Introducing Elias

We want to make our magazine even more attractive. That's why we will also be reporting from Austria and Switzerland from next year. Not only can you look forward to interesting insights into the work of our local colleagues, but you can also find out what challenges our neighbors are overcoming. We will also be writing more about art and photography, literature and history. We believe that architecture cannot be viewed in isolation from social developments. We are particularly committed to supporting young architects. It is important to us to offer them a bigger stage.

From 2025, our new, more comprehensive newsletter will no longer be sent out on Wednesdays as usual, but on Fridays. In addition to many other articles, you will be able to read three long articles from Germany, Austria and Switzerland alone. However, we still have some preparations to make before we get to that point. That's why our magazine will continue to be published as usual until the end of the year. During the transition period, Elias Baumgarten will take over the editorial management from Katinka Corts.

Elias comes from Bavaria and studied architecture at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He discovered his passion for writing during his master's degree with Professor Bart Lootsma, who encouraged his talent. After graduating, Elias came to Switzerland to write for the architecture magazine archithese. He has been responsible for our partner magazines Swiss- and Austria-Architects since 2019. During this time, he has increased the variety of topics they cover: He has written architecture reviews, interviewed women architects and women office holders, profiled offices, but also met personalities from other walks of life and reviewed noteworthy books. Elias also developed ideas for new events such as the short lecture evening “Eure Besten,” which now takes place not only at the ZHAW in Winterthur, but also in Austria and in Germany. In addition to his work as a journalist, Elias is currently studying for a postgraduate degree at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich, which he will complete next year.

We are looking forward to stimulating the German-speaking architectural discourse across national borders. [Ed.: And like with some of the links above, we will continue to translate relevant articles and interviews by Elias into English for World-Architects readers.]