Kieler Nachrichten headquarters building design, North German offices, Architecture development images
Kieler Nachrichten headquarters building news
12 August 2021
Design: EFFEKT, Architects, Denmark
Location: Kiel, northern Germany
EFFEKT wins 1st prize in a competition to design new headquarters for Kieler Nachrichten.
Regional German newspaper office building design by Danish architects practice

New Headquarters for Kieler Nachrichten
KielHöfe is the transformation of the decommissioned editorial offices and printing press of reputable regional German newspaper Kieler Nachrichten. For more than 100 years, the Kieler Nachrichten publishing house has been present in the heart of the historic downtown Kiel, occupying an entire city block housing all aspects of newspaper production from newsroom editing to printing and distribution.
The digitalization and change in news and media consumption have rendered the existing newspaper production facilities redundant and obsolete. This offers an opportunity to completely rethink the physical presence of Kieler Nachrichten and their relevance to the citizens of Kiel in a much broader context.

KielHöfe shows the evolution of societies and media communication, by thinking about uses/functions that have a share in communication (like eating, creating, making, recreating, and socializing). The development of the industrial site into a vibrant mixed-use living hub will become a vital part of the rejuvenation and a driver in the revi...