Living in a humid climate can present some challenges for homeowners. Wood can swell, doors might stick and paint may peel if the humidity levels are left unchecked for too long. Too much humidity can cause mold or bacteria growth that can trigger allergy symptoms like a stuffy nose or other, more serious, respiratory problems. […]
challenges: The Buntekuh district of the old Hanseatic city of Lübeck is a classic urban expansion of the 1960s on the “green meadow”. Characteristic of the settlement are several cityscape defining high-rise buildings with nine or more floors, three- to four-storey row buildings and a larger number of Reiheneigenheimen. In the middle of the area […]
the former mining town challenges: The city of Oer-Erkenschwick lies on the northern edge of the Ruhr area in the transition to rural areas. Ever since the coal crisis in the 1950s and the steel crisis in the 1960s, Oer-Erkenschwick, which was granted city rights in 1953, has had to deal with a continuous […]
The founding of the still young city of Albstadt on the Südwestalb goes back to the municipal territorial reform of the 1970s. Formerly independent towns such as Ebingen and Tailfingen have been important centers of the textile-processing and clothing-manufacturing industry since industrialization. Already at the beginning of the 19th century there were numerous looms. Multiple […]
Learning from practice – from practice to practice With the research program Experimental Housing and Urban Development (ExWoSt), the Federal Government is promoting innovative planning and measures in important urban planning and housing policy research fields in the form of scientifically supported model projects. The BBR supervises this program and regularly publishes the results of […]