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09.05

Perspective Europe 2025!

Inspired by our time at Perspective Europe 2025! Three inspiring days in Venice filled with conversations, forward-thinking ideas, and new connections across architecture, interior design and real estate. Thank you to THE PLAN and everyone involved…
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08.05

Schulbaumesse Munich 2025

On May 8th at the Schulbaumesse in Munich: Partner Maria Hirnsperger presented our project Primary School, Infanteriestraße - a future-oriented learning space shaped by light, flexibility, and sustainability. The lecture was followed by an on-site …
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07.05

Joint Master of Architecture with Angie Müller-Puch

How can we design buildings that are properly geared towards the present with equal flexibility for the future? The upcoming lecture by Angie Müller-Puch at the Joint Master of Architecture in Fribourg will address how we at Behnisch Architekten …
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'25
04.04

THE PLAN Perspective

We are pleased to announce our participation in Perspective Europe, an international forum for architecture and interior design, taking place from May 5th to 7th in Venice. Established in 2009, this exclusive event offers a platform for networking,…
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27.02

Nachhaltiges Bauen BW | Grün am Gebäude und im Quartier with Florian Waller

Join us at the symposium "Grün am Gebäude und im Quartier" with a lecture by our partner Florian Waller about "Building green and green communities – best practice strategies". The symposium will explore the topic of &qu…
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25.02

ThemenWerkschau with a lecture by Michael Innerarity

Join us at ThemenWerkschau (DesignWerkschau | Architektur Hub) in Munich with a lecture by our partner Michael Innerarity on the topic: "Die Fassade als Schnittstelle – Nachhaltigkeit, Innovation und Ästhetik im Einklang“. Date: Thursday, 27. Febr…
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28.01

Haus am Krampnitzer Tor

As part of the Forum Krampnitz, we’re presenting an exciting project. The "Haus am Krampnitzer Tor" anticipates future needs and embodies a flexible, forward-thinking approach to architecture—designed to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
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'25
20.01

Start of construction for the Buchheim Museum der Phantasie

It’s happening: Start of construction for the Buchheim Museum der Phantasie: Refurbishment and Extension. Starting February 3, 2025, the Buchheim Museum in Bernried will be closed for two months to make way for an expansion. The expansion seeks to b…
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'24
24.12

Motivierte Projektleiter*in / Projektmanager*in (m/w/d) für Projekte als Generalplaner gesucht!

Die Freude am Schaffen einer lebenswerten Architektur ist grundlegender Bestandteil der Philosophie bei Behnisch Architekten. Unsere Gebäude stellen stets einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz mit nachhaltigen Aspekten, die soziale Dimension und den Respekt …
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13.12

Grand Opening of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology

Yesterday we celebrated the official opening of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania. Thanks to the amazing team at knippershelbig, Transsolar KlimaEngineering, Lam Partners, HERA LAB PLANNERS,…
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'24
09.12

3rd prize for “DER NEUE BAU AM HUTTENPLATZ“– a exhibition building

We are happy to have been awarded third place for our competition entry “DER NEUE BAU AM HUTTENPLATZ” - an exhibition building for the “Welt der Versuchungen”. The award ceremony for the planning competition took place on December 6. Angie Müller-…
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27.11

Public Relations Spezialist*in (m/w/d)

Unser Büro sucht für den Standort Stuttgart oder München: Public Relations Spezialist*in [m/w/d] mit Fokus auf externe Kommunikation Public Relations Spezialist*in [m/w/d] mit Fokus auf büroübergreifende Themen
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'24
20.11

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Life Hamburg

Last week we celebrated the next major landmark for our project Life Hamburg. Thanks to the great team and everyone who was there. Life Hamburg is a future-oriented campus for lifelong and self-directed learning, fulfilling work and holistic…
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19.11

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE FORUM 2024 with Maria Hirnsperger and Angie Müller-Puch

“The greatest task of architecture is to protect people and make their lives more comfortable and secure. In the last few decades we have had to realize that resources are finite. Architecture is increasingly focusing on this insight. This t…
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'24
18.11

Stefan Behnisch as a speaker at the Tri-State Fusion Conference

Stefan Behnisch is looking forward to speaking at the Tri-State Fusion Conference on November 20! As the closing keynote, he’ll be exploring the architect's role in sustainability, and delving into pressing questions of responsibility, generational i…
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15.11

THE PLAN AWARD - Honorable Mention for Freie Waldorfschule Uhlandshöhe

THE PLAN Award 2024 winners have been announced at Auditorium MonteRosa 91 in Milan on Thursday, November 14. We are pleased to have been awarded an honorable mention for Freie Waldorfschule Uhlandshöhe Stuttgart - New School and Administration …
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'24
05.11

Greenbuild Tours of the University of Pennsylvania’s Vagelos Laboratory for Energy and Science

Erik Hegre AIA, NCARB, partner at Behnisch Architekten and Heinrich Lipp, architect at Behnisch Architekten give a tour of The University of Pennsylvania’s Vagelos Laboratory for Energy and Science (VLEST) and will discuss achievements in energy e…
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'24
04.11

