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20 years of pbi architects. We want to celebrate that this year. On 01.06.24 the office will be 20 years old. Residential buildings, kindergartens, schools as well as office and administration buildings have been planned and built over the years. Stations in the BITZ Bremen, our own top floor, Schwachhauser Heerstraße, Stephanikirchof, Am Tabakquartier are behind us. Now we feel at home at the Haferwende. The preparations for the birthday party can begin.

A hybrid residential building is to be built in Bremen. From the outside, the property presents itself with two closed structures. The ground floor, made of exposed concrete, contains the living spaces. Inside, it opens up with a wide glass front to its large terrace with pool. The cut-out on the inside of the building offers protection from the sun and rain. The upper floor houses the bedrooms and is made entirely of wood.

The entire pbi team wishes all our clients, colleagues, friends and supporters a good start to the new year. In 2024, we want to create new living space in Bremen, Hanau, Neupetershain, Worpswede and Baoji City (China). We look forward to the tasks and challenges ahead.

We would like to thank you for the great work, exciting projects and challenges. We wish all our clients and colleagues a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024!
Our office will be closed until 08 January 2024.

Together with Immacon Projektentwicklung, we are realising a dream of a lively and sustainable eco-settlement in Neupetershain near Cottbus. Properties are being built there that will be home to families, couples, singles and senior citizens who are looking for an idyllic place to retreat and relax, but who also appreciate a quick connection to life in the big city.

For a private client, we gave new life to a venerable “HUF” house built in the seventies. The attic conversion fits seamlessly into the appealing architecture of the house. A granny apartment in the outbuilding enhances the building complex. 

Together with Gaus Architekten from Göppingen, we took part in a competition for the construction of a new fire station in Bremerhaven. A field of 9 applicants submitted ambitious designs. Even though our idea did not win in the end, the jury rated it as very successful.

Last weekend it was time again. 20 teams from different offices and administrations met on the sports field of the ATSV Buntentor. Great weather, a good atmosphere and exciting games made for an almost perfect day. Next year we will be there again. 

Our move to a new office is planned for the coming week. The whole team is looking forward to the new rooms in the industrial area Horn-Lehe-West. The new office offers more air to breathe and enough space for creativity. Our new address from 02 May 2023 will be Haferwende 36A. 

Developing more together. We are very pleased about the trust placed in us and the great challenge of being able to work on the development of this project. In Neupertershain near Cottbus, a residential quarter in timber frame construction is to be built in cooperation with Immacon Vienna. Our office supports the architectural planning of the 48 apartments in 9 individual buildings.

For a project in Nuremberg, we developed a new concept for living in old age. 26 residents find space in a building that meets today’s requirements for pleasant and diverse living in old age. Based on a design for residential construction, we adapted the building to the requirements of senior living.

We are back. We wish you a happy new year. Hanau and Bremen are the locations where we will be constructing new buildings in 2023. We are realizing a total of 500 apartments at these locations. Above all, a hybrid construction method is the focus here.

Another year is coming to an end, a year full of ideas, planning, challenges and exciting tasks. We wish ourselves and all, a contemplative time to draw strength, recharge and simply enjoy.we start on 09 January 2023 in the new year.

350 residential units in planning. For a project in Hanau, not far from the metropolis of Frankfurt am Main, we are soon expecting planning permission for 8 new buildings and the construction and refurbishment of an ensemble of the former Pioneer barracks “5 Brüder Ost”. With the sustainable construction method in wood and the fulfilment of various other criteria, we are striving for certification by the DGNB.

We are now a member of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) – out of conviction and because we want to be involved in the DGNB network. In this context, the topic of certification is also an important concern for us. Our current project in Hanau is to be awarded Gold status. 

After we presented the new building within the scope of the redensification a few weeks ago, today we can present the result of the extension of the listed farmhouse. The extension, based on the architecture of the new building, blends unobtrusively into the structure of the old farmhouse. In this way, we have created a connection between old and new and preserved the character of the farmhouse.

The snow and frost have disappeared and the earthworks are almost complete. The shell builder is waiting in the wings to start building the underground garage. After that, things can move quickly, as the wooden structures, ready for loading, are just waiting to be put in place. If this is done in May/June, the interior construction will last until November.

In close cooperation with art-bau Novus GmbH, we are planning six buildings with a total of 64 apartments. From the underground parking to the extensive roof greening, the houses meet all requirements in terms of design and functionality at a high standard. The directly adjacent Lidl market and a modern commercial building ensure local supply and connection to a good infrastructure.

Living at Krottenbacher Hof – pbi Architekten, in cooperation with Immacon Projektentwicklung from Vienna, is planning the renovation and extension of a listed half-timbered house in the green district of Nuremberg-Krottenbach. Together with the new building in timber frame construction, an ensemble with a total of 7 apartments in the existing building and 13 in the new building is to be created.

In Bremen Gröpelingen, we created a concept for the extension of the building. Six new, furnished rooms upgrade the aged building and offer an optimal amount of space. The building application is in preparation. The building is to be constructed in timber frame.

