02/2025

German Design Award 25:
Two awards for KEGGENHOFF I PARTNER

On February 7, the German Design Awards 2025 ceremony will take place in Frankfurt am Main. The event brings together design and industry experts and award winners to create a platform for outstanding design and innovative concepts. The event in Frankfurt sees itself as more than just an award ceremony - it is a meeting place for the international design scene, dedicated entirely to diverse perspectives and exchange.

In addition to the recognition and appreciation of the award-winning projects, the focus is on dialog - an opportunity to network, share experiences and pick up new ideas. Guests from various sectors, key notes and expert panels will provide inspiration throughout the evening. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to have been awarded two prizes again this year and thus to be participating alongside other designers in the wide-ranging discourse on the importance and impact of design. Our award-winning projects “Bewegung Bauen” and “Magenta Mitte” stand for our claim to design architecture and interior design in such a way that they create identity and create something new.

The “Magnet Mitte” Deutsche Telekom representative office in Berlin was praised by the jury for its successful transformation of existing structures. “It combines telecommunications and art in a clear design identity and creates open, inviting spaces that take into account both functional and design aspects.”

The “Bewegung Bauen” project impressed the jury with its high-quality interior architecture, which implements the concept of movement for a collection of vintage cars both in terms of design and construction. “The column-free interior enables functional use and at the same time an aesthetically pleasing presentation of the vehicles. The combination of aesthetics and functionality gives the space a special atmosphere.”

We are looking forward to the event and to exchanging ideas with other design enthusiasts.

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KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER “Magenta Mitte” x GDA 25

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER ” Bewegung Bauen” x GDA 25

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x Awards

01/2025

Interior architecture and infrastructures:
different scale, same goal

With the Baukultur Report 2024/25, the Federal Foundation of Baukultur is once again highlighting the importance of sustainable, holistic planning and design of our built environment. At the heart of the current report is the topic of “Infrastructure”, which focuses on the qualitative development and adaptation of our built and technical infrastructure. This is not only about transport routes, energy and water supply, but also about digital and social infrastructures, generally the achievements of our common good, which have a lasting impact on life in urban and rural areas throughout Germany.

Since its first publication, the Baukultur Report of the Federal Foundation of Baukultur has not only been groundbreaking for German politics, but also represents an essential compendium for us. Contemporary issues are bundled, analyzed and rounded off with recommendations for action and best practices. The theoretical and empirical foundation enriches us in our daily practice, and at the same time it enables us in our role as experts in architecture and interior design to contribute to the (building culture) discourse and have our say. The interdisciplinary approach of the disciplines responsible for planning and construction in the report, which is aimed not only at politics but also at (committed) society, goes hand in hand with our lived reality of tackling complex projects with interdisciplinary teams. Not least for this reason, we would also like to contribute to the visibility of the initiative with our tools. Much concerned with the interaction of space, materiality and use, we adhere to our approach that good planning, architecture and interior design, at all scales, values existing structures.

Following on from the previous 2022/23 report on “Umbaukultur”, which focused on the need for resource-conserving, adaptable and integrative building practices, we take away the insight that the existing infrastructure also plays a central role in the building culture of the future. “Infrastructures” do not have to be created solely through new construction - rather, conversion, further development and careful transformation of existing systems are also decisive factors here in order to create functional and sustainable living spaces. This is not just about design quality, but also about creating sustainable, identity-forming spaces that focus on people and their surroundings. It’s easy to draw a parallel here.

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More information on “Infrastructures” (Bundesstiftung Baukultur) here

More information on “Neue Umbaukultur” (Bundesstiftung Baukultur) here

Baukulturelles Engagement von KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER here

12/2024 (2)

We wish you happy holidays: Happy holidays!

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER looks back on an eventful year. We would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts: for the trust you have placed in us, the valuable collaboration and the many inspiring moments together that have made this year so special for us.

These successes would not have been possible without your input, your impetus, your commitment and your reliability. We value your openness, your ideas and the always respectful and constructive exchange of ideas. You are an essential part of what drives and motivates us to always give our best.

We wish you, your families and friends a wonderful and reflective holiday season, filled with joy, peace and beautiful moments. May the new year be characterized by health, success, creativity and peace. Let’s shape 2025 together again with full energy and enthusiasm - we look forward to it!

Please note that we will be on winter vacation from Monday, December 23, 2024, and will only be available to a limited extent. We will then be available again as usual from Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

12/2024 (1)

Awarded: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER wins German Design Awards 2025

We are delighted to announce that KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER has been awarded the German Design Award 2025 in the “Excellent Architecture” category for both the “Magenta Mitte” and “Bewegung Bauen” projects.

This prestigious award recognizes the exceptional creative achievement and lasting impact of our work and is a valuable recognition for us.

The German Design Award, presented by the German Design Council, is one of the most prestigious awards in the international design scene. Every year, the award recognizes innovative and pioneering projects that illustrate the transformative power of design for society and the economy. The award underlines the fact that design can make a significant contribution to overcoming social challenges and promoting sustainable development. More than ever, outstanding design can provide impetus and formulate answers to the questions of our time through multi-perspective approaches.

The German Design Award is presented by the German Design Council, the German brand and design authority. Its mission from the highest level: to represent the German design scene. Established in 1953 as a foundation on the initiative of the German Bundestag. The German Design Award has set itself the goal of promoting the diverse transformation tasks of our time through design and providing orientation for others through outstanding examples. We are particularly proud of the fact that our projects were selected by an international jury of renowned experts from the fields of design, business and science.

People shape spaces. Spaces shape people. The “Magenta Mitte” project, the interior design for Deutsche Telekom’s representative office in the capital, and the “Bewegung Bauen” project, a building in which we are responsible for the architecture and interior design and which houses the vintage car collection of a private collector, show in various impressive ways how dynamic architecture and interior design can enrich the experience and use of space. Design stories are retold, creating an open dialog between buildings, people and the environment. Both projects reflect our ambition to create innovative and future-oriented architecture and interior design with a clear focus on individualization and sustainable quality.

We would like to thank the German Design Council for these honorable recognitions and look forward to continuing on the path we have chosen - for the conviction that our holistic, well thought-out design opens up new perspectives and creates spaces that remain positively and sustainably anchored, working in the mind and heart.

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KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x GDA 25 - Magenta Mitte

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x GDA 25 - Bewegung Bauen

Excerpt of other projects that have won a German Design Award:

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x GDA 22 - Facetten des Wassers

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x GDA 19 - Essen Rosarot

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x GDA 18 - Synthese der Disziplinen

11/2024

Kirchen sind Gemeingüter: Manifesto for a new community of responsibility

In Germany, many church buildings are empty or at risk of being neglected due to falling parishioner numbers and declining funding. The Church Manifesto initiative is committed to preserving the substance of these historic and culturally valuable buildings and putting them to new use. A central demand: “The state and society cannot and must not shirk their historically justified responsibility for this cultural heritage. That is why we are calling for new forms of sponsorship to address the new situation: a foundation or foundation landscape for church buildings and their furnishings.”

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER believes in the irreplaceable cultural value of church buildings for our society. We are fully committed to supporting the aims of the manifesto as the first signatory. In addition, we have been committed to a sensitive, innovative and sustainable future and transformation for sacred buildings in our professional practice for many years. A future that is based on its past in its diverse architectural richness, which we as planners feel committed to preserving and at the same time transferring appropriately into a new era.

Background: The Church Manifesto brings together actions by various interdisciplinary actors who want to encourage us as a society to rethink the way we deal with vacant and unused churches. The initiative calls on congregations, architecture firms and planners from every discipline to work together to develop new, creative concepts for the use of empty churches. The preservation of these buildings requires a combination of design sensitivity, an awareness of historical contexts and the ‘spirit of a place’ (genius loci), an eye for community and thoughtful transformation processes that do justice to the changing times.

