About db deutsche bauzeitung

db deutsche bauzeitung

db deutsche bauzeitung — Germany's oldest specialist journal for architects and civil engineers — has appeared since 1867, published by the Konradin Medien GmbH in Leinfelden-Echterdingen. The "älteste und renommierteste Architekturfachzeitschrift" (oldest and most renowned architecture specialist journal): the Leitmotiv "Standpunkte der Architektur" (architecture's standpoints) — the comprehensive Architekturkritik, the Baukultur, the technical developments. The nine issues a year — the 11,394 sold / 21,968 distributed (IVW Q3/2024) — the Emre Onur editorship, the Katja Kohlhammer publishing — the 1867-2026.

Overview

The journal serves the building profession: the Architektur-/Bauingenieurbüros (architecture/civil-engineering offices), the Planungsabteilungen (planning departments), the Hochbauämter (building construction services), the Bau- und Siedlungsgesellschaften, the Hochbauunternehmen, the Fachingenieurbüros. The nine issues a year — the monthly theme focus (the beispielhafte Projekte from Germany and abroad: the städtebaulich, architektonisch, konstruktiv, bautechnisch, energetisch, wirtschaftlich) — filter and analyze the Baugeschehen: the critical.

The on-site rule — the editorial's guarantee — deserves its telling. "Alle im Heft vorgestellten Projekte werden von der db-Redaktion vor Ort besichtigt" (all projects featured in the issue are inspected on site by the db editorial team) — the BDB's note — sets the standard: the seen. The comprehensive criticism — the gestalterisch (design), konstruktiv-technisch (constructive-technical), energetisch (energy), wirtschaftlich (economic) — judges the architecture and engineering: the four aspects. The critical questioning — "db hinterfragt kritisch das aktuelle Baugeschehen, bezieht Stellung, liefert Hintergrundwissen" (db critically questions the current building events, takes positions, delivers background knowledge) — defines the voice: the opinionated. The discussion invitation — "lädt ein zur fachlich fundierten Diskussion" (invites to professionally grounded discussion) — opens the discourse: the debate. The rule's function — the 1867's standard — serves the readers: the visited — the judged — the db's criticism. The Bauen im Bestand — in every issue (the Umbau, energetische Sanierung, Denkmalpflege) — serves the renovation: the existing. The Metamorphose — the 2013-integrated (4x/year thematic "Bauen im Bestand": the "Energetisch sanieren", "Historische Baustoffe", "Schwachstellen") — deepens: the practice. The Bauwende — the climate-friendly building's focus — marks the agenda: the turn.

History

The 1867 founding — the oldest's birth — deserves its telling. The founders — Karl Emil Otto Fritsch, Wilhelm Böckmann, Hubert Göbbels (u.a. — among others) — launched the Deutsche Bauzeitung: the architects' and engineers' paper. The 1916 volumes — the 50th Jahrgang (the 15 December 1916, the pages 530/532) — document the Kaiserreich: the archive. The 1930s consolidation — the "Die Bauzeitung" combined with Süddeutsche Bauzeitung Munich, Süddeutsche Baugewerks-Zeitung, Deutscher Bauten-Nachweis Stuttgart — merged the south: the subtitle. The 2009 antiquarian — the 143rd Jahrgang (the "Redaktions-Lieblinge" — editors' favorites: the Museum Kunst der Westküste, the maritimer Campus Elsfleth, the Schloss Hohenkammer Ortstermin) — shows the collecting: the 88 pages. The founding's function — the 1867's journalism — serves the profession: the oldest — 159 years, nine times a year. The 1930s — the "Die Bauzeitung" with the Süddeutsche Bauzeitung/Süddeutsche Baugewerks-Zeitung/Deutscher Bauten-Nachweis Stuttgart subtitle — consolidated: the south. The postwar — the Konradin's Leinfelden-Echterdingen — gave the continuity: the Swabian.

