30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Germany
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Traversing the German nation, one will encounter a similar historic program to other European capitals — Romanesque churches, Renaissance monuments and more — blended with functionalist and modernist structures.
Early twenty-first-century Germany gave rise to the thriving Bauhaus. Founded by Walter Gropius, this school introduced brand-new architectural thinking, an ideology rooted in function, clarity and mass production. Materials like concrete and glass were favored, socially progressive housing blocks were constructed, and a newfound appreciation for modernism emerged. The spirit of the great Bauhaus teachers — Mies van der Rohe, for example — vigorously lives on and inspires contemporary designers today. Additionally, modern industrial architecture took off post-war and has played a prominent role in the nation’s economic growth, continuing to do so today.
The architectural devastation from WWII resulted in mass reconstruction efforts. The post-war restoration and rebuilding embraced a functional attitude, which continued the legacy of the Bauhaus movement despite its closing over a decade prior. Today, German architecture continues to champion the nation’s modernist brilliance through innovative designs that push technological boundaries and celebrate culture.
With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Germany based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.
How are these architecture firms ranked?
The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:
The number of A+Awards wonThe number of A+Awards finalistsThe number of projects selected as “Project of the Day”The number of projects selected as “Featured Project”The number of projects uploaded to ArchitizerEach of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Germany architecture firms throughout the year.
Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Germany:
30. Format Elf Architekten
© Format Elf Architekten
Simple and touching.
Format Elf Architekten is an architecture firm that focuses on residential architecture.
Some of Format Elf Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Longhouses, Bad Birnbach, Germany
FORMSTELLE, Töging am Inn, Germany
House B, Munich, Germany
Die Basis, Munich, Germany
The following statistics helped Format Elf Architekten achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
4
29. Bruzkus Batek Architects
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BRUZKUS BATEK Since 2007, this internationally active office specialised in designing hotels, offices, shops, restaurants and private housing – and particularly in the detailing of high-quality interiors. After 10 successful years, it is time for a change. As of 2018, Bruzkus Batek is splitting into BATEK ARCHITECTS and ESTER BRUZKUS ARCHITECTS.
Some of Bruzkus Batek Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Razorfish, Berlin, Germany
Office Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Colette Tim Raue Munich, Munich, Germany
Apartment PP, Berlin, Germany
Dean, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped Bruzkus Batek Architects achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
28
28. Ester Bruzkus Architekten
© Ester Bruzkus Architekten
Founded in 2002 in Berlin, Ester Bruzkus Architekten is an architecture and interior design practice with global ties: Berlin, New York, Paris, Tel Aviv, Boston, Dubai, Moscow, Vladivostok, Tenerife. We have extensive experience with design at many scales: from the design of tables and furniture to exquisite residences and workspaces to international theaters, restaurants and hotels.
Straight lines, precise planning, material contrasts – and plenty of surprises. The architecture of Ester Bruzkus and her team makes use of contrasts of thick and thin, sharp and soft, curved and straight, rough and smooth, common and opulent, colorful and restrained, playful and well-resolved. Special projects result from a dialogue of space and light, materiality and color, existing constraints and new opportunities – and especially a synergy between the needs of the client, the space and the aspirations of great design.
Some of Ester Bruzkus Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Razorfish, Berlin, Germany
Office Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Colette Tim Raue Munich, Munich, Germany
Apartment PP, Berlin, Germany
Dean, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped Ester Bruzkus Architekten achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
34
27. Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller
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Architects Wannenmacher + Möller, based in Bielefeld Germany, has been in practice for almost 60 years. Today the office is run by second generation Andreas Wannenmacher and Hans-Heinrich Möller. It was founded by Gregor Wannenmacher in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1955. Over the years the office grew continuously and became one of the largest architectural firms in the German region Eastern Westfalia. Most of the activities were focused in this region. During the last years, however, the office had the opportunity to design buildings and control their realization outside this region, some of them in foreign countries throughout Europe, Asia, and the USA.
Some of Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller’s most prominent projects include:
Ford Hagemeier Halle , Germany
Wohnhaus Möllmann, Bielefeld, Germany
House P+G, Weinheim, Germany
House in Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Borchen Sports Hall, Borchen, Germany
The following statistics helped Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
14
26. Design.Develop.Build – GA Tech | PBSA | RWTH
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Students from the Georgia Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen University and PBSA Düsseldorf design, develop and build civic architecture.
Some of Design.Develop.Build’s most prominent projects include:
Guga S’Thebe Children’s Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa
The following statistics helped Design.Develop.Build achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
25. Ecker Architekten
© Ecker Architekten
Ecker Architekten is an architecture and design firm based in Germany. Ecker Architekten’s design portfolio includes a variety of architectural projects, such as cultural, commercial, government and health, educational, and more.
Some of Ecker Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
The Forum at Eckenberg Gymnasium, Adelsheim, Germany
Field Chapel, Buchen, Germany
Kindergarten Dandelion Clock, Germany
Kanzlei Balkenhol, BW, Germany
Branch Bank in Hettingen, Hettingen, Germany
The following statistics helped Ecker Architekten achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
8
24. Sehw Architektur
© Helin Bereket
“Sehw stands for meaningfulness, emotion, attitude and change.” Our mission: building architecture sustainably, thinking innovatively and creating social added value.
“Sehw stands for an aesthetic of sustainability in architecture.” // Sustainability // Acting sustainably
We are not just planning for today but for the generation of tomorrow and beyond. For us, sustainable architecture means forward-looking planning and the development of future-proof utilization concepts.
In times of rapid climate change, we are committed to resource-conserving construction methods and the use of renewable energies. Recyclable building materials and circular economy are the basis for a long life cycle and corresponding sustainability certifications of our buildings. We value and protect existing structures and materials.
Some of Sehw Architektur’s most prominent projects include:
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
Weitblick Innovation Campus, Augsburg, Germany
Inclusive School Centre Döbern, Döbern, Germany
The Copper Coil, Rostock, Germany
Around the Corner – Student Apartment Building, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped Sehw Architektur achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
18
23. PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp
© PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp
A passion for houses.
There’s nothing more significant to describe what our architecture office is about: houses — simple, yet complex. The archetype of all construction is our passion. That’s what we stand for. On this we work holistically with a team of architects and engineers.