Whether as a cultural meeting place, creative space or quiet place of contemplation - with the knowledge and tools of architecture and interior design, we support a variety of possible uses that do justice to both the sacred heritage and the current needs of the people who are shaping the new. We firmly believe that churches are not just historical monuments, but can also be used as places of the future for our cities and communities.

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Information on the church manifesto and events here

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x St. Victor Hamm-Herringen -
Haus, das trägt

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x. Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Neheim -
A new center

10/2024

Day of Conversion Culture: Day for the future

Every year on November 8, the Federal Foundation of Baukultur has been calling for the Day of Conversion Culture - since 2022. On this day, the foundation presented its Baukultur report “Neue Umbaukultur”. Since then, the need for climate-friendly, resource- and cost-efficient construction in existing buildings has become increasingly clear. At the same time, municipalities continue to designate new building land, and demolition and new construction are preferred to conversion, extension and further construction in many places.

The Day of Conversion Culture sends an important signal for the sustainable and environmentally conscious design of the built environment and underlines the urgency of a well thought-out, respectful approach to our existing buildings.

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is passionately committed to an appreciative conversion culture that adapts existing structures to modern requirements and reinterprets them in a meaningful and appropriate way. For us, conversion culture is characterized by an attitude that empathically focuses on values such as quality, innovation, sustainability and resource awareness. A good conversion culture is future-oriented, while taking into account the history and uniqueness of a building or interior space. It expands its potential and gives it a new, contemporary meaning. Conversion projects create places that create identity and have an impact for generations to come.

On Conversion Culture Day, we would like to emphasize the importance of these values. We are convinced that a respectful approach to the existing building stock and a sensitive approach in terms of conversion culture make a decisive contribution to promoting a sustainable environment - for everyone, for a long time. Our work reflects this philosophy: projects that respect what already exists and at the same time create something new. Projects that refer to history, staging considerate moments of transition in parallel to introduce new functions and aesthetic impulses.

Celebrate and promote the culture of conversion with us - for architectures that preserve and responsibly shape our future!

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#TagDerUmbaukultur

Information on events in 2024 (Bundesstiftung Baukultur) here

More information on “Neue Umbaukultur” (Bundesstiftung Baukultur) here

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER - Baukulturelles Engagement here

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER - Best Practice “Haus, das trägt” here

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER - Best practice “House within a house” here

09/2024

Future needs origin: The JUNG Gründervilla

In the beginning there is an idea, in the end an actual building. After many years of construction, this process loses none of its magic.

As part of the competition jury, we are particularly pleased, together with JUNG, nga Architekten, international trade press representatives and all those involved in the project, about the official opening of the Gründervilla, which now welcomes its visitors in a new look and new formation.

Built in 1928 for the company founder Albrecht Jung, the JUNG Gründervilla has now been officially opened as a meeting and service center. This was preceded by a competition in 2017, which was aimed exclusively at offices founded by Jung. In contrast to most procedures in the German competition system, this deliberately focused on experimentation and the design approaches of “new” architects.

In addition to architect and interior designer Prof. Sabine Keggenhoff, the four-member expert jury from JUNG and Peter Cachola Schmal from the German Architecture Museum, the jury consisted of architects Prof. Jan Kleihues, Prof. Elke Reichel, Roger Riewe and Prof. Michael Schumacher. They had to evaluate a total of 33 works from Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria and Luxembourg.

Of the 33 works submitted, the jury, chaired by Michael Schumacher, decided on one first prize, two second prizes and two purchases. The winning design by nga Nehse & Gerstein architects from Hanover took a careful look at the existing villa and then created a striking new building that blends into the site, skillfully building a contrasting bridge between past and future. In its 2017 assessment, the jury already recognized and praised that “the authors are trying to strengthen the site in its entirety”. What does this mean? They strengthen the identity of the site by freeing up the existing villa, generating new visual references and perspectives and significantly enhancing the gardens through the resulting spatial setting. (Architectural film by JUNG x 9sekunden)

The architects proposed a flat, transparent structure, the roof of which is flush with the first floor of the villa and serves as a terrace. Its load transfer takes place via three set cores inside the new building. They define the open floor plan. The open space and the wide view of the valley, made possible by a glass façade on three sides, also make the new building attractive for events. Conference rooms and offices are housed in the villa. The materials used characterize the unobtrusive atmosphere: Exposed concrete and glass. We really like it!

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KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x JUNG
Positions. Women in Architecture - with Prof. Sabine Keggenhoff

Future needs origin - Results of an architectural competition

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x AKNW

Competitions as an opportunity for interior design (lecture)

08/2024

Women in Architecture 2025: Strong women of today

Please make a note now: from June 19 to 29, 2025, numerous events throughout Germany will highlight the achievements of female planners and the topic of diversity in building culture. WIA 2025 is the first nationwide festival to highlight women in architecture, interior design, urban and open space planning as well as civil and structural engineering. As a decentralized networking event, WIA 2025 promotes the broad networking and exchange of institutions, associations and initiatives.

Interested in helping to shape WIA 25? The 2nd digital network forum will take place on September 12, 2024 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for interested stakeholders to exchange ideas. Registrations are accepted via the form in the network forum. We are currently still looking for interested institutions, organizations, initiatives and associations related to building culture who would like to contribute their own program items and become part of a growing network.

In 2021, a festival on women in architecture took place in Berlin for the first time: With almost 100 events throughout the city, WIA 2021 put the focus on the achievements of female planners and female building culture.

The bdia (Bund Deutscher Innenarchitekt:innen) joined the initiative and invited 2021 to the talk “Frau Innenarchitekt - Zwischen Werk und Wahrnehmung”. Prof. Sabine Keggenhoff moderated the panel with Wencke Katharina Schoger (Reuter Schoger, Berlin), Karin Götz (Raum Form Licht Farbe, Potsdam) and Gabriela Hauser (buerohauser, Berlin). Starting point of the discussion: Interior design is the only branch of architecture in which women already really outnumber men and hold important positions. Why is it usually the male colleagues who make it onto the big stage?

Like the festival, Sabine Keggenhoff has also been focusing for years on counteracting the (in)visibility of female planners in the construction industry with a great deal of commitment, e.g. in teaching or public relations work as an interior designer - and a female player.

Why is this initiative (still) important? Today, women are represented in architecture in comparable numbers to their male colleagues and hold important positions. Nevertheless, their achievements and expertise often receive less recognition. Although awareness of diversity and equality has grown, the process of improvement is not yet complete. Continuous work and discourse are still needed to create and anchor non-discriminatory spaces - not just for many, but for all. Of course, this is best achieved together. This is why KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER supports the decentralized, nationwide networking event of the WIA initiative in order to promote the broad networking and exchange of institutions, associations and initiatives.

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Further links that KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER recommends on the topic:

Frau Innenarchitekt - Zwischen Werk und Wahrnehmung: Panel

Frau Innenarchitekt - Between Work and Perception: Graphic Recording

Women in Architecture - Facets of Female Building Culture: Publication

07/2024

Magenta Mitte: Opening of Deutsche Telekom’s Representative Office in Berlin

The doors of Deutsche Telekom’s new, permanent Representative Office in Berlin will open on July 1. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER planned the conversion of the architecturally formative existing building not far from Ebertstraße on the central and lively Potsdamer Platz.

Since the new home of the capital representation is located in the former, highly individualized Otto Bock Science Center, the spatial transformation into a separate design identity was one of the core objectives of the interior design concept. The visual-linguistic muscle and joint strands that play expressively around the façade merge into metaphorical networks in the new context of telecommunications, in the new DNA of the building.

Dynamic, emotional, stimulating: the design approaches of KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER work with interior design motifs that relate equally to the originality of the architecture and the values of Europe’s most successful brand. There is one goal: to connect people emotionally - at all levels.

