28.10.2024

Architektur Produkt

Selected by Caruso St John – The Baumeister in November 2024 is here!

The new B11 of November 2024! Credit: Caruso St John

Our big Curated issue 2024 is published in November!
This year’s curators: Caruso St John Architects from London. Both Adam Caruso and Peter St John teach at ETH Zurich and London Metropolitan University. It is important to them to pass on their extensive theoretical knowledge – with no less a goal than to help initiate the necessary changes that architecture must now face.


A new architectural era

Anyone who knows BAUMEISTER is aware that this year we have been dealing increasingly with the topics of circularity and building in existing contexts. After years of abundance and western resource consumption, we in the western world are now not only facing inflation and ever-widening crises, but also a new architectural era.
To put it bluntly, we have to face the fact that we are no longer allowed to construct new buildings. We must focus on the existing building stock and, above all, on repurposing existing buildings. We are simply running out of resources.

In light of this, I am particularly pleased that we were able to bring the inspiring team of the international office Caruso St John on board for this year’s guest-curated issue.


A Magazine for reading, not just viewing

A magazine, and even more so a printed magazine, should be for reading. However, in the wake of modern magazine layouts and design concepts that favour white space, there now tends to be less and less text in printed media. BAUMEISTER has always prided itself on its innovative designs and now, thanks in no small part to Caruso St John, we finally have the opportunity to print a magazine for reading again.


Future lies in circular thinking

Dear architecture professionals, look forward to numerous horizon-broadening texts, handpicked by the team of Caruso St John and published in this issue. Personally, I like the fact that this is not a self-congratulatory issue by the curating partners. I see this issue instead as an impetus for discourse in a world in which we should no longer build new things, but often continue to do so anyway. We are taken on a journey through time in architecture and delve into some of the team’s very personal text recommendations.

I find this journey particularly exciting because we can discover a different kind of beauty in new potential if we really want to, and contribute to this world with a heart open to new architectural opportunities. Only in this way, and I am convinced of this, can we think and implement architecture in the future. Only when it is no longer just about the tiresome buzzword sustainability, but about the end of linear construction in favour of new, circular approaches. With BAUMEISTER, we will continue to follow this path and contribute to creating a positive version of our future.


Gratitude and Collaboration

My special thanks go to the team of Caruso St John, led by Adam Caruso with Simon Davison and Ben Speltz. But of course, also to our own team and above all to my colleague Sabine Schneider, who has contributed greatly to making this issue the impressive feat that you, dear reader, see in front of you.

I sincerely hope you find this very special edi- tion inspiring and enjoyable to read. As always, I welcome any comments or thoughts you may have.

Kind regards,
Tobias Hager

 

The magazine is available here in the shop!

Our last issue in October was dedicated to the theme of Work-Life in Balance. Read more about it here.

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