The Metamorphose integration — the 2013 expansion — deserves its telling. The Fachzeitschrift "Metamorphose, Bauen im Bestand" — integrated into the print edition in 2013 — appears four times a year as the thematic "Bauen im Bestand": the renovation's journal. The rubrics — "Energetisch sanieren" (energy retrofit), "Historische Baustoffe" (historic building materials), the Bauschäden series "Schwachstellen" (weak points) — give the high Praxisnutzen (practical benefit): the detail. The every-issue "Bauen im Bestand" — the Umbau (conversion), energetische Sanierung, Denkmalpflege (monument preservation) — continues: the monthly. The integration's function — the 2013's — serves the readers: the existing — the renovation, detailed — the Metamorphose's four, the db's every. The 2026 media data — the Titelporträt — deserves its telling. The Konradin's Architektur_Mediadaten_2026 — the "TITELPORTRÄT" — profiles the db: the 01 title, the 02 Kurzcharakteristik ("Unter dem Leitmotiv Standpunkte der Architektur ... Deutschlands älteste und renommierteste Architekturfachzeitschrift"), the 03 Zielgruppe (the offices, planning departments), the 08 Organe (VFA, BDB), the 10 Verlag (Konradin Medien GmbH), the 11 Herausgeberin (Katja Kohlhammer), the 12 Anzeigen (Cornelia Huth-Neumann), the 13 Redaktion (Emre Onur, Anke Geldmacher, Martin Höchst). The impulse framing — "IMPULSE AUS DER PRAXIS", "TRENDS/EMPFEHLUNGEN", "Meinungen aus der Baubranche", "Interviews", "Projekte und umweltfreundliche Baupraktiken" — sells the brand: the advertisers. The portrait's function — the 2026's — serves the market: the media data — the db's Titelporträt. The BDB organ — the builders' paper — deserves its telling. The official Organ des BDB-HESSENFRANKFURT — the Bund Deutscher Baumeister, Architekten und Ingenieure Frankfurt Rhein Main e.V. — makes the db the member magazine: the "Mitgliedermagazin". The BDB's portrait — the "db – DEUTSCHE BAUZEITUNG" page — defines the journal: the "kritischen, meinungsbildenden und richtungweisenden Fachjournalismus" (critical, opinion-forming, trend-setting specialist journalism). The architecture-technique bond — "db verbindet Architektur und Technik" — and the trendscout role — the new products, materials, technologies — reach the architects and planning engineers: the both. The VFA organ — the Vereinigung Freischaffender Architekten Deutschlands e.V. (the media data's 08) — adds the freelance: the association. The organ's function — the BDB's — serves the members: the paper — the builders', since the organ. The authors — the criticism's voices — deserve their telling. Jürgen Tietz, Falk Jaeger, Christoph Gunßer, Wolfgang Pehnt, Jan Knippers, Hubertus Adam, Rudolf Skoda, Heinrich Wefing, Fritz Wenzel, Rainer Oswald, Curt Siegel, Hildegard Schirmacher, Dieter Bartetzko, Lothar Schätzl, Ernst Treitl — the fr.wikipedia's list — write the db: the critics. Wilfried Dechau — the "ancien rédacteur en chef" (former editor-in-chief) — led the journal: the past. The "Redaktions-Lieblinge" — the 2009 issue's Schwerpunkt (editors' favorites: the Sunder-Plassmann, the enota, the HS-Architekten, the Bruckner & Bruckner) — shows the taste: the selection. The authors' function — the voices — serves the readers: the criticism — the db's writers — the architecture's commentators.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the building year's agenda. The project coverage — the monthly Themenschwerpunkt (the exemplary projects: the urban, architectural, constructive, technical, energy, economic aspects, the ergänzende Fachartikel) — presents: the built. The criticism coverage — the "umfassende Architekturkritik" (the gestalterisch, konstruktiv-technisch, energetisch, wirtschaftlich) — judges: the architecture. The technology coverage — "Technik aktuell" (the new developments, the future applications) — scouts: the trends.

The renovation coverage — the "Bauen im Bestand" (every issue; the Metamorphose 4x/year: the "Energetisch sanieren", "Historische Baustoffe", the Bauschäden's "Schwachstellen") — renovates: the existing. The energy coverage — the energieeffizientes Bauen (the own rubric for years) — insulates: the climate. The Bauwende coverage — the klimagerechtes Bauen (the regular focus) — turns: the building. The interior coverage — the Innenarchitektur, Design, Ausbau — furnishes: the inside.

Organization and Ownership

db deutsche bauzeitung is published by the Konradin Medien GmbH, Ernst-Mey-Straße 8, 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen — the Herausgeberin Katja Kohlhammer. The editor-in-chief — Emre Onur (0711/7594-569, emre.onur@konradin.de) — leads the newsroom: the nine. The product-news contact — Anke Geldmacher (0711/7594-571) — handles the Meldungen: the products. The ads — Cornelia Huth-Neumann (0711/7594-372) — sell: the pages.

The business model follows the architecture-press pattern: the subscriptions (236.50 euros inland print; 262.80 print+online; 135.30 students; 118.80 digital), the advertising (the building industry), the BDB organ. The IVW — 11,394 sold / 21,968 distributed (Q3/2024) — documents the reach: the audited. The ISSN — 0721-1902 — registers the journal: the 1867. Detailed revenue figures are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The journal's digital home is db-bauzeitung.de: the projects — the themes — the Technik. The Konradin architecture portal — architektur.konradin.de (the media data, the Titelporträt) — presents the brand: the "Standpunkte". The Instagram — the @dbdeutschebauzeitung (the 2025/2026 PDF) — extends the reach: the social. The BDB page — bdb-baumeister.de's db — documents the organ: the HessenFrankfurt.

The digital strategy follows the architecture-press logic: the print nine for the criticism's depth — the projects, the Bestand — the portal for the daily building — the news. As the architecture journal — the Konradin-published Fachzeitschrift (the 1867 founding), the oldest — db deutsche bauzeitung remains the profession's paper: the Standpunkte der Architektur — nine times a year in print, daily on db-bauzeitung.de.