About DBZ Deutsche Bauzeitschrift

DBZ Deutsche Bauzeitschrift

DBZ Deutsche BauZeitschrift — the 1953-founded Fachzeitschrift für Architekten und planende Hochbauingenieure — is the Bauverlag's practice-oriented architecture journal, published in Gütersloh (and Berlin). The Organ des BDB (Bund Deutscher Baumeister, Architekten und Ingenieure e.V.) since 1 January 2009: the eleven issues a year — each with a Titelthema (title theme) curated by a DBZ Heftpartner (issue partner — an architect or engineer). The 7,241 sold / 22,717 distributed (IVW Q3/2024) — the Michael Schuster editorship — the Balthasar-Neumann-Preis (€10,000, with the BDB) — the "WIE gebaut wird – und WOMIT" (HOW it's built — and WITH WHAT).

Overview

The journal serves the building practice: the Architekten, the planenden Bauingenieure (planning civil engineers), the Lichtplaner (lighting planners), the Architekturstudenten. The eleven issues a year — the monthly Titelthema (the Heftpartner's curation) — orient the editorial to the Architektenalltag (architect's everyday): the practice. The project presentation — the journal's method — deserves its telling. The aktuellen Architekturprojekte — presented gebäudetypologisch (by building type) or materialspezifisch (by material) — get the analysis: the architektonische Intention (architectural intention), the städtebauliche Einbindung (urban integration), the Funktionalität, the baukonstruktive Besonderheiten (construction details), the Wirtschaftlichkeit (economy), the energetische Aspekte — with Beschreibungen (descriptions), Detailzeichnungen (detail drawings), Fotos. The "WIE gebaut wird – und WOMIT" (HOW it's built — and WITH WHAT) — the Bauverlag shop's tagline — defines the promise: the practice. The method's function — the presentation — serves the readers: the shown — the drawn — the photographed — the DBZ's projects.

The BIM coverage — the digital building — modernizes: the planning. The office coverage — the Büromanagement — manages: the practice. The product coverage — the Architektur, Bautechnik, Produkte der Hochbauplanung (two theme focuses per issue) — equips: the what. The Baupraxis themes — the Digitalisierung, Recht, Bauschäden, Büromanagement — complete: the everyday. The Balthasar-Neumann-Preis — the €10,000 — deserves its telling. The joint award — the Auslober (donors): the Bund Deutscher Baumeister, Architekten und Ingenieure e.V. (BDB), Berlin (President Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Schild), and the Deutsche Bauzeitschrift (DBZ), Bauverlag BV GmbH, Gütersloh/Berlin (Chefredakteur Michael Schuster) — honors the building: the prize. The 2025 cycle — the Auslobung (call) 27 May 2024, the Einreichungsschluss (deadline) 12 August 2024, the Jurysitzung 5/6 September 2024, the Bekanntgabe (announcement) 15 January 2025 at BAU 2025 — ran the competition: the year. The 2025 jury — Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette Hafner, Prof. Dr. Michaela Lambertz, Prof. Mikala Holme Samsøe, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lucio Blandini, Prof. Christian Schlüter-Vorwerg, Christoph Schild, Michael Schuster — judged: the best. The prize's function — the €10,000 — celebrates the building: the DBZ/BDB's — the Balthasar-Neumann.

History

DBZ Deutsche BauZeitschrift — founded 1953 — grew with the postwar building's history: the Wiederaufbau's practice paper. The Bauverlag house — the Gütersloh publisher — deserves its telling. The Bauverlag BV GmbH — Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 66, 33330 Gütersloh (the HRB 4172 AG Gütersloh, the USt.ID DE813382417) — operates the Bauverlag's pages: the Impressum's central. The Geschäftsführer — Michael Voss, Boris Schade-Bünsow — lead the house: the management. The portfolio — the AT MINERAL PROCESSING (Dr. Petra Strunk), the Balthasar-Neumann-Preis (Michael Schuster), the bauhandwerk (Thomas Wieckhorst), the BundesBauBlatt (Michael Schuster), the dach+holzbau (Stephan Thomas), the DBZ (Michael Schuster), the FACILITY MANAGEMENT (Michael Schuster), the KKA (Dr. Matthias Schmitt), the metallbau (Stefanie Manger) — maps the building press: the family's. The house's function — the Fachverlag — serves the building: the Gütersloh's — the Bauverlag's — the DBZ's publisher. The BDB organ — the builders' association — deserves its telling. The Organ des BDB — the Bund Deutscher Baumeister, Architekten und Ingenieure e.V., Berlin (the Willdenowstraße 6, 12203) — since 1 January 2009 — makes the DBZ the member journal: the association's. The BDB's contact — Anna Voss (voss@baumeisteronline.de, baumeisteronline.de) — serves the members: the Berlin. The organ's function — the 2009's — roots the journal: the builders' — the DBZ's association — the BDB's paper — the practice's organ — since 2009.