CitiesAlive 2024 Conference with a lecture by Erik Hegre

Erik Hegre, Partner at Behnisch Architekten, speaks at the CitiesAlive 2024 conference in Toronto, Canada, about the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) at Harvard and its sustainable and integrated approach to water management. "CitiesAlive…
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'24
18.10

Finalist at The Plan Award 2024

Our projects The National Center for Tumor Diseases NCT – New Building and Extension in Heidelberg and Freie Walddorfschule Uhlandshoehe – New School Building in Stuttgart are finalists at the The Plan Award 2024 in the category “health/completed” and ”ed…
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10.10

Zak World of Façades – with a lecture about our created terra cotta façade

Join us for the New York City edition of Zak World of Façades, as Andrew Pries, Technical Sales Director at Boston Valley Terra Cotta, presents on terra cotta’s significance to the future of sustainable, high performance façades. Pries will feature the…
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'24
30.09

Michael Innerarity as a speaker at the seminar “Nachhaltig planen und bauen“.

Michael Innerarity, Partner at Behnisch Architekten talks about “Perspektiven aus der Praxis: Wie gehen Architekten mit den neuen Herausforderungen um? (“Perspectives from the field: How do Architects deal with New Challenges?”) as part of the semin…
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19.09

Michelle Lee and Erik Hegre as speakers at the East Coast Green Conference with the topic "The Future of Energy"

This session will present a case study of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, a new facility dedicated to clean energy research by Behnisch Architekten. Transforming a former parking lot into a…
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18.09

3rd prize for the New Building Hainberg-Gymansium Göttingen

We are happy to announce that we have been awarded third place for the New Building Hainberg-Gymnaisum Göttingen. From today on, Wednesday 18, September 2024, all the competition entries will be exhibited for 14 days in the foyer of the Council …
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12.09

Exhibition: “Mit Stift und Papier” - drawings by architect Carlo Weber

For the 90th birthday of architect Carlo Weber, Galerie Sonnenberg is showing a selection of his drawings and sketches in this year's exhibition. Continuously from a young age, he thought with pen and paper and in this way recorded his ideas and…
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'24
09.09

Holzbau Offensive – Neckarbogen – sinnvoll.nachhaltig.bauen with a lecture by our partner Florian Waller

Timber construction is omnipresent in the Neckarbogen. The event “Holzbau Offensive” wants to show the special features and innovations of the buildings in exciting and informative keynote speeches on timber construction. Florian Waller, partner at Beh…
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'24
29.08

Integra Filder e.V. with Behnisch Architekten: "Stadt Goes Future"

Together with INTEGRA Filder e.V., a non-profit organization focussing on educational work and the social integration of people in Filderstadt, we create a new community space out of old materials: a modular structure with its own tectonics that is…
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28.08

EXHIBITION "Wettbewerbe – Architektur und Landschaft Stadt und Kanton Zürich" at Zaz Bellerive with one of our projects

We are delighted to be part of the exhibition Wettbewerbe – Architektur und Landschaft Stadt und Kanton Zürich 2022 – 2024 at ZAZ Bellerive in Zurich with our project Einfach Bauen – The Juchhof 3 Changing-Room Facility. "Our living spaces are in con…
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'24
09.08

CONBAU NORD with our partner Maria Hirnsperger

CONBAU Nord, the pioneering congress dedicated to the central topics of housing construction and the heating transition! On Wednesday, 4 and Thursday, 5 September 2024 in the Holstenhallen Neumünster, parallel to the renowned NordBau trade fair, a …
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'24
07.08

The Plan Award 2024: Public voting open now!

Our projects The National Center for Tumor Diseases NCT – New Building and Extension in Heidelberg and Freie Walddorfschule Uhlandshoehe – New School Building in Stuttgart are shortlisted for The Plan Award 2024 in the category “health/completed” and ”ed…
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18.07

Design Educates Awards – HONORABLE MENTION FOR LYCÉE FRANCO-ALLEMAND

We are happy that Lycée Franco-Allemand in Buc, France has been awarded at the Design Educates Awards. The Design Educates Awards recognize exceptional Architectural Design, Product Design, Responsive Design, Universal Design, that are remarkable …
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15.07

Erfahrene Architekt*Innen (m/w/d) für unseren Standort in Stuttgart gesucht

Die Freude am Schaffen einer lebenswerten Architektur ist grundlegender Bestandteil der Philosophie bei Behnisch Architekten. Unsere Gebäude stellen stets einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz mit nachhaltigen Aspekten, die soziale Dimension und den Respekt …
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12.07

Opening Wunnebad Winnenden

Happy to have celebrated the opening of our project Wunnebad in Winnenden. After the official ceremony those interested had the opportunity to take part in a tour of the new indoor swimming hall and the evening came to a close in a relaxed…
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'24
11.07