The idea of networking is translated from the outside to the inside - and from the inside back - into a new, powerful language. It is sustainably formulated in the five storeys of the solitary building, supplemented by a roof garden. A variety of meeting places will be created, which will functionally, metaphorically and atmospherically bracket Telekom’s political, economic and cultural visions. The floor plan zoning, essentially made of wood with a radial access system, allows for different spatial scenarios that create new standards for modern working and communication according to their function.

A strong brand is an expression of a strong company, say experts. We would like to thank the Telekom team for their renewed trust in the design expertise of KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER and the successful, strong collaboration!

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Other projects that KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER has realized for Telekom so far:

Telekom Campus Bonn:
Cityscapes

Telekom Kasino Bonn:
Essen Rosarot

06/2024

Architecture Day 2024:
Simply (re)build

“New, new, new? Is no longer contemporary.” Clear words from an interview by Sabine Keggenhoff with the FAZ/FAS, which appeared at the beginning of the year. What in words corresponds to a simple, clear truth, however, now names a complex and also polarizing paradigm shift in the planning and construction industry. What’s more, it affects our entire society: towards sustainability at all levels. But how? Change requires exchange, analysis, experience, transformation and performance. We know from experience: The complexity of the task requires the discourse of all those involved.

As every year in June, the Federal Chamber of Architects (BAK) and the state representations invite you to meet and exchange ideas on the “Day of Architecture”. Based on concrete examples and in direct discussions, building culture discourse takes place on a broad level between chambers, planners, users and interested parties. Be it during a tour of an energy-efficiently renovated detached house, an office building converted into living space or a new modular school building. Or during a guided tour of one of the many other projects worth seeing that open their doors to the general public on these days thanks to the commitment of the organizers and their members.

This year, these include in particular projects that show how to “Simply (re)build”. In other words, it’s about the huge potential that lies in converting and reusing existing buildings. What makes successful architecture and interior design? How can architecture and planning contribute to individual well-being, climate and resource protection and social cohesion? How can sustainability be achieved while at the same time being culturally sophisticated? For more than two decades, we at KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER have been working on tapping into this potential. With this year’s motto in mind, we take a look at our renovation projects that have opened up on Architecture Day in the past:

St. Victor Parish Hall
Architecture Day 2022

IHK Arnsberg
Architecture Day 2017

K3 Citypastoral Siegen
Day of Architecture 2016

SchoolCityLibrary
Day of Architecture 2006

05/2024

Building bridges, securing the future:
IFI World Interior Day 2024

“The Growing Generational Gap: Improved Multi-Generational Future”

IFI World Interior Day (WID) 2024 | Saturday, 25.05.2024

Choosen by the members of the IFI Annual General Meeting, this year’s theme for IFI World Interiors Day 2024 points to the challenge of the communicative gap between the generations. The potential of “interior architecture” and “design” will be highlighted during the event as instruments for creating meaningful transition solutions. On an international stage, the aim is to show that considerate, sustainable and adaptable design can create an environment that celebrates the diversity of generations and builds necessary bridges between the past, present and future.

The communicative power of interior design: Sabine Keggenhoff’s personal impression through the ages, from yesterday to today, read here.
Next Generation: Would you like a glimpse into the future? How do those who learn today design? Here you will find insights into the approach and emerging design attitude of the students that Sabine Keggenhoff has been accompanying in university teaching for many years.

Every year in the month of May, the IFI (International Federation of Interior Design) initiates a global theme that brings together interior designers, design professionals, companies, universities, institutions, governments and the general public in discourse. Around the world, WID activities usually vary from insights into open studios to lectures and events.

The bdia, the professional association of interior designers in Germany, is creating a digital exhibition to celebrate the day, inviting people to exchange ideas and find inspiration. It is intended to build bridges between the generations as a conscious step in line with this year’s theme. While an older generation still knows the necessity of physical museum visits, the younger ones have grown up in a world where information is just a click away. Both equally fascinating, it nevertheless remains an important question as to how the best of both worlds can be reconciled.

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER x bdia

04/2024

bdia Handbook of Interior Design 2022/23: The “best of” traveling exhibition accompanying the book will be back in North Rhine-Westphalia in April!

In its anniversary edition, the bdia Handbook of Interior Design 2022/23 showcases the outstanding level of design in interior design. From private homes, trendy restaurants, hotel design, working environments and healthcare buildings to public building projects, all planning areas are covered. This year, it focuses on the topic of sustainability in interior design.

Pia A. Döll, bdia President: “The handbook is our calling card. In the 70th anniversary year of our association, the 25 projects show that successful interiors are the result of the expertise of experienced interior designers. Whether for conversions, extensions, modernizations, additions or new designs in existing buildings: sustainable planning, a conscious selection of materials and a focus on the needs of the users create spaces with quality.”

Upcoming dates

- Düsseldorf, PBSA
01 April - 14 April 2024

- Mannheim, MOFA
16 May - 06 June 2024

- Munich
17 June - 26 June 2024
. June - June 26, 2024

- Hamburg, AIT Salon
September 16 - September 20, 2024

- Coburg, 37th Coburger Designtage
May 21 - June 4, 2025

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KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to contribute to the bdia handbook exhibition with the project Bewegung Bauen.

03/2024

Living & value: Many people associate the refurbishment of our numerous and diverse old buildings with the supposed “pig in a poke”. Since the 19th century, the premise in Germany’s building landscape has been to tear down and build anew with the will for radical renewal. People were reluctant to rebuild, space and energy potential was lost, the supposedly unknown is always fraught with worry. But is this concern justified?

“An old house really is like a great unknown at first. It starts with the fact that the existing building often doesn’t match the construction plans from the past. The condition inside the house can also vary greatly. Some materials are poorly preserved, while others may have been allowed to age gracefully, such as natural stone or a wooden staircase. In houses from the post-war period, a lot of slag was used, and from the 1960s onwards, industrially manufactured materials were often used. What is their condition today, a good sixty to seventy years later? Is the building possibly contaminated with harmful substances, was asbestos used, do surfaces emit fumes? Many surprises can await you. Especially as you can’t look behind concealed walls or ceilings. If, like me, you do a lot of renovations, you expect everything,” is Sabine Keggenhoff’s opening response to questions from FAZ journalist Birgit Ochs in the “Living” section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

You can read about the paradigm shift towards building in existing buildings and why Sabine Keggenhoff thinks that Germany urgently needs a conversion order and a new conversion culture in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from 10.03.23.

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Full article (paywall)
here

02/2024

On the international stage: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is awarded the IDA Award - Gold in the category ‘Interior Architecture’ for the project ‘Bewegung Bauen’.

The International Design Awards (IDA) recognize, celebrate and promote exceptional and visionary design in the fields of architecture, interior design, product, graphic and fashion design. The aim is to promote the appreciation of the work of established offices and to help emerging talents gain global visibility.

The IDA team follows its passion for interior design, seeing it as an expression of creativity and potential that transcends language barriers and appeals to everyone. It is not important whether design approaches are more classical or contemporary, whether listed buildings are restored or something completely new is created that is different from anything that has gone before. The changing, international members of the selected expert jury evaluate each work on the basis of its specific parameters and award a score that determines the awards.

Successful interior design involves much more than making rooms stylish and attractive. It is also always about recognizing the true potential of spaces, making them tangible and improving the well-being and attitude to life of its users in a sustainable and positive way.

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Bewegung Bauen -
When Movement inspires

01/2024

Thinking up a new conversion culture: Sabine Keggenhoff in an interview with the Westfalenpost business section

“You can even convert a multi-storey parking lot into residential buildings without much effort. Vacant office buildings could very well be repurposed and converted into apartments.”

