Studio Uckermark (Uckermark, Northern Germany) in an illustrative video from the editors of Bauwelt.

Press Meisterzimmer @NZZ

Leipzig industrial chic. Interior journalist Claudia Furger recommends a trip to Leipzig's creative scene in the NZZ Living Stories. And of course, with Meisterzimmer, she provides the right accommodations ready on site.

Inspirations Cycling in Germany – from North to South

Especially on vacation, the bike is a great way to explore the surroundings in a conscious and environmentally friendly way or to be active in sports. Some of the houses that are located on bike routes or are popular with bikers are presented here as examples.

Findings Interview: Building simply

How will we build more sustainably and conserve resources in the future? Prof. Florian Nagler's answer is: Build simply!

Press Big (great) architecture in a small space

Postmodern minimalism - in Tiny Houses you can often live carefree with a lot of comfort and design in the smallest of spaces. Or at least get ideas for more reduction and sustainability in your own everyday life.

HomeStory Alpine romanticism without kitsch: Schilana 80

In the upper Inn valley rests a 300-year-old Engadine house. In all serenity, it awaits and decelerates guests who appreciate built and lived authenticity in the Central Alps.

Findings Reading tip: Tree Wanted – How the House Gains from a Tree

Annette Spiro, Professor of Architecture and Construction at ETH Zurich, philosophises about the difficult but important relationship between building and tree.

SpaceStories Zarchlin Manor House – a composition of culinary delights and drumrolls

Nowhere else can you find so much landscape with so few people and so many lakes: in Mecklenburg, we find a place to bang the drum and write a suitable playlist.

Press Escapes @AD Germany

Issue 7/8 of AD Germany recommends our partner house In den Söllen in the Uckermark and the "artist" destination Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær, located on a Norwegian archipelago.

German garden designer, photographer and columnist Rainer Elstermann is publishing his new book Gardens of Now with Distanz Verlag in July. You can find his recommendations for vacation home owners in the interview we conducted with him in spring 2022.

HomeStory Château de Sibra – Place of a thousand stories

At the foot of the Pyrenees, a Swiss architect has resurrected the Arcadia of a French industrialist couple in all its splendour. Castle suites, flats and a holiday home meet an enchanting park with mountain views. Bienvenue!

Positions 50 years of Burgtiefe on Fehmarn

In the 1960s, Danish architects Arne Jacobsen and Otto Weidling planned a modern holiday complex on Fehmarn, and we ask ourselves: Is it still contemporary today?

Findings Exhibition tip: Sommerhus / Holiday Home

The exhibition at the Utzon Center in Aalborg, Denmark is a journey through the architecture and history of holiday homes, it takes a look into the future and critically reviews current developments. Until 8 January 2023.

A landlady’s life How I once had a pig as a house guest

In the fourth part of our series "A landlady's life", things get curious. Pets are a much discussed topic in renting per se - but sometimes definitely exotic. An (amusing) case study.

Press Where to stay with your dog @DOGS Magazine

Pretty relaxed - The editors of German magazine DOGS present numerous accommodations for dog lovers and their favourite four-legged friends on twelve pages in issue 4/2022 (July / August).

News Latest opportunities – how to find a nice accommodation for the summer at the last minute

Your vacation is just around the corner and you have not booked accommodation yet? No problem. Even shortly before the the summer vacations there are free holiday apartments or houses at Holidayarchitecture. All you need now is: flexibility, a little sense of adventure and our tips.

Press Space & Time @AIT

"One immediately wants to pack one's bags and head off to one - no matter which - of these exquisite holiday architectures," finds the AIT editorial team about our publication Raum & Zeit⎜ Space & Time.

HomeStory La Darbia on Lake Orta – Kaleidoscope of bliss

Wine architects and a poet's muse. With a beguiling panorama of Lake Orta in Piedmont, La Darbia sits relaxed above it all. As if incidental, the property pulls out just about all the stops of the good life: it's all the fault of the people involved here. And the lake's of course.

A landlady’s life Really settling in

In the third part of our series "From the life of a landlady" everything revolves around the psychologically important moment of arrival. The vacation has begun, but are you really there yet?

Findings Architecture Day: On a June weekend in…

In June, the Day of Architecture takes place again. Throughout Germany, countless projects can be viewed and discussed on site.

SpaceStories SPACE on the Elbe: “Der Eisvogel” (The Kingfisher)

Inspiring places and unusual locations for celebrations, company events and more are now available at Spaces. Today we would like to introduce you to a floating space in the Elbe River Landscape UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Press Space & Time @Atrium

Read more about our latest publication Raum & Zeit ⎜ Space & Time in the current issue 3/2022 of Swiss magazine Atrium.

Positions Finnish design. And what Japan has to do with it

In this article, we use design and architecture to show two countries that, at first glance, seem to have little in common: Finland and Japan.

Press Italy trip @SPIEGEL online

Author Dela Kienle recommends four little-known areas, among others the Salento. And there, as an accommodation tip, the Palazzo Marconi, which combines stately elegance with clear design and southern Italian easiness.

Inspirations Barrier-free houses

Vacation should be recreation and pleasure for all guests, but unfortunately it is not always for people with disabilities. Here we show you exemplary accommodation, which make the most beautiful days of the year easier by providing barrier-free access and equipment.

A landlady’s life Setting boundaries

The second part of our series "A landlady's life" is about trust, rules of the game and the appropriate communication with guests.

Positions Come on, let′s save a house!

We repeatedly receive enquiries from partners regarding the preservation of buildings worthy of protection. Here you will find a compilation of initiatives and organisations in Europe that are committed to preservation and after-use.

Insights Explore Modern Architecture in Faro

In the third part of our "Insights" section, our hosts Angelique and Christophe de Oliveira tempt us with the rich architectural heritage of "South Modern" and Art Deco in their adopted home of Faro.

Positions A good picture is a shy deer

Interview: Artist and photographer Olaf Unverzart in conversation with URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR about photography, freedom, distance and architecture.

Inspirations Climate-friendly travel

Travelling relaxed by train instead of standing in a traffic jam. Board, read, chat, sleep or simply look out of the window. Travel destinations for all those who prefer to be mobile without a car.

Positions Design, nature and species protection in the holiday home garden

Interview with German garden designer Rainer Elstermann about "the" perfect garden, the special requirements in the rental sector and the "New German Style".

Press Escapism @Süddeutsche Zeitung

Difficult times, in the balancing act between holiday lust, everyday frustration and world-weariness. A plea for screen travelling by SZ editor Max Scharnigg.

Findings Exhibition tip: Looking for light

Looking For Light is one of the inaugural exhibitions at the new Bastian gallery in Berlin, which was designed by John Pawson. It is Pawson’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.

Press Country idyll @AD

A holiday home in which the landscape plays the leading role. AD portrayed the holiday home Ferienhaus Hof Ahmen on the River Schlei, designed by Malte Sunder-Plassman, in March 2022.

Inspirations Fully charged

Going on holidays electrically: E-mobility is changing the criteria when looking for accommodation. Charging stations will be part of the equipment of a holiday property in the future as a matter of course. We show you where you can already recharge without any problems today.

Press Vacation real estate @Handelsblatt

The German business and financial newspaper Handelsblatt investigated the question why owners do not share their private vacation homes just because of the return.

A landlady’s life Planning is (only) half the vacation

In our new series "A landlady's life" we turn the topic of vacation happiness around. Landlords and landladys from our network write what moves them - between exitement and sheer despair.

Findings Swords to Plowshares 2.0

With Nord Stream 3 - Sleeping Berths for Peace, architect Benedikt Hartl / Opposite Office has designed a concept that aims to transform the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into a center of international understanding and accommodation.

Positions Holidays and Holiday Homes: Interview with Axel Hacke

A conversation about the experiences and challenges of owning a holiday home, the dimension of vacation beyond the mere "recreational setting" and the happiness of harvesting olives.

Findings Film tip: The first museum of modernism

The ARTE documentary provides a fascinating insight into the life and work of Karl Ernst Osthaus, who promoted art, architecture, design and the reform movement at the beginning of the 20th century.

Press Travel by reading @traumhaus

Traumhaus, the Swiss magazine for planning, building and living recommends our new publication Raum & Zeit | Space & Time in issue 1/2022 (March / April).

News URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR goes Space

Are you looking for a room? We have space for you. Beautiful rooms, inspiring places and unusual locations for workshops, meetings or events are now available at URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR.SPACE.

Press Best addresses @Salon

In issue No. 30 (spring 2022), the Salon editors reveal the best addresses for travelling. Right in the middle the imposing granary Kornspeicher Mauritz on the island of Rügen, the Rosso in the Allgäu and the former cloth factory Manufacture Royale (Occitania).

Newsletter Inspirations: Basic instinct

Back to simple life. Accommodations that deliberately limit themselves to small space and lead us back to ourselves with a design oriented towards basic needs

Press Croatia @GEO Saison

The cover story of the March 2022 issue of German Travel magazine GEO Saison is all about holiday happiness on Croatia's coast. Among others, the artist Boris Kajmak and his "Albergo diffuso" project in Novigrad are presented.

Press Borgo Tranquillo @Casa & Giardino Chic

Casa & Giardino Chic Italy presents in issue 186 (February 2022) a classic on Urlaubsarchitektur in detail - our partner house Borgo Tranquillo in the Italian Marche.

Positions The empathetic traveller: A conversation about what makes us feel alive

Luca Giannini is a creative cosmonaut. At home in Sicily, Rome and Bologna, his travel experiences and a deep empathy for places manifest in meaningful yet silent works and projects.

Findings Reading tip: Other four walls

The pandemic experiment: NZZ editor Sabine von Fischer has temporarily moved into a hotel. Together with her family. Here she reports on her experiences.

Findings TV Tip: The 1-Euro Villa

In its series "Room Tour", German TV station SWR reports on the development of a listed villa, which the current owners purchased for 1 euro.

Best of 2021

As every year, at the beginning of January we publish the holiday domiciles that our readers particularly liked last year. The ranking is determined by how often a post was read.

Press Book tip @NZZ

"A great book to dream about the next holiday." - Neue Züricher Zeitung (NZZ) introduces our current publication Raum & Zeit ⎜ Space & Time.

Findings Reading tip: Uckermark Portraits

What makes the Uckermark, one of the most sparsely populated regions in Germany, so special is shown by Jonathan Teklu and York Christoph Riccius in their book publication.

Positions Architectural statements. Everything is a copy – sometimes in the wrong place

Regional building culture strengthens the local identity. Locals and guests alike benefit from this. Yet architecture does not have to remain in the past, says our author Tina Barankay.

Press Travel for individualists @Der Feinschmecker

In issue 2/2022, German food magazine Der Feinschmecker presents our partner house Schloss Prossen near Dresden. The article is based on our homestory , which you can read here in our magazine.

Best of 2021: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

As every year, at the beginning of January we publish the holiday domiciles that our readers particularly liked last year. The ranking is determined by how often a post was read.

Best of 2021: International

In the second part of our Best of series you will find the most popular international houses.

Best of 2021: New entries in Germany, Austria, Switzerland

In the third part of our Best of series you will find the most popular new houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Best of 2021: New entries international

In the fourth part of our Best of series you will find the most popular new houses international.

Best of 2021: Best guest feedback

In the fifth part of our Best of series you will find the holiday homes with the best guest feedback.

Newsletter Inspirations: Hallowed halls

Dedicated to art, reflection or leisure. Silence, space, special acoustics and magical plays of light. Rooms, halls and foyers that radiate their own aura with a monastic-sacred or secular-contemplative ambience.

Press Palais Wunderlich @Casa Chic

Una storia romantica (A romantic story) - The Italian magazine Casa Chic presents the listed patrician house Palais Wunderlich in Lahr / Black Forest and it's creators on several pages in current issue 185 (January 2022).

Press Winter magic @SZ Magazine

Still and beautifully rests the house - The editors of German SZ magazine recommend warmly our partner house Selma in the winter paradise Thuringian forest. And for all those who are already dreaming of summer and the Baltic Sea, the vacation home Siegfried.

HomeStory Much light and in praise of the shadow: Quartier Wieck

Two elaborate holiday homes on the Baltic Sea - reduced, modern and conceived with love for Japan and Scandinavia. Breathe a sigh of relief at the edge of a National Park, contemporary art included.

Press Winter chalets @€uro magazine

€uro, the German magazine for economy and money, presents Europe's most beautiful chalets for this winter in current print issue 1/2022. With numerous tips from our network!

Press Tractor shed becomes Tiny House @SWR

German TV station SWR visited architect Martin Ohlf and his vacation cottage La Chalette in the Upper Black Forest. The 35-square-meter house surprises with a modern interior and offers a lot of comfort in a small space.

Findings TV Tip: Le Corbusier at Cap Martin (ARTE)

What the Cabanon created by Le Corbusier at Cap Martin means for today's architecture can be grasped in ARTE's (funny) four minute feature.

Positions Right in the middle. The kitchen

The kitchen is not only where every good party ends. It is now often the central room of the house. And through its design, functionality and equipment, it sometimes makes a decisive contribution to vacation happiness.

Press Travel tips for culturelovers @ARTMAPP

In the current issue, the ARTMAPP editorial team recommends a stay in Peter Zumthor's vacation homes in Vals (Switzerland) and suggests DIE.VIER to its readers not far from the artists' colony of Ahrenshoop (Germany).

Press Space and Time @Wall Street Journal

A Guide to Dream Vacation Rentals in Europe - Wall Street Journal has warmly recommended our new book Raum und Zeit⎜ Space and Time in the 2021 Travel Gift List to its readers.

Findings Reading tip: Da war ich eigentlich noch nie

The "Wunderkammer" brings together old travelogues and whimsical, philosophical texts about traveling in Germany with a panopticon of fairy-tale places off the beaten path.

Press Insider tips winter @NTV

Holidayarchitecture: Insider tips in winter. A current report from NTV about us - with destinations on the coast and in the mountains.

Findings Against common aesthetic conventions

The prize-winning project of the "Houses of the Year" competition sends out new impulses and stirs up emotions. What do you think, dear readers?

Positions You can (still) pack your bags and go home!

Travel can inform and educate, but many destinations no longer want visitors at any cost. Some thoughts on our travel behavior.

Press Maremma House @GAP Casa

The Italian magazine GAP Casa has been dealing with architecture and furnishing trends since 1980. In the current issue, October / November, the editors present the Maremma House designed by Studio Ponsi (Florence).

Insights UMAMMA – The Relaxing Catalogue: A guided Meditation

The first part of our new "Insights" section is deeply meditative. Host and designer Giovanni Settesoldi invites us to close our eyes and activate our imagination to explore spaces and their atmosphere.

Press UA @ELLE Traveller

In the fall issue, the travel editorial team of ELLE Germany presents our partner house Panoramahaus Usedom in a dedicated article . The Gut Üselitz (Rügen) is also recommended, as are Freiform (South Tyrol) and Casa Morelli (Chianti Classico).

Findings TV tip: Women construct

3SAT's documentary "Frauen bauen" (Women Construct) portrays inspiring women who are not only masters of their craft, but also reinterpret it.

Positions Things you (do not) need

What really is luxury? The change in meaning of a term in the course of recent history.

Newsletter Inspirations: Chandeliers

Chandeliers set the scene for their surroundings. They not only serve as a source of light, but also as a special eye-catcher — as a stylish addition or as a deliberately chosen contrast.

Positions Please don´t trust us … blindly!

Guest comments may reflect subjective impressions, but for us they are valuable signposts. And the other way round: guests also have a responsibility, personal taste cannot be delegated.

Press Studio Uckermark @AD

Perfect work-countrylife balance. In the October issue, AD Germany introduces our partner house Studio Uckermark. Whether it's a holiday, a workation, a workshop or a photo shooting - the studio offers space for many things and plenty of nature on the doorstep.

