More than 300 exhibition panels from international architecture firms are currently on display at Sarajevo Railway Station. Selected projects by
BFK architekten are also part
of the DIA SPONA exhibition.

Initial construction work has begun on the new Diakonie Centre at the historic slaughterhouse site in Nürtingen. The former building used by a food-service wholesaler has already been demolished.

On April 24, 2026, the topping-out ceremony for the extension of the central fire station in Ehingen an der Donau was celebrated. With modern operational and functional areas, as well as social and training facilities, the new building strengthens the capabilities of the Ehingen Fire Department.

On 24 March 2026, the topping-out ceremony was held for the new DRK emergency services station and district office, including an integrated control center. With the structural shell now complete, the new DRK Center opposite the Rundsporthalle in Waiblingen is already taking shape.

The new emergency services station, integrated control center and DRK district office in Waiblingen has reached an important milestone: the structural shell has been successfully completed.

Construction of the “SkyHub” in Heidelberg’s Bahnstadt district is progressing rapidly. Since the groundbreaking ceremony last summer, the structural shells of the precast-concrete stair towers have been largely completed, and the installation of the steel components is under way.

The STIHL Markenwelt received the distinction “Beispielhaftes Bauen Rems-Murr-Kreis” at the official award ceremony.

A celebratory moment at Pulverwiesen: on 24 October 2025, the symbolic key to the new Esslingen District Office was ceremonially handed over by general contractor ZÜBLIN to District Administrator Marcel Musolf.

On 15 October 2025, a ceremonial groundbreaking marked the official start of construction of the new primary and lower secondary school in Windischeschenbach.

Our winning team — consisting of BFK architekten, Werkstadt Fischer Architekten and Skylabs DC — successfully defended its title at this year’s ArchiCup in Heidelberg.
We are already looking forward to next year.

On Saturday, after four years of intensive planning and construction, the new Stockbrünnele School Center in Böblingen was officially handed over to the Friedrich Schiller Secondary School and the Theodor Heuss Intermediate Secondary School. With state-of-the-art facilities and an open learning environment, the new school center provides ideal conditions for learning, growing, and developing together.

On Friday, we boldly took to the pitch at this year’s ArchiCup Stuttgart tournament—with plenty of commitment and team spirit, but a rather modest goal tally. Unfortunately, our run ended after the group stage, but we still had a fantastic afternoon.

A big thank-you to everyone who took part, helped organize the event, and cheered us on.

It has been five years, eleven months, and nine days since we received the first invitation to participate in the architectural competition. Following years of intensive planning and construction, the new Esslingen District Office building was successfully handed over to the client on September 4, 2025.

What a wonderful evening! Together with SPACE4, we organized our joint welcome summer party and celebrated with our neighbors at Mörikehof. Best of all, the weather was perfect — plenty of sunshine and a fantastic atmosphere!

We are delighted that the STIHL Brand World in Waiblingen has received the award Beispielhaftes Bauen Rems-Murr-Kreis. The award, presented by the Rems-Murr District Office in cooperation with the Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg, recognizes outstanding architecture and urban design in our everyday surroundings that make a positive contribution to people’s well-being and coexistence.

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The final work is currently underway on the innovative hybrid timber building, which will soon house the Friedrich Schiller Secondary School and the Theodor Heuss Intermediate Secondary School. Inside the building, flooring, installations, and furniture assembly are progressing rapidly.

The ceremonial groundbreaking marks the start of construction on the “SkyHub” mobility hub in Heidelberg’s Bahnstadt district. Together with SkyHub Property SCS as the client and Goldbeck GmbH, responsible for the parking facility’s system planning and serving as the general contractor, BFK architekten will continue to support the project through its scheduled completion in 2026.

BFK ranks 16th in the current competitionline ranking.

Our design for the competition to extend the Carlo Schmid Grammar School received a commendation. The building occupies a central position within the existing school campus in Tübingen. To harmonize the inconsistent architectural character created by the different construction phases of the surrounding buildings, the new structure was designed in a simple, square form.

Together with .atelier coa and Möhrle + Partner Landschaftsarchitekten, we are delighted to have received second prize in the competition for the replacement building of Hainberg Grammar School in Göttingen. The design proposes an elongated, offset three-storey building and respects the existing row of trees along Gärtner-Hesse-Weg.

“Neither a pavilion nor a house, the proposal is an urban and landscape sculpture that succeeds in creating an inviting gesture both to the south and to the north. This two-headed motif is reinforced by the alternating ramps and stairways that extend all the way to the roof. The design is a generous invitation to the urban community.”
— Jury assessment

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The BFK team visited müllerblaustein HolzBauWerke for a tour of the production facilities. It was a particularly special behind-the-scenes experience for the “Stockbrünnele School Center” project team, as components for their project were being manufactured at the time.