Center of our designing is the human being. We understand architecture as a second skin, which must be tailored. At the same time it’s essential to reflect the unique character of the location. The goal is a harmonious triad of mankind, nature and architecture.
The focus and specialization on houses and villas is faced by a wide diversification in the range of services offered.
Some of PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp’s most prominent projects include:
Villa Philipp, Waldenburg, Germany
Villa Lombardo, Lugano, Switzerland
A monastery of modernity, Augsburg, Germany
Villa Schatzlmayr, Passau, Germany
Villa Mauthe, Bahlingen, Germany
The following statistics helped PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
22
22. KRESINGS
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KRESINGS is a studio for architecture, interior design, urban planning and product design with offices in Munster and Dusseldorf. Since its founding by Rainer Maria Kresing in 1985 four further partners joined the management: Kilian Kresing, Christian Kawe, Matthias Povel and André Perret. More than 60 employees — architects, designers, planners and engineers — guarantee a broad range of creative and qualified services. Experience meets creative ease.
The studio has been awarded with national awards like those of the BDAand the DAM. KRESINGS: Experts and team players in areas of office and industrial buildings, facilities for research, education and culture as well as individual designs for residential buildings.
Some of KRESINGS’ most prominent projects include:
Student Residence Boeselagerstraße, Münster, Germany
Headquarters Mitsubishi Electric Europe, Ratingen, Germany
Petting Zoo, Öhringen, Germany
Freiherr-vom-Stein-High-School, Münster, Germany
Residential Building Hoher Heckenweg, Münster, Germany
The following statistics helped KRESINGS achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
33
21. 3deluxe
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The interdisciplinary design collective 3deluxe, consisting of about 30 individuals centered around Dieter Brell, Peter Seipp and Andreas and Stephan Lauhoff, has been creating groundbreaking impulses in the fields of architecture and interior design, graphic and media design.
In creative synergy hybrid forms of two and three dimensional design are created: graphic works develop a spatial impact, while architectural drafts are based on communication principles. In this way, complex collages are contrived, so called ‚multilayered atmospheres‘, that foster multiple sensory experiences and allow for a multitude of potential interpretations. Paramount is the broadening of an absolute understanding of space and image towards a dynamic, processual approach.
Some of 3deluxe’s most prominent projects include:
V- Plaza Urban Development, Kaunas, Lithuania
Kaffee Partner Headquarters, Osnabrück, Germany
Butterfly Pavilion, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Leonardo Glass Cube, Bad Driburg, Germany
Cyberhelvetia
The following statistics helped 3deluxe achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
20
20. Christoph Hesse Architects
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Christoph Hesse Architects was founded in 2010 by Christoph Hesse, has offices in Korbach and, since 2018, in Berlin. The architectural practice currently employs an international team of 15 people and has won numerous awards.
Some of Christoph Hesse Architects’ most prominent projects include:
VITOS Outpatient psychiatric clinic for traumatized refugees, Korbach, Germany
Villa F / the off-the-grid house in the central highlands of Germany, Medebach, Germany
StrohTherme, Medebach, Germany
Room of Silence, Korbach, Germany
The following statistics helped Christoph Hesse Architects achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
4
19. Zeller & Moye
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Zeller & Moye is a design studio based in Mexico City and Berlin that works at the intersection of architecture, arts, design and latest technology through an experimental, multidisciplinary and collaborative working culture.
Some of Zeller & Moye’s most prominent projects include:
HAUS KÖRIS, Brandenburg, Germany
SANDRA WEIL Store, Mexico City, Mexico
TROQUER FASHION HOUSE, Mexico City, Mexico
CASA VERNE, Mexico City, Mexico
CASA HILO, Mexico
The following statistics helped Zeller & Moye achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
12
18. Ippolito Fleitz Group – Identity Architects
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Ippolito fleitz group is a multidisciplinary, internationally operating design studio based in Stuttgart.We are identity architects. We work in unison with our clients to develop architecture, products and communication that are part of a whole and yet distinctive in their own right. This is how we define identity.With meticulous analysis before we begin.With animated examination in the conceptional phase. With a clarity of argument in the act of persuasion.With a love of accuracy in the realisation.With a serious goal and a lot of fun along the way. Working together with our clients.As architects of identity, we conceive and construct buildings, interiors and landscapes; we develop products and communication measures.
Some of Ippolito Fleitz Group – Identity Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Das GERBER, Stuttgart, Germany
Hunke – Jewellers and Opticians, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Bella Italia Weine, Stuttgart, Germany
ippolito fleitz group | Residential Building, Denkendorf, Germany
WakuWaku Dammtor, Hamburg, Germany
The following statistics helped Ippolito Fleitz Group - Identity Architects achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
26
17. VON M
© Zooey Braun
VON M is an architecture and design firm based in Germany. VON M’s design portfolio includes a variety of architectural projects, such as cultural, residential, educational, commercial, hospitality and sport, and more.
Some of VON M’s most prominent projects include:
Museum Luthers Sterbehaus, Eisleben, Germany
BHM Pavillon, Wolfegg, Germany
Kinder- und Familienzentrum, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Hotel Bauhofstrasse, Ludwigsburg, Germany
HS77, Stuttgart, Germany
The following statistics helped VON M achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
11
16. Plastique Fantastique
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Plastique Fantastique is a collective for temporary architecture that samples the performative possibilities of urban environments.
Established in Berlin in 1999, Plastique Fantastique has been influenced by the unique circumstances that made the city a laboratory for temporary spaces. Plastique Fantastique’s synthetic structures affect surrounding spaces like a soap bubble does: Similar to a foreign body, it occupies and mutates urban space. Their interventions change the way we perceive and interact in urban environments. By mixing different landscape types, an osmotic passage between private and public space is generating new hybrid environments.Regardless the way people view a bubble, walk around its exterior or move inside it, the pneumatic structure is a medium to experience the same physical setting in a temporary extraordinary situation.
