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The 18th century ‘König von England’ in Stuttgart’s Schillerplatz was first home to one of Germany’s earliest coffee houses, opening in 1712. Converted in 1798 to an inn, and renamed the ‘King of England’, the building was ironically destroyed by Allied troops near the end of WWII. It was the only building in Schillerplatz not to be reconstructed after the war, instead replaced by an administration block for the Baden-Würtemburg state ministry – listed in 1984. Recently refurbished, the architect optimised acoustics in its meeting areas with GKD’s funky anodised CMP aluminium mesh acoustic ceiling. The stiff honeycomb mesh covers an area of almost 100m2 in gold, and is accentuated by strange hovering LED luminaires. Both give a right royal feeling to the new ‘King of England’s’ ceiling.

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20 May 2025 from 9am to 11.30am

RIBAJ Spec: Architecture for Housing and Residential Development Webinar

An exciting inaugural year for the RIBAJ/Future Architects Film Competition ended in prizes for a love letter to a London street, an animated tale of bread production, and a reflection on a Highland mountain hut

A love letter to London, a tale of bread production and a reflection on a mountain hut all win prizes

Marco Nicholas pens a love letter to the chaotic London street

Snapshots of shops, traffic and people capture the essence of Holloway Road

Juliette Loubens delights with an animated tale of circular bread production

Big ideas are cleverly tackled through small features

Immanuel Lavery captures a remote mountain hut in the Scottish Highlands

Architecture captured in its most primal form