1st Prize for the Elementary School in Bad-Neuenahr, Ahrweiler

We are excited to announce that we have been awarded 1st prize for the new elementary school in Bad-Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Our design envisages two cluster pavilions constructed in wood that float above the site and create a sustainable, special…
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'24
04.07

Indoor swimming hall Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen published in "Archiv des Badewesens"

Our project indoor swimming hall Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is part of the magazine "Archiv des Badewesens" and presented as a BIM pilot project. Project details.
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'24
21.06

CreativeDays Stuttgart 2024 – Open Atelier

Save the date and join us at the CreativeDays Stuttgart 2024 – Open Atelier at Behnisch Architekten – it will be an exciting evening with a lecture, guided tour, get-together and personal insights. CreativeDays is an interdisciplinary platform fou…
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20.06

Open house at Extension Fachhochschulzentrum Münster University of Applied Sciences – by “Tag der Architektur 2024“

Come join the open house on Saturday, June 29, 2024, 11am-4pm – a guided tour starts on the hour. Our architect Cornelia Wust and Ellen Berghaus from Berghaus Architekten gives insights into our project Extension Fachhochschulzentrum Münster Un…
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16.06

University of Rochester kicks off master planning process - by our Boston office

Our Boston office was selected together with Dumont Janks to create the master plan for University of Rochester. We are delighted to be part of this exciting new project! Check out the project and read the whole article.
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13.06

Building Green Hamburg 2024

Please join us at Green Building Hamburg, on June 20, with a lecture by Maria Hirnsperger and Angie Müller-Puch about “CIRCuIT - Circular Economy in Wilhelmsburger Rathausviertel”. At Building Green Hamburg on 19 and 20 June 2024 in the Fisc…
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10.06

HEY/MOBILITY HAMBURG – panel discussion with our partner Angie Müller-Puch

HEY/MOBILITY HAMBURG is the festival for the future of mobility, it is a platform for ideas, innovations and inspiration. “What will future neighborhoods look like? What role will mobility play and what challenges need to be addressed?”Silke Bai…
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06.06

Special Tour of Harvard's Science & Engineering Complex

Special Lunch Break: Join us for an exclusive tour of Harvard's Science & Engineering Complex. The tour will be led by Matt Noblett, partner of our Boston office, explaining key elements of its innovative design and sustainable building…
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18.05

Last days of the EXHIBITION | Wood’s Up!

The last days of the EXHIBITION | Wood’s Up! – The Rise of Timber Buildings with our residential building Ingolstadt-Hollerstauden in the AEDES Gallery in Berlin. You can still visit the exhibition until May 22nd. The exhibition focuses on timber’s resur…
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13.05

Opening day at Edge ElbSide in Hamburg

We had a great day at the opening of Edge ElbSide in Hamburg last Wednesday. We were there together with the project team and celebrated this event. Dr. Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of Hamburg opened the ceremony with a few words:…
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07.05

Edge ElbSide Hamburg – Opening

Today we celebrate the opening of Edge ElbSide, a new office building that incorporates winter gardens acting as low-tech climate pockets between inside and outside. Located in Hamburg’s Hafencity, this building provides open and flexible spaces c…
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26.04

"Wood's up! – Holzbau im Gespräch"

Please join us at the “Wood’s up! - Holzbau im Gespräch” event featuring Stefan Behnisch. The exhibition Wood’s Up!, hosted at the Aedes Architecture Forum, focusses on the resurgence of timber in the construction industry, driven by the challenges of globa…
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17.04

"Symposium – Sustainable school building" with Stefan Behnisch

Sustainability plays a crucial role in school construction. As Michel de Montaigne famously said “I should paint the school with pictures of joy and gladness." That where their profit is they might there have their pleasure too.” Hence, the sig…
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09.04

"Wood's Up!" - GREAT OPENING at Aedes Architecture Forum!

Over 500 visitors attended the opening in the AEDES Gallery in Berlin on Friday, April 5. Our residential building Ingolstadt-Hollerstauden is showcased in the exhibition "Wood's Up!- The Rise of Timber", which will run through May 22. …
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'24
28.03

Wood's Up! The Rise of Timber Buildings – Exhibition at Aedes Architecture Forum

We are delighted to be part of the exhibition "Wood's Up! - The Rise of Timber Buildings" at the Aedes Architecture Forum. In view of the climate crisis, wood has been experiencing a renaissance in the construction industry for several…
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21.03

Exhibition of the competition entries for "Luisenblock Ost I"

All entries for the realization competition for Luisenblock Ost I, which was decided in February 2024, are now on display at the Ernst-Reuter-Haus in Berlin. At the exhibition opening on March 19, our partner Jörg Usinger and architect Olena Shvab …
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19.03

Groundbreaking ceremony for the service building for the Bavarian police

We were happy to celebrate the groundbreaking for the service building for the bavarian police in Eichstätt. Its design takes advantage of the beautiful location in the Altmühl Valley and introduces a new focal point to the existing ensemble of c…
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19.03

“After MIT: In Conversation” with our partner Matt Noblett.

