
January 31 – April 2025, DAM Ostend
The DAM Preis 2025 goes to AFF Architekten for the SPORE HOUSE in Berlin:
The jury was especially impressed by the Spore Haus, a culture and meeting space in Berlin’s Neukölln district. It has been positioned in such a way as to create a small plaza and thus offer appreciably more quality leisure area on the otherwise rough-&-tumble Hermannstrasse. The building itself with its fluid spaces in the lobby, a café, and events and exhibition zones invites visitors to discover it for themselves, and that includes the idyllic garden out back. The new neighbor catches the eye and with red exterior also takes its cue from the bricks of the graveyard walls in the vicinity.
In 2025, the award will for the ninth time be bestowed by Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in close cooperation with JUNG as its partner – as part of a phased jury process.
The Prize Winner

SPORE HAUS, BERLIN
AFF Architekten
The cantilevered sections of the Spore Haus extend the urban space of Hermannstrasse of Berlin-Neukölln district. In the centre is a listed beacon mast from the former Tempelhof Airport.
Photo: Tjark Spille

SPORE HAUS, BERLIN
AFF Architekten
The seating in the auditorium is made from recycled school furniture.
Photo: Tjark Spille

SPORE HAUS, BERLIN
AFF Architekten
Spore Haus, Berlin
The work space on the upper floor. The fixed installations in the Spore Haus are made of oak.
Photo: Christian Schink

SPORE HAUS, BERLIN
AFF Architekten
The foyer café. Concrete and oak wood determine the material concept of the interior.
Photo: Tjark Spille

SPORE HAUS, BERLIN
AFF Architekten
A band of recycled bricks marks the exhibition floor.
Photo: Tjark Spille
The finalists of the DAM Preis 2025
AFF ARCHITEKTEN
Spore Haus, Berlin
BOGEVISCHS BUERO
Sophie-Scholl-Haus,Sanierung Studierendenhaus, München
HABERMANN ARCHITEKTUR
Kulturweberei, Finsterwalde
PETER HAIMERL . ARCHITEKTUR MIT BALDA ARCHITEKTEN, HOFFMANNARCHITEKT
Clusterwohnen Wabenhaus, München
Impressions of the Award Ceremony
Impressions of the exhibition at DAM Ostend
Accompanying Programme
Guided exhiibition tours
with Yorck Förster eevrey Saturday and Sunday, each at 3 p.m.
Familienführung: DAM Preis 2025 – Die besten Bauten in/aus Deutschland
Publications

ARCHITEKTURFÜHRER DEUTSCHLAND 2025
Yorck Förster, Christina Gräwe, Peter Cachola Schmal (Ed.)
Published by DOM publishers, Berlin / 2024
Softcover, 135 × 245 mm, 224 pages, 350 images, German
ISBN: 978-3-86922-898-3
Available at the museum shop and book stores for EUR 28.

GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2025
Yorck Förster, Christina Gräwe, Peter Cachola Schmal (Ed.)
Published by DOM publishers, Berlin / 2025
248 pages, 220 × 280 mm, 400 images
Linen hard cover, German/English
ISBN: 978-3-86922-924-9
Available at the museum shop and book stores for EUR 38.
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