Some of Plastique Fantastique’s most prominent projects include:
LOUD SHADOWS, Terschelling, Netherlands
Blurry Venice, Venice, Italy
Aeropolis, Copenhagen, Denmark
superKOLMEMEN, Helsinki, Finland
MOBILE PPS for Doctors
The following statistics helped Plastique Fantastique achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
5
15. 4a Architekten
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Shaping atmosphere, lending identity, creating quality of space — these are the values that characterize the buildings of 4a Architekten. The starting point and guiding principle of our work is the concept of architecture as living space. Our buildings come into being through intensive team work shaped by interdisciplinary thinking and action.
What characterizes a location in terms of its culture and history? What are the client’s expectations and objectives? What is viable within the budget and what are the benefits for users? These questions and this approach bring us to solutions with an individual character — and they apply just as much to the planning of buildings as to the design of interior spaces.
Some of 4a Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Therme Lindau on Lake Constance, Lindau, Germany
Balingen Civic Hall, Balingen, Germany
Emser Thermal Baths, Bad Ems, Germany
Spreewald Spa Hotel, Burg, Germany
Stegermatt Aquatic Centre, Offenburg, Germany
The following statistics helped 4a Architekten achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
7
Total Projects
15
14. schneider+schumacher
© schneider+schumacher / Frankfurt - Vienna - Tianjin
Our architectural approach is characterized by the enjoyment we have in finding solutions to the complex demands of today’s buildings. We adapt our buildings to fit into their surroundings, yet we also create landmarks. Pragmatic poetry, nurtured not only by design clarity and a conscientious attitude towards the task in hand, but also by a delight in fine details.
This design process is constantly informed by the dialogue that takes place on a daily basis between the various professional disciplines in all our specialized divisions – architecture, construction and project management, design, a.o. — and international offices.
schneider+schumacher is headquartered in Frankfurt, and has two branches in Viennaand Tianjin.
Some of schneider+schumacher’s most prominent projects include:
Autobahn Church, Wilnsdorf, Germany
Oil Harbour Bridge, Raunheim, Germany
DOXX – Quayside Development at Mainz Customs Port, Mainz, Germany
Städel Museum Extension, Frankfurt, Germany
Siegerland Motorway Church, Wilnsdorf, Wilnsdorf, Germany
The following statistics helped schneider+schumacher achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
12
13. ingenhoven associates
© ingenhoven associates
Celebrating 40 years of excellence since 1985, the studio is pioneer in sustainable architecture, designing and delivering projects of all sizes and typologies across nearly every region of the world, adhering to the highest green building standards, including LEED, Green Star, Minergie, BREEAM, DGNB and CASBEE. With a tailored approach to each location, the multinational, interdisciplinary team creates nuanced architectural solutions with added value and positive social impact.
Some of ingenhoven associates’ most prominent projects include:
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Freiburg Town Hall, Freiburg, Germany
Kö-Bogen 2, Düsseldorf, Germany
Marina One, Singapore, Singapore
Daniel Swarovski Corporation, Männedorf, Switzerland
The following statistics helped ingenhoven associates achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
28
12. gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
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The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partnersare an architectural practice that was founded in Hamburg and has branches worldwide. With our generalist approach and more than 50 years of experience, we complete projects in dialogue with our clients and the participating planning disciplines, at all scales and cultural contexts, covering all design phases and working on all continents. The range of our projects extends from family residences to high-rise buildings, from stadiums to concert halls, from office buildings to bridges, and from door hardware to urban planning.
With holistic sustainability in mind, we aim to create new and refurbished architecture that is long-lasting and goes beyond temporary fashions, taking into account the global challenges and issues of urbanization, digitalization, and mobility.
Some of gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner’s most prominent projects include:
Guna Villa, Jūrmala, Latvia
Universiade 2011 Sports Center, Shenzhen, China
Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
Twin Towers, Commodity Exchange Plaza, Dalian, China
The following statistics helped gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
36
11. kadawittfeldarchitektur
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We are kadawittfeldarchitektur. Originally founded in Aachen in 1999, we today stand for more than just architectural design. The interdisciplinary approach of our work, linking architecture, interior and product design on the one hand and at the interface of town planning and urban projects on the other hand, reflects the full range of our creative output.
kadawittfeldarchitektur develops added value space. In a team of more than 170 persons, we create architecture with added value space for living, communication and work environments. In the way we deal with volumes, materials, structures and functions, we strive to integrate our schemes into their surroundings with the objective of creating contemporary and sustainable architecture and meeting the needs of both the users and the general public.
Some of kadawittfeldarchitektur’s most prominent projects include:
CELTIC MUSEUM, Glauburg, Germany
ADIDAS LACES, Herzogenaurach, Germany
SPZ, HALLEIN, Hallein, Austria
SENIOR CITIZENS RESIDENCE ALTENMARKT, Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria
SALZBURG CENTRAL STATION, Salzburg, Austria
The following statistics helped kadawittfeldarchitektur achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
32
10. GRAFT
© GRAFT
What is graft?
The English word ‘graft’ provokes a variety of meanings and multiple readings. It stands for transplants in the field of medicine, for cheating, but also for hard work. In the terminology of botany, grafting is described as the addition of one shoot onto a genetically different host.
Some of GRAFT’s most prominent projects include:
Ice Stadion “Arena Schierke”, Wernigerode, Germany
Show Palace Munich, Munich, Germany
Autostadt Roof and Service Pavilion, Wolfsburg, Germany
Eiswerk, Berlin, Germany
Villa M , Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped GRAFT achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
7
Total Projects
17
9. HENN
© HENN
HENN is an international architecture studio with over 75 years of experience in designing innovative work environments across office, science, healthcare, industry, education, and culture. An interdisciplinary team of 400 professionals works from offices in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, and Shanghai.
The design process is collaborative and driven by curiosity. HENN draws from the rich expertise of three generations and a global network of partners. All three generations share a common mindset: openness and curiosity. This spirit drives the studio to continuously question and redefine architectural typologies.
HENN was founded in 1947 by Walter Henn in Dresden. Early on, he specialized in industrial buildings and played a key role in establishing the Braunschweig School through his academic work.