Germany urgently needs more living space. 400,000 new homes per year was the target agreed by the federal government in the coalition agreement. It is likely to be missed by a wide margin in 2024. For Sabine Keggenhoff, the solution to the problem is obvious: stop thinking in terms of new builds and concentrate on building in existing buildings. “400,000 apartments per year are possible without building anything new,” she assures us. (Article excerpt / Author: Jens Helmecke)

A paradigm shift towards a culture of conversion must be heralded: The focus of politics, administration, the construction industry and the public must shift from new construction to conversion, if only for economic and ecological reasons. This paradigm shift offers real opportunities for climate and resource protection, for a new understanding of design and for buildings that will still be valuable for future generations.

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More information on the “New Culture of Conversion” (Federal Foundation of Baukultur) here

Baukulturelles Engagement von KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER here

12/2023

Material Award 2023: ‘Haus, das trägt - St. Victor’ receives award in the category Material im Bestand.

From the jury statement:

With ‘St. Victor - Haus, das trägt’, the Material Award 2023 honours something that was already there and recognizes that something was already there. And yet it is far more than just an award for the design expertise of KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER.

It is a tribute to their attitude, their consistent further development of an existing design signature, a monument, and even more: it is a tribute to their decision to literally look behind the façade and reveal the concealed construction and make it visible. To further develop the iconic building in a way that creates identity, to stage it perfectly with a strong lighting concept and to make it a contemporary experience with a high interior quality is something that deserves the utmost respect!

We would particularly like to thank the initiators Hannes Bäuerle, Joachim Stumpp and Jörg Schmitt from Raumprobe, the supporting companies (KSV Natursteinwelt, Material Bank, Object Carpet) and the jury (Philipp Beck, Peter Brückner, Jasna Moritz, Michael Schuster, Hannes Bäuerle, Joachim Stumpp).

We are delighted to receive this award and to hear the words of appreciation for our work! We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all award winners once again!

11/2023

bdia Handbook 2022/23: The “best of” traveling exhibition accompanying the book will be back in Frankfurt in November.

The anniversary edition of the bdia Handbook of Interior Design 2022/23 showcases the outstanding level of design in interior design. From private homes, trendy restaurants, hotel design, working environments and healthcare buildings to public building projects, all planning areas are covered. This year, it focuses on the topic of sustainability in interior design.

Pia A. Döll, bdia President: “The handbook is our calling card. In the 70th anniversary year of our association, the 25 projects show that successful interiors are the result of the expertise of experienced interior designers. Whether for conversions, extensions, modernizations, additions or new designs in existing buildings: sustainable planning, a conscious selection of materials and an examination of the needs of the users create spaces with quality.”

Upcoming dates

- Frankfurt, Artemide Showroom
17 - 22 November 2023

- Düsseldorf
23. January - February 02, 2024

- Würzburg
February 23 - March 10, 2024

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KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to contribute to the bdia handbook exhibition with the project “Building Movement”

10/2023

Excellent interior design: On September 29, 2023, the BDIA Association of German Interior Architects awarded the 10th German Interior Architecture Prize (DIAP) at the BCC Berlin Congress Center. With its unique profile, the DIAP 2023 puts the quality of projects by interior designers with a role model function in conception, design and execution in the public eye. From 114 submissions that qualified for the award, the jury selected 25 projects for the shortlist. On September 29, the award winners were publicly presented with their prizes. The BDIA provided a total of 10,000 euros in prize money. The 1st prize is awarded with 5,000 euros, the 2nd prize with 3,000 euros and the 3rd prize with 2,000 euros.

The award ceremony, which is reserved exclusively for interior designers, will take place as part of the German Architects’ Day organized by the Federal Chamber of Architects from 6 to 7 pm.15.

The DIAP 2023 jury is made up of experts from the fields of interior design and architecture: Pia A. Döll, President of the BDIA, Prof. Sabine Keggenhoff, interior designer BDIA and 1st prize winner DIAP 2019, Martin Thörnblom, President of the European umbrella organization ECIA, Petra Stephan, Editor-in-Chief of AIT, Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann, former President of the Federal Chamber of Architects, and Susanne Wartzeck, President of the BDA Association of German Architects.

Recap of the award ceremony here

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The bdia awards the German Interior Design Prize every four to five years. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to have received awards for the following projects in recent years:

K3 - Citypastoral / 1st prize

Haus am Hafen / Award

TÜV Rheinlandsaal / Award

FALKE Flagship Store / 3rd prize

09/2023

In good school buildings you learn better: With this conviction, the Ministry of Schools and Education of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Architects have awarded the “NRW School Building Prize” for the fourth time in 2023.

The aim of the award is to highlight the importance of the architectural quality of school buildings and emphasize their sustainable, positive influence on educational work in schools.

63 new, converted and extended school buildings were submitted for the award. Among them, Sabine Keggenhoff, together with an independent expert jury, selected ten schools as equal prize winners. The ten schools awarded the “School Building Prize NRW 2023” include all types of schools and are spread across the entire state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

For the results of the School Building Prize 2003

The award ceremony will take place on Monday, 11. September  2023,  at 5 p.m. at the Archbishop’s Vocational College in Cologne.

Before the award ceremony, guided tours of the Archbishop’s Vocational College will take place from 4 p.m. on the main topics of interior design, architecture and pedagogy.

(Registration) Guided tour of interior design with Sabine Keggenhoff

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Projects by KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER awarded the “Schulbaupreis NRW”:

EBK - Erzbischöfliches Berufskolleg Köln

SchoolCityLibrary, Arnsberg

08/2023

bdia Handbook 23/24: The exhibition for the indispensable reference work for interior design in Germany is going on tour!

The aim of the annual bdia Handbook of Interior Design is to get readers excited about interior design and focus on the importance of interior spaces. The projects presented in the handbook are not only visible in the handbook itself, but also in the accompanying exhibition, which is shown at various locations in Germany. The 25 projects by members of the bdia (Association of German Interior Architects) will “wander” through Germany as exhibition flags. Locally, the exhibition is a perfect opportunity to present the range of outstanding interior design in Germany regionally and to get into conversation with colleagues and interested parties.

Upcoming dates

Hamburg, AIT Salon:
August 21 - 25, 2023

Frankfurt, Artemide Showroom:
November 17 - 22, 2023

Düsseldorf:
January 23 - February 02, 2024

. January - February 02, 2024

Würzburg:
February 23 - March 10, 2024

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KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is pleased to contribute to the exhibition with the project “Bewegung Bauen”.

Would you like to show the manual exhibition as part of an event? With pleasure! Please send your request to info(at)bdia.de.

07/2023

Looking to the future II: The west wing of Benrath Palace

Sabine Keggenhoff’s judging work has been successfully completed, the winning designs for the general refurbishment of the west wing have been named by the top-class jury of experts!

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER congratulates the offices of Spital-Frenking + Schwarz (1st prize), HPP Architekten (2nd prize) and VON M (3rd prize) on their successful and inspiring work. We would like to thank our colleagues on the jury for their excellent, enriching collaboration: Prof. Christian Heuchel, Prof. Sabine Keggenhoff, Hilde Leon, Prof. Dr. Christian Raabe, Prof. Johannes Ringel [Chair], Jan Stöfer, Cornelia Zuschke!

The winning design by Spital-Frenking + Schwarz impressed with its architectural and interior design concept, which envisages a self-sufficient, reversible pavilion as a visitor center in the courtyard. In addition to incorporating all functional necessities, the positioning and design of the pavilion clearly defines the temporal levels in the palace in a respectful and legible manner. The courtyard will continue to be preserved as an outdoor area in its historical structure and appearance.

The west wing is to house a new museum in future. The basis for this is the merging of the Natural History Museum and the Museum of Garden Art. This connection in terms of content is also reflected in the project name “Benrath Palace Museum - Gardens, Art, Nature”. The new museum will link the collections of the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Garden Art in terms of content and address the interdependence of these spheres as a core theme.

06/2023

Day of Architecture 2023: Architecture transforms spaces into places that shape our identity, our history and our future.