The Heftpartner model — the curated monthly — deserves its telling. Each Heft's Titelthema (title theme) — the DBZ Redaktion draws in an expert, the DBZ Heftpartner, who curates the issue: the architect or the engineer. The curation's function — the expertise's editorship — serves the readers: the themed — the practice's depth — the eleven curators a year. The 2013 media data — the 66th Jahrgang — listed the team: Chefredakteur Dipl.-Ing. Burkhard Fröhlich, Programmleitung Architektur Dipl.-Des. Sonja Schulenburg, Aktuell/Online Benedikt Kraft, Architektur/Bautechnik Dipl.-Ing. Sandra Greiser, Produkte Fröhlich, LICHT+RAUM — the era's newsroom. The model's continuity — the Schuster era's Heftpartner — defines the journal: the curated practice — the DBZ's signature. The 2013 media data — the 66th Jahrgang (the Burkhard Fröhlich editorship, the Sonja Schulenburg program) — documented the era: the 12. The Balthasar-Neumann-Preis — the DBZ/BDB's joint award (the 2025: the 27 May 2024 Auslobung, the 15 January 2025 BAU announcement, the Michael Schuster jury) — honors the building: the prize. The 2026 covers — the obalkyknih's 2026 — prove the current: the monthly.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the building practice's agenda. The architecture coverage — the aktuellen Architekturprojekte (the typological/material presentations: the intention, integration, functionality, construction, economy, energy) — builds: the how. The technology coverage — the Bautechnik (the Fachbeiträge) — details: the construction. The product coverage — the Produkte (the two Themenschwerpunkte per issue: the new products, materials, Bausysteme) — equips: the with-what.

The digital coverage — the BIM, the Digitalisierung — plans: the future. The legal coverage — the Recht — regulates: the framework. The damage coverage — the Bauschäden — repairs: the existing. The office coverage — the Büromanagement — manages: the practice. The prize coverage — the Balthasar-Neumann-Preis (the €10,000) — celebrates: the best. The formats' mix — the Titelthema, the Architektur rubric, the products — defines the journal: the practice — the "WIE gebaut wird – und WOMIT".

Organization and Ownership

DBZ Deutsche BauZeitschrift is published by the Bauverlag BV GmbH, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 66, 33330 Gütersloh — the Geschäftsführer Michael Voss, Boris Schade-Bünsow (the Impressum). The editor-in-chief — Michael Schuster (the dbz.de's Verantwortlicher) — leads the newsroom: the eleven. The deputy — Benedikt Kraft, M.A. (Gütersloh) — assists: the stellvertretend. The Berlin editors — Jan Ahrenberg, M.A., Hartmut Raendchen, M.A. (the Schlüterstraße 42, 10707) — cover the capital: the B. The Gütersloh — Heide Teschner, M.A. — edits: the GT. The assistant — Bernadett Bissett — supports: the Redaktion.

The business model follows the building-press pattern: the subscriptions (the Mini-Abo €70, the Bauverlag shop), the advertising (the building industry), the BDB organ. The IVW — 7,241 sold / 22,717 distributed (Q3/2024) — documents the reach: the audited. The ISSN — 0011-4782 — registers the journal: the 1953. Detailed revenue figures are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The journal's digital home is dbz.de: the Architekturfachzeitschrift — the monthly (the Architektur, Bautechnik, Produkte). The Kontakt page — the Berlin/Gütersloh newsrooms (the Schuster, Kraft, Ahrenberg, Raendchen, Teschner, Bissett) — lists the team: the emails. The shop and the subscription — the readers' access — deserves its telling. The Bauverlag shop — the "DBZ Abonnement" (the Mini-Abo + Prämie) — sells the trial: the "3 Magazine in Folge" (3 magazines in a row), the current issue's start, the versandkostenfrei (free shipping), the Prämie (premium gift), the monthly cancellation after the minimum. The pitch — "Die DBZ steht für Relevanz, Baupraxis und Zusammenarbeit auf Augenhöhe" (DBZ stands for relevance, building practice, collaboration at eye level) — promises the value: the practice. The €70 Mini-Abo — the "Preis für alle" — democratizes: the trial. The shop's function — the bauverlag-shop.de — serves the readers: the subscription — the DBZ's access — the three-issue trial. The Balthasar-Neumann-Preis — balthasar-neumann-preis.de (the 2025 press release) — documents the prize: the €10,000.

The digital strategy follows the building-press logic: the print eleven for the practice's depth — the Titelthema, the projects — the portal for the daily building — the news. As the architecture journal — the Bauverlag's Fachzeitschrift (the 1953 founding), the BDB's organ — DBZ Deutsche Bauzeitschrift remains the practice's paper: WIE gebaut wird — und WOMIT — eleven times a year in print, daily on dbz.de.