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The workshops at the Staatstheater Hannover (Hanover State Theatres) are bursting at the seams: the current storeroom and workshop building behind the municipal library has been in need of renovation for years now, and the technology in place is getting on in years. Any lifting and loading up to now has been done solely by muscle power since the appropriate technology is simply not available –...

The skips and building materials in the quadrangle between Forststraße, Buggestraße, Björnsonstraße and Opitzstraße in the Steglitz district of Berlin are gradually disappearing under a decorative layer of autumn leaves that float down noiselessly from above. Indoors, though, it’s a hive of activity – two of the 23 flats here that have been undergoing extensive renovation since June 2021 are...

The year 2019 turned out to be a very lucky one for the Krawietz family from Hersbruck in Middle Franconia. The family of four had only recently fulfilled a long-held dream of owning their own home.  Now, as brand new homeowners, they began looking into the renovation work that needed to be carried out on the 130-year old property. When they leafed through a copy of the 3-4/19 issue of the...

Participants from fifteen countries came to the sixth WORKCAMP PARQUET. 27 craftsmen closed their businesses for a week or went on “vacation” to be part of the project. This year, traditionally held in early September, was a week of traditional restoration and seminars.

Installation of sports flooring

Vienna boasts Europe’s largest indoor tennis hall: 13 tennis and four badminton courts, all under one roof, invite the enthusiasts of net ball games. Renovating the surfaces of facilities of this scale is a mammoth task. Professionals are required here – amateurs are out of their depth: The Sportbau HL specialists, hailing from Gunskirchen in Upper Austria, laid an...

Laying parquet at a farm

A beautiful morning in May 2020. At the idyllic farm in Melle, Lower Saxony, the view from the window on the first floor of the extension takes in meadows and fields, while horses graze in the pasture at the front of the house. The family dogs and cats relax on the warm steps that lead down into the garden. While the animals enjoy the beautiful weather outside, the...

Impressive worksite with a view: The imposing Wilhelminian-style town house dating from 1890/1891 is situated on Hartwicusstrasse in the Uhlenhorst district of Hamburg, a mere stone’s throw from the Outer Alster Lake and overlooking the Mundsburg Canal. The villa built in the neoclassical style encompasses five floors and contains business premises in the souterrain. Four out of the eight...

Verjüngungskur für’s Parkett mit AKZENT

Es ist eines der kleinsten 5-Sterne-Hotels in Deutschland. Das Boutique Hotel Villa am Ruhrufer Golf & Spa in Mülheim an der Ruhr bietet seinen Gästen neben einem traumhaften Blick auf die Ruhrauen ein luxuriöses und sehr persönliches Ambiente. Mitten im Grünen gelegen, sind von hier aus alle wichtigen Anlaufpunkte im Rhein- und Ruhrgebiet in weniger als...

A level playing field

Providing women’s and girls’ football with a place where athletes can celebrate success and enjoy a sense of team spirit – this was FFC Bergheim’s goal when the club decided to relocate to the Lukas Podolski Sportpark. Founded in 2013 as a women and girls only football club, FFC Bergheim would now like to make itself even more attractive at its new location: in laying...

Restaurant Port in the Hotel Hafen Hamburg

If you look at Hamburg from the waterside - and everyone who visits the Hanseatic city should do so at least once - an impressive view of the St. Pauli landing stages opens up on the northern edge of the harbour. Just behind, between the Elbe and Reeperbahn street, soars the Hotel Hafen Hamburg, steeped in tradition: The impressive building complex...