Some of HENN’s most prominent projects include:
Porsche Pavilion, Wolfsburg, Germany
Zalando Headquarters Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Bugatti Atelier, Molsheim, France
MobileLife Campus, Wolfsburg, Germany
The CUBE, Dresden, Germany
The following statistics helped HENN achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
30
8. Auer Weber
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Founded in 1980, we are an internationally active architectural firm with offices in Stuttgart and Munich. We employ around 150 people from 20 countries and work on projects of various sizes and tasks from initial design through to completion. Each year, we create entries for between 30 and 40 competitions in our two offices, from which we generate a large proportion of our orders. These range from buildings for the community to educational and administrative buildings, sports and leisure facilities and large infrastructure projects.
The diversity of our architecture is the result of in-depth study of the building tasks and where these tasks originate.
Some of Auer Weber’s most prominent projects include:
Aquatic Centre “Aquamotion” Courchevel , Saint-Bon-Tarentaise, France
Arena du Pays d’Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France
Extension of the District Office in Starnberg, Starnberg, Germany
ESO Headquarters Extension, Garching, Germany
Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Route de Torcy, France
The following statistics helped Auer Weber achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
9
Total Projects
24
7. Peter Ruge Architekten
© Peter Ruge Architekten GmbH
Identity+Sustainability=Architecture
Peter Ruge Architekten is a locally and internationally active planning office based in Berlin. Our mission is simple: to develop and build sustainable architecture of the future. The agenda of the team along with three partners Peter Ruge, Kayoko Uchiyama and Matthias Matschewski includes new buildings, optimization of existing properties and urban planning designs.
The projects are holistic, i.e. adapted to the climate, culture and needs of the users, and have received numerous awards and certifications. Our detailed understanding of sustainable design processes supports the decisions of our clients. In education field, Prof. Ruge shares our knowledge with a global design community at DIA, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau, Shenyang Jianzhu University in China and Kyoto Seika University in Japan.
Some of Peter Ruge Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Busan Opera House, South Korea, Busan, South Korea
Congress Center Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China
House O, Germany, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Germany
LTD_1 Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, Germany
Muzeum Lotnictwa Krakow, Poland
The following statistics helped Peter Ruge Architekten achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
18
6. HPP Architects
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HPP Architects is one of Europe’s leading architectural partnerships with a full range of architectural and master planning services. Since its foundation by Professor Hentrich, the 4th generation of HPP partnership today includes a global team of more than 25 nationalities and 480 architects, engineers, urban designers and specialists. Today it comprises 13 offices including 8 regional offices in Germany and 5 international branches in Turkey, China and Netherlands.
HPP Architects’ headquarter is located in the Düsseldorf Media Harbor, further offices are located in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Istanbul, Leipzig, Munich, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Stuttgart. HPP completed more than 1200 buildings worldwide and aspires to create architectural quality of lasting value beyond the here and now: timeless and yet clearly part of their time, innovative and equally grounded in history.
Some of HPP Architects’s most prominent projects include:
LVM 5 , Münster, Germany
Medical Library Oasis, Düsseldorf, Germany
Hochschule Ruhr West, Mülheim, Germany
Henkel Asia-Pacific and China Headquarters, Shanghai, China
Dreischeibenhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
The following statistics helped HPP Architects achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
3
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
25
5. Behnisch Architekten
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The Stuttgart-based practice known today as Behnisch Architekten was founded in 1989 under the leadership of Stefan Behnisch. Originally established as a branch office of Günter Behnisch’s practice Behnisch & Partner, it became independent in 1991 and has subsequently developed into an international practice with offices in Stuttgart, Munich, Los Angeles/California, and Boston. These offices are directed by Stefan Behnisch and his partners in varying combinations. The Partners are Robert Hösle, Robert Matthew Noblett and Stefan Rappold. Stefan Behnisch is involved in all three offices.
From the outset, the social dimension of architecture has been a fundamental aspect of the firm’s design philosophy.
Some of Behnisch Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
SC Workplaces, California
City of Santa Monica Public Parking Structure #6, Santa Monica, California
Primary School Infanteriestrasse, München, Germany
Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex, Boston, Massachusetts
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
The following statistics helped Behnisch Architekten achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
9
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
24
4. wulf architekten
© Tobias Vollmer
wulf architekten emerged from the architecture practice established 1987 in Stuttgart by Tobias Wulf. Currently the office is managed by Tobias Wulf, Jan-Michael Kallfaß, Ingmar Menzer and Steffen Vogt. From 1996 to 2018, Kai Bierich and Alexander Vohl were partners of Tobias Wulf at wulf architekten. Currently, the company has about 140 employees, nine of them being senior architects. With three office locations – Stuttgart, Berlin and Basel– wulf architekten is also working on projects abroad.
Some of wulf architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Parking Garage Facade P22a at the Cologne Exhibition Centre, Cologne, Germany
Four primary schools in modular design, Munich, Germany
School Center North, Stuttgart, Germany
Canteen and Media Center for North vocational school center, Darmstadt, Germany
Chamber of Industry and Commerce, headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany
The following statistics helped wulf architekten achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
11
Total Projects
18
3. TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten
© TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten GmbH
TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten design, plan and build for national and international clients in the public and private sectors. The company, with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden, is named after Sergei Tchoban, architect BDA, and his partner Ekkehard Voss, architect BDA.
With over 150 highly qualified, interdisciplinary employees and many years of experience, it offers architecturally and functionally sustainable solutions for a wide range of building projects in Germany and abroad. TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten is member of the Association of German Architects, the Chambers of Architects in Hamburg, Berlin and Saxony, the Förderverein Bundesstiftung Baukultur e.V. as well as of the European Architects Network.
Some of TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, Berlin, Germany
SKF Test Centre for large-scale bearings, Schweinfurt, Germany
Seestraße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Koenigstadt-Quartier, Berlin, Germany
EMBASSY – Living alongside Koellnischer Park, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
6
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
29
2. Barkow Leibinger
© Barkow Leibinger
The scope of Barkow Leibinger’s work spans from cultural projects to industrial ones. Their focus on industrial architecture includes master planning and building representational and functional buildings for production, logistical and office spaces.