“After MIT: In Conversation” brings leaders from the community to alumni in direct conversation, referencing each alum’s recent work as a starting point for the conversation. Kicking off the series is an event featuring Matt Noblett. Matt will discu…
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18.03

Screening and Discussion with Stefan Behnisch

On Thursday, March 21, Stefan Behnisch will join an event hosted by the Department for Architectural Theory and History at the University of Innsbruck: a screening of and discussion about the new film “The Demolition Drama” produced by HouseEurope!, a c…
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12.03

BuildingEnergy Boston with a lecture by Erik Hegre

Join us at BuildingEnergy Boston 2024, on March 19th, for high-performance building & sustainable energy professionals & practitioners. In this context, Erik Hegre, partner of our Boston office and Dave Madigan, van Zelm Engineering, will…
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'24
01.03

3rd prize in the competition "Deutscher Bundestag Luisenblock Ost I"

We are excited to announce that our Behnisch Architekten team in Stuttgart has been awarded 3rd prize in the competition for the “Deutscher Bundestag Luisenblock Ost I” in Berlin. Congrats to our awesome project team: Olena Shvab, Tobias Karsten, Chi…
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'24
01.03

“High-tech and low-tech solutions in architecture” By Stefan Behnisch and Ana Mercadé with Lara Pellegrini

Stefan Behnisch and Ana Mercadé share the construction details of the Science and Engineering Complex at Harvard University. The complex sets a new paradigm for research: it is designed to inspire learning and scientific discovery, while having a …
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26.02

Evolution of the Behnisch Architekten Partnership

Since its foundation in 1991 in Stuttgart, the structure of our office has evolved at key moments in time, allowing us to undertake greater and more complex challenges in the same spirit of curiosity and innovation that has characterized us from the…
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'24
21.02

R+TAG DER ARCHITEKTUR with Michael Innerarity

R+T 2024 - the world's leading trade fair for doors/gates and shading systems - takes place on February 22, 2024 in Stuttgart. The main topic is climate resilience with regards to façade design. In this context, Michael Innerarity, partner of our …
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19.02

The Holistic Building Envelope: The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science, and Technology with Michelle Lee

The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science, and Technology features an innovative facade that was planned from the inside out. Beginning with the early site strategy, program arrangement, the facade was planned to holistically maximize daylight,…
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'23
18.12

SC Workplace – Merit Award winner

We are delighted to announce that SC Workplace has won a Merit Award in the „Interior Architecture“ category. Thanks to the entire project team and thanks to the AIA Los Angeles and the distinguished jury for recognizing our project with this honor. Sin…
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'23
08.12

Town Hall Großkarolinenfeld is the 4,000th BKI building!

The town hall in the centre of Großkarolinenfeld houses the municipal administration, a meeting room and a wedding room. Heike Elsäßer, head of the BKI property database department, and her deputy Sibylle Vogelmann had the pleasure of congratulating St…
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'23
07.12

Read our paper for more insights into a new, circular design process based on reuse

From recycling to circularity – how a circular design approach can make our buildings better for the environment and its inhabitants. Paper by Maria Hirnsperger, Angie Müller-Puch and Erik Hegre Finite resources, climate change and high carbon em…
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28.11

The National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg - New Building and Expansion ceremoniously opened

The new building to the north of the existing one is a freestanding detached wooden building with three floors. The rectangular construction is 59 m long and built parallel to the adjacent main road. It is integrated formally into the existing c…
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07.11

Paul-Winter School – Winner of the Brillux Design Award 2023

The role of color, especially in school buildings, plays an important role: it not only offers orientation, but supports the pedagogic concept, accentuates spaces and helps to foster a sense of community. In the case of the Paul-Winter School, we…
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'23
06.11

Press conference on CIRCuIT – our pioneering construction project

“Circular Economy in Wilhelmsburger Rathausviertel” is conceived as a pilot project for a new mixed-use residential quarter, centrally located on the IBA site in Hamburg. It is part of the EU-funded research project CIRCuIT, which is developing ful…
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'23
05.11

Facade construction: Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology

Excited to share progress pictures of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, a new home dedicated to the research of sustainable energy at the University of Pennsylvania. Facing East towards downtown Philadelphia, the solar sails…
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'23
02.11

Ausloberpreis 2023 for The City of Erlangen!

Congratulations to the city of Erlangen, which very deservedly won the prize. Since 1971, the founding year of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects, the city of Erlangen has organised 23 architectural competitions and has also worked in an exemplary…
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'23
01.11

Harvard winner of the I2SL Sustainable Laboratory Awards

We are excited to announce that Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex [SEC]] has won the Overall Lab Buildings and Projects Award in the I2SL Sustainable Laboratory Awards Program! Outstanding projects, programs, and individuals are…
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'23
23.10

We should reuse buildings whenever we can!