News Current awards and prizes

At the moment it is "raining" awards for our partner houses. For example, the flat house Tempel 74, La Chalette and DIE.VIER in Wieck have recently been awarded architectural prizes. Congratulations!

Press The Allgäu @SZ Magazin

"Hotel Europa" in the Allgäu: Ansitz Hohenegg, a former farm on a sunny mountain clearing in the Allgäu - the current hotel tip from the magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Press Le Tamerici @Casa & Giardino Chic

The editorial team of the Italian magazine Casa & Giardino Chic from the publishing house Sprea Editori presents our partner house Le Tamerici on the south-east coast of Sicily in detail in current print edition 4/2021.

Newsletter Inspirations: Striking opposites

Opposites attract! Whenever different materials and styles are masterfully combined, they mutually enhance each other’s effect, giving rise to a captivating interplay of contrasts.

Positions Controversy: I (don’t) want a holiday home!

Whether one's own holiday home is more of an anchor or a prison is a matter of widely differing opinions, even among the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE team.

Findings TV tip: Bernardo Bader

The cultural magazine Capriccio introduces the Austrian architect Bernardo Bader, who has been building unpretentious masterpieces in and around the Bregenzerwald for years.

Findings Aviation: When will we fly green?

In a detailed podcast, the Handelszeitung from Zurich looks at whether or when and in what form the aviation industry will become "greener".

Press Comfort in Cologne @CUBE

Comfort in neo-Gothic walls - The magazine CUBE presents our partner house statthaus - instead of hotel in Cologne in current issue 03/2021.

Newsletter Inspirations: Pretty rusty

Rust is welcome! The earthy-brown patina gives weathering structural steel its special character and makes it a popular material in architecture, interior design and garden landscaping.

Findings Architecture-relevant election components of German political parties

On the occasion of the federal elections on 26 September 2021, BAUWELT scanned the election programmes of the parties for topics relevant to architecture.

Findings Reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie

The Neue Nationalgalerie, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and a globally admired architectural icon, celebrated its reopening in August 2021 after six years of renovation.

Press Kranich Hotel @SZ Magazin

Where the cranes fly - the latest travel tip from the Süddeutsche Zeitung takes readers to the Kranich Hotel & Museum near the Bodden coast of Western Pomerania.

Findings Conversion culture

The publication "Renovating with Joy. A Handbook on Conversion Culture" published by Bundesstiftung Baukultur presents numerous successful examples of renovated and converted buildings.

Newsletter Inspirations: Airy spaces

Houses with a lot of room to breathe! With high ceilings and rooms that open up all the way to the gable, they convey airiness, spaciousness and a very special living experience. When open galleries make use of the space, retreats are created at lofty heights.

Positions Sustainable travel – Organic shower gel and three scoops of ice cream

Travel and ecological responsibility are by no means mutually exclusive. However, there are no simple answers - the topic requires honesty, self-critical reflection and yet often remains complex.

Press Tempel 74 @Feinschmecker

Travel for individualists: Silently the mountain calls. German gourmet magazine Feinschmecker was inspired by our HomeStory about the Tempel 74 and presents the apartment house in the Austrian Bregenzerwald in detail in the issue 9/2021.

Newsletter Inspirations: down-to-earth

These houses are closely connected to nature. They are nestled up against a slope, built into the earth or against a rock face. Some have a green roof that makes the architecture merge even more into the landscape.

Findings Hotels to fall in love with

For years, ZEIT's travel editorial team has been presenting hotel recommendations in sensitive, meticulously researched portraits. As a best of, the book "Hotels zum Verlieben" has now been published.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Architektur&Wohnen

German magazine Architektur & Wohnen presents our partner houses Freiform, a new building in organic free form in South Tyrol as well as the Casacosta, a modernist villa from the late 1970s on Tenerife in detail.

Press Living like on holiday @Zuhause Wohnen

Holiday homes as inspiration for your own home. The editors of German lifestyle magazine Zuhause Wohnen recommend Alte Schreinerei Werkstatt in northern Bavaria as a source of inspiration. Print edition August/ September 2021

Press Upper Bavaria @SZ Magazin

Insider tip from the Süddeutsche Zeitung: The Steinhaus am Auerbach in Oberaudorf, Upper Bavaria. We can only agree with this; after all, we ourselves have been keeping the house by Arnhard & Eck Architekten a top secret for years!

Feature Summer at the lake

For quiet observers and deep-sea divers, bathing mermaids and stand-up paddlers, as well as all those who are regularly infected by the addiction to the lakes, here are special accommodations by the water!

Newsletter Inspirations: Sunbathing and stargazing

A roof terrace is the icing on the cake of a holiday accommodation: it is a place in the sun, an observatory and a viewing platform all in one. Here you sit in an exposed and yet private spot, enjoying a view over the rooftops of the city, expansive landscapes or the sea. At night, the stars seem to be within your reach.

Positions Workation – On the Sense or Nonsense of a Trend

Great freedom or double workload? When and how it makes sense to combine work and private life on holiday.

Press Dream properties @NZZ Bellevue

Travel & Discover - NZZ Bellevue presents our partner houses Recharge House Agger (Denmark), Finca Sonrisa (Mallorca), Zalig in Antwerp and Casa Luum (Algarve, pictured; photo: Cedric Dassesson).

Newsletter Inspirations: It´s pool time

The swimming season has started! These houses feature pools that offer more than just refreshment and bathing fun. They add a design element to the architecture and outdoor area and are visual highlights: whether as a modern contrast to old walls, harmoniously integrated into the garden with wooden surrounds or adapted to the building’s material and design vocabulary.

Press Schmidhuber @SZ Magazin

So beautiful that Lake Chiemsee will have to wait - the Schmidhuber, idyllically located on the edge of the village, with its two holiday flats (photo: Amelie Niederbuchner) was warmly recommended in SZ Magazin 26/2021 in the "Hotel Europa" section.

Press Sicily @ELLE Decoration Country

The world’s most beautiful homes in the country - ELLE Decoration Country presents our partner house la melagrana on Sicily (photo: Hélène Binet) in detail in Vol. 18.

HomeStory A Jewel between sandstone cliffs: Prossen Castle

With courage, perseverance and great expertise in heritage conservation, a former knight's estate on the banks of the Elbe river near Dresden has been reawakened. Since then, history has experienced a new heyday - in a modern dress.

Press Spots @Ideat

Chic, beautiful and hand-picked - German architecture and design magazine Ideat presents dream holiday destinations in issue 2 (July / August 2021). Of course, our partner houses Cingle 30 (Mallorca, in the picture - photo: Adria Goula), Villa Benkemoun (Arles, France) and Villa Cardo (Apulia) cannot be missing!

Press Baltic Sea @Atrium

Tourism architecture on the Baltic Sea as townscape preservation - Atrium, the Swiss magazine for architecture, design and living culture, portrays the unique holiday homes from the pen of architect Norbert Möhring (Berlin / Born am Darss). To be read in issue 4/2021 (July / August).

Feature East Algarve

From the Spanish border to Faro, the capital of the Algarve, stretches the quiet, untouched Sandalgarve. Here countless little pearls and great treasures are hidden: slumbering villages and small islands, warm-hearted people, an enchanting cuisine, noble cultural cities and a coastal stretch whose beauty takes your breath away.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Shades of Green

The gardens of the holiday accommodations we present to you today are as diverse as the shades of green in nature: from formal baroque layout to contemporary interpretation of a cottage garden, from wildlife garden to extensive estate park.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Sea view – see more!

A more sweeping sea view is hard to find! Whether high up north on the west coast of Sweden or on the Italian volcanic island of Pantelleria just off the coast of Africa, these holiday homes afford sweeping views across the seemingly endless sea to the horizon.

Newsletter Inspiration: #Touch Wood!

Wood – a touch of class! The ancient raw material has been experiencing a renaissance for several years and is considered the building material of the future.

HomeStory Not a conservation, but a conversation

For years, we have been closely associated with the Czech designer Daniela Hradilová. We followed the creation of her second house, which has only just been published by us, almost in real time: Mezi Lukami - the making-of.

Press Lake addiction @Schöner Wohnen

German living magazine Schöner Wohnen presents hideaways on the Upper Bavarian lakes in its June issue. Including our partner houses Alpenchalet Walchensee and Urfeld 26.

HomeStory The Good Fairies of the Kanisfluh: Temple 74 Apartments

Repeat offenders - With "Tempel 74", hostess Evi Haller and her husband, architect Jürgen Haller, have once again created a holiday highlight in the architectural eldorado of the Bregenzerwald.

Feature Pawson & Silvestrin

World-renowned architects John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrin repeatedly set standards in the holiday sector as well – together and separately. We show you three houses on Mallorca, in Wales and in the hinterland of the Cote d’Azur that captivate with their radical simplicity.

Press Houses and People @Tagesspiegel

Book tip: "A grab bag of beautiful life, a feast for the eyes of lockdown-blurred mind travellers" - German daily Tagesspiegel recommends our publication Häuser und Menschen.

Newsletter Inspiration: #black

The colour black is a popular choice in architecture, but dark facades are not a new trend. Houses were protected from the weather many centuries ago with tar or by flame-scarfing.

Press Recommendations @Courage

Holiday home tips for time out in Germany are given by Courage - Germany's first finance and career magazine that primarily addresses women.

Newsletter Inspiration: #all in white

The non-colour white is a true classic in architecture. Whether traditional houses in the Mediterranean area, the cubes of classical modernism or contemporary buildings: white pronounces the shape of the buildings, appears timeless and elegant.

News Desire to travel and frustration of waiting — between lockdown and relaxation

After the winter months in lockdown, the longing for a change of scenery is enormous. But the whole issue of travelling is still plagued by hurdles and question marks.

HomeStory Feel history, discover world cultural heritage, breathe the forest air: parkchâlet potsdam

Holidays on the outskirts of the capital city and at the same time remote and dreamy - in a lake-rich park landscape of world heritage status. Alpine romance in Prussia, reinterpreted.

News Bye-bye orange, hello black-and-white!

HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE launches its new website. Our new website leaves the grand appearance to our main actors — the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE houses.

Press Sleep in style @Merian

Sleep in style: hotels like the Bühelwirt grant themselves - and their guests - to award-winning architecture. German travel magazine Merian South Tyrol 04/2021 also presents our partner hotels Miramonti, Zum Hirschen and Weißes Kreuz.

Newsletter Inspiration: #completely different

Places where people used to study or pray, brew beer or produce pasta, where machines stood or where water was stored are now excellent places to live. Through conversion measures, the buildings we are presenting to you today got a new lease on life as extraordinary holiday homes.

Press Pensiun Laresch @NZZ Bellevue

The Pensiun Laresch in the Swiss mountain village of Mathon has grown: NZZ Bellevue introduces the new Tiny House Laresch, the place and the hosts.

Newsletter #Staycation

We stay at home, spend our holidays on the balcony or in the garden, lie in our deckchairs and dream of the mountains and the sea. The HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE team wishes you optimistic Easter holidays!

HomeStory Gut Fergitz – Cultural melting pot with lake view

A successful triad of straightforward architecture, subtle aesthetics and wild nature - an inspiring place of cultural encounter.

Newsletter Inspiration: #Blossoming

Soon nature will start to flourish and blossom again! Appropriate to the beginning of spring, our holiday homes present themselves today with delicate flower decorations and fresh greenery all around. Balconies and terraces invite you to sunbathe with a view of the awakening nature.

Newsletter Newsletter: Workation

Going for a swim in the lake after a video conference, climbing the mountains before a conference call or planning a project with a view of the sea. Workation makes it possible. Transfer your home office to a holiday home!

Press Panoramahaus Usedom @AD Germany

Cocoon on the coast - AD Germany presents Panoramahaus Usedom (design: Möhring Architekten) and talked to the interior designers of Salty Interiors.

Newsletter Inspirations: #reflected

Today’s topic is the visual play with reflections in architecture. Glass facades, water surfaces or mirrors that reflect their surroundings create new perspectives and exciting effects or visually expand rooms.

Press Alte Säge @Der Feinschmecker

Relaxation at the alpine fjord – In the new issue 4/2021 of the German food magazine Feinschmecker our partner house Alte Säge at Lake Weissensee in Carinthia is presented in detail. Travel for individualists!

Newsletter Inspirations: #Big fronts

Today it’s all about the façade. It is not only the protective shell of a house, but also decisive for the external appearance. The holiday homes presented in this newsletter illustrate how versatile façade design can be.

Press Baixa House @ELLE Deco Belgium

Like at home - In their 2021 guide ELLE Decoration Belgium strongly recommends Baixa House in Lisbon as one of their top picks for sophisticated hotels and accommodations.

News Holiday planning 2021 — our tips

Even though the travelling public is still holding back due to the ongoing lockdown: We advise guests to become active now — because as soon as it is possible to offer accommodation again, there will be a veritable rush for high-quality holiday homes, just like in 2020. As a result, the only response will very soon be: “Sorry, fully booked!”

HomeStory Living in style: PURESLeben Holiday Homes

Dietmar Silly, host of the PURESLeben holiday homes, has matured over the years into a kind of supervisor in all things relating to Southern Styrian hospitality culture and architecture.

Press Holidays nearby @Business magazine Euro

Vacation in the homeland - German business magazine €uro reveals in current issue 3/21 the editors' favorites among holidayhomes in Germany - from Oberaudorf to Hamburg. Local recovery is recommended at the example of our partner houses Holzhaus am Auerbach (Bavaria), Schloss Prossen (Saxon Switzerland, pictured), Brückenvilla Bleibe (Eifel), The Urban Treehouse (Berlin) und Minimalistic Loft (Hamburg).

Newsletter Newsletter: Pretty provincial !

Let's go to the provinces! Exodus from the city is the new trend. City-weary urbanites are moving to the countryside, and many people are drawn to rural areas rather than metropolises for their holidays. The coastal and Alpine regions are at the forefront of this trend. If you think these areas are too crowded, we have a few suggestions for holiday homes in regions that are worth discovering: in the hinterland of coastal areas, in the flat countryside or in the low mountain ranges.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Splash of colour

Colours cure the winter blues! We present homes and interiors that play with colour accents. Colourful glass doors, a red carpet or a pink armchair turn heads and put everyone in a good mood.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Sweatboxes & Paddling Pools

Today we're warming to saunas and hot tubs. On an unpleasant winter's day, hot air or warm water are a very special treat. Thanks to their design and views of the surroundings, the examples presented here are also a real feast for the eyes!

Newsletter Inspirations: #striking presence

The holiday homes in today's newsletter are characterised by their clear external design. Straight lines, archetypal shapes and the restriction to only a few materials give them a simple elegance and striking presence.

Press Danachhaltigkeit @Deutschlandfunk

What is Corona doing with tourism, what will holidays look like in the future? Our partners from Stadthaus Arnstadt have been thinking about sustainability and the topic of summer holidays in future terms.

Best Of Everybody’s darlings: Insights and reflections

Interview with the owners of the four houses that were chosen as the audience favourites for 2020.

Press Kultur Gut Hasselburg @SZ Magazin

Hotel tip: Great art - The magazine of Süddeutsche Zeitung has warmly recommended our partner hotel Kultur Gut Hasselburg for spirits with an affinity for culture. You can read Moritz Herrmann's tip here in the Hotel Europa section (German version only)

News The most popular houses 2020 – Part IV: Best guest feedback

Here you find the houses, that have received many positive guest comments in 2020.

News The most popular houses 2020 – Part III: international

At the beginning of January every year we publish the houses, apartments and hotels that our readers particularly liked over the past year. In part III you will find the most popular international domiciles

News The most popular houses 2020 – Part II: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

At the beginning of January every year we publish the houses, apartments and hotels that our readers particularly liked over the past year. The ranking is determined by how often an entry was read. In Part II you will find the most popular houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

News The most popular houses 2020 – Part I: New entries

At the beginning of January every year we publish the houses, apartments and hotels that our readers particularly liked over the past year. The ranking is determined by how often an entry was read. In Part I you will find the most popular new entries (houses that were first published on our website in 2020).

