Architecture

Experience the Niemeyer Sphere from the inside

No, that's not a spaceship along Plagwitz's Spinnereistraße. LeipGlo takes a look inside the award-winning and iconic Niemeyer's Sphere.

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Just how Bauhaus is your house?

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Today you probably came into contact with at least one piece of Bauhaus. A brief history, examples and images from the legendary movement, whose 100th anniversary is being celebrated here in Leipzig with a GRASSI Museum exhibit.

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The Baroque period meets the Space Age

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Saxony is full of majestic palaces and castles, some of them famous, others not so much. Schloss Hubertusburg in Wermsdorf belongs to the second category. However, it is an impressive building with a large garden and a beautiful baroque facade. In its long history, however, the hunting palace of King Augustus the Strong has never

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Venice Architecture Biennale: radical new technologies in German Pavilion

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LeipGlo contributor Maeva walks us through the radically futuristic German Pavilion and its ideas for an imagined 2038.

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Urban Investigations: Stadtraum Bayerischer Bahnhof – through students’ eyes

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Uni Leipzig students Sophie, Carina, Christoph and Marie delve deep into the upcoming mega project Stadtraum Bayerischer Bahnhof. They share their vision of an open and sustainable approach to such a development as well as insights into the project as it is planned.

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Free Walking Tour gives us the many lives of Plagwitz

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The nooks and crannies of the history of Plagwitz will probably surprise you even if you're familiar with the 'hood. A local guide with Free Walking Tour Leipzig walks visitors and residents through them each Thursday.

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