In June, the successful event series Day of Architecture (TdA) invites all interested parties throughout Germany to (re)discover districts, buildings, objects and interior spaces, parks or gardens as a resource and enrichment for everyday life under the motto “Architecture transforms”. How we build, develop and improve our cities, communities and neighborhoods has a decisive influence on our future. The relationship between the environment, materials, people and space must take center stage in order to create good and sustainable buildings for all areas of life that will also serve as a foundation for future generations. Building is never just private, but always public too.

All 16 chambers of architects in the federal states are taking part in this traditional format. The Day of Architecture addresses all specialist disciplines: Classic building construction, interior design, landscape architecture and urban planning. Numerous projects are available for viewing and discovery throughout Germany. Many colleagues are also taking part by opening their offices for exhibitions or talks about their work.

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Text: BAK - Federal Chamber of Architects

05/2023 (2)

Planning sustainably, securing the future: Interior design, especially as part of the construction sector, with its diverse effects on the climate and environment, is called upon to rethink established processes and designs, to develop them further and to transfer them into a holistically sustainable future. It has long been clear that discourses can no longer remain theoretical and systematically viewed in isolation, but must be put into practice as soon as possible.

In an interview with Charleen Grigo (for bdia NRW), Sabine Keggenhoff spans the conceptual arc from the overall social framework to very specific, industry-related measures that the KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER office has taken in the past. The aim is to be able to actively shape the necessary changes. While synergy effects of different disciplines give hope, (everyday) challenges for varying office forms cannot be dismissed.

The interview, which we would like to highlight in May for IFI WID 23, can be found online in full on the website of the bdia Bund Deutscher Innenarchitekten here and will be published as an excerpt in the DAB (May).

IFI World Interior Day (WID) 2023 | Saturday, 27.05.2023

“Sustainability, Design & Beauty”

Every year in the month of May, the IFI (International Federation of Interior Design) initiates a current topic that brings together interior designers, design professionals, companies, universities, institutions, governments and the general global public. It encourages people to exchange ideas, come together, research, learn, discover and create in a shared discourse.

05/2023 (1)

All that’s new in May:
The official bdia Interior Design Handbook 2023/24 will be published on 29.05.23. It presents current projects and the outstanding level of design in interior design in Germany. From private residences, trendy restaurants, hotel design, working environments and healthcare buildings to public building projects and educational facilities, all sectors are covered. Each project is presented in detail and comprehensibly.

Future topics of “digital working environments” are highlighted in three specialist articles by renowned experts. The address section of bdia members and funding partners, sorted by federal state, rounds off the handbook and makes it an indispensable reference work for players in the interior design industry and anyone who wants to find out about innovative and creative interior design.

The bdia bund deutscher innenarchitekten e.V. is the largest and most important interior design association in Germany. For over 70 years, it has been promoting and consolidating the profession and the professional practice of German interior designers.

bdia bund deutscher innenarchitekten e.V. (Ed.)
Callwey
Features: Softcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN: 978-3-7667-2619-3

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KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is pleased to contribute to the compendium with the project “Bewegung Bauen”.

04/2023 (2)

Freedom in teaching and research: Sabine Keggenhoff is part of the University Council of the FH Dortmund for another five years, a central body of essential, academic self-administration. Alongside nine other members, she advises and supports internal processes and future visions of the university with her expertise.

The new University Council of Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts met for the first time on April 20, 2023. Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, presented the members of the Council with their certificates of appointment and welcomed three new members.

Seven members were appointed for a further term of office.

Following the presentation of the certificates, the Council convened for its first constituent meeting. Guido Baranowski was unanimously re-elected as chairman, and the members also unanimously elected Jutta Reiter as deputy chairman.

These are the members of the new University Council:

- Guido Baranowski
- Jutta Reiter
- Heike Bähner
- Horst Günther
- Thomas Graefenstein
- Sabine Keggenhoff
- Kurt Sohm
- New: Achim Schmidtmann
- New: Evi Carola Hoch
- New: Jan Ehlers

The University Council consists of ten members, no more than three of whom are from Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Its tasks are defined by the NRW Higher Education Act: It advises the Rectorate, supervises the management and meets at least four times a year. The term of office for members of the University Council is 5 years.

04/2023 (1)

Excellent “interior architecture”: For the 10th time, the bdia is awarding the prize with tradition and signaling power for interior designers in Germany. This year, Sabine Keggenhoff is delighted to be the 2019 winner, alongside Pia A. Döll (President of the bdia), Martin Thörnblom (President ECIA), Petra Stephan (Editor-in-Chief AIT), Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann, (former President BAK) and Susanne Wartzeck (President BDA) to be part of the six-member jury of experts.

With the German Interior Architecture Award (DIAP), the bdia promotes and honors innovative interior design projects that set an example in terms of conception, design and execution. The DIAP focuses on interior architecture, which, with its artistic, social and cultural aspects, is an indispensable part of the built environment. With the projects submitted, the interior design profession responds to the demands of society.

The prize-winning and award-winning works are intended to show the essential contribution interior designers make to society through planning and design quality.

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The bdia awards the German Interior Architecture Prize every four to five years. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to have received awards for the following projects in recent years:

K3 - Citypastoral / 1st prize

Haus am Hafen / Award

TÜV Rheinlandsaal / Award

FALKE Flagship Store / 3rd prize

03/2023

Good school buildings are better for learning: Sabine Keggenhoff shares this conviction and will be part of the independent, expert jury for the “School Construction Award NRW” in 2023. Together with the Ministry of Schools and Education of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia, the jury will award the prize.

With the “School Building Prize NRW”, the awarding bodies want to highlight the importance of the architectural quality of school buildings and emphasize their sustainable, positive influence on educational work in schools. As examples of good practice, award-winning school buildings also have a lasting influence on the quality of construction measures at other schools. They demonstrate what is feasible and increase motivation for the planning and implementation of construction measures.

The School Building Award is aimed at members of a chamber of architects as designers as well as clients or school authorities who realize outstanding and exemplary new construction and renovation measures in and around schools in terms of design and pedagogy.

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Projects by KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER awarded the “NRW School Building Prize”:

EBK - Erzbischöfliches Berufskolleg Köln

SchulStadtbücherei, Arnsberg

02/2023

Looking to the future: The west wing of Benrath Palace

Sabine Keggenhoff is delighted to have been asked to act as a judge, alongside experts and preliminary examiners, for the award ceremony and the naming of the prize winners in 2023.

The current structures of Benrath Palace and Park no longer meet today’s cultural, economic and museological requirements. The current general renovation of the buildings offers the opportunity to further develop and modernize the Benrath Palace and Park Foundation in accordance with its statutes and the resolutions of the Board of Trustees and to make it fit for the future.

The subject of the competition is the west wing of the Benrath Palace ensemble. In future, this is to serve as a space for the two museums of garden art and natural history. In order to meet the space requirements, it is necessary to include the previously unused inner courtyard in the planning so that it can be used as a weather-protected visitor center in the future. By incorporating the inner courtyard into the plans, it will be accessible to the public for the first time in future.

In order to achieve an optimal solution, a non-open, single-phase realization competition is now being held among 10 architectural firms. This was preceded by an application process to select suitable architecture and interior design firms. The competition entries will be submitted at the end of April 2023, with the jury meeting in June.

01/2023

Two stars: REGIONALE project HAUS DER BAUKULTUR awarded another star!

As an active member of the Akteur:innen network, KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted about this good news at the end of the year.

The HAUS DER BAUKULTUR, designed as a workshop and competence center, was awarded a 2nd star by the REGIONALE committee on December 7, 2022. This clears the way for an application for funding and gives the topic of “sustainable building” further momentum in South Westphalia; together with the “Building with Wood” project to establish a competence and model region.

In addition to the creation of the CHARTA Sauerland-Baukultur, a key result of the model project “Sauerland-Baukultur | Strategies for South Westphalia” was to submit a project application as part of REGIONALE 2025. The network of Baukultur stakeholders had agreed on this. In recent years, this network has been formed as an interdisciplinary team from the fields of tourism, (interior) architecture, research, local government, industry and crafts in order to conduct building culture as an open and continuous dialog since around 2012.