Newsletter Inspirations: #Winter beauty

As the view from the window tends to present dreary January grey rather than a winter wonderland, we dream of the pleasant sides of the cold season with these pictures. We show you holiday homes in beautiful winter landscapes—covered in deep snow or just powdered with a thin layer.

Newsletter Inspirations: #curvy

We start the new year full of verve and present holiday homes that conveys lightness and dynamism with their curved shapes. With the hope that the new year will also bring lightness and that we will be able to travel again, we wish you all the best for 2021!

Press Kranich Hotel @ Der Feinschmecker

Sleeping in the Museum - In print edition 2/2021 of Der Feinschmecker the editorial team presents our partner Kranich Hotel near the Saaler Bodden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - restaurant tips included!

Best Of Our HomeStories 2020: review

A look behind the curtains of the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE projects: Stories about houses and people.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Shelter in a stable

Inspired by the Christmas tale, our last newsletter before Christmas presents accommodations in stables and barns. Where livestock and straw used to be kept, comfortable lodgings with lots of character have been created.

Newsletter Inspirations: #enlightening

December is the time of year when many lights illuminate the gloomy, dark winter days and long nights. Corresponding to the season, today's newsletter focuses on the subject of lighting.

News Last orders please!

Our gift tip for Christmas: The URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR-books with unique holiday homes and inspiring stories.

Press Dreaming away @NZZ Bellevue

Book recommendation - Swiss key medium NZZ Bellevue today presented our latest book Häuser und Menschen | Houses and People on the example of our partner houses Spronken House (Castellón, Spain), Fusenhof (Black Forest), Wasserturm Pirach (Chiemgau) and Woodhaus (Jutland, Denmark). To the article

Newsletter Newsletter: Our hosts – Artists & Designers

What do the holiday apartments and houses of creative people look like? In today's newsletter we introduce you to hosts who work as artists and designers. Their creative spirit can also be sensed in the holiday homes where one is surrounded by works of art or self-designed furniture.

Newsletter Inspirations: #hibernation

Let's go into hibernation! Here we have some suggestions on how you can feather your nest. In these holiday homes, you will find inviting sleeping quarters, some with enough room for the whole family. Sweet dreams...

HomeStory Breac.House – The texture of place

Outside wild, unspoilt nature, inside a soft, warm and most comfortable shelter. A new beginning in Donegal.

Newsletter Inspirations: #On fire

It crackles and spits, blazes and flickers! An open fire is the epitome of cosiness and has an almost magical appeal. We show you holiday homes with fireplaces that not only radiate pleasant warmth but are also really good-looking.

News A stroll through the network: The UA – Christmas bazaar

Corona is not going to stop Christmas from coming, but extensive shopping tours are unlikely to be on the agenda this year. Therefore we would like to let our network go on tour and invite you to our virtual UA Christmas bazaar: This time the focus will not be on architecture, but on outstanding products that find their place in our partner houses and/or are designed and produced by our partners themselves.

Newsletter Inspirations: #pattern mania

Colours and shapes play an important role in the accommodations we present to you today. Tiles, carpets or cushions are not unobtrusively plain but make exemplary statements. They attract attention and lend the rooms character. The colourful mix of colours ensures a cheerful mood—and also helps against dull November greyness!

Press Cold Hawaii @ Meter Magazin

meter-magazin, the online magazine for interior design of Swiss Archithema publishers, presented our partner house Recharge House in Agger (Denmark) and its architect Søren Sarup. Welcome everyone to "Cold Hawaii"! To the article (German version)

Newsletter Inspirations: #well covered

Today we dedicate ourselves to the grand finale of the house. We will present roofs which, with special materials and unusual shapes, represent the proverbial pinnacle of the building.

HomeStory alte säge & Iselhof — About bold visions, a singing lake and the blissful lightness of being

A small cosmos in itself. Peace, nature and self-determined holiday bliss: Everything’s optional, nothing’s a must.

Newsletter Inspirations: #flowing transitions

Today's newsletter is all about architecture without boundaries. We show you accommodations whose rooms merge seamlessly into one another, and houses where the boundaries between inside and outside seem to be dissolved. This creates a feeling of continuity and almost infinite vastness, and the eyes can wander freely!

Newsletter Inspirations: #Hovering

Today we take off! We will show you houses that are disconnected from the ground along with architectural and design elements that give the impression of defying gravity. They seem to hover freely in space or in nature and invite you to enjoy the wonderful lightness of being.

Press Silent seducers @DIE ZEIT

German weekly DIE ZEIT presented eight German hotels for the perfect retreat in yesterday's supplement "Reisen-Spezial". Included are our partner house Gut Üselitz on island of Rügen.

Newsletter Newsletter: Our hosts – dream fulfillers

Our hosts not only fulfil the holiday dreams of their guests, they also live out their own dreams. The people we introduce to you today come from completely different professions and have become hosts practically as career changers. At the same time, many of them have also become "experts" in the restoration of old houses ...

News Perfect dreams, but everything is already fully booked?!

A preliminary #Corona analysis by URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR. Even though prognoses are a bit tricky, some findings gained during the past months of living with the pandemic already suggest certain conclusions regarding the coming season.

Press Novigrad @ DIE ZEIT

Against plastic tourism - In today's issue 42/2020 the editorial of DIE ZEIT presents a very special project in Novigrad (Croatia). The article "Nestwärme" (Nest warmth) portrays our long-term partner Boris Kajmak. The designer and artist is also a cosmopolitan guardian of his homeland who is pursuing a long-term project in the place of his childhood dreams.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Recycling

"Giving old materials a new purpose" is the motto behind the houses we are presenting to you today. Stable doors become window shutters. Wood from the fishing industry is given a second life as a façade. Old pallets and wood from scaffolding are used to make furniture. And the stones of an old farmhouse are now part of a modern holiday home. Our examples illustrate how beautiful resource conservation can be.

Press Holiday planing @ DAS HAUS

This is how holidays begin - "Holiday planning is joylessly efficient if you just quickly call up pages on the Internet. Travel inspiration is provided by the book Urlaubsarchitektur, in which you will find many exceptionally beautiful domiciles". - DAS HAUS, print edition 10/2020

Newsletter Inspirations: #Autumn light

Welcome to the Indian Summer! It's autumn time—with forests in autumnal colours and a very special lighting atmosphere when the low sun bathes everything in warm, soft shades. Today our accommodations present themselves in golden autumn light and inspire you to take a break in natural surroundings.

HomeStory The right measure: architecture, culinary delights and host culture at the Krone in Hittisau

From the sun terrace of the Krone in Hittisau, the view sweeps over the central square of the small Bregenzerwald community as if from an opera box.

Press Good design gets by without labelling

Britta Krämer answered questions from the editors of ahgz.de in an interview on topics such as admission criteria, trends and the relevance of design. The article will be published on 16.10. in the October issue of Hoteldesign, the online version can already be read here.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Zen

The houses in today's newsletter are inspired by Japanese influences. Due to the reduction to the essentials, natural materials and neutral colours, the interiors radiate harmony and peace. Their contemplative ambience invites you to unwind from your hectic everyday life. Here, a relaxed holiday is almost guaranteed!

Newsletter Newsletter: Our hosts – the expats

In this newsletter we present hosts who not only found a new vocation, but also a new home in a foreign country. The motivation for dropping out varies: sometimes it was the desire to slow down, sometimes the longing for the sunny south or the realisation of a long-cherished dream.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Towers

If you spend your holiday in a tower, you may have to climb more steps than in a bungalow, but in the old water towers, former fortification towers or contemporary wooden buildings you will be rewarded with a very special ambience and a wonderful view. Experience a holiday with Rapunzel feeling

Press Alte Säge @ORF

On September 7, the Austrian tv channel ORF will present the Austrian province of Carinthia and our partner house Alte Säge at Lake Weissensee in the series "Zimmer frei". To the broadcast page

HomeStory Amplifier of temperaments: The Neuendorf House

In the mid-1980s, architects John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrin sought inspiration in Mallorca for a special project: a house based on tradition, yet anything but conventional.

Newsletter Inspirationen: #Lake Love

The coasts are crowded, everyone wants to go to the sea, although being by a lake is so beautiful. Water softly lapping against the shore. A view over the glittering water surface. A refreshing swim or a relaxing boat trip. In case you are seized by a longing for lakes: here are holiday homes near a lake. Some are even located directly at the lakeshore and have their own landing stage!

Press Deutschlandreise @AD

Holiday destinations on your doorstep - In the September issue, the editorial of AD Germany presents its 15 favourite destinations as part of a trip to Germany. Among them our partner houses Rote Scheune (Uckermark) and Haus Schminke (Saxony).

Newsletter Inspirations: #Stairs & steps

Today we take a closer look at houses with special stairs. A stairway can be much more than just a connection between two floors. It is also an architectural design element. As a striking object it adds a highlight to a room or conveys lightness with 'hovering' steps ...

Press Houses and People @Atrium

In issue 5/2020 (September / October), the editors of the Swiss architecture magazine Atrium present our current book and our partner house Recharge House Agger in Denmark.

Newsletter Inspirationen: #Art in buildings

Today the focus is not only on architecture. The homes in our newsletter captivate with artworks that are presented inside them. Here you spend your days surrounded by paintings, photographs or sculptures. Some domiciles even have a gallery, a museum or an artist's studio, while others offer artist-in-residence programmes.

Newsletter Inspirationen: #Time travellers

The houses in today's newsletter illustrate the potential that lies dormant in ruins and dilapidated buildings. With great courage and commitment, their new owners have reconstructed the buildings and transformed them into gems.

Press Houses & People @Süddeutsche Zeitung

Literature: Refuges for individualists - The Süddeutsche Zeitung today presented our new publication Houses & People in their section Building & Living.

HomeStory Every room is a flowery artwork: Baixa House

Right in the centre of Lisbon, more precisely in the Baixa district in the heart of the old town, which is under a preservation order, and therefore very close to famous places such as the Praça do Comércio square on the banks of the Tagus, URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR has had a very popular holiday accommodation for many years: the Baixa House.

Press Holiday apartments @SZ Reise

Foreign four walls. Better than at home - In the travel section published today, which focuses on holiday homes, the editors of the Süddeutsche Zeitung have presented several of our partner houses in detail: Rote Scheune (Uckermark), Cantzheim (Saar), NewHaus (Baltic sea), Wasserturm am Park Sanssouci (Potsdam) und Tautes Heim (Berlin).

Newsletter Inspirations: #The whole gang

Today we present houses for family holidays. As different as family constellations can be, as different are our accommodations.

Press Quartier Wieck @Zuhause Wohnen

The editors of German lifestyle magazine Zuhause Wohnen have taken our new publication Houses & People as an opportunity to present our partner house Quartier Wieck by Möhring Architekten - presented there as an example in the current issue 8-9/2020 on several pages.

Newsletter Bavarian alternative – temporary, casual & quirky

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Newsletter Inspirations: #Clay & Lime

Clay and lime bring an element of nature into the house. The traditional building materials have been used for centuries and are experiencing a renaissance along with the growing importance of sustainable and ecological building.

News How does HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE work?

Since our readers keep contacting us with booking requests and questions about available accommodations, we would like to briefly explain how our portal works. First things first: HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE is not a booking platform. You always book directly with the landlord!

Press Best of @Competitionline

Dreaming of strange beds - The editorial staff of competitionline today recommended ten partner houses like Bo Pavillon (Saarland, pictured), which are far away from the hustle and bustle and also nourish the architect's soul. Read more (for members only)

Press Houses & People @AIT

"Exciting!" - The editorial team of renowned German architecture magazine AIT recommends our new publication Houses & People in current issue 6.2020. Our partner company Kranich Hotel, which we recently portrayed in detail in our HomeStories, is also presented there.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Cool Pool

Summer heat—bathing weather—it's pool time! Here are properties with pools, which not only ensure refreshment and a fun time in the water but are also visual highlights.

Newsletter Newsletter: Summer à la française

It's wonderful that summer holidays in France are possible again. For it is not only croissants that taste particularly good there! Apart from culinary delicacies, France also has plenty of culture and a variety of beautiful landscapes to offer.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Cubes & Blocks

How does it feel to live in cubes and blocks? Absolutely marvellous! These holiday homes are playfully stacked, lined up or nested like building bricks, creating striking compositions with a strong external effect.

Press The reinvention of nostalgia @AD Germany

In the article "Die Neuerfindung der Sehnsucht" ("The reinvention of nostalgia"), the editorial staff of AD Germany presents two houses planned by Holzrausch, Casa Morelli (Tuscany; pictured) and Finca Sonrisa (Mallorca), on several pages. (print edition July / August 2020).

HomeStory Sublimity, avant-garde and elegance: The Kranich Hotel

When talking to hostess Dr. Bettina Klein, who welcomes guests on an estate comprising a small hotel, a museum and a café in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, this immediately seems to be a sufficiently apt, albeit generalising description of the landlady herself.

Newsletter Inspirations: #Boards & Beams

In today's newsletter you will see houses that present wood in all its facets: as a material for construction, interior fittings or furniture making. As a leading actor or as a sparring partner for glass, concrete and metal. Untreated or painted. Sometimes rustic, sometimes puristic and elegant ...

Press Summer retreat @MADAME

Summer retreat - In the travel special of the current issue of MADAME the editorial staff recommends our partner houses Friesensteern (Schleswig-Holstein, in the picture), Alte Schule Brandenburg, Fjorde Sieseby (Schlei) and Stadl Wuggitz (Styria), according to the motto: Holiday on your doorstep!

Press The perfect hideaway @Frankfurter Allgemeine

"The perfect hideaway. Seclusion in an absolutely central location." - The Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung warmly recommends our partner house Quinta da Bouca d’Arques in the north of Portugal (issue of 21 June 2020).

Newsletter Inspirations: #Airy lofts

Today we show you accommodations with a loft atmosphere, which with their open-plan layouts are characterised by plenty of space, light and air. Loft ambience can be found not only in old factory buildings and former workshops but also in huge barns, historic warehouses, modern wooden cubes or glass bungalows.

Newsletter Newsletter: Let´s head to Northern Italy!

Die Grenzen zu Italien sind wieder geöffnet. Endlich können wir wieder die Region Südtirol-Trentino besuchen und das besondere Flair dieser im Norden Italiens gelegenen Provinzen spüren. Vielfältigkeit und Kontraste machen diese Region so reivoll ...

Press Houses and People @Corriere della Sera

Made it to Italy! - Corriere Living recommends our new publication Houses and People first in the top 5 of Architecture and Design Books section in June.

Press Houses and People @Bauwelt

"Europe-wide top properties" - Frank F. Drewes has reviewed our new publication Houses and People for Bauwelt. You can read his article in the current issue 12.2020 of 12 June.

Newsletter Inspirations: #plain&simple

"Less is more" is the motto of the houses we want to show you today. You will not find anything superfluous in them. The architecture impresses with its reduced design vocabulary. Rooms with a simple design and no knickknacks radiate calm and become a stage for the essential. Thus, the view of the landscape or the beauty of materials are shown to their best advantage.

Press What is up @FAS

In its issue of 7 June, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung presented our partner house Casa 1015 in Porto in its travel section.

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Forests&Meadows

Holidays in a historical farmhouse, a wooden lodge or a minimalist cabin surrounded by forests and meadows: the gaze wanders in a sea of green leaves, to high fir trees, lush pastures, colourful flower meadows. The air smells aromatic and of resin or delicate blossoms ...

Press Try it out @Das Haus

What kind of house suits me? If you have almost only had experience with one type of house or apartment, this question is not easy to answer. The Das Haus editorial team's tip: try it out! In the June issue, the editorial presented our German partner houses Alte Schule Brandenburg (pictured), Refugium Betzenstein (Franconia), Haus Wanderlust (Harz) and Vulkaneifelhaus as examples.

