{"id":479716,"date":"2026-02-20T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479716\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:27:11","slug":"glass-shingles-wrap-timber-framed-museum-by-wulf-architekten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479716\/","title":{"rendered":"glass shingles wrap timber-framed museum by wulf architekten"},"content":{"rendered":"

Museum Oberamteistrasse glows in Reutlingen, germany<\/p>\n

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The Museum Oberamteistrasse by Wulf Architekten in Reutlingen brings a contemporary timber<\/a> structure into dialogue with one of the German<\/a> city\u2019s oldest streets. The museum<\/a> project restores a sequence of medieval houses and completes the corner with a new volume that traces the footprint of the former Stone House.<\/p>\n

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The surrounding fabric dates to the 12th and 13th centuries, and the surviving basements and timber frames carry more than seven centuries of construction history. The rehabilitation<\/a> treats these buildings as both exhibition spaces and primary artifacts. Walls and beams are expressed and are shrouded in a dramatic facade<\/a> and rooftop<\/a> of translucent glass<\/a> shingles.<\/p>\n

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images\u00a0\u00a9 Brigida Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a><\/p>\n

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wulf architekten\u2019s shimmering facade of glass shingles<\/p>\n

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On the corner plot where the Stone House once stood, the team<\/a> at Wulf Architekten introduces the Museum Oberamteistrasse intervention to reestablish the street edge without imitating the historic fabric. The volume follows the scale and roof geometry of its neighbors, while its surface announces a glowing, contemporary intervention. Cast glass shingles, shaped like traditional beaver-tail tiles, form a continuous skin across roof and facade.<\/p>\n

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The glass cladding shifts in tone with the light. In overcast conditions the envelope appears pale and matte, while interior illumination reveals the geometry of the timber structure behind it. This layered effect gives the project a changing presence within the tight grain of Reutlingen\u2019s old town.<\/p>\n

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the contemporary Museum Oberamteistrasse occupies a medieval street in Reutlingen<\/p>\n

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the exposed timber truss system<\/p>\n

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The structural design by Str-ucture<\/a> centers on an exposed timber truss system that defines the Museum Oberamteistrasse\u2019s interior volume. Large triangular frames span the height of the building, bracing the envelope and supporting adjacent historic walls. Their rhythm is legible from both inside and outside, where the grid reads faintly through the glass shingles.<\/p>\n

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Within, the timber structure forms a spatial framework that guides circulation. A broad stair rises alongside the trusses, offering views across excavated stone foundations below. The preserved basement walls of the former Stone House remain in situ, their rough masonry contrasting with the precise joinery of the new wooden members above.<\/p>\n

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Light filters through the glass tiles and washes the interior with a soft glow. The timber takes on a warm tone against the diffuse exterior brightness, and the triangular geometry casts a shifting pattern across floors and walls.<\/p>\n

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translucent cast glass shingles form a continuous roof and facade surface<\/p>\n

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restored houses from the 12th and 13th centuries are both exhibition space and artifact<\/p>\n

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preserved stone foundations remain visible beneath the new construction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Museum Oberamteistrasse glows in Reutlingen, germany \u00a0 The Museum Oberamteistrasse by Wulf Architekten in Reutlingen brings a contemporary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[80031,228,226,227,229,88,25491,27319,13766,8342,8566,1504],"class_list":{"0":"post-479716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-germany","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-facades","15":"tag-glass-art-and-design","16":"tag-museums-and-galleries","17":"tag-renovation-and-restoration-architecture-and-design","18":"tag-rooftop-architecture-and-design","19":"tag-wood-and-timber-architecture-and-design"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}