Real Estate Magazine

Whether it’s their own home or an investment property, a detached house or an apartment, more and more owners in Germany are entrusting their construction to an experienced property developer. But what does this decision really mean? What makes working with a property developer special?

Why the world traveller, scholar and collector Alexander von Humboldt is namesake of our project. Like skimming our fingers across a spinning globe, a panoply of influences, styles, epochs, materials and colours reveal themselves in the ALEXANDER..

The striking building will integrate itself perfectly in the coveted Wilmersdorf neighbourhood south of Kurfürstendamm. Dark bricks over light limestone meld into a facade on the Emser Straße that draws on berlin’s classic brick architecture tradition. Forty­two masterfully laid­out units with high­quality fittings and of extraordinary craftsmanship are divided among the seven floors.

Duesseldorf is one of the most livable cities in the world, so says the annual ranking of a major consulting firm. Basically, it can be lived here almost everywhere well, beautiful properties are distributed throughout the city.

Architect Florian Kessel and developer Axel Schmitz discuss their collaboration, from preservation to architectural freedom, as well as achieving the highest home comforts.

One would think that there would be no other questions about elevators than their direction, but far from it: Showcase of exclusive RALF SCHMITZ lifts.

Buildings have charisma, too—and it’s no coincidence. Our sight lines usually go from outside to the inside—first we see the outer shell, then follows the core within. So it goes with buildings too.

Linienstrasse 72 concept honored with an Art Directors Club Award – Rocket & Wink’s design concept skillfully sets the scene for the contrasts of Berlin’s Mitte district

To guarantee that even the tiniest details of their high-end properties are given a special touch, RALF SCHMITZ relies upon the finest switch systems made in Germany’s Sauerland region.

South of Charlottenburg, in the venerable western half of Berlin, the district of Wilmersdorf begins directly on the world-famous Kurfürstendamm and stretches all the way to the Grunewald, a large forested area that abuts the western border of the city.

Graphical and elegant: With their very particular, timelessly classical aesthetic, our architectural ‘icons’ already incorporate the beauty of what is to be

The RALF SCHMITZ Box contains pre-selected materials in line with the style of the project as inspiration.

It is all just fancy frontage? Not at all! We put as much emphasis on the design of the back views of our buildings as we do on the discrete luxury that is promised from the entryway.

In luxurious RALF SCHMITZ homes, the magic of a well-built environment comes from one generously used natural material: wood!