German studio Batek Architekten has refurbished Yorck Kino Passage, one of the oldest cinemas in Berlin, adding a foyer bar with pistachio-coloured arches.
Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer.
Batek Architekten opened up the foyer of the historic building, which has stood in Pankow in north Berlin since 1870, by removing a glass and steel structure that separated it from the hallway.
Above: the foyer has deep red and purple colours. Top image: a patterned fabric clads the walls of the main auditorium
The newly-opened up entrance area of the arthouse cinema is now a welcoming space with a long, curved bench and a refreshment counter clad in zigzaging metal.
Local studio Batek Architekten used stacked cubes to design RHE42, a four-storey Berlin townhouse that looks to repurpose unused space in the city.
Located in Mitte, a borough in central Berlin, RHE42 is a 190 square-metre design that contains two apartments and was built against a large fire wall within a typical Berlin courtyard.
Berlin is suffering a housing shortage, and the building was created as one solution in which unused space can be used to build homes and fill remaining spaces in the centre of the city. Due to the severe housing shortage in Berlin, densification is a big issue, Batek Architekten founder Patrick Batek told Dezeen. You can either add on top of houses or use the remaining space in an inner courtyard like here. To build in a courtyard with very limited access was a big challenge.