Welcome to Future Talks by RTF, where we engage in conversations with the pioneers who breathe life into design stories. Barbara Hallman, an architecture and design journalist primarily based in…
Erfurt is the capital and largest city of Thuringia, a state in central Germany. It is in the wide valley of the river Gera, in the southern part of the…
About Neuschwantein Castle Neuschwanstein Castle, also known as simply Neuschwanstein and meaning “new swan’s stone,” is a sizable, globally renowned castle in the Bavaria region of southeast Germany. Neuschwanstein’s building…
Importance of Heritage Structures Heritage structures are those historic structures that have withstood the test of time, despite disasters and tell the story of the architectural facts, histories, and glorious…
Passive House, an innovative architectural movement established by the Passivhaus Institute in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996, has revolutionized the way we build environmentally friendly, comfortable, and affordable homes and buildings.…
In the heart of the European continent, lies the epitome of architectural and cultural grandeur, Austria. A versatile artistic essence is experienced throughout the country owing to its location, which…
Frei Otto was an awarded architect and structural engineer born in Germany in 1925. He is well known for his use of tensile and membranes in the design and construction…
The history of Germany in the 12th and 13th centuries is one of constant expansion. The colonizing movement went across the river borders into the marshlands and forests from Holstein…
Nuremberg was the site of an Imperial fortification between the East Franks and the Bavarian March of the Nordgau when the city was first mentioned in a document in 1050.…
If you ever visit Stuttgart, you cannot miss this unique journey of going through the history of one of the leading companies in the car industry, Mercedes Benz. It is…
The Slavic term lipsk, which means “village where the linden trees (British English: lime trees; U.S. English: basswood trees) stand,” is the source of the name Leipzig. Leipsic is an…
Bielefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the Detmold administrative region and…