If we build new structures, our strategy for achieving sustainable development is a circular economy: we reuse, refurbish and repurpose materials whenever possible. A case in point is our CIRCuIT project in Hamburg. For a glimpse into some of our…
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20.10

DNA PARIS DESIGN AWARDS 2023 - Honorable Mention for Lycée Franco-Allemand

We are happy that Lycée Franco-Allemand in Buc, France has been awarded at the DNA PARIS DESIGN AWARDS 2023! The DNA Paris Design Awards honors designs in the disciplines of Architecture, Interior design, Landscape Design, Graphic Design and …
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20.10

UNE RÉALISATION ARCHITECTURALE FRANCO-ALLEMANDE SIGNÉE

We are especially happy about this plaque! The board was ceremoniously unveiled with our partner office ATELIER 2A+ and our client Département des Yvelines and of course the students and team of the Lycée Franco-Allemand de Buc (LFA).
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'23
03.10

Lycée Franco-Allemand: Winner of The International Architecture Award® 2023

We are proud to announce that the Lycée Franco-Allemand is one of the winners of the 2023 International Architecture Awards. If you are in Athens, you can visit the winner exhibition: "The City and the World" at Contemporary Space Athens …
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'23
03.10

Topping out Ceremony – Sportpark Ost Regensburg

On Tuesday, 26 September, Stadtwerk Regensburg, as the developer, invited guests to the topping-out ceremony on the site of the former Prinz Leopold barracks in Zeißstraße in Regensburg. The Stadtwerk was commissioned by the city of Regensburg to b…
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'23
02.10

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) winner of the Outstanding Facade Integration 2023 Vitruvian Award!

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27.09

Press Conference: Refurbishment and Extension Buchheim Museum der Phantasie

The Buchheim Museum in Bernried is being expanded. Bavaria's Minister of Art Markus Blume renewed the Free State's funding commitment of 13.2 million euros for the project. The extension to the lake will primarily create space for the approximately…
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11.09

The Plan Award 2023: Public voting is open

All good things come in threes: we are shortlisted for The Plan Award with three of our projects and we are very pleased about it! Lycée Franco-Allemand, Buc, France Schwaketenbad, Constance, Germany Paul-Winter School, Neuburg, Germany To improve …
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'23
09.08

Steel girder installation at Sportpark Ost in Regensburg

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19.07

Inauguration: Dieter Morszeck Biorepository

Yesterday, the Dieter Morszeck Biorepository was ceremoniously opened in Heidelberg. Among the guests were Prof. Dr. Holger Sültmann, Head of Cancer Genome Research dkfz, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Michael Baumann, Scientific Director of the dkfz, …
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17.07

Paul-Winter School is nominated for the Brillux Design Award 2023!

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11.07

Sustainability in Practice Summit with Robert Matthew Noblett

Architectural Record held its first Sustainability in Practice Summit in June. Among others, our partner Robert Matthew Noblett gave a lecture with SA+P Professor Christoph Reinhart. Research results that can be implemented in practice were…
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10.07

"Baukulturdialog Hamburg" with Stefan Behnisch

Several time a year, in different cities throughout Germany, the Building Culture Dialogues series seeks to initiate direct discussions with decision-makers and committed people from the building sector. Organized by the „Bundesstiftung Baukultur“ (Fe…
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05.07

adidas World Of Sports ARENA in SOURCEBOOK ZEITGENÖSSISCHE BÜROS

Great to see the adidas World Of Sports ARENA in the recently published SOURCEBOOK ZEITGENÖSSISCHE BÜROS by ff publishers about architecture and interiors of inspiring workplaces.
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'23
04.07

DAM Prize 2024 - we are nominated

Great news: We have been nominated for the DAM Prize 2024 with two projects: Lycée Franco-Allemand, Buc, France and Primary School Infanteriestraße, Munich, Germany
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'23
03.07

Exhibition: Die Architektur im Buch. Das Buch in der Architektur - with a contribution by Stefan Behnisch

AIT-ArchitekturSalon Bei den Mühren 70, 20457 Hamburg Opening hours: Mon - Wed, Fri 10am - 6pm, Thu 10am - 8pm, 1st Sat of the month 1pm - 6pm and by appointment Until 14 July 2023 The exhibition as part of the 10th Hamburg Architecture Summer …
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'23
03.07

Exhibition “Die Ganze Stadt”

Our Partner Michael Innerarity participated in the opening events of the exhibition “Die Ganze Stadt” in Hamburg on June 22nd. The exhibition displays over 170 competitions that have taken place over the last 6 years in the greater Hamburg area. We are…
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'23
30.06

EDGE ElbSide - final stretch

We are looking forward to the final completion of our EDGE ElbSide project, which is in its final stretch of being finished! EDGE ElbSide is an innovative office building in the Baakenhafen area of the HafenCity that uses a prefabricated, slim-line…
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29.06

Lviv Urban Forum with Stefan Behnisch

We are very pleased that Stefan Behnisch is invited as one of the speakers to the Lviv Urban Forum from 28 to 30 June! The leading European and Ukrainian urban planners and architects will work together at the Lviv Urban Forum to answer the…
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28.06

Lecture with Stefan Rappold at Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft (D.O.G.) e.V.

Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft [D.O.G.] e.V. Regionalgruppe Neckaralb 29 June 2023, 7 pm Spitalhof 4, 72764 Reutlingen Admission free
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27.06

Architektouren - Review

Two great and sunny days are behind us and we are happy about the numerous visitors at the Architektouren last weekend. Thank you to everyone who was there. The exhibition accompanying the Architektouren can be seen until 14 July: Monday to Friday,…
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20.06

Architektouren 2023 – be part of it!

We are very pleased to be represented with 3 buildings at the Architektouren this year! Join us and get a special impression of these great places, guided by our architects: Primary School Infanteriestrasse Sat, 24.06.2023, 11:00 a.m. Sat,…
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19.06

ROMA Architekturtag - Lecture with Stefan Rappold

We are looking forward to the ROMA Architekturtag at the ROMA Campus in Burgau. Our partner Stefan Rappold is one of the speakers and will give a lecture on the topic of „Einfach Bauen und Reduktion an geometrischer Vielfalt vs. komplexe Fügungen un…
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18.06

Opening ceremony, Oberstufenbau, Freie Waldorfschule Uhlandshoehe

A few colourful impressions of the opening ceremony of the new upper school building at the Freie Waldorfschule Uhlandshoehe last Friday.
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'23
18.06

Record on the Road - Keynote with Robert Matthew Noblett

Keynote with our partner Robert Matthew Noblett for Sustainability in Practice, a Record on the Road half-day event in Boston. Register for free here. June 20 Samberg Conference Center, MIT 1:15 PM-2:10 PM
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'23
15.06

Michael Innerarity was Juror at the German University in Cairo

Our partner Michael Innerarity visited the „Deutsche Schule der Borromäerinnen Kairo“ and was an external juror at German University in Cairo - GUC in the final projects for the current semester.
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'23
31.05

KDAA – Korea Deutschland Architektur Assoziation: lecture with Michael Innerarity

On June 1st our partner Michael Innerarity will speak at the edition #8 of the „International Lecture Series – Contemporary German Architecture“ of the KDAA (Korean-Germany Architecture Association). The KDAA is a non-profit organization of archi…
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'23
08.05

Harvard SEC: Winner of DER DEUTSCHE LICHTDESIGN-PREIS 2023

We are happy to announce that Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex won DER DEUTSCHE LICHTDESIGN-PREIS 2023 in the category "International Project". Congratulations to Bartenbach and the whole project team! Learn more here.
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'23
27.04

Florian von Hayek was jury member of the Innovation Award Architecture+ Building 2023

For the 15th time, the architecture journal AIT and AIT-Dialog were organizing the Innovation Award Architecture+ Building in cooperation with Messe München on the occasion of BAU 2023. The Innovation Award Architecture+ Building honors products and …
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'23
21.04

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex: Winner of the AIA COTE Top Ten Award 2023

It is a very special honor that our project the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex [SEC] is a winner of the COTE Top Ten Award 2023, presented by the AIA (American Institute of Architects). The COTE Top Ten is one of the best-known…
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'23
11.04

iF Design Award 2023: Stefan Behnisch was part of the international final jury

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'23
28.03

Topping out Ceremony – Josef-Schwarz-Schule, Heilbronn

The project to build the new Josef-Schwarz-Schule is one of the largest construction projects of its kind in Germany. The school will be built in the Neckarbogen quarter, a model development on the western edge of Heilbronn’s downtown. The all-day s…
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'23
13.03

7. Internationales Symposium zur Architekturvermittlung with Angie Müller-Puch

From March 24 to 26, 2023, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar invites you to the „7. Internationales Symposium zur Architekturvermittlung“ on the topic "Kultur – Erbe – Aneignung“ (Culture - Heritage – Appropriation). Architects, urban psychologists and cultural…
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'23
22.02

Things are moving forward in Münster: Timber frame construction for the extension of the Fachhochschule has been started!

With renewable building materials and resource-saving use of existing infrastructure, Münster University of Applied Sciences is expanding the Fachhochschulzentrum (FHZ) on Corrensstraße. Behnisch Architekten, in collaboration with Berghaus A…
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'23
20.02

New partners at Behnisch Architekten

Behnisch Architekten is expanding its partnership to include seven of its long-term architects as new partners: Michael Innerarity (Stuttgart), Christine Napolitano and Erik Hegre (Boston), Maria Hirnsperger, Florian von Hayek, and Stephan Leissle…
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'23
13.02

Topping out Ceremony – BBGZ Family Center, Erlangen

The second topping out ceremony this year, we celebrated in Erlangen! A new civic meeting place and health center is being built on a former military site at the southwestern edge of Erlangen’s Röthelheim Park. In addition to a climbing tower and bo…
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'23
06.02

Topping out Ceremony – Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, University of Pennsylvania

VLEST is progressing and we celebrated a beautiful topping out ceremony under a bright sky. The new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology will occupy a prominent and critical site on the University of Pennsylvania campus,…
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'23
02.02

Vote for us: Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex is up for nomination in ArchDaily's 2023 Building of the Year Awards

ArchDaily has just launched the 14th edition of its Building of the Year Awards and Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex is eligible for nomination. We look forward to your vote here! The nomination process runs until February 15th…
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'23
01.02

Solar architecture / BIPV Webinar with Cornelia Wust, Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Hear about selected projects from the 2022 Building-Integrated Solar Technology Architecture Award: The use of solar energy in buildings is a central issue on the path to climate neutrality. Solar technology systems should be a natural component of…
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'23
09.01

Harleston Parker People’s Choice Award voting 2022: open now!

