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Timber Constructed E_3 Apartment Building in Berlin by Kaden Klingbeil Architekten

Usually, most of apartments and other multi-storey buildings are made of concrete. However, a team of architects from Kaden Klingbeil Architekten have took a challenge to built this apartment in Prenzlauer Berg – Berlin from timber.

03 E_3 Housing - Modern Architecture

04 E_3 Housing - Minimalist Architecture

05 E_3 Housing - Apartment Entrance Minimalist Design

06 E_3 Housing - Staircase Toward the Apartment

07 E_3 Housing - Staircase Design

The architect perfectly rendered the exterior facade so that it looks like the building were reinforced-concrete walls. The consideration was to make the building a bit more fire-proof since flame-retardant exterior surfaces would have obvious advantages. By taking a closer look, one will see that the rendered facade does in fact have a relationship to the structural system: Different textures in the rendering trace the timber frame and the infill.

09 E_3 Housing - Kitchen Interior Design

10 E_3 Housing - Minimalist Living

11 E_3 Housing - Apartment Living Room With Library Design

12 E_3 Housing - Bedroom Storage Design

13 E_3 Housing - Construction Process

14 E_3 Housing - Detail of the Construction

In addition to its front facade and the courtyard facade, the building has a third facade. Separating the main structure from the stairway allowed more flexibility in the design of the floor plans: It was possible to eliminate interior load-bearing walls. Therefore, each of the clients could choose how to organize the floor plan – the only requisites were the two concrete shafts for installations. Via

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