Industrial becomes urban

The preservation of unused industrial sites always brings along a conundrum – what to do with this space? Having the … More

Lantern, lantern,

sun, moon and stars… German readers may translate that in their head into the song commonly sung while walking through … More

Choosing where to start describing a continuous process is always a bit of a challenge. It doesn’t quite make sense … More

Ever since I started visiting the western Saarland, I have been intrigued by the industry along the Saar river. The … More

A painter friend of mine recently offered up one of his paintings as a raffle prize and asked others what … More

Why the authors of the article in “Die Denkmalpflege” magazine of 2016 chose the first part of this title is … More

Yes, not a vote to change the country, but to join a country. That’s what happened in 1955 in the … More

The Saarland is the smallest of the “area states” in Germany. The Federal Republic is made up of 16 states … More

I didn’t want to cause any alarm with the title of this blog so separated the two words, which in … More