Some of Barkow Leibinger’s most prominent projects include:
Production Hall Trumpf, Hettingen, Germany
Stadthaus M1 – Green City Hotel, Freiburg, Germany
Harvard ArtLab, Boston, Massachusetts
Production Hall, Grüsch, Switzerland
Fraunhofer Research Campus, Waischenfeld, Germany
The following statistics helped Barkow Leibinger achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
17
1. J.MAYER.H
© J.MAYER.H
J. MAYER H’s studio, focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology and nature form the background for a new production of space.
Some of J.MAYER.H’s most prominent projects include:
MIAMI MUSEUM GARAGE, Miami, Florida
n.n. Residence, Moscow, Russia
Hasselt Court House , Hasselt, Belgium
Highway Rest Stops, Tbilisi, Georgia
Rest Stops, Gori, Georgia
Featured image: Tram Stops, Kehl, Germany
The following statistics helped J.MAYER.H achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
5
A+Awards Finalist
3
Featured Projects
19
Total Projects
30
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Traversing the German nation, one will encounter a similar historic program to other European capitals — Romanesque churches, Renaissance monuments and more — blended with functionalist and modernist structures.
Early twenty-first-century Germany gave rise to the thriving Bauhaus. Founded by Walter Gropius, this school introduced brand-new architectural thinking, an ideology rooted in function, clarity and mass production. Materials like concrete and glass were favored, socially progressive housing blocks were constructed, and a newfound appreciation for modernism emerged. The spirit of the great Bauhaus teachers — Mies van der Rohe, for example — vigorously lives on and inspires contemporary designers today. Additionally, modern industrial architecture took off post-war and has played a prominent role in the nation’s economic growth, continuing to do so today.
The architectural devastation from WWII resulted in mass reconstruction efforts. The post-war restoration and rebuilding embraced a functional attitude, which continued the legacy of the Bauhaus movement despite its closing over a decade prior. Today, German architecture continues to champion the nation’s modernist brilliance through innovative designs that push technological boundaries and celebrate culture.
With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Germany based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.
How are these architecture firms ranked?
The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:
The number of A+Awards wonThe number of A+Awards finalistsThe number of projects selected as “Project of the Day”The number of projects selected as “Featured Project”The number of projects uploaded to ArchitizerEach of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Germany architecture firms throughout the year.
Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Germany:
30. Format Elf Architekten
© Format Elf Architekten
Simple and touching.
Format Elf Architekten is an architecture firm that focuses on residential architecture.
Some of Format Elf Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Longhouses, Bad Birnbach, Germany
FORMSTELLE, Töging am Inn, Germany
House B, Munich, Germany
Die Basis, Munich, Germany
The following statistics helped Format Elf Architekten achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
4
29. Bruzkus Batek Architects
© Jens Bösenberg | Whitelight Studio GmbH
BRUZKUS BATEK Since 2007, this internationally active office specialised in designing hotels, offices, shops, restaurants and private housing – and particularly in the detailing of high-quality interiors. After 10 successful years, it is time for a change. As of 2018, Bruzkus Batek is splitting into BATEK ARCHITECTS and ESTER BRUZKUS ARCHITECTS.
Some of Bruzkus Batek Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Razorfish, Berlin, Germany
Office Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Colette Tim Raue Munich, Munich, Germany
Apartment PP, Berlin, Germany
Dean, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped Bruzkus Batek Architects achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
28
28. Ester Bruzkus Architekten
© Ester Bruzkus Architekten
Founded in 2002 in Berlin, Ester Bruzkus Architekten is an architecture and interior design practice with global ties: Berlin, New York, Paris, Tel Aviv, Boston, Dubai, Moscow, Vladivostok, Tenerife. We have extensive experience with design at many scales: from the design of tables and furniture to exquisite residences and workspaces to international theaters, restaurants and hotels.
Straight lines, precise planning, material contrasts – and plenty of surprises. The architecture of Ester Bruzkus and her team makes use of contrasts of thick and thin, sharp and soft, curved and straight, rough and smooth, common and opulent, colorful and restrained, playful and well-resolved. Special projects result from a dialogue of space and light, materiality and color, existing constraints and new opportunities – and especially a synergy between the needs of the client, the space and the aspirations of great design.
Some of Ester Bruzkus Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Razorfish, Berlin, Germany
Office Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Colette Tim Raue Munich, Munich, Germany
Apartment PP, Berlin, Germany
Dean, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped Ester Bruzkus Architekten achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
34
27. Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller
© Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH
Architects Wannenmacher + Möller, based in Bielefeld Germany, has been in practice for almost 60 years. Today the office is run by second generation Andreas Wannenmacher and Hans-Heinrich Möller. It was founded by Gregor Wannenmacher in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1955. Over the years the office grew continuously and became one of the largest architectural firms in the German region Eastern Westfalia. Most of the activities were focused in this region. During the last years, however, the office had the opportunity to design buildings and control their realization outside this region, some of them in foreign countries throughout Europe, Asia, and the USA.
Some of Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller’s most prominent projects include:
Ford Hagemeier Halle , Germany
Wohnhaus Möllmann, Bielefeld, Germany
House P+G, Weinheim, Germany
House in Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Borchen Sports Hall, Borchen, Germany
The following statistics helped Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
14
26. Design.Develop.Build – GA Tech | PBSA | RWTH
© Design.Develop.Build - GA Tech | PBSA | RWTH
Students from the Georgia Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen University and PBSA Düsseldorf design, develop and build civic architecture.
Some of Design.Develop.Build’s most prominent projects include:
Guga S’Thebe Children’s Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa
The following statistics helped Design.Develop.Build achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
25. Ecker Architekten
© Ecker Architekten
Ecker Architekten is an architecture and design firm based in Germany. Ecker Architekten’s design portfolio includes a variety of architectural projects, such as cultural, commercial, government and health, educational, and more.
Some of Ecker Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
The Forum at Eckenberg Gymnasium, Adelsheim, Germany
Field Chapel, Buchen, Germany
Kindergarten Dandelion Clock, Germany
Kanzlei Balkenhol, BW, Germany
Branch Bank in Hettingen, Hettingen, Germany
The following statistics helped Ecker Architekten achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
8
24. Sehw Architektur
© Helin Bereket
“Sehw stands for meaningfulness, emotion, attitude and change.” Our mission: building architecture sustainably, thinking innovatively and creating social added value.
