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REOPENING POSTPONED

The celebration of the 40th anniversary of the DAM and the reopening at Schaumainkai unfortunately has to be postponed. The work on the construction site is almost complete, but is still taking longer than planned BUT: postponed is not cancelled – we will make up for the celebration! You will find out the new date shortly.

INTERNATIONAL HIGH-RISE AWARD 2024/25

The final winner of the International High-Rise Award (IHRA) 2024–5 has now been chosen: The mixed-use CapitaSpring tower in Singapore, masterminded by architectural practices BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti Associati has come out tops in the competition for the world’s most innovative high-rise.

DAM ARCHITECTURAL BOOK AWARD 2024

DAM Architectural Book Award for the ten best architectural books in 2024 bestowed. The Frankfurt Book Fair and Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) are presenting the jointly initiated international DAM Architectural Book Award for the sixteenth time.

DAM Preis 2025

Die Finalisten stehen fest: Vier Bauten sind In der Endrunde Für den DAM Preis Für Architektur In Deutschland 2025. Die Finalistengruppe des DAM Preis 2025 bilden vier Projekte aus den Bereichen Kultur, Bildung und Wohnen.

Plan. Werk. Stadt.

Even building culture education does not have to be dispensed with in times of DAM reconstruction! Whether on site in the interim DAM Ostend quarter or mobile in schools, in the city and on the web – equipped with ideas and material, we will visit you wherever you need us.

WOHNZIMMER HAUPTWACHE

The DAM reallaboratory “Living Room Hauptwache” enlivened Frankfurt’s city center as part of the model project “Post-Corona City” in the fall of 2022 and is active there again this year.

GRÜNDUNGSAKTE:N

A cooperation project of the Wüstenrot Foundation and the DAM.

In the coming months, previously unknown documents from the founding phase (1979 to 1989) will be brought to light and commented on on the research blog.

Become a friend

The Gesellschaft der Freunde des Deutschen Architekturmuseums e.V. (Friends of DAM) was founded in 1985 and supports DAM in the realization of its public duties, both in ideal form and materially. Can we count on you too?

Exhibitions


PAULSKIRCHE. Demokratie, Debatte, Denkmal

28. June 202231. December 2030
Frankfurter Paulskirche
Die Frankfurter Paulskirche gilt als eines der wichtigsten Demokratiedenkmale Deutschlands. US-Präs...

BEST HIGH-RISES. International High-Rise Award 2024/25

14. November 202412. January 2025
Museum Angewandte Kunst
The International Highrise Award 2024/25 presents a selection of current highrise buildings from all...

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CITY IS SPORTS — CITIES IN MOTION: EUROPEAN PROJECTS AND EXAMPLES

8. February4. May
Sports is community. Be it playing football in your local club on a downtown pitch or watching a gam...

Exhibitions OnTour


DAM On Tour in Bad Aibling: Die Neue Heimat (1950-1982)

8. August 202131. December 2030
B & O Parkhotel
Die Neue Heimat war der größte und bedeutendste nicht-staatliche Wohnungsbaukonzern im Europa der ...

DAM on Tour in Bad Aibling: EINFACH GRÜN

27. September 202331. December 2030
B & O Parkhotel
Mehr Grün in unseren Städten verbessert das urbane Klima erheblich, reduziert Hitzebildung, absorb...

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Events


Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening: DAM Preis 2025 The 25 Best Buildings in\from Germany

31. January – 19:00
DAM Ostend
The presentation of entries to the DAM Preis 2025 showcases current architecture from Germany and no...

From primitive hut to skyscraper

A journey through architectural history

The DAM’s permanent exhibition on the second floor of the museum boasts Germany’s most comprehensive collection of panoramic models on architectural history. 24 largescale models impressively illustrate the evolution of the environment as shaped by humans.

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News


The DAM Preis 2024 goes to GUSTAV DÜSING & MAX HACKE for the STUDIERENDENHAUS  OF THE TU BRAUNSCHWEIG

The DAM Preis 2024 goes to GUSTAV DÜSING & MAX HACKE for the STUDIERENDENHAUS OF THE TU BRAUNSCHWEIG

The DAM Preis 2024 goes to GUSTAV DÜSING & MAX HACKE for the STUDIERENDENHAUS OF THE TU BRAUNSCHWEIG: The jury was particularly impressed by the wonderfully light, open student house on the campus of the Technical University. The filigree structure of the building is also extremely sustainable, as the steel and glass construction can be completely dismantled and reused. The backstory includes an unusual and exemplary competition procedure that was advertised and organized by the Faculty of Architecture among the academic staff.

DAM Architectural Book Award for the ten best architectural books in 2023 bestowed

DAM Architectural Book Award for the ten best architectural books in 2023 bestowed

The Frankfurt Book Fair and Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) are presenting the jointly initiated international DAM Architectural Book Award for the fifteenth time. The prize, unique in its kind and now highly regarded, honors the best architectural books of a year. 102 architectural and art book publishers from all over the world accepted the joint invitation to participate.

We are deeply shocked by the attack on Israel by the Hamas terrorist organization.

We are deeply shocked by the attack on Israel by the Hamas terrorist organization.

Our thoughts are with the victims of these cowardly acts of violence and with their families. Nothing can justify the excesses of violence against the Israeli population.

The City of Tel Aviv-Yafo is the twin city of Frankfurt am Main. For several years, the Liebling Haus - The White City Center is a close partner of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM). We stand by the side of the people there and throughout Israel.

In 2023, the Frankfurt Book Fair and Deutsche Architekturmuseum are once again inviting all art and architecture book publishers worldwide to participate.

In 2023, the Frankfurt Book Fair and Deutsche Architekturmuseum are once again inviting all art and architecture book publishers worldwide to participate.

The submissions are evaluated by a rotating expert jury made up of representatives of Deutsche Architekturmuseum and external experts according to criteria such as design, conception, material and processing quality, degree of innovation and topicality. All art and architecture book publishers from Germany and abroad can take part.

Plan. Work. City.

The DAM for kids and young people

The DAM’s education program offers children, schoolchildren, and adults access to architectural topics in a playful and practical way. We want to accompany children and young people into the world of architecture, and that begins on their own doorstep. The diversity of the topic makes it possible to connect to the lifeworld of our young guests and to introduce them to building culture and design possibilities.

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Stadtteildetektive  Foto: DAM

Collections


DAM collection

Plan and model collection – a treasure trove is opened

DAM library

More than 80,000 volumes and essays on architecture accessible

Digital model collection

Digital archive

The Deutsches Architekturmuseum has a large and international collection of testimonials of important architects, mostly from the 20th century, which is constantly expanding. Around 50 works archives, prebends and estates, were handed over to the DAM, which owns more than 200,000 plans and drawings, about 35,000 photographs and about 1,300 models, a significant international collection. The architectural model collection with works by Rem Koolhaas, Frei Otto, Rob Krier, Aldo Rossi, Oswald Mathias Ungers a.o., is one of the most important in the world.

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