Der Eckhausgrundriss (Kartoniert) von Georg Ebbing

The foundational research work Der Eckhausgrundriss by the Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst categorizes examples of corner building layouts from the past 200 years. With the help of these varied floor plans, it explains the principles to bear in mind when designing urban corner buildings. As such, it serves as an architectural aid in the design of corner buildingsan essential element of urban blocksas well as clarifying the relationship between these buildings and the morphology of the city. The editors demonstrate that thoughtfully planned corner buildings, whether free-standing or attached, are required for the design of clearly defined urban spaces, as they have decisive impact on the spatial quality of the adjoining streets and squares. The third edition of this volume expands the collection of corner building floor plans with examples realized by twenty-nine architects in recent years, as well as a number of classic corner building layouts. In doing so, it further showcases the renewed importance of this type of building in contemporary architectural practice.

Christoph Mäckler, born in 1951 in Frankfurt am Main, has led the MÄCKLERARCHITEKTEN architecture office since 1981. From 1998 to 2018, he was Professor of Urban Design at TU Dortmund. He makes regular appearances in the debate on contemporary architecture with his scholarly contributions. In 2008, Mäckler founded the Deutsches Institut fur Stadtbaukunst, through which he continues to advise numerous cities on urban planning. Georg Ebbing is a graduate of TU Berlin and ETH Zurich. He worked at the TU Dortmund Chair of Urban Planning as a research associate, where he also completed his doctorate on the morphology of monumental streetscapes. Since 2015, he has been Professor of Building Theory and Design at Hochschule RheinMain in Wiesbaden. Together with Carolin Ebbing, he leads his own architecture office and is co-founder of the Reproduktives Entwerfen design platform.