The aim of a HOUSE OF BUILDING CULTURE is to ensure the long-term communication and exchange of information on the topic of building culture. The region-specific building and craft culture is to be promoted, the quality of the built environment enhanced and thus the regional identity strengthened. The HAUS DER BAUKULTUR will function as an educational and service facility, communication workshop and digital platform. With a team of operational management, proven partnerships and diverse collaborations - linked to a strong administrative team from the city of Arnsberg.

12/2022

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER would like to thank you in particular for your constructive cooperation and trusting collaboration this year. We wish you and your loved ones a peaceful end to the year and happy holidays. Here’s to a happy, healthy, inspiring and more peaceful 2023!

We will be on winter break from Friday, December 23, 2022, and therefore subject to availability. We will start the new year together again with joy from Monday, January 09, 2023.

11/2022 (2)

best architects twentythree: We are delighted to be represented with our award-winning project “St. Victor - Haus, das trägt” in best architects twentythree - bound in fresh yellow and bright green!

Each project is presented on two double pages, richly illustrated and vividly described. Divided into different subject areas (conversion & extensions, residential construction/single-family houses, residential construction/multi-family houses, office & administrative buildings, commercial & industrial buildings, educational buildings, public buildings, other buildings and interior fittings), the comprehensive work is clearly laid out.

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ISBN 978-3-946021-07-0
32.5 x 23.5 cm
thread-bound
396 pages / German/English
297 color photos
393 plans and drawings

[Order]

11/2022 (1)

Four wins: Sabine Keggenhoff (interior design), Jens Mayerle (architecture) and Matthias Förder (landscape architecture) reflect on their collaboration for the Erzbischöfliche Berufskolleg in Cologne as part of an impulse and derive possible recommendations for action.

Under the motto “Four wins”, the NRW Chamber of Architects invites you to an interdisciplinary exchange of experience on November 24, 2022 from 3 pm to 6 pm in the Stadthalle in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

The signs of the times show that the exchange of experience between architects, interior architects, landscape architects and urban planners is becoming increasingly essential in order to master current and future planning challenges. These consist in particular in the topics of dealing with the existing building stock, interfaces and digitalization as well as sustainability at all scale levels.

The event is recognized as a seminar within the framework of the further education and training regulations for all disciplines of the AKNW with 4 hours.

Registration: The event is free of charge.

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Report

EBK - Erzbischöfliches Berufskolleg Köln (Best Practice)

10/2022

Baustelle Gleichstellung: Book launch for the WIA Festival Berlin

Making women in architecture visible and audible, giving them a stage to showcase their achievements - that was the aim of the Women in Architecture Berlin Festival 2021. Together with many other institutions, associations and initiatives from the field of building culture, Sabine Keggenhoff took part in the Women in Architecture Festival 2021, or WIA Festival for short, last year to put the spotlight on women* in planning.

70 years after the death of Emilie Winkelmann, the first successful German female architect, the aim was to take stock: Who are the strong women* of today? Are they recognized? What about equality in building culture and the transformation of the profession? The publication shows what institutions from politics, teaching and business, what bosses and employees, university directors and professors can do or have already done to make progress on the construction site of equality.

A new, summarizing publication is now being published, which will be presented on December 1, 2022.

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ISBN 978-3-86859-763-9

Women in Architecture Berlin
Facets of Female Building Culture

n-ails e.V. (ed.)

Paperback
21 × 26 cm
176 pages, numerous col. col. and b/w illus.
German
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09/2022

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - On October 20, 2022, the bdia Association of German Interior Designers will celebrate its 70th anniversary at the Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Design. Together with many other guests, the association is returning to the place where it was founded. A program in the form of a journey through the time zones of the past, present and future, jointly designed by the professional association and the university, accompanied the evening ceremony in Detmold’s summer theater.

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER congratulates the bdia on its 70th anniversary from the bottom of its heart!

Our office has appreciated the professional commitment of the bdia for decades; the concise commitment of the federal office and many volunteers to make the competencies, achievements and interests of our profession visible. As a graduate and now teacher at the Detmold school, as a long-standing and active bdia member, Sabine Keggenhoff has come full circle.

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER would like to thank everyone involved for the inspiring cooperation. Here’s to many more years!

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The bdia awards the German Interior Design Prize every four to five years. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to have been awarded the following projects in recent years:

K3 - Citypastoral / 1st prize

Haus am Hafen / Award

TÜV Rheinlandsaal / Award

FALKE Flagship Store / 3rd prize

08/2022

best architects: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to receive the prestigious 2023 award.

We would like to thank the awarding authority and the jury, consisting of Andrew Clancy, Prof. Felix Waechter and Daniel Zamarbide, for this wonderful recognition and appreciation of our design work. We would also like to congratulate all the award-winning offices!

Almost all of the buildings were characterized by great creativity and unusual solutions. The submissions were so diverse in their approach that it was almost impossible to identify a dominant design trend. It is not so much the style that characterizes the projects, but rather the strategy and the joy of experimentation that are expressed in them, writes the promoter. The “best architects award” is one of the most prestigious architecture awards and is an indicator of architectural development in the top segment. Since its inception, the “best architects” award has been regarded as a seal of quality for outstanding architectural achievement.

07/2022

WOMAN INTERNAL ARCHITECT: “It still takes a lot of self-confidence to make your way as a woman in architecture,” says the well-known English architect Alison Brooks. “We grow up with heroes and gods who are all male.”

With these words, the Museum Baukultur NRW introduced the exhibition “Frau Architekt. For more than 100 years: Women in the architectural profession” and thus defined the core of a debate about a gender balance in the architectural disciplines. The changing times bring change: our society is diverse. The goal: the people who build for it should represent this.(…)

Further excerpts from our thoughts on the need for more visibility for interior designers can be found in bdia Nachrichten (AIT) 07/22.

06/2022

Architecture Day 2022: As every year, new buildings, commercial properties and offices, practices or restaurants, gardens, squares and parks can be discovered throughout NRW.

We are delighted to open the doors of the Gemeindehaus to visitors on June 18, 2022. We cordially invite all interested parties to get to know the new interior design in the listed building.

Date | Sat. 18.06.22
14:30-17:30
Visit address | Fangstraße 4
59077 Hamm-Herringen

The event will be musically accompanied by two small concert interludes by the Georg Turwitt Ensemble!

139 architectural projects will be taking part in the Day of Architecture in NRW in 2022 - including new and converted residential buildings or structures, neighborhoods, private gardens and parks.

Here you will find an overview with information on all properties in NRW. Information on the dates in other federal states can be found on the website of the Bundesarchitektenkammer.

05/2022

IFI - World Interior Day 2022: Pride of the past, incentive for the future

Let’s celebrate!
Or why interior design is so important…

Space can do a lot. Space has always been able to do a lot. This not only shows us our well-being, but also the experiences of time. People’s interiors have always been particularly useful for drawing conclusions in order to form a picture of the times and its protagonists.

In addition to protection and privacy, interior design should always inspire, motivate and support its users as such. In addition to the emotional and sensory weighting, and - inevitably - the inclusion of functionality and appropriateness, it can be used powerfully in depth through its meaningfulness. Interior design stimulates and changes the perceptive faculty through its tools. It thus establishes a usable added value in the space and directly influences our social interaction, our way of interacting. Good interior design is subjectively many things, but objectively tangible, effective, goal-oriented, anchored in the mind and heart.

04/2022

The anniversary edition: The new bdia Interior Design Handbook 2022/23 is published in the 70th anniversary year of the bdia!

We are delighted to be part of the compendium with our project “St. Victor Gemeindehaus - Haus, das trägt”.