The Heidelberg office has never been this full: this year, the entire Stuttgart team traveled to Heidelberg for the Christmas party. We used the opportunity not only to tour the premises but also to hear a brief overview of the current projects from Adnan Salkić.

We are delighted to have received fourth place in the competition for the new Möglingen Fire Station. The design proposes a compact, single-storey building with a freestanding tower. Short routes ensure clear orientation within the building.

We would like to sincerely thank Mr. Hock from Sinfiro for the comprehensive and informative training session on fire protection. In addition to general fire safety topics, the session focused in particular on fire protection in timber construction — an area whose practical implementation we were able to demonstrate using our own “Stockbrünnele School Center” project, among others.

We are delighted to have received fourth prize in the competition for the new primary school in Gundelfingen. The design is characterized by the vertical and horizontal separation of the learning houses. Connected by a central assembly hall on the ground floor, the school building consists of three freestanding volumes on the upper floors.

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BFK architekten’s design won first prize in the competition for the new DRK emergency response station with an integrated control center in Waiblingen. The design organizes the functions of the integrated control center, emergency response station, and DRK headquarters in two compact building volumes.

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The STIHL Brand World officially opened on July 13, 2023. The building features exhibition spaces across three floors, a café, a brand store, a conference center, offices, and flexible-use areas. Connected to it is the renovated high-rise building with modern office floors. The ground floor houses the staff restaurant and a representative foyer.

To celebrate our anniversary, the entire team from Stuttgart, Heidelberg, and Sarajevo traveled to South Tyrol. We look back on four days filled with breathtaking views from the Bergisel ski jump and Kronplatz, picturesque landscapes, outstanding architecture set against stunning mountain panoramas, and delicious South Tyrolean cuisine.

Construction has now begun on Kremser Straße on a school building that is truly one of a kind. The building for the Friedrich Schiller Secondary School and Theodor Heuss Intermediate Secondary School is being constructed using a hybrid timber design, making it one of the first buildings of its kind in Building Class 5 in Baden-Württemberg.

The foundation stone has been laid, marking the official start of construction of the new Esslingen District Office. Throughout the entire planning process — from the competition through to detailed planning — we have focused on the people who will use the building for many decades to come.

When a new school is planned, it is usually the adults who do the talking: the mayor, the local council, the school administration, and perhaps the parents. The people who are rarely given a voice are the students themselves.

Our design for the new Lessing Grammar School in Neu-Ulm received a commendation. The design proposes a compact, L-shaped ensemble comprising a school building, a bicycle parking facility, and a sports hall, all constructed using a hybrid timber design.

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Our competition entry for the new parking garage in Künzelsau received fourth prize. The design proposes a hybrid timber construction in the form of a full-ramp parking facility, allowing for a wide range of future reuse concepts.

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The new logistics center in Ulm, located along the A8 motorway, was officially opened as part of the celebrations marking the company’s 75th anniversary. During a guided tour, guests were able to explore the new facilities, including the office areas, the “Franzl” staff restaurant, the fitness center, and the logistics halls.

Together with .atelier coa and Patrick Sandner, we are delighted to have won the competition for the new primary and lower secondary school in Windischeschenbach.

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BFK’s design for an invited competition to plan a new residential neighborhood on Hinitobler Straße in Ravensburg impressed the jury and was awarded third place.
The design proposes six individual building volumes with a non-directional hexagonal floor plan, allowing them to be arranged freely across the site.

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Despite ideal field conditions, well-developed tactics, and a motivated team, we were eliminated in the group stage. Nevertheless, we are celebrating our four goals and looking forward to the next ArchiCup.

We are delighted to have won first place in the invited competition for the Light Industrial Campus in Ludwigsburg, where our design prevailed over four other entries. A modern campus for light manufacturing, research, and office space will be developed over the coming years on the former Mann+Hummel site in western Ludwigsburg.

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This year’s office trip took us to the Black Forest National Park Center at Ruhestein. After touring the exhibition and taking part in an architecture tour, the weather finally cleared up and rewarded us with some sunshine after a heavy downpour for our short hike through the forest.

With new offices in Heidelberg and Sarajevo, we are expanding our practice to include two additional locations. Adnan Salkić will be responsible for managing both offices. By taking over these two offices, we can build on established structures and an experienced team. We look forward to working together internationally on exciting projects.

We are expanding our management team at our Stuttgart office. Jochen Kretschmer, an experienced member of the BFK team, has joined the management board. He has been part of BFK architekten for many years and most recently managed the STIHL project in Waiblingen.

We are delighted to have received fourth place in the competition for the LiRo School in Augsburg. The competition brief called for the design of a primary school with learning landscapes, a sports hall, and student housing.