HomeStory House Whisperer – The Kuća project of the Croatian designer Boris Kajmak

With the accuracy and almost childlike enthusiasm of an archaeologist, Boris Kajmak reveals the history of Novigrad's old stone houses layer by layer.

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Water Worlds

Let's head for the water! As temperatures rise, we are attracted to the sea, a lake, river or pool. In our imagination we can already hear the surf, the soft splashing of waves on the shore, a gurgling stream or the sound when diving into the pool. Here are houses for summer days by the water.

Press Summer vacation @Manager Magazin

Summer vacation in Germany - Manager Magazin recommends in current issue 6/2020 our partner houses Kranich Hotel in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (pictured), Cantzheim in the Saar river area and Vulkaneifelhäuser in the volcanic Eifel. The online edition also includes the Fusenhof in the Black Forest.

Newsletter Newsletter: (Re-)discover Austria

Mountains, skiing, Mozart and Wiener Schnitzel—that's what Austria is renowned for. However, the Alpine republic has much more to offer than just these clichés. For example, vast steppe landscapes, crystal-clear lakes, modern timber architecture and award-winning gourmet restaurants.

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Above it all

Today, we are above it all with a relaxed mind, looking at the world from a different perspective: from mountains and hills affording sweeping views to the horizon, or at eye level with squirrels and birds and a view of a green leafy forest.

News Insights & Outlooks

We asked our hosts to share impressions and reflections on their house projects in a video during these times of “standstill”.

Press Houses and People @eco.nova

"A wonderful book - not only for architecture lovers". The independent, Austrian business magazine eco.nova presented our new publication Häuser und Menschen | Houses and People as well as the three Austrian partner houses represented in it (in the picture: Schnepfegg 52).

News “Guests who become friends…”

Insights and outlooks (2): The Hotel Hinteregger and the importance of being a host

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Brutalist Beauty

Concrete has many faces: it can have a massive and raw appearance or show filigree elegance; it can be shiny and smooth or have structures of strong character. From buildings made of archaic tamped concrete to polished concrete floors in industrial style—we will show you concrete in its most beautiful form.

News “First and foremost a home…”

Insights and outlooks (1): The Breac.House in times of inspired retreat

Press Houses and People @FAS

New book for the journey - Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung today presented our new publication Häuser und Menschen / Houses and People.

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Storytellers

We present houses that tell their (hi)story: When staying in them, you are not just enjoying a holiday in a different place. These houses also take you on a journey through time. The traces of the past are visible and arouse curiosity about the life of the former residents. However, this is certainly not a vacation in a museum — the present is just as evident as the past, and it is precisely this contrast that makes a stay so appealing.

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Black&White

Today, we will focus on the play with contrasts and show houses that make a statement with non-colours: Uncompromisingly black and in pure white, they present themselves with style and timeless elegance and draw attention to the essentials.

News Statement: HolidaySOLIDARITY

Much has been written about the very nature of the crisis. Some say that it offers opportunities, opens up new paths and allows us to focus on what is really…

HomeStory Anchor point for sophisticated souls – The Seehotel Ambach in Caldaro

The Ambach grooves, rocks and swings. It meditates, ponders and smiles silently. According to the constellation of guests, wishes and moods.

Press Houses and People @kultur-online

An excellent sofa trip - The Swiss culture portal kultur-online.net has reviewed our new publication Häuser und Menschen / Houses and People. To the article (German version only)

Newsletter Daydreaming: #The green room

Nature is good for you! Today we present holiday accommodations that are surrounded by lush greenery. Gardens and parks extend the living space by a (huge) outdoor room. Large windows and glass fronts allow lots of light and nature to enter the house and dissolve the boundary between inside and outside.

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Life is colourful!

Spring is a wonderful master: a glance at the awakening nature shows us how colourful life is! In the holiday homes that we present to you in today’s newsletter, colour is also an element that conjures up a cheerful atmosphere.

Press Houses and People @Die Presse (Vienna)

Austrian daily Die Presse presented our new publication Houses and People in detail in a feature of its real estate section. A reference in the print edition was already made on 28/29 March 2020.

Newsletter Daydreaming: #By the sea

We imagine ourselves by the sea and dream of a fresh breeze, sand under our feet, the sound of the waves and the endless view into the distance. Of palm trees on Sri Lanka, North Sea dunes, Baltic beaches, cliffs and volcanic islands...

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Play of Shapes

Today we present holiday homes that ingeniously play with geometric figures. Triangles, circles, squares and rectangles are used as the basis for expressive buildings, which with their architecture alone provide for special holiday experiences.

NewsOur books Our new book: Houses and People

Available now: Our new book HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Houses and People. In a new design and for the first time with a magazine as supplement!

Newsletter Daydreaming: #Blue!

Our newsletter today is inspired by the colour blue in all its facets. We travel in our thoughts and dream of the azure blue sea, the bright blue sky, of places with maritime flair, pools with shimmering turquoise water and the magical blue hour at dawn and dusk ...

Press Houses and People @md Magazine

"Urlaubsarchitektur (unites) again inspiring travel destinations paired with great interior design and architecture" - md Interior | Design | Architecture has presented our new publication Houses and People, which will be released next week.

News Switch booking dates instead of canceling! An urgent request …

An urgent request to all HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE guests. In the current, difficult situation many booked holidays and trips have to be cancelled, this is perfectly clear. Before you cancel a booking,…

Press Brandenburg @Tagesspiegel

Datsche was yesterday: Dreamlike domiciles - The just published German magazine Brandenburg 2020 presents our partner houses Die Kleine Acht, Studio Zempow, Alte Schule Brandenburg (pictured) and Bauhaus an der Havel.

Newsletter Daydreaming: A room with view

Even if we can't travel at the moment, we can still dream of holiday. We can conjure up images in our minds of beautiful vistas. Perhaps we can soothe your wanderlust with these pictures of rooms with a view!

News NEW: Availability calendar

Es gibt ein weiteres neues Feature auf unserer Website! In den Einträgen der Häuser, deren Belegungsdaten uns bekannt sind, kann man die Belegungskalender sehen.

News HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE in times of Corona

Within a few weeks and days, the everyday life of all of us has changed fundamentally, health is a top priority, and everything else must - without a doubt - adapt to it. Social contact and mobility have become true risk factors and our own private homes have become state-ordered retreat spaces. The current and necessary restrictions are drastic, their effects are fatal for many economic sectors.

Newsletter Newsletter: Pooches welcome. Their owners too!

Today's newsletter is addressed to the dog owners amongst our readers. Although dogs are not permitted in the majority of our houses, there are some where pooches are very much welcome! All of the houses presented in this issue offer an environment in which you can do a lot with your dog: on the beach, by the river, or in the mountains, activities with dogs are always a lot of fun.

Press Discoveries by @ntv

German television channel ntv was on a winter journey and visited again some holiday architectures - in the Alps, on the coast and in the low mountain ranges. Due to recent events, the feature was postponed; our partner houses Altes Schifferhaus (Baltic sea, pictured), Büretenhof (Black Forest) as well as Parkhotel Holzer and Odles Lodge (both South Tyrol) will be presented at a later date.

Press Casa Morelli @Wallpaper

Wallpaper introduces our partner house Casa Morelli in Chianti (pictured). Finca Sonrisa on Mallorca was also recently presented, in whose planning Holzrausch GmbH was also involved.

Press Türalihus @AD Germany

Winter journey. Valendas doesn't die after all - The AD Germany has recently presented in detail the Türalihus monument in Valendas in the Swiss canton of Grisons, dating from 1485. You can read the story of a revival here (German version).

Newsletter Newsletter: Along the Elbe

Today we’re going on a journey along the Elbe. From Kehdingen in the northeast of Lower Saxony to the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxony. On the way, we’ll present you with a selection of holiday houses that will whet your appetite for exploring the landscapes, the cities, the culture and the history of one of the longest rivers in Central Europe.

HomeStory Besides Outside: B&B Haidl-Madl in the Bavarian Forest

If you’re the wellness type or looking for a jet-set holiday, B&B Haidl-Madl Ferienwohnen isn’t the place for you. Here on the Bavarian-Bohemian border, there are so many things you won't find: noise, air pollution, heavy traffic, and agricultural monocultures. There’s no television in the house, no permanent accessibility, and quite deliberately no “events” put on by the hosts.

News NEW: Availability enquiry

Frequently requested, and it's finally here! You can now search the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE website by the availability period of our houses.

News The most popular houses 2019 – Part IV: Best guest feedback

Here you find the houses, that have received many positive guest comments in 2019.

News The most popular houses 2019 – Part III: Hotels / B&Bs / serviced apartments

The most pupular hotels / bed & breakfasts / serviced apartments in 2019.

News The most popular houses 2019 – Part II: houses/apartments

Most popular houses and apartments in 2019.

News The most popular houses 2019 – Part I: New entries

Most popular new entries (houses first published on our website in 2019).

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR @ELLE Traveller

The traveller supplement of ELLE Germany presents holiday villas by well-known architects in the current issue, including our partner house Els Comellars.

Best OfNews Our HomeStories 2019: review

A look behind the curtains of the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE projects: Stories about houses and people.

Newsletter Newsletter: Winter in the mountains

With familiy and friends in the snow! The destinations we'd like to present to you today could easily be cast as the backdrops to various Christmas commercials: beautiful houses for large families or for holidays with friends in the middle of the mountains.

HomeStory Living the dream: The community-project MeerLeben

Directly on the idyllic Baltic Sea coast, less than 1km from the beach, you will find a very special kind of village in which a group of people from all walks of life have each realised their dream of planning and building their own holiday home.

Press Niedermairhof@New York Times

5 New Standout Ski Hotels - The travel editorial staff of the New York Times recommends our partner Niedermairhof in South Tyrol as one of "five outstanding ski hotels". Read more…

Newsletter Newsletter: Holidays in heritage buildings

Today we would like to introduce you to a number of heritage listed monuments in which you can spend your holidays. These houses will enchant your with their charm and their character – and they also have fascinating stories to tell. Join us on a little journey through time!

Press Meisterzimmer @SZMagazin

The Meisterzimmer in the old Leipzig cotton spinning mill were presented in the "Hotel Europa" section of SZ Magazine. Read more (issue 46/2019)

HomeStory Recharge House: Building & living with ever-present views of nature

In August 2018 the Danish Recharge House - project started, driven by a strong vision. The making of in pictures.

Newsletter Newsletter: Hiking in the German Mittelgebirge

You don't have to go to the Alps to go hiking in the mountains. Charming hiking tours are also possible in the low mountain ranges of central Germany, known as the Mittelgebirge. It is particularly beautiful there in autumn, when the leaves change colour in the wooded natural landscapes.

Press Travel special 2/2019 by DIE ZEIT

In the travel special attached to today's issue 43/2019 of of German weekly DIE ZEIT you can find out more about our partner houses Niedermairhof (Italy) and Hotel Bären (Austria).

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019 @German Architects

The editorial of German Architects presents our current book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019 in detail.

Press Scotland fashionably great @The Herald

Fashionably great: 10 Scottish stays for a super-stylish holiday - The Herald Magazine recommended our partner houses black h (Isle of Skye) and Kyle House (Speyside) in last weekend edition.

HomeStory Hideaways, lookouts & open space: the Vulkaneifel houses

The Vulkaneifel (Volcanic Eifel) in western Germany is often underestimated as a tourist destination. Despite its good accessibility from the surrounding metropolitan regions and the Benelux countries, it is still far away from the major tourist flows.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @ELLE Traveller Germany

In issue #13/2019 of ELLE Traveller our partner houses Little Stone House (Andalusia, pictured) and Stadl Altenbach (Styria) were introduced. The issue is attached to the print issue October of ELLE Germany.

Newsletter Newsletter: Honest and authentic

You don't need a luxury villa to have a dream holiday. The holiday houses we are presenting today are honest, authentic houses with plenty of charm, character and history!

Newsletter Newsletter: Guesthouses – cosy, quaint and welcoming!

You don't want to worry about making breakfast when you're on holiday, but you don't really feel like staying in another stock-standard hotel either? Well, then we have a recommendation for you: Bed & Breakfasts!

HomeStory Anti-Wellness, wonderful: The Tannerhof

When a holiday destination stays with you long after you’ve visited, but you can’t quite pinpoint why – well, then it's quite possible that you’ve been to visit the Tannerhof in Bayrischzell, Upper Bavaria. And it may be a sign that you should start trusting your instincts.

Press Weekend houses @FAS

The editorial staff of Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung talked to us about concepts for weekend houses and introduced Bleibe in der Alten Kirche Bernkastel-Wehlen. Published in issue 31/2019 of August 4 and online.

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR @RTL

Germany's most beautiful design holiday homes - RTL has found some architectural jewels in our store and presented our partner houses Rote Scheune, NewHaus, Das Schwarze Haus, Strandwood House and The Balancing Barn as examples. To the article (31. July 2019)

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR-Houses @ORF 2

Austrian television ORF 2 broadcasted a documentation about on 22 July 2019 about exceptional holiday architecture in Austria and its neighbouring countries. You can see our partner houses Aradira, Ufogel, La Pedevilla and Niedermairhof here via TV on demand.

Newsletter Newsletter: Behind the dunes

After taking a brief holiday, summer is well and truly back in business and the temperatures are rising. Time to get to the seaside! Do you long for a cool breeze, sand under your feet, the sound of crashing waves, and endless views to the horizon? The houses we'd like to introduce you to today are right by the sea: either just behind the dunes or on the beach!

Press Summer in the Alps @The Times

On 22 June 2019 The Times recommended our partner houses Bühelwirt in South Tyrol (in picture) and Ufogel in Tyrol in the article Summer in the Alps.

HomeStory The silent East Algarve – A road trip in pictures

From the Spanish border to Faro stretches the quiet, untouched Sandalgarve - its beauty takes your breath away. Seja inspirado!

Press Quartier Wieck @CUBE Select

The play of light and shadow - The issue 3/19 of German architecture magazine CUBE Select has been presenting in detail our partner house Quartier Wieck (Design: Möhring Architects) on the German Baltic Sea coast.

Press Holiday in a dream house @Kurier

Austrian daily newspaper KURIER presented several partner houses as well as our current book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019 in the business section of the weekend edition.

Newsletter Newsletter: Retreats for food lovers

Holiday memories are oft closely associated with food experiences. I connect Mallorca with the tapas in a harbour bar, for example, and Paris with the memory of a crème brulée in a small bistro. If you're one of those people who like to eat well when they’re on holiday, we've got some ideas for you.

HomeStory Milchhof Arnstadt. Bauhaus100.

The Milchhof Arnstadt, a classic modernist monument from 1928, is currently part of the German GRAND TOUR DER MODERNE 2019 and an official partner of the Bauhaus100 programme.

Press Light House @Zuhause Wohnen

Current issue 6/19 of German living magazine Zuhause Wohnen has dedicated a six-page article to the Light House on the Danish North Sea coast.

Press Schgaguler Hotel @Wallpaper

Wallpaper has introduced our partner house Schgaguler Hotel in South Tyrol. The Milanese architect Peter Pichler is responsible for the amazing transformation of the 80s building. To the article

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR @Elle Decoration Germany

In the recently published German edition of ELLE Decoration you will find us and our partners in many places, amongst others in the article "Meisterhäuser!" (Masterhouses!)

Press Niedermairhof @Bauhandwerk

The B&B Niedermairhof in Bruneck in South Tyrol was presented in detail in the current issue 5/2019 by Bauhandwerk.