As a source of ideas and a reference work, the handbook is an important information medium for interior designers and architects. All members of the bdia and companies from the bdia sponsoring group receive the handbook automatically.

The official bdia Interior Design Handbook 22/23 presents current trends and the outstanding level of design in interior design in Germany. From private homes, trendy restaurants, hotel design, working environments and healthcare buildings to public building projects and educational establishments, all sectors are covered. Each project is presented in detail and comprehensibly.

Three specialist articles by Gudrun and Johannes Berschneider (Berschneider + Berschneider Architekten BDA Innenarchitekten), Thomas Bieber (tbia Thomas Bieber Innen Architekten) and the bdia’s sustainability working group shed light on the future of interior design.

03/2022

Best Workspaces 22: the ‘Dallmer Office’ by KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is one of the best working environments!

The first international architecture award for intelligent working environments: We are delighted that our interior design for the working environment at Dallmer’s company headquarters in Arnsberg has been recognized!

This year, 2022, the winners and award winners will be presented for the first time in a comprehensive yearbook. 50 office projects impressed the jury with their design and innovative concepts in the categories of working environments and office buildings. They are documented in detail in the book with texts, plans and images.

We congratulate all the offices whose projects create spaces that make working environments better and focus equally on their users and the impetus for progress.

We would like to thank Callwey for sponsoring the award, the media partners for their thematic support and the authors Andreas K. Vetter and Dr. Nicole Haft-Zboril for the successful publication!

02/2022

In the museum: To mark the tenth anniversary of the German Design Award, the exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts presents a cross-section of current design trends with the award-winning projects and takes a look at the development of design over the past 10&nbspyears in short films.

The winners of the various categories in the fields of Excellent Communications Design, Excellent Product Design and Excellent Architecture as well as the newcomer finalists and the Personality of the Year award, which this year goes to Sir David Chipperfield, will be shown.

Facets of Water: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to have been recognized by the expert jury with the Special Mention label for the Dallmer Office.

Opening: Friday, 11.February 2022
Period: February 11 - February 27, 2022

The German Design Award is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year and is dedicating the accompanying campaign to the theme of ‘How designers think’.

01/2022

Into the blue: With Katrin and Jorrit de Louw, owners of Colornetwork, the Sustained Color No.6 was created in the Expert:innenrunde with Sabine Keggenhoff, Claudia Miller and Eberhard Müller.
‘dive deep!’ has a balancing effect on the soul and promotes well-being and balance. And yet it is profound, mystical and mysterious due to its light green content. It promotes creativity and awakens longings. “A leader” is what the expert panel says about this unique color and recommends combining it with warm counterparts in the room, such as natural woods - whether light or dark - and other natural materials, e.g. linen, sisal or rattan.
We would like to thank you for the inspired collaboration. Filtering and analyzing current color trends and tendencies in interior design together and then translating them into a new color for the Sustained Color collection was a great pleasure for us!

12(2)/2021

Happy holidays!
KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER would like to thank you for the successful collaboration and the trust you have placed in us this year. After another year under pandemic conditions, the whole team wishes you a reflective and hopeful end to the year and happy holidays.
We wish us all confidence, happiness, fulfillment and time for the things that bring you joy in the coming year - and above all a return to carefree encounters. Stay healthy!

11/2021

GERMAN DESIGN AWARD 22: We are one of the winners of the German Design Award 2022 in the ‘Excellent Architecture/Interior Architecture’ category - and we are delighted! The “Special Mention” award of the German Design Award is presented for remarkable design achievements.

In its tenth anniversary year, the award, in the spirit of the pioneering design theorists Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber, has the motto “How designers think”. Special attention will be paid to the many ways in which designers find answers to increasingly complex issues, from new digital technologies to climate-neutral production. The German Design Award is the premium prize of the German Design Council. With its global scope and international appeal, it is one of the most prestigious awards in the design landscape across all industries.

10/2021

Workspace is also living space: Sabine Keggenhoff talks to Nicolas Stange as part of the “Encounters in transition” series about experiences and insights, thoughts and ideas on the future of the office.

Does the office still have a future? We are of the opinion: yes! There is a growing awareness that offices are primarily places of encounter. We now remember that workspace is also living space, where we spend a large part of our day. As interior designers, we can only launch the value of designed, physical places. We are primarily concerned with the potential development of the users, which can create an appropriate quality in the built space when people feel comfortable and welcome. Good interior design creates distinctive interior spaces that are tailored to the needs of users.

09/2021

Best workspaces 22! We are delighted that our interior design for the working environment of the Dallmer headquarters in Arnsberg has been nominated!

Facets of water - The interior design of the working environment of the Dallmer Office acts as a new, representative hub for the company headquarters. Flowing spatial transitions are structured by the interweaving of circulation and communication areas. The concept follows the maxim of respecting the quality and dimensions of the new building by Wellie Architekten and using additive space-creating measures to make the separation of core and shell visible. The material and color canon picks up on the tonalities of the company. About the project

08/2021

No more as before: Smart development of existing buildings in South Westphalia by preserving local identity and conserving environmental resources

For a common understanding of building culture in South Westphalia and to gain further supporters, the HAUS DER BAUKULTUR of the Sauerland-Baukultur stakeholder network - our office has been a co-initiator and part of this association since 2012 - invites you to a first workshop discussion.

With our first workshop discussion, we would like to use concrete examples and the help of experts to show that the reuse of building materials and the use of sustainable building materials is already possible today and that a building stock worth preserving strengthens the identity of the location.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 19:00–22:00 Aula der ehem. Realschule Arnsberg-Neheim, Goethestraße 16–18
Registration via email

Das Akteur:innen-Netzwerk has joined forces and drawn up a Charta Sauerland-Baukultur as a declaration of commitment to the development of an attractive and liveable region.

07/2021

Longing for the sea: A collection of details and atmospheres
Curated by Sabine Keggenhoff

Longing.
No place seems more appealing and multi-layered than living by the sea: the cleansing power of water, mirrors of the sky, glistening and sparkling sunlight reflected back, warm sunset.

Our Mediterranean connects Europe, Asia, Africa. The histories and cultures of three continents meet on the coast, at the crossroads of unique, fused landscapes. The image of coastal architecture is fed by the fragments of the cultures, craftsmanship and materials of the region.

Local craftsmanship and its tradition establish the beginning of a new story here, which, in an act of transformation, comes up with new traditions. Warm colors, natural materials and decisive moments of contrast form a new unity.

Impressions from the projects are shown:
- House by the harbor
- House by the sea

06(2)/2020

Architecture shapes the future: 117 properties throughout NRW will be on show on the last weekend in June under this motto. At the invitation of the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Architects, the projects will be presented to the public on June 26 and 27 in 64 cities and municipalities across NRW. Many of them can also be visited on site this year, while others will be presented virtually.

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER will be presenting the company’s new building at Wiebelsheidestraße 25 (59757) together with Dallmer and Wellie Architekten. Architecture and interior design will be presented to an interested audience during guided tours.

06(1)/2021

Women in Architecture A large number of (inter)national exhibitions, publications and talks are celebrating a new kind of professional visibility for women - including in the discourse on building culture. This increased awareness can only spur us on. Over 90 percent of students at the start of their studies are women. What does it take to survive in the often male-dominated world of architecture? Do women need to speak up and what role do structural inequalities play?

As part of the Women in Architecture WIA Berlin Festival 2021, Wencke Katharina Schoger (Reuter Schoger Architektur Innenarchitektur, Berlin), Karin Götz (Raum Form Licht Farbe, Potsdam) and Gabriela Hauser (buerohauser, Berlin) spoke about this in a panel discussion at Berlin’s DAZ on 17 June 2021. The discussion was moderated by Sabine Keggenhoff.

