In this issue…

• ON THE COVER: Designed by MVRDV, WERK12 is a mixed-use office, culture and entertainment complex in Munich that playfully incorporates references to comic books in statement 5 metre letters across its facade. Cover image © Ossip van Duivenbode. For the full report on this project, go to page 24.
• An award-winning mixed use project in Munich combines 5 metre high comic book-inspired lettering with an industrial design. Jack Wooler reports.
• An architect and his former rugby team mate collaborated to design and build a pair of energy-efficient homes in Surrey, but as Tom Boddy discovered, an array of challenges lay in store.
• An office scheme in Sunderland navigated the demise of Carillion to provide a lean, attractive building to entice tenants in a tough market, as James Parker reports
• Additional features, interviews and comments from BAL, Ecodek, dormakaba, SDS, and more.

And much more…