Our project the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex is finalist of the Harleston Parker Medal 2022, recognizing the “the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument, or structure built in the metropolitan Boston area in t…
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'22
31.12

Happy New Year 2023!

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'22
23.12

Action Sports Center Munich: Final Update

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'22
20.12

Action Sports Center: Video

Our new project video for the indoor skatehall in Munich, in the listed former Eggenfabrik. The 1st project phase will include the energy renovation of the existing building with a PV integrated skylight, the skate parkour and chill out & active…
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'22
16.12

Kristi Paulson named as one of Bisnow's 2022 Southern California Women Leading Real Estate Honorees!

Congratulations to our Los Angeles partner Kristi Paulson for being honored by BISNOW as one of 2022's Southern California Power Women. She received an award for "Outstanding Excellence & Influence in Los Angeles Commercial Real…
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'22
15.12

Lycée Franco-Allemand in Buc selected as one of the Best projects 2022 on archilovers

For its outstanding aesthetics, creativity and functionality, the Lycée Franco-Allemand in Buc, France has been selected as one of the Best projects 2022 on Archilovers.
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'22
09.12

1st prize for the pilot project „Einfach Bauen“ of the city of Zurich for our project proposal «Equipe»

The project team, consisting of Angie Müller-Puch, Stefan Behnisch Hon FAIA (Behnisch Architekten Atelier Weimar) and Johannes Müntinga (Zurich), together with Transsolar KlimaEngineering GmbH (Stuttgart), ZPF Ingenieure (Basel) und TREIBHAUS L…
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'22
08.12

Today: PowerSKIN 2022 Conference & Livestream

Angie Müller-Puch, Randa Omar and Erik Hegre will be giving a virtual lecture about the topic „Scrolling Screen: A responsive building envelope for energetic adaptations“ December 8 ROOM FORD SAAL (Room 1) 11:35 – 11:50 Uhr A paper written by Behnis…
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'22
07.12

Groundbreaking: Sportpark Ost Regensburg

The project, which we realize together with L&P Beratende Ingenieure GmbH is located in the former barracks area „Prinz-Leopold-Kaserne“, will encompass a new public swimming pool and an athletics training arena. The synergy effects created by thi…
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'22
29.11

Gotthard-Müller School – Winner of the Brillux Design Award

In September, the Brillux Design Awards 2021 were presented at the LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster. We are very pleased to have been awarded the prize for our project Gotthard-Müller School Bernhausen, Filderstadt in the category: In…
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'22
21.11

Architecture Talk with Stefan Rappold

„Sustainability is one of the defining issues of our time. Not only is the awareness of sustainable decisions growing, but also the obligations that arise with the trend. Recently, the idea of sustainability has also become part of architecture. B…
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'22
21.11

Maria Hirnsperger jury member of the Architects of Tomorrow Special Contest 2022!

The Architects of Tomorrow Special Contest is promoted by THE PLAN as part of THE PLAN AWARD. The subject of the contest is theses for three and five-year bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in in architecture, building…
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'22
17.11

Today: Award Ceremony The Plan Award 2022

Our project Primary School Infanteriestrasse is a finalist at this year’s The Plan Award in the category “Education”. Today, November 17th 2022 at 6pm, The Plan will formally announce the winners and honorable mentions during an official award cerem…
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'22
02.11

Architekturführer Deutschland 2023 – Out now!

We are very pleased that the Paul-Winter School is represented in the 'Architekturführer Deutschland 2023'. Edited by Yorck Förster, Christina Gräwe and Peter Cachola Schmal, this guide to remarkable, recently realized buildings in Germany shows off a …
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'22
02.11

Harvard SEC: Winner of the 2022 American Architecture Award!

