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The choir stalls of the village church in Gägelow are the oldest choir stalls in Germany, according to research by Lea Morath, a Master's student of conservation and restoration at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, and building historian and dendrologist Tilo Schöfbek. The sensational find…

The winners of the 169th AIV Schinkel Competition have been announced. Architecture students from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) are among the honoured works. They received two of this year's special prizes.

On the occasion of her appointment as Honorary Professor of Culture and Management at the Department of CITY I BUILDING I CULTURE, Prof. Dr. Vera Allmanritter will give her inaugural lecture entitled "The cultural audience of the future. How can cultural institutions become sustainable 'places of…

To mark his appointment as Honorary Professor of Conservation Science at the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Prof. Dr. Eberhard Wendler will give his inaugural lecture entitled "Plausible chemical and physical auxiliary models for understanding material properties, weathering and…

On the occasion of his appointment as Professor of Design and Building Construction at the Department of CITY I BUILDING I CULTURE, Prof. Peter Eingartner will hold his inaugural lecture on the 8th of January 2024 entitled "Windows, façades, city. The window as an element shaping the cityscape".

In the podcast Gründungsgeist Berlin-Brandenburg, Uwe Hanf, lecturer and luminary in the cultural work programme, meets cultural manager Doreen Löwe and talks to her about image, idealism and the compatibility with a living wage.

To mark her appointment as Honorary Professor of Conservation and Restauration at the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Prof. Dr. Bärbel Arnold will give her inaugural lecture "Conservation and Natural Science – A Journey through Time and Forgetting".

On the occasion of her appointment as Honorary Professor of Restauration in Monument Conservation at the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Prof. Dipl.-Rest. Mechthild Noll-Minor will give her inaugural lecture entitled "Restauration in the Conservation of Monuments: Highlights, Structures and…

The DAAD-funded project "Interdisciplinary on Buildings" has been successfully completed. The three construction disciplines of architecture and urban planning, civil engineering and conservation and restoration at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam were involved in the realisation of the…

In the 2023/24 funding period, 25 out of 78 applicants were awarded a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship. The outstanding students receive 300 euros per month for one year. Since the start of the programme, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, together with many partners and the Federal…

The POTSDAM LAB will open its doors on the 14th of October 2023. As part of the Smart City model project, the POTSDAM LAB has created a space for experimentation, learning and encounters between citizens, science and administration. The aim is to work together on new and creative solutions to key…

The wall paintings on the east gable of Frankfurt's Friedenskirche, also known as the Nikolaikirche, which are over 700 years old, are now visible again for the first time in 650 years. A research project at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is analysing the existing paintings using…