One of Germany’s leading post-war architects and architectural theoreticians, Egon Eiermann was also one of post-war Europe’s most important chair designers, not just in context of what he realised, but also in context of what he worked towards realising and the reasons why. With the exhibition Cologne celebrate that legacy.

Der Stuhl des Architekten - Sitzmöbel von Egon Eiermann @ Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft CologneDer Stuhl des Architekten - Sitzmöbel von Egon Eiermann @ Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Cologne

With his two faces the Roman God Janus looks simultaneously forward and backwards, standing in constant watch over transitions, the passage of time, beginnings, ends.

The easy connection to make is with January, that month of the year when we are invariably reflecting and hoping in equal measure: the more complex connection to make is with a well-crafted architecture and design exhibition, one which effortlessly links reflections of the past with proposals, visions and excitement for the future. Nothing existing as it does in isolation. And everything requiring a transition.

Our five gatekeepers for January 2018 can be found in San Francisco, Brussels, Basel, Milan and Cologne.

5 New Architecture & Design Exhibitions for January 2018

Passagen Cologne 2015 Rem Koolhaas OMA Tools for Life at Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft

Following on from system design at the MAKK and the more autonomous product design featured at Objects in Between, we

O M Ungers Morphologie City Metaphors Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Köln

Following the assimilation of the Cooper Union Design Museum in New York into the Smithsonian Institution as the Copper-Hewitt Museum,

Philip Johnson Glass House photo by Eirik Johnson

Since 2013 the Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Köln has been a member of the organisation “Iconic Houses”, a platform that

Passagen Cologne 2014 Stefan Wewerka Denkmöbel Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Köln

For their now traditional IMM Cologne exhibition Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft is presenting an exhibition devoted to one of the

January 2013 was, as every January, dominated by IMM Cologne, and all that that entails. In particular IMM Cologne 2013

Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Cologne Ex Libris with Louisa Hutton and Peter Cachola Schmal

“Colour contributes towards enriching the sensitivity, the poetic resonance and harmony of architecture. Colour means a considerable extension of the

Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Cologne Ex Libris Ex Loco with Volkwin Marg and Hartmut Frank

On September 3rd the Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Cologne present the latest edition of their Ex Libris series. This time Ex

Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Cologne Bibliothek

On Friday March 22nd the Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Cologne present a new edition of their Ex Libris series. We