“Sehw stands for an aesthetic of sustainability in architecture.” // Sustainability // Acting sustainably
We are not just planning for today but for the generation of tomorrow and beyond. For us, sustainable architecture means forward-looking planning and the development of future-proof utilization concepts.
In times of rapid climate change, we are committed to resource-conserving construction methods and the use of renewable energies. Recyclable building materials and circular economy are the basis for a long life cycle and corresponding sustainability certifications of our buildings. We value and protect existing structures and materials.
Some of Sehw Architektur’s most prominent projects include:
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
Weitblick Innovation Campus, Augsburg, Germany
Inclusive School Centre Döbern, Döbern, Germany
The Copper Coil, Rostock, Germany
Around the Corner – Student Apartment Building, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped Sehw Architektur achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
18
23. PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp
© PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp
A passion for houses.
There’s nothing more significant to describe what our architecture office is about: houses — simple, yet complex. The archetype of all construction is our passion. That’s what we stand for. On this we work holistically with a team of architects and engineers.
Center of our designing is the human being. We understand architecture as a second skin, which must be tailored. At the same time it’s essential to reflect the unique character of the location. The goal is a harmonious triad of mankind, nature and architecture.
The focus and specialization on houses and villas is faced by a wide diversification in the range of services offered.
Some of PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp’s most prominent projects include:
Villa Philipp, Waldenburg, Germany
Villa Lombardo, Lugano, Switzerland
A monastery of modernity, Augsburg, Germany
Villa Schatzlmayr, Passau, Germany
Villa Mauthe, Bahlingen, Germany
The following statistics helped PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN Anna Philipp achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
22
22. KRESINGS
© Roman Mensing
KRESINGS is a studio for architecture, interior design, urban planning and product design with offices in Munster and Dusseldorf. Since its founding by Rainer Maria Kresing in 1985 four further partners joined the management: Kilian Kresing, Christian Kawe, Matthias Povel and André Perret. More than 60 employees — architects, designers, planners and engineers — guarantee a broad range of creative and qualified services. Experience meets creative ease.
The studio has been awarded with national awards like those of the BDAand the DAM. KRESINGS: Experts and team players in areas of office and industrial buildings, facilities for research, education and culture as well as individual designs for residential buildings.
Some of KRESINGS’ most prominent projects include:
Student Residence Boeselagerstraße, Münster, Germany
Headquarters Mitsubishi Electric Europe, Ratingen, Germany
Petting Zoo, Öhringen, Germany
Freiherr-vom-Stein-High-School, Münster, Germany
Residential Building Hoher Heckenweg, Münster, Germany
The following statistics helped KRESINGS achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
33
21. 3deluxe
© 3deluxe
The interdisciplinary design collective 3deluxe, consisting of about 30 individuals centered around Dieter Brell, Peter Seipp and Andreas and Stephan Lauhoff, has been creating groundbreaking impulses in the fields of architecture and interior design, graphic and media design.
In creative synergy hybrid forms of two and three dimensional design are created: graphic works develop a spatial impact, while architectural drafts are based on communication principles. In this way, complex collages are contrived, so called ‚multilayered atmospheres‘, that foster multiple sensory experiences and allow for a multitude of potential interpretations. Paramount is the broadening of an absolute understanding of space and image towards a dynamic, processual approach.
Some of 3deluxe’s most prominent projects include:
V- Plaza Urban Development, Kaunas, Lithuania
Kaffee Partner Headquarters, Osnabrück, Germany
Butterfly Pavilion, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Leonardo Glass Cube, Bad Driburg, Germany
Cyberhelvetia
The following statistics helped 3deluxe achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
20
20. Christoph Hesse Architects
© Deimel und Wittmar
Christoph Hesse Architects was founded in 2010 by Christoph Hesse, has offices in Korbach and, since 2018, in Berlin. The architectural practice currently employs an international team of 15 people and has won numerous awards.
Some of Christoph Hesse Architects’ most prominent projects include:
VITOS Outpatient psychiatric clinic for traumatized refugees, Korbach, Germany
Villa F / the off-the-grid house in the central highlands of Germany, Medebach, Germany
StrohTherme, Medebach, Germany
Room of Silence, Korbach, Germany
The following statistics helped Christoph Hesse Architects achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
4
19. Zeller & Moye
© Zeller & Moye
Zeller & Moye is a design studio based in Mexico City and Berlin that works at the intersection of architecture, arts, design and latest technology through an experimental, multidisciplinary and collaborative working culture.
Some of Zeller & Moye’s most prominent projects include:
HAUS KÖRIS, Brandenburg, Germany
SANDRA WEIL Store, Mexico City, Mexico
TROQUER FASHION HOUSE, Mexico City, Mexico
CASA VERNE, Mexico City, Mexico
CASA HILO, Mexico
The following statistics helped Zeller & Moye achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
12
18. Ippolito Fleitz Group – Identity Architects
© Ippolito Fleitz Group - Identity Architects
Ippolito fleitz group is a multidisciplinary, internationally operating design studio based in Stuttgart.We are identity architects. We work in unison with our clients to develop architecture, products and communication that are part of a whole and yet distinctive in their own right. This is how we define identity.With meticulous analysis before we begin.With animated examination in the conceptional phase. With a clarity of argument in the act of persuasion.With a love of accuracy in the realisation.With a serious goal and a lot of fun along the way. Working together with our clients.As architects of identity, we conceive and construct buildings, interiors and landscapes; we develop products and communication measures.
Some of Ippolito Fleitz Group – Identity Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Das GERBER, Stuttgart, Germany
Hunke – Jewellers and Opticians, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Bella Italia Weine, Stuttgart, Germany
ippolito fleitz group | Residential Building, Denkendorf, Germany
WakuWaku Dammtor, Hamburg, Germany
The following statistics helped Ippolito Fleitz Group - Identity Architects achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
26
17. VON M
© Zooey Braun
VON M is an architecture and design firm based in Germany. VON M’s design portfolio includes a variety of architectural projects, such as cultural, residential, educational, commercial, hospitality and sport, and more.
