Dear Friends of the Architekturgalerie München,

We warmly thank you for your interest in our program during the wonderful year of 2025, which marked the 40th anniversary of the Architekturgalerie.

With the contribution STRESSTEST in the German Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which we realized as part of the curatorial team with Elisabeth Endres, Daniele Santucci, Gabriele G. Kiefer, and Nicola Borgmann, a long-cherished dream came true. We are delighted by the enthusiasm and positive feedback from all our visitors.

In Munich, 2025 brought another rich program of exhibitions and events: starting with CARBON CONFESSIONS by MVRDV, we set a thematic marker for our long-standing commitment to a sustainable, socially just, and climate-conscious architecture and planning. This was followed by the presentation of the ARCHITEKTURRESIDENZ MÜNCHEN-BORDEAUX, which we launched three years ago together with our partners in Munich and Bordeaux. The exhibition and book presentation EINFACH BAUEN showcased the findings from long-term measurements of the three research houses by Florian Nagler Architekten in Bad Aibling. In March, we were thrilled to present the results of the New European Bauhaus project Creating NEBourhoods Together—with an exhibition, films, and book—a project that the Architekturgalerie successfully implemented over the past three years for the European Commission together with our partner institutions.

After the spectacular Biennale opening of STRESSTEST in Venice, we inaugurated in May the Biennale exhibition MONSTERS and MUTANTS by the New York office ARCHI-TECTONICS. In June, the artists of the Glockenbach Biennale returned with SORRY BELLA, accompanied by their always wonderful and colorful program. At the same time, we presented the exhibition MAßSTÄBLICH, telling the fascinating history of C&A department stores with models and images from the Draiflessen Collection Mettigen. This was followed by the wonderful exhibition by Moritz Holfelder, PLATZ NEHMEN!, featuring photographs and objects, and the competition presentation ABITARE MINIMO IN MONTAGNA. We were also pleased to host the FOTODOKS exhibition LONG TIME NO SEE this year.

The question “DEMOCRACY AT A TIPPING POINT?” framed our discussions during KLIMAHERBST, closely followed by the book presentation and conversation PARTITUREN FÜR OFFENE RÄUME with AUBÖCK+KÁRÁSZ.

With Volkwin Marg, we celebrated UMBAU NONSTOP TRANSFORMATION and the 60th anniversary of the renowned architecture firm gmp. This exhibition, photographed by Florian Hozherr, also heralded our upcoming renovation (UMBAU), and together with the reading and book presentation by Sela Müller, HAUSBAU BAUSTAUB STAUBWOLKEN, we now take our renovation break until April.

We wish you happiness, energy, and peace for 2026 and look forward to engaging with you and a joyful reunion in the new year.

With warmest regards from the Architekturgalerie München team