Archive

ArchiveNews 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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!

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveNews 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.

⟶

ArchivePositions 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.

⟶

ArchiveInspirations 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.

⟶

ArchivePositions 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.

⟶

ArchivePositions 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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).

⟶

ArchiveForeign 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.

⟶

ArchiveForeign 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.

⟶

ArchiveInspirations 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest 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).

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings Interview: Building simply

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

⟶

ArchivePositions 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings Recommended reading: Gardens of Now

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.

⟶

ArchivePositions 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?

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveNews 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFindings 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.

⟶

ArchiveFeature 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!

⟶

ArchiveFeature 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveFeature 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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 in the Uckermark region.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveBest Of Everybody’s darlings: Insights and reflections

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

⟶

ArchiveBest Of Our HomeStories 2020: review

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

⟶

ArchivePress 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

⟶

ArchivePress 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)

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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).

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress Houses & People @Süddeutsche Zeitung

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

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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).

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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)

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress Urlaubsarchitektur @Corriere Living

For lovers of design and architecture, Corriere Living generally recommends Urlaubsarchitektur - currently in the example of Eremo (pictured) and Casa Sabir.

⟶

ArchivePress 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).

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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!

⟶

ArchivePress 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).

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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).

⟶

ArchivePress Houses and People @FAS

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

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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)

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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).

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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!

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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”:

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchivePress Our book @DAB

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

⟶

ArchiveHomeStoryOur 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…

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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 ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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 ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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 ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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.

⟶

ArchiveHomeStory 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. ...

⟶

Houses

Spaces

Magazine

Shop

About us

How does HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE work?

Become a partner

Real estate

Newsletter

Houses

Spaces

Magazine

Newsletter

Favorites

Archive