HomeStory Hotel Zum Hirschen – Elixir of life for modern pilgrims

The house is a midwife. It brings to light desires and needs that lie dormant in us but have no right to exist in “normal life”:

Press New on the German market: CUBE Select

For years, CUBE has provided information about the local German architectural landscape in ten independent editions - from Hamburg to Munich. In the new CUBE Select you will now find the nationwide selection of the best objects, quarterly in the magazine trade. In the recently published issue 2/19 you can read more about our partner house Casa Afife in northwest Portugal ("Sculptural Holiday Happiness").

Press Porcignano @FAS

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, one of the largest German dailies, will present our partner house Porcignano in Chianti on Easter Sunday. The private summer house of the artist Leo Lionni (1910 - 1999) is today run by his grandson Pippo, also an artist.

Newsletter Newsletter: Light Shows

Finally the days are getting longer and we can look forward to bright sunny days once again after months of winter darkness. But light is not just good for the mind; it also brings architecture to life.

Press Dream destinations @Wohnidee

Let's get over there! - The editorial staff of German magazine Wohnidee has fallen in love with our partner houses Birkedal on the Danish island of Møn and Vindlyveien in Norway and presents them in issue 5/2019 published today.

Press Casa Modesta @The Times

Where to stay in Portugal: 20 coolest hotels - The Times recommends our partner house Casa Modesta in the Algarve. The family-run hotel with nine rooms is located in the Ria Formosa Nature Park, surrounded by almond and olive trees and overlooking the sea.

HomeStory Villa Baronessa: Architecture. Colour. Atmosphere.

On the edge of the South Tyrolean wine village Kaltern, yet close to its old market square, there is an ensemble of two houses in a lush Mediterranean garden, emanating a very special aura.

Press North sea @zweikuesten.de

These nine holiday homes on the North Sea are simply fantastic - the travel and lifestyle magazine Zweiküsten presents its favourite holiday architectures on the German, Danish and Dutch North Sea coasts.

Press Zum Hirschen @DIE ZEIT

"Larch clerical" - Current issue 13/2019 of German weekly DIE ZEIT presents our partner house Zum Hirschen in a small valley in South Tyrol. Since its renovation in 2017, the former pilgrims' hostel has been restored to its original tranquillity - both the architecture and the overall concept have been reduced to the essentials.

News Pack your bags and go home!

Travel can inform and educate the discerning traveller, but many destinations no longer want visitors at any cost.

Press Spronken House @ELLE Decor Italia

ELLE Decor Italia has introduced SpronkenHouse in Spain. The living sculpture made of concrete, wood, iron and glass was created by the Dutch artist and studied sculptor Xander Spronken.

Newsletter Newsletter: Urban getaways

Have you ever dreamed of owning a second home in Paris, Lisbon or Barcelona? With the accommodation ideas for your next city break we're presenting today this dream could come true – at least on holiday. Say goodbye to anonymous hotels, and hello to these holiday apartments with individual flai

Press NewHaus @Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

Between the pines - Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung presented our partner house NewHaus at the Baltic Sea in the expenditure of 10. March 2019 in detail.

Press Schgaguler Hotel @Meraviglia

The miraculous transformation of a hotel - Meraviglia Papers presents our partner house Schgaguler Hotel in Castelrotto (South Tyrol).

Press Fashion District Apartment @FD Persoonlijk

FD Persoonlijk, the weekend supplement by Het Fiancieele Dagblad, recommends our partner house Alemanys 5 in Girona in current issue No. 9.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Tagesspiegel Baltic Sea 2019

Baltic Sea, accommodation tips - In the recently published special publication Baltic sea 2019 by Der Tagesspiegel our partner hotels Seehotel Neuklostersee and Friedrich und Franz (Rostock region) as well as the Alte Scheune Loddin (Rügen region) are recommended.

HomeStory Family Ties – The Taxhof and the Aufberg Houses

High above Bruck at the Großglocknerstraße in the Austrian Pinzgau lives and works since 1687 family Unterberger. With their guests they share not only the fantastic location with a view of the Hohe Tauern, the Kitzsteinhorn and down into the Salzach valley. But also four architectural highlights up to a tree house, which happily combine tradition and modernity in very different ways.

Press Parkhotel Holzner @Atrium

Tradition without blinkers - The current issue 2/2019 of Swiss magazine Atrium presents in detail the symbiosis of new and old architecture of the Parkhotel Holzner in Oberbozen (South Tyrol).

Newsletter Newsletter: As far as the eye can see …

Today we would like to introduce you to a selection of holiday homes with views as far as the eye can see. Here, deep relaxation comes guaranteed. All you have to do is sit back and let your gaze drift across the horizon. The natural scenery on display includes gentle hilly landscapes, wide plains and distant mountains, rugged coasts and the endless shimmering sea.

Press Ferienhaus Dorf @Die Presse

Holidays together, individual relaxation - The real estate editorial of Austrian daily DIE PRESSE presents our partner house Ferienhaus Dorf at Stubaital, Austria.

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019 @abenteuer und reisen

German travel magazine abenteuer und reisen recommends our book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019 in the issue 3/2019.

HomeStory Bildstein and its Mesmerhaus: A mesmerising powerhouse above Lake Constance

Bildstein in Vorarlberg, Austria. This location with its view of Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine estuary will evoke breath-taking images in your mind even whilst planning your holiday there.

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019 @SZ Magazin

Satisfy wanderlust - Issue 4/2019 of SZ Magazine recommended our latest book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019.

Press Hotels in europe @GEO SAISON

In February edition GEO SAISON presented "The 100 most beautiful hotels in europe", including our partner houses Parkhotel Holzner, Weisses Kreuz and the tiny houses of art-lodge (section mountains), Zum Hirschen (section food), Gutshaus Lexow (section country) and Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær (section out of competition).

Newsletter Newsletter: Most popular houses 2018

It's that time of year again! The list of the most popular HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE properties for 2018 has been released. You can find the complete Top Ten 2018 in our blog – today we'll showcase the eight houses that made the top places in each of the different categories.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @ELLE Germany

In current edition 1/2019 ofELLE Decoration Germany the editorial presents "five winter's tales". In enclosed edition of ELLE Traveller you'll find a recommendation for our current book and for our partner house Stadl Altenbach.

News The most popular houses 2018

As every year we publish the Top 10 of the most popular houses, apartments and hotels at HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE. The Top 10 is an audience vote: we rate how often an entry was read. Furthermore, we made a list of homes that have received many positive guest comments

Press Urlaubsarchitektur 2019 @Dezeen

The editorial of Dezeen presents their favourites from our new book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019.

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR Selection 2019 @Wohlgeraten

Wohlgeraten, an alpine travel blog, recommends our current book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2019. Read more... (German)

Best Of Our HomeStories 2018: review!

The UA-HomeStories are a series of articles that tell about the people and stories behind the URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR houses. They portray the character of a place and make us experience the visions and unique architectural concepts of the people who conceived them. With the HomeStories, we want to give the reader a glimpse behind the facades of the URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR houses, show them in a very personal light and narrate them from within. The winter holidays are the perfect time for relaxed wandering through the stories...

Press Palazzo Beccaguti Cavriani @Glow Magazine

Greek lifestyle magazine Glow presents our partner house Palazzo Beccaguti Cavriani in Mantua (Lombardy). Read more...

Newsletter Newsletter: The long table

Today, it's all about "the long table". During the holiday season, long tables are perfect for festive menus enjoyed with the whole family. But a table like this can also be useful all year round as the communal centre of your household.

Europa nachhaltig entdecken: Anderswo (Discover Europe sustainably: Andeswo Magazine)

Sorry, this article is only available in German.

Press Breac.House @Monocle

In edition #119 Monocle presents our partner house Breac.House, a small b&b in northern Irland.

Newsletter Newsletter: Editors’ Picks Selection 2019

In this month’s newsletter, our editorial team will present four houses selected from our new release, HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Selection 2019. Of course, not just these but all thirty-four holiday homes featured in the book are truly something special -- and certainly worth a visit.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur 2019 @Die Presse

Austrian daily Die Presse presents their favourites of our latest edition URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR Selection 2019: Read more (German version)

Press Urlaubsarchitektur 2019 @Der Standard

DER STANDARD from Austria presents their favourites from our new book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR Selection 2019. Read more (German version)

Press Tiny houses @Zuhause Wohnen

Current edition of German magazine Zuhause Wohnen presents several tiny partner houses: Hainichhöfe (Thuringia) and Ufogel (Tyrol).

Press Bassivière @MyRoom

Edition 2018/2019 of Swiss magazine MyRoom presents a detailed portrait of our partner house Bassivière in south-western France.

NewsOur books Our new book: Selection 2019

Our new book HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Selection 2019 is available now. Retreats for the discerning traveller. Refined, exhilarating, unique –Edition 2019 presents 34 extraordinary homes that will capture your imagination.

Press Parkhotel Holzner @DIE WELT

"This hotel ist perfect for sunny autumn holidays" judges German newspaper DIE WELT in edition October 16 2018 about our partner house Parkhotel Holzer, located on a sunny high plateau above Bolzano. Read more.

Newsletter Newsletter: Bavaria – a blend of tradition and modernity

Traditions are as vital to Bavarian life as Dirndls are to the Oktoberfest. Bavarians nurture their customs, passing them on from generation to generation and reinterpreting them along the way. This applies not only to their traditional clothing and festivals, but also to their architecture. This month's newsletter will prove that tradition and modernity need not be mutually exclusive – in fact they can complement and enrich each other.

Press Wallis @SI Gruen

Swiss magazine GRUEN headed for Wallis and recommends our partner house Hüs üf der Flüe in current edition. Read more... (German only)

News Traumhauspioniere (Dream house pioneers)

Sorry, this article is only available in German.

HomeStory Parkhotel Holzner – The story of a mountain haven

The Parkhotel Holzner in Soprabolzano is a place of contrasts that complement one another consistently in every area and create convincing synergies: body and soul. Art nouveau and fair faced concrete. Wild nature and urban flair. The glow of the Alps and the Orient. Big and small. The timeless and the timeworn.

Press Hotel Hinteregger @Servus TV

Austrian television channel Servus TV presented our partner house Hotel Hinteregger in Tyrol in Septembre 2018. The tv report can be seen via TV on demand (German only). Our current homestory is available here.

Press Smart Wood House @Salzburger Nachrichten

Historical ideas interpreted in a contemporary way - Austrian daily Salzburger Nachrichten presents our partner house Smart Wood House in edition 2018/19 of it's real estate supplement.

Newsletter Newsletter: Mansions & Manor Houses

Staying in an historic manor house doesn't just mean visiting a new destination – it's also a little journey through time. These buildings are steeped in history, and the splendour of bygone eras lingers here in these noble mansions with their spacious parks and ornate gardens. Today, we would like to present a selection of estates, each with their own entirely unique style and atmosphere: three in Germany – in the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Rhineland-Palatinate, respectively – one on the island of Mallorca, and another in northern Portugal.

News New homepage for our partner house Bahnwärterhaus

We redesigned the homepage of our partner house Bahnwärterhaus. The website was ported from Joomla to WordPress, content and user guidance were optimized and a more emotional visual language was chosen.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @n-tv

German TV channel n-tv has been visiting several partner houses in the Alps as well north of Berlin. The extended version was broadcasted at Septembre 7th at n-tv Ratgeber Freizeit. A short version was to be seen at Septembre 11th via n-tv Ratgeber Bauen & Wohnen.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @ELLE Traveller Germany

ELLE Traveller Germany recommends in edition Octobre 2018 to discover our partner houses San Pellegrino in Umbria, Brückenvilla Bleibe and Haus Steuermann in Germany as well as La Pedevilla in South Tyrol.

HomeStory A great cinematic experience in the High Tauern mountains: Hotel Hinteregger

The Grossglockner sits enthroned in the heart of the “High Tauern“, Central Europe’s largest national park. Even if it is surrounded by more than 300 other mountains over 3000 metres, it surpasses them all in height and majesty.

Newsletter Newsletter: Lakes ahoy!

What an incredible summer we’ve had! These temperatures are best enjoyed by the water, so today we thought we would present you with some of our finest lakeside holiday retreats. At one or two of these you’ve got the lake right at your doorstep. They are also some of the best places to survive the heat: you can sit on the jetty with your feet in the water, cool off with a dip in the glistening lake, take a boat tour or glide across the ripples on a stand-up paddle board. But these holiday homes are not just worth the trip in summer, because the views of the water from these houses are beautiful all year round.

News Our website has a new look!

As you may have noticed, we recently redesigned our website urlaubsarchitektur.de / holidayarchitecture.com to give it a fresher, clearer look and to ensure a more flexible and intuitive user experience. The content has all remained the same; we’ve simply changed the layout and structure of our homepage. From now on, you’ll be able to find all the information you need right here: from new holiday homes, to our latest HomeStory and our most recent newsletter.

Press VIVERE @Lust auf Genuss

The editorial of German food magazine Lust auf Genuss presented VIVERE suites and rooms near lake Garda: agriturism in modern form.

HomeStory Aurora aeterna — the Seehotel am Neuklostersee

Once a farm, and from 1975 a guest house for citizens of former East Germany, the Seehotel am Neuklostersee near Wismar has been welcoming a wide range of guests from near and far for two-and-a-half decades.

Newsletter Newsletter: 50th birthday

Is it already behind you, or is it imminent? A milestone birthday – and in particular one’s fiftieth, quite often arouses mixed feelings. Some want to turn the day into…

NewsPress Urlaubsarchitektur @Haus und Bauen Extra 2018

Woodhouses to rent - current supplement "Haus und Bauen Extra 2018" of German editorials of Schöner Wohnen and Häuser presents twelve of our partner houses - from Greece to Norway.

Press Our book @DAB

DAB, the German architect's magazine, presents our current book Urlaubsarchitektur 2018 in edition July.

HomeStoryOur books BUCHARCHITEKTUR – the art of building a book

Kathrin Schmuck is an architect and the owner of BUCHARCHITEKTUR. Since 2014 she has been designing award-winning books that cover every imaginable aspect of architecture: monumental monographs such as that…

Press Weisses Kreuz @ELLE Traveller

ELLE Traveller Germany presents our partner house Weisses Kreuz & Ansitz zum Löwen in South Tyrol.

Press Kranich Hotel @Brigitte

German women magazine BRIGITTE recommends our partner house Kranich Hotel in their top 20 selection Europe.

Press Baixa House @SZ Magazine

Current edition #24 of Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine presents our partner house Baixa House in Lisbon. Read more

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @DAS HAUS

The editorial of DAS HAUS actually recommends ten of our partner houses.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Il Sole 24 Ore

“In vacanza a casa delle archistar” (Holidays in star architects' houses) - Italian online magazine Il Sole 24 ore presents Urlaubsarchitektur and some of our partnerhouses among others, like Villa Vendicari. True to the motto: “Urlaubsarchitektur has become the benchmark for enthusiast of modern architecture".

Press Pfarrhaus Mödlich @RBB TV

RBB Television has visited Pfarrhaus Mödlich north-west of Berlin. The broadcast was to be seen at June 1st 2018.

Press Clear lines @Petra

Petra, one of Germanys biggest women magazines, presented their favourite partner houses in edition 6/2018, namely Baix da S'Era, Gut Fergitz am See (pictured) and art-lodge Almhütten.

Press Els Comellars @Welt am Sonntag

ICON, a supplement of German daily newspaper DIE WELT visited Els Comellars. The architecture icon had been planned almost 30 years ago by John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrin and is still fascinating.

HomeStory Villa Zoé – A gateway to other worlds

For 15 years, Daniela Keil ran her own travel agency in Mannheim, organising luxury tours throughout the world. During this time, she was literally always on the move, discovering the most beautiful places on every continent.

Press La Mugletta @ELLE Decoration UK

Going to Venice and it's surroundings - maybe for Architecture Biennale? ELLE Decoration UK recommends in edition June 2018 a stay at our partner house La Mugletta in the Eugenean Hills nearby.