We are proud to announce that The Chicago Athenaeum, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies has selected our Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex, Allston, MA, as one of the AAA 2022 winners.…
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'22
31.10

Green Building Showcase 2022 at Harvard SEC, Allston, MA

In 2021, we were the happy winners of the Green Building of the Year Award for the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex, presented by Built Environment Plus. That year, the annual awards ceremony was held at the building, and we were…
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'22
27.10

15. Architecture Quartet NRW - a successful event

On Thursday, 20 October, the 15th edition of the Architecture Quartet NRW took place with around 180 participants on site at the K20 in Düsseldorf and was also streamed live. Three projects with green roof worlds from NRW were discussed by the …
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'22
20.10

Harvard SEC: Winner of the 2022 FSC Leadership Award

The Forest Stewardship Council selection committee unanimously agrees that our „commitment to responsible forest management makes Harvard SEC & Behnisch Architekten true leaders“. The FSC Leadership Awards recognize excellence in the use of FSC certi…
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'22
19.10

1st prize for new joint project with ALN: Educational Center Landshut

Together with ALN | Architekturbüro Leinhäupl + Neuber GmbH we won the „VgV-Verfahren“ (Public Tender Regulation) for the new building design of the educational center Landshut. We are very happy about the decision of the Handwerkskammer Niede…
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'22
11.10

Opening of Kita Pioneer-Kaserne, Hanau

Blue sky, sunshine and a great opening party of the Kita Pioneer-Kaserne in Hanau last Friday. The ceremonial handover of keys took place with numerous guests: Claus Kaminsky, Lord Mayor of the City of Hanau, Axel Weiss-Thiel, Mayor of the City of…
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'22
06.10

The Plan Award 2022: Public voting

Our project Primary School Infanteriestrasse in Munich is shortlisted for The Plan Award 2022 in the category „education / completed“. You can vote here and give a “Good luck” if you like.
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'22
05.10

Stefan Rappold speaks on the Heinze Podcast

Listen to Stefan Rappold on the Heinze podcast as he talks about architecture, flexibility and the need for research.
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'22
27.09

Topping out Ceremony – EDGE Elbside, Hamburg

On Wednesday, September 21st 2022 we celebrated the topping out ceremony for the EDGE ElbSide building, the new headquarter of Vattenfall in the HafenCity of Hamburg. EDGE ElbSide is Germany's tallest building using the so-called…
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'22
08.09

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex: Winner of the 2022 International Architecture Awards!

We are very pleased about this prize! Since 2004, The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd. have organized The…
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'22
01.09

Construction start of the timber roof structure for the FH Münster

With renewable building materials and resource-saving use of existing infrastructure, Münster University of Applied Sciences is expanding the Fachhochschulzentrum (FHZ) on Corrensstraße. Behnisch Architekten, in collaboration with Berghaus A…
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'22
09.08

Competition: 2nd Prize FORUM communication centre - Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Behnisch Architekten Munich and Weimar, in collaboration with GTL Michael Triebswetter Landschaftsarchitekt, won 2nd prize for the competition entry for the new construction of the FORUM communication centre - Friedrich Schiller University Jena.…
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'22
27.07

1st prize for the Wohnquartier Stadtpark Gersthofen competition

We are excited to announce that our Behnisch Architekten team in Munich has won the competition for the Wohnquartier Stadtpark Gersthofen. Directly adjacent to the square and the Town Hall, the existing park is to be replaced by a mixed, urban…
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'22
25.07

We are looking for architects!

Do you like working independently, are self-reliant, appreciate an international, creative environment and are interested in creating sophisticated, sustainable architecture? Apply to our office - more information can be found here
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'22
20.07

DGNB Annual Meeting „Phase Nachhaltigkeit“

After a break of two years due to corona, the annual meeting of the "Phase Nachhaltigkeit" initiative finally took place again. The event at the House of Architects in Stuttgart was attended by, among many others, Angie Müller-Puch, …
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'22
18.07

Inauguration: Town Hall Grosskarolinenfeld

On Saturday, 9th July 2022, the Town Hall Grosskarolinenfeld was officially inaugurated. A big thank you to Adler+Olesch, Munich, Köppl Ingenieure, Rosenheim, Ingenieurbüro Hausladen, Kirchheim, elo Plan, Rosenheim, and Bartenbach GmbH, Aldrans for t…
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'22
12.07

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex – shortlist WAF 2022

We are extremely delighted, that Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex has been shortlisted in this year’s World Architecture Festival awards in the category Completed Buildings: Higher Education and Research. All shortlisted projects w…
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'22
08.07

DBZ Podcast with Behnisch Architekten: Learning spaces

Listen to this new episode of the DBZ podcast with Maria Hirnsperger and Angie Müller-Puch, both partner at Behnisch Architekten.
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'22
05.07

37th PV-Symposium in Freiburg

Cornelia Wust, director at Behnisch Architekten spoke at this year's PV-Symposium about building-integrated photovoltaics in a design-oriented manner, using the example of the new school building Freie Waldorfschule Uhlandshöhe in Stuttgart. Photos: …
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'22
04.07

First Conradty Building at Spinnereipark in Kolbermoor completed!

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Campus Founders

Heilbronn, Germany
Competition - Work - Heilbronn, Germany
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'19

Radstation Tübingen

Tübingen, Germany
Competition - Transport - Tübingen, Germany
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'19

Lenbachstraße Residential Development

3.176 qm / 34,090 sq.ft. - Stuttgart, Germany

3.176 qm / 34,090 sq.ft.

Competition - Living - Stuttgart, Germany