Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl explore the relationship between architecture and the creation of urban qualities both in their architectural concepts, buildings, and competition entries, as well as in their teaching activities on a theoretical level. They focus on typological-structural and social conditions, developing robust building concepts that respond to the urban context and the individual spatial needs of residents. Since their founding in 1987, ARTEC Architekten has made significant contributions to the current architectural discourse through numerous buildings, lectures, and texts. The central theme is residential construction as a typology that fundamentally shapes the city. This manifesto-like book on the philosophy of ARTEC Architekten presents a wide selection of realized and unrealized projects, complemented by six programmatic essays by Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl. The book concept illustrates what is theoretically addressed in the architects' texts: their stance on central architectural themes, the specific methodology of their design concepts, and their engagement with the history and present of living.