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During her visit to the Engelwirt for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Patricia Engelhorn experienced firsthand how art and cuisine play a key role at the hotel alongside its historic architecture.

Enchanting things are often hidden away in the hinterland. Instead of heading to the Baltic Sea, Arezu Weitholz recommends a trip to Lübeck and a stay in hotel Die Reederin in the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on September 7.

Company meetings with uncomfortable chairs, poor food and stuffy air? Thankfully, those days are long gone. In its special edition The Entrepreneurs 2025, Monocle recommends the Wandl at the foot of the Chiemgau Alps.

The internationally little-known architectural heritage of mid-century modernism in Faro in the Algarve is highlighted in the special feature of Baunetz week in issue #675.

Simple things done well. Why La Darbia's secret is based on a blend of nature, craft and calm, reveals travel writer Ann Abel in a current Forbes feature.

With the Meraki Studios, which opened in 2025, architect Sigurd Larsen has created a special retreat on Crete. The editors of Detail succumbed to the raw charm of the concrete skeleton structure.

Quiet balance between architecture, nature and everyday life. Elle Decor Italia presents the architecture and the sensitive relationship of the Maremma House to the surrounding Tuscan landscape.

Le Monde visited our partner hotel Casa Modesta in the Eastern Algarve and presents the family-run 9-room hotel in the ‘Travelling in Europe’ section. Bienvenue en Portugal!

Margit Kohl raves about the Engelwirt Apartments Berching in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The gallery owners Stephanie Zink and Michael Zink have given a former provost's house a new lease of life.

In the May issue, Monocle announced the winners of the Monocle Design Awards 2025. In the ‘Best new hotel’ category, kleiner Löwe in Bregenz on Lake Constance was honoured - congratulations!

On a remote archipelago island, Aleksi Hautamäki and Milla Selkimäki have created a refuge close to nature with Project Ö - Skjulskäret. Swiss publisher Archithema presents the house in the 5/2025 issue of Das ideale Heim.

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”.

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

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.

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!

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’.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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!).

"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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

"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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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).

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

€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!

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.

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).

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.

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

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).

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).

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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).

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.

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.

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!

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).

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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. 

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).

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.

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)

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!

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

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)

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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.

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

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).

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.

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)

"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.

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

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).

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!

"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).

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.

"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.

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

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.

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.

"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).

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

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)

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. 

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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

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…

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

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!)

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

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").

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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).

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

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

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

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).

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

“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".

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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)

Sorry, no english version available! Interview and story were held in German language.

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

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

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.

Culture Trip recommends The Urban Treehouse for a Berlin stay.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

arcguide.de presents our new book HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE 2018.

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

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

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“.

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.

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.

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).

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

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".

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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.

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

"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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

"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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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".

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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".

“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.