Although the winners were announced last year, the award ceremony had to be postponed due to the pandemic. We are therefore even more delighted to now hold the official certificate for “Beispielhaftes Bauen” in the Göppingen District in our hands.

The diversity of timber construction is currently being showcased in the special exhibition “Built from Timber” at LIGNORAMA in Riedau, Upper Austria. The Alnatura high-bay warehouse is also featured in the exhibition.

BFK ranks 24th in the current competitionline ranking. This result was supported by winning the commission for the Esslingen District Office, as well as by the two placements in the architectural competitions for the Elisabeth Selbert Grammar School in Filderstadt and the student residence in Biberach.

The role of a project manager is both diverse and highly responsible. The project managers’ meeting provides a platform for sharing ideas and turning them into concrete solutions.

The WOLFF & MÜLLER Campus in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen received an award at this year’s IWS ImmobilienAward Stuttgart. The new headquarters was recognized in the “Office” category.

We are delighted that the extension of the Göppingen District Office has received the “Beispielhaftes Bauen” award. The award recognizes buildings constructed in the Göppingen District between 2014 and 2021.

BFK was awarded fourth prize in the competition for the extension of the Elisabeth Selbert Grammar School in Filderstadt. Our entry prevailed against nine other submissions.

Our Stuttgart office can be reached quickly and sustainably by public transport. To support this, we are now offering subsidies for SSB corporate transit passes.

Demolition work at the site on Königstraße 38 in Stuttgart has been completed, and construction of the new office and commercial building can now begin.

The groundbreaking ceremony at Seifert Logistics in Ulm marked the start of construction on the new logistics center, designed by BFK architekten. Construction is scheduled for completion by 2022.

Following a successful competition year in 2020, in which, among others, the designs for the extension of the fire station in Ehingen and the school center in Böblingen impressed the juries, BFK ranks 21st in the current competitionline ranking.

Together with ZÜBLIN, BFK has been awarded the contract to build the Esslingen District Office. In a prime location directly on the Neckar River, construction is scheduled to begin in 2022 on an office building with 675 workstations, meeting rooms, council chambers, a cafeteria, a daycare center, and much more.

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Construction update: The structural work on the art depot in Sindelfingen is nearing completion. Construction began in May of the previous year. The site housed BITZER’s head office until 2019. After the company moved to its new headquarters on the neighboring property, the old buildings were demolished between January and April 2020 and replaced by a new building.

The Ulm-based company Seifert Logistics is planning to expand its headquarters. Competing against other design proposals, BFK, together with the Züblin-Eitle bidding consortium, was awarded the contract.

BFK has been awarded the contract to redesign the school campus in Böblingen. Its proposal for the new building of the Friedrich Schiller Secondary School and the Theodor Heuss Werkrealschule stood out in the competition.

The German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) has awarded the extension of the Göppingen District Office, designed by BFK, a Gold Certificate for sustainable office and administrative buildings.

The office building for the Backnang-based IT service provider Aptus IT GmbH, designed by BFK as a hybrid timber construction, was completed in October 2020 after a two-year planning and construction period.

Following an internal competition at BFK, construction work has now begun. The changes will shorten travel routes and improve communication between our two buildings.

Since July 2020, we have offered the JobRad company bicycle program.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, BFK has responded flexibly and enabled employees to continue their daily work from home. Thanks to effective online connectivity, we all stay up to date and are well prepared for the future.

The BFK architekten team won third prize in the design competition for the new Volksbank Kirchheim-Nürtingen branch, beating 20 other participants.

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The headquarters of the base fire brigade in Ehingen an der Donau is to be extended. BFK architekten won the design competition and was awarded first prize.

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BFK won first prize in the invited competition for an office and hotel development in Ludwigsburg.

BFK Architekten has been commissioned to design and construct BITZER’s art storage facility in Sindelfingen. Additional space is needed for the extensive Schaufler Collection.

STIHL AG & Co. KG is planning to build a marketing and sales center at its headquarters in Plant D1 in Waiblingen, based on a design by BFK Architekten.

Construction of BITZER’s art storage facility in Sindelfingen is scheduled to begin on January 7, 2020.

Following the completion of the parking garage and hotel, the Wolff & Müller Campus continues to grow. We are now looking forward to the topping-out ceremony for the new Wolff & Müller headquarters.

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As part of the repositioning of BFK architekten, the firm’s visual communications are also being revised. The first step was to update the logo.
The new business cards arrived this week. Further steps are being planned.

The 400-room Campo Novo hotel has been completed and is gradually coming to life.

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Dr. Markus Bermanseder, a specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law and legal counsel to the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects in the Stuttgart district, was a guest lecturer at the BFK architekten office on October 18, 2019.

BFK architekten has been exploring new approaches to planning through Building Information Modeling for many years.