Since 1998, Regina Schineis has been designing buildings with a powerful expression that impress through their honest materials and atmospheric density. For instance the Werk + Denklabor in Friedberg (2008), with its raw Corten steel, bronzed glass, raw-sawn wood and polished concrete, is an intense, yet agreeable workplace. The music rehearsal hall in Thannhausen (2002) uses copper, glass and kinked wood to create a tonal and spatial work of art. Text in English and German. SELLING POINTS: . Regina Schineis is an architect and Urban Planner who founded of her own office for architecture and urban planning in Augsburg in 1998 . The practice has numerous awards, including many for timber construction projects . With 80 images and 40 plans . With an article by: Michaela Busenkell