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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.

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.

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. In the first part of the series “On the Road”, they tell us how the building culture in the Austrian biosphere park skilfully combines contemporary architecture with mountain tradition.

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”.

One picture: Enthralled

SPACE

More than just holidays! Within this rubric we present houses from our platform urlaubsarchitektur.space in more detail. Discover spaces with added value: for workshops, meetings, events and more.

Space

Architektenhütte Allgäu – with a view of the mountains

Sometimes it takes special places to be able to think straight. By tradition, the seclusion of monasteries is often used for this purpose, but secluded places in the mountains are also a good place to come to rest. Today we present a lodge where you can work at high concentration, but where you do not miss out on recreation either.

Space

Zarchlin Manor House – a composition of culinary delights and drumrolls

Are you planning a family celebration or a corporate event? On Urlaubsarchitektur SPACE we introduce you to places where you can’t help but start writing the guest list. Today we’re heading to Lake Plauer See in Mecklenburg and already sort out the right playlist…

Space

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

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

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HomeStories

In this series we let hosts and architects have their say and provide a glimpse behind the facade of the houses – putting them in a very personal light and, in a sense, telling them from the inside out.

HomeStories

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 and well-being here, but fortunately no events.

Press

Holidayarchitecture in the press

Press

Bühelwirt @ 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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

One picture

In our series “One Picture”, we present houses that have surprised, fascinated or simply compelled us as editors to pay even more attention to this house on the basis of its visual material. Here, we present our editorial head cinema in person, one after the other.

One Picture

Great Dreams of Space

Sometimes it’s a certain image that drives you away. Our account manager for example has been magically drawn to a house photo in Spain for years.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

Findings

In this section we publish gems from the vastness of the internet at irregular intervals.

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.

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.

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.

A Landlady’s Life

Here we turn the topic of vacation happiness around. How do you become a landlady, what do you have to consider and where are the pitfalls of the “business”? Hosts from our network write about what moves them – between emotion and sheer despair.

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.

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.

Best of

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Books by HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE

URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR is Europe’s leading online portal for architecturally outstanding holiday homes. We’ve published a series of award-winning books – available in bookshops or directly in our online shop.

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Space & Time

MAGAZINE SPACE More than just holidays! Within this rubric we present houses from our platform urlaubsarchitektur.space in more detail. Discover spaces with added value: for workshops, meetings, events and more. HomeStories In…

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