A small, modernized fisherman's house by the Baltic Sea or the large, award-winning Hanseatic Museum, seamlessly integrated into the fabric of Lübeck's old town - the field of architecture is vast in the northernmost federal state. The fifty examples gathered in this book, selected by an independent jury from the last ten years, are very diverse; nonetheless, they all share a commitment to expression, quality, scale, and context within the city and landscape. And all of them, whether small or large - whether residential building, school, daycare center, church, administrative office, landscape park, or waterfront promenade - are dedicated to modernity and further its development in today's understanding at their respective locations. There is no room here for retro architectures or spectacular stand-alone structures. However, a high-rise from the 1970s, after its renovation, shines golden in the sun with two of its facades.