Newsletter Newsletter: Switzerland in Germany

Today’s newsletter takes us to Switzerland while remaining in Germany. There are more than 100 German regions and towns that bear the name Schweiz (Switzerland). These names have usually evolved…

Press Mallorca for advanced @Architektur&Wohnen

German magazine Architektur&Wohnen presented our partner house Els Comellars in Mallorca in edition 3/2018. Designed by John Pawson and Claude Silvestrin, the house is long since an architecture icon.

Press Best of Italy @ELLE Decoration Germany

In edition May 2018 ELLE Decoration Germany presents our partner house San Pellegrino in Umbria.

HomeStory Shades and shapes of Sicily – journey throughout an island of contrasts

Sicily. At the very name, associations and clichés still crowd the mind, lending the island and its inhabitants an enduring aura of the untouchable and of mysterious fascination.

Press Mezi Plutky @ELLE Decoration UK

ELLE Decoration UK visited our partner house Mezi Plutky in the Czech Carpathian mountains and strongly recommends a visit in current edition May 2018

Newsletter Newsletter: Vibrant cities, natural wilderness

Today we are taking you to the coastal regions of Northern Spain. Catalonia lies in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula, between Pyrenees and Mediterranean. The region, currently the subject…

Press Merdivenli Ev @thespaces.com

Holiday home of the week: a marriage of old and new - The Spaces presents our partner house Merivenli Ev in Turkey.

HomeStory Bold evolution amidst glowing peaks

The courage to face new things and constant change seems to be in the Rainers’ blood. Since Agnes und Willi Rainer opened a little bed and breakfast in 1964, the desire for spirited, innovative further development ...

Press NewHaus @SZ Magazine

The editorial of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine presents our partner house NewHaus at the Baltic Sea in their column "Hotel Europa" in edition 13/2018 vor. (German version)

Press Bleibe in der Alten Kirche @archilovers

The editorial of archilovers presents our new partner house Bleibe in der Alten Kirche Bernkastel-Wehlen, Germanys first church repurposed into a holiday home.

Press Light House @Dwell

Dwell recommends our new partner house in Denmark: Light House, an outstanding and spectacular building, designed by Søren Sarup of Puras Architecture.

Press Villa Capri @AD Germany

Current April edition of AD Germany presents our partner house Villa Capri in Italy.

Press Recommendations by @ELLE Best of Germany 2018

ELLE Best of Germany 2018, supplement of Elle 4/18 and Elle Decoration 2/18, recommends Brückenvilla Bleibe in the picturesque medieval Eifel town Monschau. And points towards Haus Steuermann (pictured) at the North sea island of Föhr.

Newsletter Newsletter: Saying it with flowers

The time for cold and ice, white snow and grey skies, is over! We’re longing for sunshine and warmth, for fresh green shoots and cheerful colours. It won’t be long…

Press Cantzheim @Stylepark

Baroque Liaisons - The editorial of Stylepark presents Cantzheim, a late baroque manor house on the river Saar renovated by Max Dudler Architects.

HomeStory Four times freedom – the Meisterzimmer in Leipzig

The early morning view from the giant picture windows is one of endless brick façades, rail tracks and a yard, with an expansive sky looking down over it all. Before my eyes, artists wander in and meet the cameras of the day’s first tourists. ...

Press Els Comellars @Frankfurter Allgemeine

Is living in an Architecture icon possible at all? Frankfurter Allgemeine visited our partner house Els Comellars to find out.

Newsletter Newsletter: Wellness in the mountains

Winter holidays in the mountains would not be complete without a wellness program to revive your spirits and indulge your senses. Breathe in the clear, crisp alpine air. Let loose…

Press Zalig In Antwerpen @TheSpaces

Holiday home of the week - The Spaces presents our new entry Zalig In Antwerpen, a townhouse in the cities' centre.

Press Best of Austria @A-List

The editorial of A-List presents their current favourites - our new partner houses Baumhaus am Taxhof (pictured), Warths!Ap and the new annex of Hotel Hinteregger (German only)

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Mannheimer Morgen

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Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2018 @news.at

Lifestyle editorial of Austrian news channel news.at presents their favourites of our current book HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE 2018.

Newsletter Newsletter: The most popular houses of 2017

At the beginning of each year, as reliably as the awards season gets under way in Hollywood, we take a moment to present our Top 10 holiday homes. We have…

Press Urlaubsarchitektur 2018 @Brigitte

Woman magazine Brigitte recommends our new book Urlaubsarchitektur 2018 in edition 2/2018.

News Our Top 10 for 2017

As every year we publish the Top 10 of the most popular houses, apartments and hotels at HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE. The Top 10 is an audience vote: we rate how often an…

Best Of Our HomeStories 2017: review!

The UA-HomeStories is a series of articles on the people and stories behind the URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR properties which are very special places.They bring out the characteristic features of a location and…

Press Spectacular architecture in the mountains @GEO Saison

German travel magazine GEO SAISON presents contemporary architecture in the alps in edition 1/2018, amongst others our partner houses Bühelwirt in South Tyrol (pictured) and Giatla Haus inTyrol.

Press The coolest Loft Spaces in Berlin @Culture Trip

Culture Trip recommends The Urban Treehouse for a Berlin stay.

Press Alte Kirche Wehlen @Süddeutsche Zeitung

Our upcoming partner house "Alte Kirche Wehlen" in Germany was presented in Süddeutsche Zeitung in Decembre 2017: Tagen statt beten (German only).

Newsletter Newsletter: Family ties

Christmas is the ultimate family festival – that’s why we’ve chosen Family as the theme of our pre-Christmas newsletter. Just like Christmas, a family holiday is inextricably linked with expectations…

Press Baltic sea @ELLE Germany Hot 100

ELLE Germanys editorial presents their Hot 100 selection in edition January 2018. For your stay at Baltic Sea they recommend our partner house NewHaus.

Press Bühelwirt by Pedevilla @Stylepark

Stylepark took a closer look at our partner house Bühelwirt in South Tyrol, designed by Pedevilla Architects.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur 2018 @Der Standard

Der Standard, Austrias biggest daily, presented some of the houses from our book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR 2018.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur 2018 @annabelle

The editors of the Swiss magazine annabelle liked our new book so much that it promptly landed in the Christmas tips of the print edition 18/2017.

Press Holzhaus am Auerbach @szmagazin

Presentation of Holzhaus am Auerbach in the current supplement of Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Newsletter Newsletter: Exploring the length and breadth of Majorca

23 degrees under clear blue skies – the perfect conditions for the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE partners’ meeting on Majorca. More than 50 holiday home owners and the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE team met for a…

NewsOur books Our new book: Selection 2018

Our new book HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Selection 2018 is available now. In the same design as its predecessor Selection 2017, which was awarded the German Design Award), the book presents 38 holiday…

HomeStory Stadthaus Arnstadt – A Wunderkammer of sophisticated living

Am Pfarrhof 1, on a picturesque square in the ancient centre of Arnstadt, stands a set of buildings that are listed as historic monuments.

Press Holidayarchitecture 2018 @arcguide.de

arcguide.de presents our new book HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE 2018.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @n-tv

n-tv has come around for a visit and broadcasted a report about Urlaubsarchitektur including Das Schwarze Haus (pictured), Rote Scheune and NewHaus.

Press Villa Vendicari @Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle took a look at our partner house Villa Vendicari in Sicily and broadcasted a 4-minute report in November 2017.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Lonely Planet UK

Novembre edition of Lonely Planet UK presents our partner houses Birkedal, NewHaus and Stadl Altenbach (pictured) in the story "Cabin fever: Hole up in our favourite cabins, from Wales to British Columbia“.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @dwell.com

7 Incredible Prefab Homes You Can Rent For Your Next Holiday - dwell.com presents with Hainichhöfe, Ferienhaus Islen, art-lodge and Ufogel some of our partner houses.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @MyRoom

Current edition 2017/18 of Swiss interior and lifestyle magazine MyRoom dedicated an own section to Urlaubsarchitektur, presenting The Urban Treehouse (pictured) and Hüs üf der Flüe amongst others.

Press Danish houses @NZZ

Residence, the housing and real estate magazine of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), dedicated its issue 4/2017 to the topic of land ownership in Denmark and presented our partner houses Birkedal and Black&Bright (pictured).

NewsOur books German Design Award Winner

It’s time to celebrate! Our book, HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Selection 2017 has been awarded the German Design Award 2018. We are very excited and proud to announce this prize in the category…

HomeStory W is for wakened by a kiss – Waren Water Tower

You just can’t help thinking of Rapunzel the first time you see this building. That said, this water tower was designed at the end of the 19th century for purely functional purposes. ...

Press San Pellegrino @TheSpaces

Rental of the week - the spaces.com presents with San Pellegrino a modern villa in Umbria, Italy.

Press TV-Tipp: Vom Bauen in den Bergen

Bavarian television has dedicated a four-part architectural series to modern building in the mountains, showing innovative residential, commercial and infrastructure buildings "without frills and carvings".

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @DIE ZEIT

DIE ZEIT, Germanys well-known weekly, presents our partner houses Casa Modesta in Portugal (pictured) and Kranich Hotel in Northern Germany in it's 2017 hotel supplement.

Newsletter Newsletter: Autumn Treats

Autumn is here and it’s harvest time! When the fruits are being gathered in from the orchards, vineyards and olive groves, it’s the perfect season for a gourmet pleasure trip.…

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @DETAIL

German architecture magazine DETAIL presents some of our destinantions from time to time. Actually for example Resort Baumgeflüster, ArchitekTurm (pictured) and Ufogel.

HomeStory The Bühelwirt – Focussing on the essential

In the village of San Giacomo, an old lady stands on a rise, and surveys a breath-taking and timeless natural scene.

Newsletter Newsletter: The joys of Vorarlberg timbered buildings

Austria’s most westerly state, Vorarlberg, is a pure delight for architecture aficionados, especially those who love timber. This forested region between Lake Constance and the high mountains has become a…

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Insiderei

Austrian travel portal insiderei presents with Moosham 13 (Bavarian forest, pictured) and Niedermairhof (South Tyrol) two partner houses.

HomeStory Maremma House – Horizontal metaphors amidst an archaic landscape

The Maremma, the unspoilt, wild south of Tuscany is a hidden gem. Timeless rural landscapes take your breath away, right amidst it all lies a white ship...

Press Hüs üf der Flüe @Brigitte

In edition 18/2017 Swiss editorial of the woman magazine BRIGITTE recommends Hüs üf der Flüe in Valais, Switzerland.

Press Villa Vergelle @casamia

Something old, something new – In current edition 3/2017 casamia editorial presents Villa Vergelle in Tuskany in detail.

Newsletter Newsletter: Glittering Stars and the Sound of Crickets

Join us for a little daydream in the south. August nights are particularly beautiful here. As the heat of the day gives way to a balmy summer evening, a soft…

Press @ELLE Deco Germany presents diverse houses

The editorial of ELLE Decoration Germany presents HeideLodge (pictured), Pfarrhaus Mödlich und The Urban Treehouse in edition July / August 2017.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @abenteuer und reisen

German adventure and travel magazine abenteuer und reisen presents Urlaubsarchitektur in current edition 9/2017 on ten pages.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Münchner Merkur

The travel editorial of Munich daily Münchner Merkur presented us and our current book in a detailed article in edition August 5th / 6th 2017.

Press La Mugletta @archdaily.com

A detailed presentation of our partner house B&B La Mugletta, located in Veneto, can be found at archdaily.com.

Press Alte Säge @A-List

Best of Austria - The A-List-Team presents Alte Säge at lake Weissensee in Carinthia. Read more...

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @ELLE Germany

The 20 most beautiful hotels and holiday homes in Germany - recommendations of ELLE Germany featuring nine of our partners. Read more (German version).

HomeStory New life for an old church

Anke Nuxoll-Oster is a DIY enthusiast. She stumbled on her first house by chance, before devoting herself passionately to rescuing old buildings and letting them to guests. ...

Press Birkedal and others @HÄUSER

A detailed feature about our Danish house Birkedal is to be found in current Edition 4/2017 of HÄUSER.

Press HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE 2017 @ Deutsches Architektenblatt

"Holiday homes: Working for leisure time" - German newspaper for architects presents our current book and examines the qualities and challenges for architects working in the private holiday sector.

HomeStory Sisters Homes – Twin-sisterly empathy for style

A painter grandmother. Studio life. A crazy childhood in a free-thinking family of artists. Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik played with four hands. That was then. ...

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @Seaside Magazin

German Seaside Magazin presents with Strandwood House (pictured) and Berta + Charly their costal favourites for 2017. Read more (German only)

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @The Wall Street Journal

"How Airbnb and Its Rivals are Winning Over Hotel Snobs": The Wall Street Journal presents Urlaubsarchitektur amongst others in current online edition 2017 June, 22nd. Read more

Press Holidayarchitecture @Schöner Wohnen

We are proud to see that the photo gallery Die schönsten Design-Ferienhäuser ("Most beautiful design holiday homes") from a German editorial as renowned as Schöner Wohnen is almost made up entirely by our partners houses!

Press Hainichhöfe @achica.com

achica.com presents the modern timber chalets of Hainichhöfe in Thuringia in their latest house tour.

Press Holidayarchitecture 2017 @jolie

German woman magazine jolie recommends Ella am Meer and Friedrich und Franz (pictured), both presented in our book Holidayarchitecture 2017, in their current edition June 2017.

Newsletter Newsletter: Where (not just) the lavender blooms ….

Just as the Eiffel Tower is considered the symbol of Paris, lavender is undoubtedly the symbol of Provence. In spring, though, the landscape doesn’t bear the flower’s signature shade of…

Press Escapes by Elle Decoration UK

We are happy that ELLE Decoration UK recommends Black&Bright in Denmark (pictured) and La Marmote in Italy in their escape news in June 2017 edition.

News Ten years offering a special kind of holiday.

Founder and curator Jan Hamer on the first pioneering ten years, HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE in the future, the networking concept and: plastic chairs. By Tina Barankay That first glimpse at the…

Press Holidayarchitecture @REIZ& Magazine

REIZ&, the Netherlands biggest travel magazine, presents Holidayarchitecture in edition May 2017.

NewsOur books German Design Award Nominee

Yippee ! Our book URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR Selection 2017 is a German Design Award Nominee ! You can order our books online in the URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR Shop at Tictail. Graphic Design: Kathrin Schmuck,…

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @eco.nova

"Special houses attract special people" - Austrian economic magazine eco.nova recommended us and their favourite houses from our book Holidayarchitecture 2017 in their special edition architecture 2017, published in may 2017.

Press Die Presse presents destinations in Austria

Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse presents three of our destinations in Austria: Stadl Altenbach (pictured), See 31 and Ufogel.

HomeStory Casa Modesta – Ode to Joaquim

Portugal has seven wonders. The Ria Formosa Nature Park on the Algarve is one of them and is as beautifully formed as the name suggests.

News Pools with a view

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Press HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE @SPIEGEL online

Spiegel Online, the largest German news website, published an article about URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR in April 2017.

Newsletter Newsletter: Work & Holiday

For once, our newsletter is dedicated not to holidays, but to work. Some HOLIDAY ARCHITECTURE properties, as well as offering holiday accommodation, can also be rented out for business purposes:…

Press La Marmote Albergo Diffuso @ Luxury Estate Magazine

Cabins - Luxury Estate Magazine from Austrian newspaper Die Presse presents La Marmote Albergo Diffuso and our book Holidayarchitecture 2017 in edition April 8th 2017.

Press Urlaubsarchitektur @ DETAIL online

The editorial team of DETAIL online (Germany) regularly presents issue specific recommendations in their newsletter, which are based on our inspirations. Actually from April 3rd - 6th 2017 a WANDERLUST choice.

News A short getaway

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HomeStory Mediterranean Acropolis – Cherubino Gambardella’s hommage to the Mediterranean myth

Italy is strewn with ruins. Ancient stones on which the country’s cultural heritage is built and which attract streams of tourists all year round to Paestum, Pompeii and Agrigento. ...

