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News
EmiLu Design Hotel Nominated for the Baden Architecture Prize
Public Voting Begins in the Hospitality Category
The EmiLu Design Hotel in Stuttgart is one of three projects nominated for the 2026 Baden Architecture Prize in the Hospitality category. Following the selection by the expert jury, it is now up to the public to decide: Online voting for the project is open through October 16, 2026.
Fritz-Ulrich School receives award
The Fritz-Ulrich-Schule in Heilbronn has been recognized for its architectural quality and sustainable redevelopment in the “Exemplary Construction” competition. Our project demonstrates how existing architecture can be transformed to meet the needs of the future.
Retail Design Award: Gold for Jaquar
On Thursday, July 2, the 4th Southern German Timber Construction Congress will take place in Fellbach. Our partner Benjamin Blocher will speak there as part of the session titled “Revitalization and Transformation” on the topic “Strategies for the City of Tomorrow: New 7 Mannheim—Inner-City Transformation and Sustainable Redensification.”
Retail Design Award: Gold for Jaquar
Two restaurants designed by blocher partners have already earned a Michelin star: OPUS V at engelhorn in Mannheim—an elegant gourmet restaurant located within one of Germany’s most renowned fashion houses—and JOHANNS at Garhammer in Waldkirchen, which combines fine dining with the warmth of a traditional family-run establishment.
Retail Design Award: Gold for Jaquar
Our Jaquar World project was awarded a Gold prize at the VM&RD Retail Design Awards. The award recognizes a showroom concept that reinterprets experience-driven retail in the bathroom and wellness sector.