05/2021

From wishes to unique forms. “Listening, reflecting and capturing thoughts in sketches: Sabine Keggenhoff achieves a holistic combination of architecture and interior design in dialog with her clients,” writes Jörg Zimmermann for AW Architektur und Wohnen. We are very pleased about the forum for our philosophy and our projects. We would like to thank you for the extensive and detailed discussion of everything that is so important to us in our daily work.

04/2021

The interior design handbook bdia 2021/22: the new edition once again represents the current trends and the outstanding level of design of the projects in the Bund deutscher Innenarchitekten (bdia). Especially in these special times, it illustrates the social relevance of interior design and the space-creating significance of interior architecture. Three specialist articles - including one by Sabine Keggenhoff - on the visibility of women in interior design complete the compendium. To the article

03/2021

The value of concrete space: Sabine Keggenhoff is a guest at the 1st  Symposium on Business Psychology & Interior Design 2021. The focus is on the consideration of qualitative interior design in the context of today’s working environments. The way to get there and the quality of the built space as a result are of fundamental importance for clients and interior designers, but also for all other disciplines. The communication space of this event is intended to bring psychology and interior design into conversation in order to illuminate the interdisciplinary potential for action.

02/2021

No room without a message: Rooms speak. They provide information about the people who live and work in them. And they influence their behavior in many different ways. Sabine Keggenhoff talks about the language of spaces and their translation in the SWR2 Matinee, SWR2’s feuilletonistic cultural magazine. The interview was conducted by Jörg Biesler, the podcast was published on 24.01.2021. Also in conversation: Martina Löw (urban and spatial sociologist) and Jana Sophia Nolle (artist).

01/2021

A new creative culture: “Interior design is becoming more and more relevant every day in the context of change. Nevertheless, the communicative effect of interiors is still not sufficiently appreciated. Ultimately, interior design must position itself more strongly in order to be able to work in an interdisciplinary creative culture.” This is how the DDC (Deutscher Designer Club e.V.) introduces Sabine Keggenhoff’s article in the current DDC magazine Design Diskurs.

12(2)/2020

KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER would like to thank you for the trust you have placed in us and the successful collaboration this year. After a challenging year, we wish you a peaceful end to the year and happy holidays. For the coming year, we wish us all health, confidence, happiness, fulfillment and time for the things that bring joy.

12(1)/2020

DESIGN findet STADT: The 32nd  Coburg Design Days find the city! With this format, results from the design scene are presented in empty stores in Coburg, similar to laboratories. The aim is to make effective design visible in the cityscape and to make the potential within accessible to a wide audience. The exhibition for the bdia handbook 2020/21 will also be shown as a 3D tour. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is represented with the project “IHK - Experience Corporate Culture”.

11/2020

Yearbook of Architecture: In five chapters, which correspond to the major places where people spend time in both private and public spaces, the Yearbook of Architecture 20/21 from DAV - Deutsche Architekturverlag presents a representative selection of projects. The examples of architecture and interior design are always conceived for and with people as a user group. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is pleased to be represented with the project “K3 - Citypastoral Siegen”. (Available from mid-December.)

10(2)/2020

Awarded! The Neheim parish hall of the Christuskirche and the Archbishop’s Vocational College (architecture: 3pass Architekten) in Cologne are among the award-winning projects of the “Exemplary Buildings in NRW 2020”! We at KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER are delighted to receive this architectural recognition from the Ministry of Regional Identity, Communities and Local Government, Building and Gender Equality, which was awarded in cooperation with the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Architects.

10(1)/2020

Formverliebt: together with a jury of experts, Sabine Keggenhoff will select design talents from the North Rhine-Westphalian skilled trades on 11.10.2020 in Düsseldorf. Every two years, young craftspeople can enter the competition in six subject areas: Furniture, sculptures, jewelry, clothing, media or living. The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the West German Chamber of Crafts Association.

09/2020

Core competence & added value: “Renovations, modernizations and conversions of existing buildings are becoming increasingly important in architecture. For interior designers, building in existing buildings is an old hat, where they bring real added value to projects with their extensive specialist knowledge, a wealth of experience and a view from the inside out (…).” In an article by Nina Greve for the trade magazine DenkmalSANIERUNG 2020/21, Sabine Keggenhoff argues for greater involvement of interior design in the future task of building in existing buildings.
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08(2)/2020

Awarded! Visionary architecture. Innovative products. Sustainable communication: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted to receive the Best of Best label for the “Dallmer Office” project in Arnsberg-Neheim. Every year, the German Design Council awards prizes to holistic projects in the fields of architecture, interior design, product design and brand communication.

08(1)/2020

WOMAN ARCHITECT: For over 100 years: Women in the architectural profession”. The Museum der Baukultur presents professional careers and exemplary architectural positions from August 12 to October 2, 2020 in Düsseldorf. Sabine Keggenhoff was selected by a panel of experts as one of the contemporary female representatives from NRW.

07(2)/2020

Interior Scholarship: The Sto Foundation’s AIT Scholarship, worth a total of 24,000 euros, was awarded for the tenth time this year. During the jury meeting at the AIT-ArchitekturSalon Hamburg, Sabine Keggenhoff, Dorothee Maier, Hanna Moosbauer, Ralf Pasel, Peter Cheret and Uwe Koos evaluated and discussed both the quality of the submitted student projects and the creative designs for this year’s impromptu task “To have or to be?- The new spaces of the sharing community”, which was one of the criteria for the application.

07(1)/2020

Flowing clarity: together with CUBE magazine, we are showing one of our residential buildings, the “Haus am Hang” project, in the second issue of the year for the Cologne/Bonn area.

06/2020

“A good design is hard work!”: Sabine Keggenhoff talks to BauNetz ID about interior design, her philosophy and the value of her work and her environment.

05/2020

FRAU ARCHITEKT: Sabine Keggenhoff will be presented alongside nine historical and contemporary female architects from NRW in the House of Architects as part of the exhibition opening in August.

04/2020

Pure interior design!: the IHK Arnsberg Hellweg-Sauerland by KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER appears in the new bdia Handbook 2020/2021.

03/2020

The circle is complete: Sabine Keggenhoff is moving to the Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Design as a professor in the 2020 summer semester!

02/2020

POSITIONS. Women in Architecture: Sabine Keggenhoff will speak on the topic as part of the JUNG Architecture Talks on February 10, 2020 in Berlin.

01/2020

The Great Interior: Sabine Keggenhoff brings the traveling exhibition for the bdia Handbook 19/20 to the PBSA in Düsseldorf, focuses on the work of interior designers and emphasizes the importance of interiors for people

12/2019

All new in 2019! KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is pleased to announce a new visual identity for Studio Laucke Siebein.

11/2019

Passion for interior design: Sabine Keggenhoff is delighted to be featured as a professor at the Peter Behrens School of Arts in Düsseldorf in the current issue of MD.

10/2019

German Interior Design Award! KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER wins the 1st  prize. We are very happy!

09/2019

Shaping spaces: Sabine Keggenhoff discusses the topic of “Female leadership - who decides in planning?” at the German Architects’ Day in Berlin on September 27

08/2019

Building the future in the present: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is designing the architecture and interior architecture for the Wirtgen Invest family office in Rahms.

07/2019

Exemplary conception, design and execution: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER is delighted that the K3 - CityPastoral Siegen project has been nominated for the bdia German Interior Design Award.

06/2019

Interior architecture up to date: the Deutsche Telekom casino by KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER appears in the new bdia Handbook 2019/2020.

05/2019

Corporate concepts. spaces and identity: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER shows the new interior design of the multi-award-winning Deutsche Telekom casino as part of the publication-rich Edition 1:100 (DAV).

04/2019

Seek more. Our attention to detail: KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER completely redesigns Sunseeker yacht 116 - right down to the crew’s uniforms!

03/2019

Learning in a perfect environment. KEGGENHOFF | PARTNER wins 3rd prize for the design of a new training building on the bbz campus of the South Westphalia Chamber of Crafts in the Alten Feld in Arnsberg.