News Small but beautiful

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Newsletter Newsletter: Spring in the south

It’s already springtime in the south! While the first heralds of spring at home seem to be making a very reluctant appearance, nature around the Mediterranean is already several steps…

Press zweikuesten.de presents Baltic Sea spots

The brand-new German travel and lifestyle magazine zweikuesten.de presents 11 of our houses at the Baltic Sea.

Press ELLE Deco UK presents Halbhaus

Elle Deco UK presents Swiss Halbhaus from London based architect Jonathan Tuckey in edition March 2017.

Press Schweiz am Wochenende presents HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE

Swiss weekly "Schweiz am Wochenende" presents HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE in edition March 4/5 2017.

News Das Refugium @immobilien.diepresse.com

The real estate desk of Austrian daily newspaper “Die Presse” recommends our villa Das Refugium at Lake Neusiedl. Read more (German)

News Spring in the South

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HomeStory The Niedermairhof – A journey through time

An old farmhouse in the Puster Valley in South Tyrol stands gracefully at the heart of a peaceful village, wearing its ultra-modern extension with dignified confidence. ...

Press ANDERSWO recommends URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR

German "Anderswo" Magazine for sustainable tourism in Europe recommended us in February 2017.

Newsletter Nordic design goes international

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Press Ufogel and Huberhaus @ GEO SAISON Extra

German travel magazine GEO SAISON Extra Reisen mit Kindern (Travel with kids special issue) 2017 suggests our partner houses Ufogel and Huberhaus.

Newsletter Newsletter: A mountain retreat – winter holidays without the hype

Today we want to introduce you to some holiday homes in the mountains where you can truly experience the tranquil beauty of winter. Alpine panoramas, snow-covered fir forests, glistening white…

Press travelnews.ch features Im Spycher

Swiss based journalist Silvia Schaub spent two days at Im Spycher at the end of last year. Her article was published on travelnews.ch.

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR @ Frankfurter Allgemeine Woche

The German weekly magazine Frankfurter Allgemeine Woche has dedicated 4 pages to the issue "holiday homes" in its edition 4/2017.

HomeStory Lleó 57 – Irregular lines, clearly defined edges and the scent of Majorcan orange trees

It was meant to have been the south of France. Buying an old town house in Marseille or Cassis and converting it to a holiday home, in a place whose streets are not deserted once the tourists have left ...

Press „WohnTräume“ @ Tiroler Tageszeitung

HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE, our book Selection 2017 and 3 of our partnerhouses are presented in the special print edition „WohnTräume“ by the Austrian daily paper Tiroler Tageszeitung

Newsletter Newsletter: The most popular houses of 2016

In our January newsetter each year, we take a moment to look back at the properties we featured on the URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR/HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE website – which now lists well over 400 in…

Press The Spaces: 6 Apartments in Berlin

THE SPACES presents HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE-destination The Urban Treehouse among "6 of the best Berlin apartments to rent - From modern boathouses to storied lofts".

Press Dutch magazine EXKLUSIEF WONEN publishes 10 pages about HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE

Dutch living magazine EXCLUSIEF WONEN dedicated us and our houses ten pages eclusively in edition winter 2016 / 2017.

News Our Top 10 for 2016

As every year we publish the Top 10 of the most popular houses, apartments and hotels at HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE. The Top 10 is an audience vote: we rate how often an…

News The setting for a romantic holiday

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Newsletter Newsletter: From South Tyrol to Sicily

The annual meeting of members of the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE network was held in Florence two weeks ago. Inspired by the journey to the Tuscan artistic metropolis, the theme for this edition…

News 5 family-friendly holiday homes

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News Midcentury Architecture on Cape Cod

Our new book HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Selection 2017 not only features 31 extraordinary houses, it also presents a collection of essays. One of these takes us across the pond to the midcentury…

5 beautiful wooden holiday homes

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NewsPress Brückenvilla Bleibe @ACHICA living

The English online magazine achica.com features our partner house Brückenvilla Bleibe

NewsPress dezeen: book-competition Selection 2017

dezeen magazine has teamed up with HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE for their readers to win one of our brandnew copies of HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE, Selection 2017.

NewsOur books This is our new book: SELECTION 2017

HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Selection 2017: Our new book has a high-quality design with a hardcover and linen binding. 31 very special houses are presented in great detail. In four accompanying essays, Cornelia…

Newsletter Newsletter: Short winter escapes

Now that the weather is getting colder, why don’t we follow the birds of passage and take ourselves off to sunnier southern climes. In the Canary Islands and Madeira, the temperature is pleasant even in autumn and winter. Of course, it does rain every so often, but it won’t get any lower than 15 degrees. Anyone holidaying in the sunny south of Gran Canaria and Tenerife might even expect it to be warm enough for swimming. Each island is different and has its own particular charm. Just like the holiday homes we have chosen!

Press la melagrana @ Italie Magazine

Dutch magazine italiemagazine.nl presents our Sicilian partnerhouse la melagrana by Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo in the section "Granturissimo".

News We call them holiday reminders

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News Fantastic times

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Newsletter Newsletter: Wellness – taking time out

Summer has finally drawn to its close. The days are getting shorter and the temperature is dropping. More of life happens indoors. Let’s make the best of the situation! Autumn…

Press Special print edition Luxury Living features Birkedal

Birkedal by Jan Henrik Jansen is featured in the special print edition "Luxury Living" published by the Austrian daily paper "Die Presse".

Press German gourmet magazine “Lust auf Genuss” presents Maison Jalon

The German gourmet magazine "Lust auf Genuss" presents Maison Jalon in its print edition (2016/11).

Press HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE @ muxmäuschenwild MAGAZIN

The Berlin based muxmäuschenwild MAGAZIN has published a nice article about HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE.

Press Dezeen features Birkedal by Jan Henrik Jansen

Dezeen magazine features Jan Henrik Jansen's round house Birkedal on the Danish island Møn.

Press Elle Decor UK presents HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE and Kornspeicher Mauritz

ELLE Decor UK features HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE and Kornspeicher Mauritz in an article about the German island Rügen in the section "Escape".

Press Villa Mravljevi@ The Spaces Magazine

The Spaces Magazine features Villa Mravljevi: "A Slowenian farmhouse that marries old an new".

News New features on our website

Choose your favorite properties and create your own shortlist ! Our website is now encrypted. This is to protect your data, for example, when you use our contact forms for…

Press Swiss architecture magazine VISO presents our book “Selection 2016”

The Swiss architecture magazine VISO (english/french) presents the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE book "Selection 2016" in its print edition 5/2016.

Newsletter Newsletter: Thuringia: Straight down the middle!

Thuringia is right in the centre of Germany. The author of this newsletter strongly recommends any natives, who, like her, might be embarrassed to admit just how little they know…

Press HAZ: Interview with Jan Hamer

German daily newspaper Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung published an Interview with Jan Hamer about HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE.

News Survey: How do you book your accommodation?

We want to know how you prefer to book your holiday accommodation. The survey is for our German-speaking readers and is not in English -> Survey

HomeStory birkedal – Møn’s round house. An interview with architect Jan Henrik Jansen

The island of Møn is one of the most beautiful places in Denmark, its white chalk cliffs providing an impressive natural spectacle. Just 300 m from a beach, surrounded by birch trees, is the newest house from architect Jan Henrik Jansen. ...

Newsletter Newsletter: Swiss Holiday Architecture

Majestic peaks, green Alpine meadows, and glittering lakes: with its mountain landscape, Switzerland impresses everyone who loves nature. Yet this little Alpine country has plenty to offer those who love…

Press Modern & cozy: Like living in the mountains

Schoener Wohnen online magazine features some of the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE-houses in its online gallery „Hotels and holiday houses in the mountains“.

Press Plaza Deco: “Your own international dream house“

Swedish magazine Plaza Deco presented several URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR - dream destinations in its edition 2/2016.

Press Financial Times presents alte säge

Financial Times presents alte säge: „Make a splash. Come on in... the pool house is lovely “ // print edition weekend 23rd / 24th of July 2016 and online edition 22nd of July 2016.

Newsletter Newsletter: Schleswig Holstein – A land between two seas

A holiday in Schleswig Holstein is a holiday by the water! Germany’s most northerly Federal State lies between the North Sea and the Baltic. Besides its coastline, it also has…

HomeStory The Ottmanngut in Meran – A family story

The Ottmanngut Suite & Breakfast is outside the old city walls of Merano, just 300m from Vinschgauer Tor. This idyllic, cosy refuge nestles in verdant Mediterranean gardens with cypresses, citrus trees, palms and oleanders – a veritable Garden of Eden in the spa town of Merano.

Press Living / Corriere della Sera features HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE

Italian magazine Living/Corriere della Sera for design, architecture and lifestyle dedicates HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE a one-page feature in its newest print issue Nr. 7/8.

Press URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR @ diepresse.com

Austrian newspaper diepresse.com features several houses of HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE in its weekend print edition. Pictured: Dünenhaus_01

Press BO BEDRE: “Det runde feriehus på Møn”

BO BEDRE, the Danish magazine for design and architecture features Birkedal by architect Jan Henrik Jansen.

Press Edition #5 of the Openhouse Magazine features Els Comellars

Openhouse Magazine did a detailed feature about Els Comellars to be read in the current edition #5.

Newsletter Newsletter: Bold statements – colourful houses

A blaze of colour outside inspires us to be daring inside too. Variations of grey and white may be calming, but can get a little boring. So, don’t shy away…

NewsPress Birkedal: “a house of cylinders in Denmark”

THE SPACES, magazine for architecture, design and art features Birkedal by architect Jan Henrik Jansen.

HomeStory Lost in Translation – An architect at the ITB

The world’s largest tourism convention, ITB Berlin, supplies its trade visitors each year with tourism expertise on trends, technologies and marketing on the subject of travel and holidays. ...

Newsletter Newsletter: Emerald Isles – Great Britain and Ireland

Inspired by a glimpse through the window of lush springtime green, we focus on the British Isles of Great Britain and Ireland in our May newsletter. Ireland is known as…

HomeStory Little big worlds

Rügen is more than just an island. Indeed, it has many faces, from Cape Arkona through to Garz and from Schaprode through to Göhren: Wide fields with long avenues between them, beaches with fine white sand, cliffs and chalk formations ...

Press Design houses @Elle Decor Italia

Elle Decor Italia presented HOLYDAYARCHITECTURE in May 2016 as one of its 5 favourite websites where to find design-houses for rent.

Press Where to spend your summer @The Spaces

Digital magazine for architecture, design and art, The Spaces, presented HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE in May 2016: "Holiday architecture: where to spend your summer - 5 of Europe’s best vacation rentals from Urlaubsarchitektur".

HomeStory Tautes Heim

The Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate) in Berlin's district Britz is very popular among architects, historians and town planners, although Bruno Taut (unlike Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Hans Sharoun or Erich Mendelsohn for example) did not have a second career after WordWar II.

Press Little artworks for the summer holidays @Die Presse

Austrian based newspaper Die Presse has been presenting Bergraum (pictured), holidayarchietecture.com and our current, Urlaubsarchitektur book (Selection 2016).

Newsletter Newsletter: Spring awakening

Countless poets have described how springtime can be a very busy season, when the asparagus sprouts and everything starts to bud. That is why it’s good that there are places…

Press Decors Special: Heideloft

The magazine Decors (Belgium) has featured in its special print edition about holiday homes in Europe our partnerhouse Heideloft (pictured) and our current book.

HomeStory Holiday homes from architect Thomas Kröger

The Uckermark region with its rolling hills, woods and lakes has long been popular with nature-lovers, but has now also become a destination for those who appreciate good architecture. ...

Press Outstanding properties @WirtschaftsBlatt

Vienna based financial newspaper WirtschaftsBlatt presents HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE and Jan Hamer's statements on his project in it's print and online edition from April 1 2016.

Press HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE @Wohn!Design

Wohn!Design presented in print edition March/April holidayarchitecture.com, the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE-book Selection 2016 and three of our partner houses: Blickpunkt Paris (pictured), Birkedal, Seehotel am Neuklostersee.

Press HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE @Corriere Living

Italian design & lifestyle magazine Living Corriere presented HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE and 17 partner houses in March 2016.

Newsletter Newsletter: Around and about Berlin

Today we shall be taking you on a tour around and about Berlin. It isn’t just the capital itself that is worth visiting. The area surrounding the city also has…

HomeStory Manzara Istanbul and Ayvalik

In our turbulent times, travel has taken on a completely new meaning in recent months: while some are forced to leave their country to survive, others are looking forward to their annual holiday.

Press ninemsn: HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE goes Australia

ninesmn, Australia's renowned editor for online content presents HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE as "Europe's coolest architect-designed vacation homes to rent".

Press HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE @dezeen.com

dezeen.com, one of the world's most influential magazines for architecture, design and interior presents HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE in March 2016: "Rent out and stay in architect-designed homes through Holidayarchitecture website".

HomeStory Rottaler Langhäuser

Hafnerleiten farm in Bad Birnbach, Lower Bavaria is just the place for couples who want to take some time out from the daily grind and enjoy remarkable architecture, wellness and culinary delights surrounded by natural beauty. ...

Newsletter Newsletter: Houses in the snow

You may already have had the pleasure during the last few weeks of skiing in champagne-sparkling snow beneath a clear blue sky or filling your lungs with fresh, cold air…

HomeStory At home in the Baixa House

As I flew in over Lisbon it was all laid out before me – the city not only lies on the river Tagus but, like Rome and Istanbul, is also spread over seven hills. ...

Newsletter Newsletter: The most popular houses 2015

As every year, in our January newsletter we look back over the year that has gone and highlight those, out of the almost 400 properties on the URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR/HOLIDAY ARCHITECTURE website,…

News Our Top 10 for 2015

As every year we publish the Top 10 of the most popular houses, apartments and hotels at Holidayarchitecture. The Top 10 is an audience vote: we rate how often an…

Newsreisefieber Reisefieber: Strange Rooms

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reisefieber Reisefieber #53: Ortswechsel

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Newsletter Newsletter: House and hearth

How lovely, even if it is still not bitterly cold, to spend a couple of weeks away, before the advent of spring – to cuddle up in style around a…

reisefieber Reisefieber #52: Von der Hand in den Mund

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NewsOur books This is our new book !

HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE. Special houses for the best weeks of the year | Selection 2016: In our new book 40 very special houses are presented in great detail. Essays by Olaf Bartels,Moritz…

reisefieber Reisefieber #51: Schweizer Macher

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NewsletterOur books Newsletter: Our new book

After three months of intensive work and many discussions and e-mails, we have done it once more. We expect our new book to be available next week. Forty unique houses…

reisefieber Reisefieber #50: Urlaubsreife

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reisefieber Reisefieber #49: Fahrbericht

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Newsletter Newsletter: The sun is high in its heaven

Meteorologists call the phenomenon “inversion climate”. Below it’s foggy and grey, but just a few hundred meters above, brilliant sunshine and beaming blue skies. It’s time to go up a…

reisefieber Reisefieber #48: Holland in Not

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reisefieber Reisefieber #47: Zielfindung

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Newsletter Newsletter: A stroll through the vineyards

Now is the best time to head off on a late summer break: Colours seem to vie with one another in brightness, trees and vines are laden down with fruit,…

reisefieber Reisefieber #46: Fernost

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reisefieber Reisefieber #45: Im Kinderwagen

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Newsletter Newsletter: Just for you, or one other at most

Time for a quick getaway – just a few days away, without having to spend a lot, and no major planning involved: somewhere you don’t feel you need to be…

reisefieber Reisefieber #44: Chillout

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reisefieber Reisefieber #43: Über den Wolken?

