On the 25th of June the citywalk from the IBA'27 Festival #1, which was also enlisted on our webpage, allure a lot of architects and cityintressts to walk together through stuttgart from the Königstraße, over Arnulf Klettplatz to the Schlossgarten. After the walk, the intressts listen to a discussion about the changing of city centres in the interimusage "studio amore" in the Schlossgarten Hotel, which will be restaurated by the LBBW with Steimle Architekten.

Under the title "welcome inbetween ! - Arnulf-Klettplatz, Königstraße, Schlossgarten", the IBA'27 festival#1 organized an citywalk trough the centre of stuttgart. Afterwards, in the old Schlossgarten Hotel, now popular as "Studio Amore", Wolfgang Riehle, Irene Armbruster and Thomas Steimle will discuss about the roll of city centres in the future, mixed uses and public qualities. All interessts are welcome to join the discussion at 7 o'clock at studio amore.

On Friday, 16th june, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in Nuremberg at the University of Applied Sciences. For the ceremony also Markus Soeder, the bavarian minister came and give a speech about the scienceland bavaria where the university of applied science in nuernberg is a part of it.
The university is splitted in three parts. The Ohm research institute, the buisness incubator and flexible laboratories and workspaces.
The workshop process for the technical university was conducted at the end of 2019. Since then, the university has been in the planning stage. Completion of the university building, which will be named the "Innovation Centre Ohm" after Georg Simon Ohm, is planned for 2024.

Under the title "new splendor for Stuttgart icon", an article appeared in "Immobilienmanager" at the beginning of June about the renovation of the Stuttgart Schlosshotel. Together with the landscape architecture office Planstatt Senner, Steimle Architekten won the competition to renovate the facade and revitalize the first floor zones. Honorary president of the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects and chairman of the building commission appointed by LBBW for the Schlossgartenquartier Wolfgang Riehle expressed his response:
"The result of this competition confirms our conviction that the identity-creating design quality of the Hotel am Schlossgarten can form the basis for a further life cycle while retaining its essential architectural features."
You can read the article from Bianca Diehl here.

The sports- and multifunctionalhall in Wangen im Allgäu is slowly taking shape. The wooden hybrid building impresses especially with its playful, simple facade. Actually during the construction phase, the hall gives the impression of a friendly, open building that will soon motivate students and hobby athletes to exercise.

In Überlingen, the shell for the new fire station is being stripped. The concrete exterior walls are already in place, and the round canopy of the fire station will follow in the next few weeks.

On Dresdner Ring in Backnang, the floors of most of the residential buildings have now been raised. In the grey weather, the cubes still look a little drab, while the façade and interior life is still missing. But with a bit of imagination, you can already guess how life will move into the living rooms and people will drink their after-work beer on the balconies, soon.

The competition for the district office of the future in Wuerzburg was already decided in the beginning of 2022. Now we are working on the development. In April Thomas Steimle represents the project in front of the distriv administrator and the stuff of administration. The new district office should be citizen friendly and sustainable. With its well-connected location and attractive office space, it should not only offer a well-organised office but also attractive workplaces.

Steimle Architekten was ranked 11th in the field of architecture and 14th in the field of urban planning in the 2022 competionline ranking. With four first prizes, one third prize and a recognition in 2022, we are pleased with the ranking and would like to thank our successful competition team, which was thus able to convince in more than every second competition submitted.

The façade of the new SWR broadcasting building in Mannheim is hidden behind full scaffolding. The façade has been completed up to the third floor, the upper two floors are still missing. The curtain-type aluminium pilaster strips, which already gave the façade its light, playful dress in the competition, will be installed in the summer. The antenna of the new studio is already mounted on the roof, so the "gateway to the world" is already in place.