Some of VON M’s most prominent projects include:
Museum Luthers Sterbehaus, Eisleben, Germany
BHM Pavillon, Wolfegg, Germany
Kinder- und Familienzentrum, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Hotel Bauhofstrasse, Ludwigsburg, Germany
HS77, Stuttgart, Germany
The following statistics helped VON M achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
11
16. Plastique Fantastique
© Plastique Fantastique
Plastique Fantastique is a collective for temporary architecture that samples the performative possibilities of urban environments.
Established in Berlin in 1999, Plastique Fantastique has been influenced by the unique circumstances that made the city a laboratory for temporary spaces. Plastique Fantastique’s synthetic structures affect surrounding spaces like a soap bubble does: Similar to a foreign body, it occupies and mutates urban space. Their interventions change the way we perceive and interact in urban environments. By mixing different landscape types, an osmotic passage between private and public space is generating new hybrid environments.Regardless the way people view a bubble, walk around its exterior or move inside it, the pneumatic structure is a medium to experience the same physical setting in a temporary extraordinary situation.
Some of Plastique Fantastique’s most prominent projects include:
LOUD SHADOWS, Terschelling, Netherlands
Blurry Venice, Venice, Italy
Aeropolis, Copenhagen, Denmark
superKOLMEMEN, Helsinki, Finland
MOBILE PPS for Doctors
The following statistics helped Plastique Fantastique achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
5
15. 4a Architekten
© 4a Architekten GmbH
Shaping atmosphere, lending identity, creating quality of space — these are the values that characterize the buildings of 4a Architekten. The starting point and guiding principle of our work is the concept of architecture as living space. Our buildings come into being through intensive team work shaped by interdisciplinary thinking and action.
What characterizes a location in terms of its culture and history? What are the client’s expectations and objectives? What is viable within the budget and what are the benefits for users? These questions and this approach bring us to solutions with an individual character — and they apply just as much to the planning of buildings as to the design of interior spaces.
Some of 4a Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Therme Lindau on Lake Constance, Lindau, Germany
Balingen Civic Hall, Balingen, Germany
Emser Thermal Baths, Bad Ems, Germany
Spreewald Spa Hotel, Burg, Germany
Stegermatt Aquatic Centre, Offenburg, Germany
The following statistics helped 4a Architekten achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
7
Total Projects
15
14. schneider+schumacher
© schneider+schumacher / Frankfurt - Vienna - Tianjin
Our architectural approach is characterized by the enjoyment we have in finding solutions to the complex demands of today’s buildings. We adapt our buildings to fit into their surroundings, yet we also create landmarks. Pragmatic poetry, nurtured not only by design clarity and a conscientious attitude towards the task in hand, but also by a delight in fine details.
This design process is constantly informed by the dialogue that takes place on a daily basis between the various professional disciplines in all our specialized divisions – architecture, construction and project management, design, a.o. — and international offices.
schneider+schumacher is headquartered in Frankfurt, and has two branches in Viennaand Tianjin.
Some of schneider+schumacher’s most prominent projects include:
Autobahn Church, Wilnsdorf, Germany
Oil Harbour Bridge, Raunheim, Germany
DOXX – Quayside Development at Mainz Customs Port, Mainz, Germany
Städel Museum Extension, Frankfurt, Germany
Siegerland Motorway Church, Wilnsdorf, Wilnsdorf, Germany
The following statistics helped schneider+schumacher achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
12
13. ingenhoven associates
© ingenhoven associates
Celebrating 40 years of excellence since 1985, the studio is pioneer in sustainable architecture, designing and delivering projects of all sizes and typologies across nearly every region of the world, adhering to the highest green building standards, including LEED, Green Star, Minergie, BREEAM, DGNB and CASBEE. With a tailored approach to each location, the multinational, interdisciplinary team creates nuanced architectural solutions with added value and positive social impact.
Some of ingenhoven associates’ most prominent projects include:
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Freiburg Town Hall, Freiburg, Germany
Kö-Bogen 2, Düsseldorf, Germany
Marina One, Singapore, Singapore
Daniel Swarovski Corporation, Männedorf, Switzerland
The following statistics helped ingenhoven associates achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
28
12. gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
© HG Esch Photography
The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partnersare an architectural practice that was founded in Hamburg and has branches worldwide. With our generalist approach and more than 50 years of experience, we complete projects in dialogue with our clients and the participating planning disciplines, at all scales and cultural contexts, covering all design phases and working on all continents. The range of our projects extends from family residences to high-rise buildings, from stadiums to concert halls, from office buildings to bridges, and from door hardware to urban planning.
With holistic sustainability in mind, we aim to create new and refurbished architecture that is long-lasting and goes beyond temporary fashions, taking into account the global challenges and issues of urbanization, digitalization, and mobility.
Some of gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner’s most prominent projects include:
Guna Villa, Jūrmala, Latvia
Universiade 2011 Sports Center, Shenzhen, China
Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
Twin Towers, Commodity Exchange Plaza, Dalian, China
The following statistics helped gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
36
11. kadawittfeldarchitektur
© kadawittfeldarchitektur
We are kadawittfeldarchitektur. Originally founded in Aachen in 1999, we today stand for more than just architectural design. The interdisciplinary approach of our work, linking architecture, interior and product design on the one hand and at the interface of town planning and urban projects on the other hand, reflects the full range of our creative output.
kadawittfeldarchitektur develops added value space. In a team of more than 170 persons, we create architecture with added value space for living, communication and work environments. In the way we deal with volumes, materials, structures and functions, we strive to integrate our schemes into their surroundings with the objective of creating contemporary and sustainable architecture and meeting the needs of both the users and the general public.
Some of kadawittfeldarchitektur’s most prominent projects include:
CELTIC MUSEUM, Glauburg, Germany
ADIDAS LACES, Herzogenaurach, Germany
SPZ, HALLEIN, Hallein, Austria
SENIOR CITIZENS RESIDENCE ALTENMARKT, Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria
SALZBURG CENTRAL STATION, Salzburg, Austria
The following statistics helped kadawittfeldarchitektur achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
32
10. GRAFT
© GRAFT
What is graft?
The English word ‘graft’ provokes a variety of meanings and multiple readings. It stands for transplants in the field of medicine, for cheating, but also for hard work. In the terminology of botany, grafting is described as the addition of one shoot onto a genetically different host.
