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About us

The History of the department dates back to the founding of the University of Karlsruhe in 1825. The tradition of the Karlsruhe department of Architecture includes numerous well-known names: from Friedrich Weinbrenner and Johann Gottfried Tulla to Heinrich Hübsch and personalities such as Egon Eiermann, Fritz Haller and Dieter Kienast. Today, our professors and a broad-based teaching staff guarantee practice-oriented and contemporary teaching for the approximately 1,000 students. The chairs are organized in four institutes: Design, Art and Theory, Design and Building Technology, Design of City and Landscape , and History of Art and Building. They offer a broad range of teaching with the possibility of setting one's own focal points. An international guest professorship expands the teaching offer every winter semester.

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News

Die Zahl 25 in dunkel Lila auf hellem Hintergrund mit drei roten Punkten verteilt auf dem Bild. Über der 5 stehen die Worte ans Jahre.Europäisches Architekturhaus – Oberrhein
Die Architekturtage 2025

Die KIT-Fakultät für Architektur beteiligt sich mit mehreren Veranstaltungen am 25-jährigen Jubiläum der Architekturtage.

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Porträt eines Mannes mit kurzen, lockigen Haaren und schwarzem Hemd vor hellem Hintergrund.Saeed Kakavand
Pioneering lightweight construction projects

Simon Bechert, M.Sc. will represent the Chair of Structural Design from the winter semester 2025/26.

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Frau mit langen blonden Haaren vor einer schwarz-rosa geteilten Holzplatte.Jiri Oplatek
Collaborative processes for the city, architecture and society

Marion Clauss will support the Professorship of City and Housing as a substitute professor in the winter semester 2025/26.

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Zwei Männer diskutieren vor Architekturplänen und Modellentwürfen in einem Büro.Manu Theobald
Rethinking rural communities

Marc Ritz and Otto Closs from CURA Architekten will hold the Wüstenrot Foundation Visiting Professorship in the winter semester 2025/26.

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Mann mit dunklem Hemd vor neutralem, grauem Hintergrund, Porträtaufnahme.Julia Sang Nguyen
Between archetype and prototype

Dennis Mueller has held the Chair of Building Construction and Design since September 1, 2025. He succeeds Prof. Ludwig Wapper, who has held the professorship since 2010.

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Villa Eiermann in Baden-BadenUlrich Coenen
Eiermann's legacy: architecture or burden of memory?

As part of the seminar "Urban typologies - architecture journalism workshop: We write about architecture", students explored the legacy of the architect Egon Eiermann.

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Urban Transformation Conference 2025

Vom 15.–17. Oktober 2025 findet im Rahmen der KIT Science Week die internationale wissenschaftliche Konferenz „Urban Transformation“ statt. Ziel ist es, Urban Sustainability Labs weltweit zu vernetzen und mit aktuellen Forschungsansätzen in relevanten Themenfeldern zu verbinden.

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Publikationen
The Karlsruhe Architecture Lectures

Every semester, architects give an insight into their work as part of a series of public lectures.

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SAAI - Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering

The Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering is one of the most important institutions of its kind in Germany.

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