A building application in 10 copies! We have never had this scenario in our office before. We submitted 430 plans – unfortunately still analogue and in paper form – together with artbau Novus. Luckily, this is soon to change with the Online Access Act. Nevertheless, we are proud to have submitted such a large project on time. 

The year 2021 has once again required a lot of us – changes and challenges have dominated the year. The holidays and the turn of the year are the time to pause, to look back and the moment to look forward with confidence. We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, health, happiness and success for 2022. We look forward to being back for you on 03.01.2022.

Together with artbau Novus GmbH, we prepared the building application for 347 flats. 235 of these are in listed former barracks buildings – the “5 Brothers East” in Hanau. 8 new buildings complete the quarter. The aim is to create a sustainable, climate-friendly residential quarter in accordance with the KfW 40+ standard. The building application is ready and will be submitted at the beginning of January. 

For the new advertising presence of pbi Architects, we had another very fun shoot with our photographer Rainer Geue. The new team presents itself at the entrance of the old tobacco warehouse with familiar and new faces. As of today, Aldewin Sareika joins the pbi family. He has already worked with us from 2016 to 2020. Welcome back. 

The starting signal for our project in the market town of Reutte has been given. Together with the earthworks and shell construction companies, we held an obligatory groundbreaking ceremony. 10 flats in 2 houses and an underground garage for 20 vehicles will be built by November 2022 in the idyllic location, close to the Zugspitze.

We have moved! We’ve been in the Tabakquartier for just over a week now. The new office is great and it has a lot to offer. The company Lucky Walls from Bremen has designed our entrance area. The result is sensational. A homage to built and planned projects of the pbi architects. 

A semi-detached house in wood. Address: Im Holze Oberneuland. Together with ArtBau Novus GmbH, we are pleased to realise this project in Bremen’s showcase district. Quietly situated with a view of a pond, this house is particularly impressive in its construction. The two residential buildings are being built using timber frame construction. 

A new project brings us to Hanau. – Here, in an exclusive location in the Rhine-Main region, a new residential quarter is being built on the former site of the Pioneer Barracks. Ecologically perfectly aligned for the future, with 100% own electricity and heat generation, e-mobility and optimal local transport connections. Together with Art Bau Novus GmbH, we are developing over 400 residential units in existing and new buildings on the “5 Brüder Ost” site.

It is done! After we opened our location in Aurach near Kitzbühel at the beginning of the year, I was sworn in as an architect for the province of Tyrol by the regional building director Dipl.-Ing. Robert Müller on 21 May in Innsbruck.

The location could hardly be better. At 2100 metres above sea level, this property is situated in an idyllic location in Styria. We have expanded the property and created a dream location for your next holiday. Four flats, each with 150m2 of space, offer plenty of room for holidays in the mountains.

We are moving. At the end of June we will be moving to Woltmershausen. 161 modern office and commercial lofts have been created in a former tobacco warehouse from the 1970s under the project development of Justus Grosse, two of which we have now leased. With its massive brick structure and original freight lifts, the Old Tobacco Warehouse retains the unmistakable charm of an old industrial building.

Cineplexx – Great Cinema – With our concept we create an interactive experience for cinema-goers. Cinema deserves more attention. With our concept, we will turn the Cineplexx into an experience that stands for itself and creates a lot of space for advertising measures. The numerous ideas in this concept will involve the cinema-goer more in his visit to the cinema.

Reutte, a small, tranquil village in Tyrol, located on the border to Bavaria, is getting two new apartment buildings with 5 units each. On top of an underground garage with 10 parking spaces, flats between 65 and 85m2 will be built in timber frame construction. Due to the appealing design of the facades made of wood and plaster in warm colours, the buildings blend into the landscape as a modern interpretation. 

Not far from Lake Worthersee, in the immediate vicinity of the castle in Ebental, a residential quarter is to be built directly on a small stream. Row houses and apartment buildings are planned that fit perfectly into the charming surroundings. Our draft brings a maximum of flexibility and enables versatile living in Klagenfurt’s suburbs.

We are back. We wish you a happy new year. Reutte in Austria, Hanau, Oyten and Bremen are the places where we will be constructing new buildings in 2022. We are building a total of 400 flats at these locations. The main focus is on a hybrid construction method. 

In the immediate vicinity of the capital Vienna, a forest village is to be built on an incredible 210 hectares. Different types of housing are planned, from semi-detached houses to multi-generational houses and hybrid solutions that combine living and working. Everything is to be built using a modular timber construction method.

THE FIRST PROJECT IN 2021 IS PRESENTED AT THE VIENNA SITE. IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST, IN A DISTRICT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF VIENNA, WE ARE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP A WALDORF SCHOOL. A GROUP OF BUILDINGS THAT PERFECTLY ADAPTS TO NATURE WITH DIFFERENT HEIGHTS ON DIFFERENT LEVELS. IN THE COMING YEARS, A KINDERGARTEN AND A SCHOOL (GRADES 1-13) WITH AFTER-SCHOOL CARE WILL BE REALISED ON A 1 HECTARE PROPERTY.