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reisefieber Reisefieber #42: Sprachen sind heute alles

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Newsletter Newsletter: Summers´s here at last – cool destinations

The hot weather’s here at last! Yet, even though we’ve been feverishly looking forward all year to those precious few really hot days, what we’re dreaming of most of all…

reisefieber Reisefieber #41: Home, sweet home

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reisefieber Reisefieber #40: Abfahren

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News Day of Architecture 2015 in Germany

The Day of Architecture 2015 will be held on 27 and 28 June. More Information … These HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Houses were selected to participate: Bavaria: Holzhaus am Auerbach Saxony: Kloster Drübeck,…

Newsletter Newsletter: If I could as I liked …..

The author is sitting at her desk in Munich, in the beautiful Haidhausen district. The window looking out onto the street is wide open. The sun is shining, and the…

reisefieber Reisefieber #39: Wir fahr’n, fahr’n, fahr’n mit der Eisenbahn…

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reisefieber Reisefieber #38: Downgrade

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Newsletter Newsletter: Amongst the chips and the flower bulbs

Not only are Belgium and the Netherlands richly varied countries with a wealth of history, they are inhabited by the most straightforward people imaginable in central Europe. Generous, often a…

reisefieber Reisefieber #37: Crowd-Sourcing

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reisefieber Reisefieber #36: Ausgerastet

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Newsletter Newsletter: Beautiful living, excellent dining

Because good living ideally goes hand in hand with good food (after all, when staying in an extraordinary house with wonderful home comforts, you don’t want to be eating pasta…

reisefieber Reisefieber #35: For your ice only

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NewsOur booksreisefieber New book: Strange Rooms

Our new book with essays from Wolfgang Bachmann is available. The book with the title “Fremde Zimmer” (strange rooms) is in German. -> Order

reisefieber Reisefieber #34: Mein schönstes Ferienerlebnis

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News “Days of Architecture” in South Tyrol

The Architecture Foundation South Tyrol is organizing Days of Architecture in June with architecture tours, usually guided by renowned architects . The Strata hotel, part of Family Resort Rainer, in…

Newsletter Newsletter: Don´t wait any longer!

It’s becoming increasingly hard to wait for the warmer days when we can at last sit outside without a coat. South of Rome, you can do this already, a cappuccino…

News Website Update

We relaunched our website and added some userfriendly features. These are the main changes: The search bar is now placed directly on the homepage. The search results show the number…

reisefieber Reisefieber #33: Kulturbeutel

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reisefieber Reisefieber #32: Der Tod von Venedig

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News DB mobil-article about URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR

mobil, the customer magazine of the German railway, writes on four pages in its March issue about HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE. The article is in German: Das Auge wohnt mit: Ferienhäuser mit Stil.

NewsOur booksreisefieber Book with essays from Wolfgang Bachmann

We are preparing a book with essays from Wolfgang Bachmann that were published on our website. The book with the title “Fremde Zimmer” (strange rooms) will be in German and…

Newsletter Newsletter: Winter is not quite over yet

February might bring with it a quandary of indecision: What should we do? Stay put or go away? A few days away would be nice – but where? Some dream…

reisefieber Reisefieber #31: Arbeitsdienst

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reisefieber Reisefieber #30: Chefsache

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Newsletter Newsletter: The most popular houses of 2014

Every January we show you which of the 300-plus houses, apartments and hotels featured on HOLIDYARCHITECTURE are especially popular with our readers. You can find the Top 10 list on…

reisefieber Reisefieber #29: Thema verfehlt!

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reisefieber Reisefieber #28: Handel und Wandel

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News Our Top 10 for 2014

As every year we publish the Top 10 of the most popular houses, apartments and hotels at Holidayarchitecture. The Top 10 is an audience vote: we rate how often an…

reisefieber Reisefieber #27: Lesestrecken

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NewsOur books This is our new book !

HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE – Selection 2015: SPECIAL HOUSES FOR THE BEST WEEKS OF THE YEAR In this book, 41 very special houses are presented in great detail. With essays by Niklas Maak,…

NewsletterOur books Newsletter: Houses are like music – our new book

This Newsletter is different: The “making of” the new HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE book – a personal journey by co-author Christiane Pfau. -> read the newsletter … -> Subscribe to our newsletter Did…

reisefieber Reisefieber #26: Ohne Schwung

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reisefieber Reisefieber #25: Short Cuts

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Newsletter Newsletter: Houses to snuggle up in

Brrrr, the first snow fell last night! If you find yourself shivering, you need a cosy nest to retreat into. As November is the perfect month to hide away from…

Cooking Class at Schloss Schmarsow

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reisefieber Reisefieber #24: Voll Bad

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reisefieber Reisefieber #23: Fußläufig

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Special Offer: Alpenlofts

Our Special Offer for booking for alpenlofts in 2014 & 2015 more …

reisefieber Reisefieber #22: Kurschatten

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Newsletter Newsletter: A stroll by the sea

Provided you’re dressed for it, any weather is perfect for enjoying the great outdoors. The seaside on winter days can be a very special place, so we have selected five…

reisefieber Reisefieber #21: Mitnehmsel

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UA fragt Interview: Ulrich Müller, Berlin

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Newsletter Newsletter: Indian summer in the mountains

Autumn is the time for walking. The sun is shining, the trees are putting on a colourful display, temperatures are pleasant, and it is often drier than in summer –…

reisefieber Reisefieber #20: Lagerleben

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UA fragt Interview: Dr. Babette Peters, Hamburg

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reisefieber Reisefieber #19: Glaubensfragen

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UA fragt Interview: Karim El-Ishmawi, Berlin

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Newsletter Newsletter: Fresh summer air in South Tyrol

The evocative phrase “fresh summer air” promises exactly what you get in South Tyrol – at just a few metres above sea level the air is warm but clearer, giving…

reisefieber Reisefieber #18: Nervenkitzel

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UA fragt Interview: Jan Brand, Frankfurt am Main

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reisefieber Reisefieber #17: Seegang

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UA fragt Interview: Nicolai Blank, Berlin

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News Architekturstipendium von MANZARA Istanbul

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reisefieber Reisefieber #16: Tage wie diese

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Newsletter Newsletter: Cool behind sun-soaked walls

Cities in the south are wonderful to cuddle up in at dusk behind walls that have soaked up the sun all day. Thick stone walls that not only store the…

UA fragt Interview: Sandra Wolf, Darmstadt

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reisefieber Reisefieber #15: Eingeschmiert

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UA fragt Interview: Thomas Brussig, Berlin

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News Day of Architecture in Germany

.June 29th is the national day of architecture in Germany in 2014. Among many Buildings which are open for visits is Haus Titschendorf in Thuringia …

News Architektouren 2014 in Bavaria

On June 28 and 29 the “Architektouren 2014” in Bavaria take place ! The following HOLIDAYSARCHITECTURE were selected to participate: Rottaler Langhäuser –> Hofgut Hafnerleiten -> More Information Haidl-Madl-Ferienwohnen ->…

reisefieber Reisefieber #14: Fahrerwechsel

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Newsletter Newsletter: Away to the Islands!

Away to the islands! If you find the summer at home is not looking too promising, you can make a safer bet by booking one of the dream houses we…

UA fragt Interview: Lena Kleinheinz, Berlin

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News HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE at the Venice Biennale 2014

Two HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE houses feature in the programme of the 2014 Architecture Biennale in Venice: The Villa Due Pini is presented in the film “Dom-ino”, which is screened as part of…

reisefieber Reisefieber #13: Reiseandenken

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News Heritage award for Schloss Schmarsow

For their dedication to the preservation and refurbishment of Schloss Schmarsow (Schmarsow Castle) Andrea Ruiken-Fabich und Dr. Falk Fabich were honored with the Heritage Award of the State of Mecklenburg-Western…

UA fragt Interview: Stefan Hanninger, Töging am Inn

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News HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE app

Our app for iPhone and iPad is available in the Apple Store. Browse all HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE locations, create your own highlight lists and share them with others ! Use the map…

reisefieber Reisefieber #12: Kleiderordnung

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Newsletter Newsletter: Houses in the park

The scent of fresh grass, the buzzing of bees, birds twittering intricate coloraturas… Picture yourself as part of this idyll, sitting among flowers and trees, doing what you’ve long been…

UA fragt Interview: Sonja Nagel, Stuttgart

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reisefieber Reisefieber #11: Ankommen

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UA fragt Interview: Hansjörg Bodamer, Stuttgart

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reisefieber Reisefieber #10: Kinderverschickung

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UA fragt Interview: Andreas Tölke, Berlin

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Newsletter Newsletter: Portugal

As varied as the landscape of the small country on the southwestern corner of Europe are the vacation rentals that we show you today: A Bed & Breakfast in Porto…

reisefieber Reisefieber #9: Haushälterisch

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UA fragt Interview: Werner Huthmacher, Berlin

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reisefieber Reisefieber #8: Voll gepackt

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UA fragt Interview: Martin Boden-Peroche, Dresden

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reisefieber Reisefieber #7: Ansichtssache

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UA fragt Interview: Sara Bernshausen, Berlin

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reisefieber Reisefieber #6: Fremde Zimmer

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UA fragt Interview: Stefan Sagmeister, New York

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Newsletter Newsletter: Short getaways close to home

Haben Sie einen unserer Newsletter verpasst ? Sie finden alle Ausgaben in unserem Archiv.Distance is relative. Sometimes just a few kilometres are enough to make the world seem a completely…

reisefieber Reisefieber #5: Leinen los !

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UA fragt Interview: Dr. Thomas Welter, Berlin

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reisefieber Reisefieber #4: Der Küchenbulle

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Newsletter Newsletter: Most Popular Houses 2013

As we look back over 2013, we have compiled a ranked list of our HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE destinations. We present five of them in our newsletter … -> read the newsletter ……

reisefieber Reisefieber #3: Landliebe

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News Our Top 10 for 2013

Every year we publish the Top 10 of the most popular houses, apartments and hotels at Holidayarchitecture. The Top 10 is an audience vote: we rate how often an entry…

reisefieber Reisefieber #2: All you can eat

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News Our new shop

You can order our book now at our shop on Tictail. Ordered books and will be send to you in the next days. In our shop you can pay with…

reisefieber Reisefieber: Die Kolumne von Wolfgang Bachmann

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reisefieber Reisefieber #1: Autofahr´n

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Newsletter Newsletter: The wonder of Vals

How did a valley in Grisons, of all places, become an architectural El Dorado? The first permanent settlements appeared in the Vals valley during the 12th century. In 1891 the…

Newsletter Newsletter: Between vineyard and orchard

It’s not such a tragedy that summer is now over – harvest time is here! Apple juice, wine or both? At Usedom and in Upper Bavaria there are two houses…

Newsletter Newsletter: Golden autumn days

Now nature’s colours really do start to glow! Trees, fruits and flowers strive to outshine one another’s glory at this time of year. Especially for people wanting to top up…

News Study on “Holidays and Architecture”

We are working on a study on “Holidays and Architecture”. If you speak German please participate in our survey and win a book ! -> to the survey

Newsletter Newsletter: Houses for summer holiday coolness

Summer at last! We have longed for these temperatures for weeks and when they arrive we start complaining about the heat. That has to be because we are in the…

Newsletter Newsletter: Houses in the Park

It’s time to surround yourself with greenery! Summer is here at last, and there’s nothing nicer than the heady scent of meadows and trees, flowers and warm wood. If you…

Newsletter Newsletter: Bella Italia !

Somewhere in the world they must be having some sort of a summer – and because the rainy days in Italy are already over, until the end of the season…

NewsOur books Our new book is published !

In the book 44 wonderful houses are presented in great detail. Read the extract. The book can be ordered directly from us. Ordered books and an invoice will be send…

Newsletter Newsletter: Beautiful Bavaria

Bavaria is more than just a football fan’s paradise. It is also a wonderful place to spend a holiday. Rolling hills, high mountains and the colours of its skies, white…

Newsletter Newsletter: Surrounded by water

Awash with history, wild waves, wide sands and shallow waters. Four houses for daring watersports enthusiasts, paddling children, boat trippers and coast runners – in Brittany and on Amrum, on…

Newsletter Newsletter: Rolling upwards!

Even if a rolling stone does tend to travel in the downward direction, it is worth taking more than a glance upward, at what the north has to offer (speaking…

Newsletter Newsletter: Spur-of-the-moment getaways

Dear friends, before the winter season draws to a close, there is still time to take a quick few days out and breathe in the crisp cold air before the…

Newsletter Newsletter: Top 10 for 2013

Dear friends, the new year begins with our top 10 awards. For 2012 we have awards in the categories new entries, hotels and holiday homes. … -> read the newsletter…

News Our TOP 10 for 2012

New Entries1. alte Säge, Austria2. Haus Otteni, Germany3. Am Roseneck, Germany4. Vorsäßhütte, Austria5. Dependance Kortscherhof, Italy6. mulang no.6, Germany7. Resort Baumgeflüster, Germany8. Wasserturm Waren, Germany9. Das schwarze Haus, Germany10. Ferienhaus…

Newsletter Newsletter: Snow flurry

Winter is here at last! The Christmas holidays are just around the corner and the ski season has started already. Do you need to get away for a few days?…

Newsletter Newsletter: Houses for wine lovers

While the fog drifts through the streets and across the fields, in wine cellars across the country, vintners are witnessing something wonderful: the grapes in the vineyards and the wine…

Newsletter Newsletter: Houses of Modernity

Our new monthly newsletter … If walls could talk … there would be some amazing stories told in the houses we have gathered together for you today. For with names…

Newsletter Newsletter: “I won’t be around“

Our new monthly newsletter … “I won’t be around“. Turn your back on the daily routine, find time to breathe, escape the rat race, even for just a few days.…

News Pinterest

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Newsletter Newsletter: Houses for art lovers

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Newsletter Newsletter: Homesteads for mountain lovers

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Newsletter Newsletter: Houses in the city

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Newsletter Newsletter: Houses for Gourmets

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Newsletter Newsletter: Houses for Couples

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Newsletter Newsletter: Houses for groups

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Newsletter Newsletter: TOP 10 for 2011

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News TOP 10 for 2011

The most popular new entry in 2011: Naturresidence Dahoam, Italy The winner in 2011: Seehaus Ahrenshoop, Germany +++ Top 10 for 2011 +++ 1. Seehaus Ahrenshoop, Germany (as 2010)2. Ferienhaus…

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News holidays in award-winning architecture

Viele der bei urlaubsarchitekur.de gelisteten Häuser und Hotels sind mit Architekturpreisen ausgezeichnet worden. Hier einige aktuelle Preise ...Many of the houses and hotels listed on holidayarchitecture.com have won awards for architecture and design. Here are some of the latest prizes ...

News Alpine Interior Award 2011: 4 commendations went to Urlaubsarchitektur (Holiday Architecture) houses !!!

The winners of the first Alpine Interior Awards 2011 have been drawn. On 11 April 2011, the jury of the “Alpine design concepts” competition chaired by Prof. Barbara Holzer awarded…

News Our 2nd holidayarchitecture book is out for sale !

45 more houses and hotels for your next holiday ! The 2nd “Guide to Architectural Retreats” presents more fascinating holiday houses, apartments and small hotels in spectacular surroundings. With Essays…

holidayarchitecture @ zendome

Zendome, manufacturers of geodesic dome writes about us and the holidayarchitecture book -> zendome.com

art-lodge hotel wins Kärnten Tourismus Award 2010

What happens when two advertising professionals take over an old house in the Alpes … an extraordinary hotel that now won the “Kärnten Tourismus Award 2010” -> holidayarchitecture.com/art-lodge

Award for hotel Miramonte from GEO SAISON

Press holidayarchitecture.com on German TV

“ARD-Ratgeber: Reise” on German television (ARD) presented on 7.2.2010 tourist facilities that attract guests with modern architecture. Presented were the houses listed with us Appartementvillen Aradira, refugio.laudegg and urlaubsarchitektur.de itself.

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