Some of GRAFT’s most prominent projects include:
Ice Stadion “Arena Schierke”, Wernigerode, Germany
Show Palace Munich, Munich, Germany
Autostadt Roof and Service Pavilion, Wolfsburg, Germany
Eiswerk, Berlin, Germany
Villa M , Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped GRAFT achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
7
Total Projects
17
9. HENN
© HENN
HENN is an international architecture studio with over 75 years of experience in designing innovative work environments across office, science, healthcare, industry, education, and culture. An interdisciplinary team of 400 professionals works from offices in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, and Shanghai.
The design process is collaborative and driven by curiosity. HENN draws from the rich expertise of three generations and a global network of partners. All three generations share a common mindset: openness and curiosity. This spirit drives the studio to continuously question and redefine architectural typologies.
HENN was founded in 1947 by Walter Henn in Dresden. Early on, he specialized in industrial buildings and played a key role in establishing the Braunschweig School through his academic work.
Some of HENN’s most prominent projects include:
Porsche Pavilion, Wolfsburg, Germany
Zalando Headquarters Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Bugatti Atelier, Molsheim, France
MobileLife Campus, Wolfsburg, Germany
The CUBE, Dresden, Germany
The following statistics helped HENN achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
30
8. Auer Weber
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Founded in 1980, we are an internationally active architectural firm with offices in Stuttgart and Munich. We employ around 150 people from 20 countries and work on projects of various sizes and tasks from initial design through to completion. Each year, we create entries for between 30 and 40 competitions in our two offices, from which we generate a large proportion of our orders. These range from buildings for the community to educational and administrative buildings, sports and leisure facilities and large infrastructure projects.
The diversity of our architecture is the result of in-depth study of the building tasks and where these tasks originate.
Some of Auer Weber’s most prominent projects include:
Aquatic Centre “Aquamotion” Courchevel , Saint-Bon-Tarentaise, France
Arena du Pays d’Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France
Extension of the District Office in Starnberg, Starnberg, Germany
ESO Headquarters Extension, Garching, Germany
Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Route de Torcy, France
The following statistics helped Auer Weber achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
9
Total Projects
24
7. Peter Ruge Architekten
© Peter Ruge Architekten GmbH
Identity+Sustainability=Architecture
Peter Ruge Architekten is a locally and internationally active planning office based in Berlin. Our mission is simple: to develop and build sustainable architecture of the future. The agenda of the team along with three partners Peter Ruge, Kayoko Uchiyama and Matthias Matschewski includes new buildings, optimization of existing properties and urban planning designs.
The projects are holistic, i.e. adapted to the climate, culture and needs of the users, and have received numerous awards and certifications. Our detailed understanding of sustainable design processes supports the decisions of our clients. In education field, Prof. Ruge shares our knowledge with a global design community at DIA, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau, Shenyang Jianzhu University in China and Kyoto Seika University in Japan.
Some of Peter Ruge Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Busan Opera House, South Korea, Busan, South Korea
Congress Center Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China
House O, Germany, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Germany
LTD_1 Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, Germany
Muzeum Lotnictwa Krakow, Poland
The following statistics helped Peter Ruge Architekten achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
18
6. HPP Architects
© Christa Lachenmaier Photography
HPP Architects is one of Europe’s leading architectural partnerships with a full range of architectural and master planning services. Since its foundation by Professor Hentrich, the 4th generation of HPP partnership today includes a global team of more than 25 nationalities and 480 architects, engineers, urban designers and specialists. Today it comprises 13 offices including 8 regional offices in Germany and 5 international branches in Turkey, China and Netherlands.
HPP Architects’ headquarter is located in the Düsseldorf Media Harbor, further offices are located in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Istanbul, Leipzig, Munich, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Stuttgart. HPP completed more than 1200 buildings worldwide and aspires to create architectural quality of lasting value beyond the here and now: timeless and yet clearly part of their time, innovative and equally grounded in history.
Some of HPP Architects’s most prominent projects include:
LVM 5 , Münster, Germany
Medical Library Oasis, Düsseldorf, Germany
Hochschule Ruhr West, Mülheim, Germany
Henkel Asia-Pacific and China Headquarters, Shanghai, China
Dreischeibenhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
The following statistics helped HPP Architects achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
3
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
25
5. Behnisch Architekten
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The Stuttgart-based practice known today as Behnisch Architekten was founded in 1989 under the leadership of Stefan Behnisch. Originally established as a branch office of Günter Behnisch’s practice Behnisch & Partner, it became independent in 1991 and has subsequently developed into an international practice with offices in Stuttgart, Munich, Los Angeles/California, and Boston. These offices are directed by Stefan Behnisch and his partners in varying combinations. The Partners are Robert Hösle, Robert Matthew Noblett and Stefan Rappold. Stefan Behnisch is involved in all three offices.
From the outset, the social dimension of architecture has been a fundamental aspect of the firm’s design philosophy.
Some of Behnisch Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
SC Workplaces, California
City of Santa Monica Public Parking Structure #6, Santa Monica, California
Primary School Infanteriestrasse, München, Germany
Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex, Boston, Massachusetts
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
The following statistics helped Behnisch Architekten achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Finalist
9
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
24
4. wulf architekten
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wulf architekten emerged from the architecture practice established 1987 in Stuttgart by Tobias Wulf. Currently the office is managed by Tobias Wulf, Jan-Michael Kallfaß, Ingmar Menzer and Steffen Vogt. From 1996 to 2018, Kai Bierich and Alexander Vohl were partners of Tobias Wulf at wulf architekten. Currently, the company has about 140 employees, nine of them being senior architects. With three office locations – Stuttgart, Berlin and Basel– wulf architekten is also working on projects abroad.
Some of wulf architekten’s most prominent projects include:
Parking Garage Facade P22a at the Cologne Exhibition Centre, Cologne, Germany
Four primary schools in modular design, Munich, Germany
School Center North, Stuttgart, Germany
Canteen and Media Center for North vocational school center, Darmstadt, Germany
Chamber of Industry and Commerce, headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany
The following statistics helped wulf architekten achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
11
Total Projects
18
3. TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten
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TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten design, plan and build for national and international clients in the public and private sectors. The company, with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden, is named after Sergei Tchoban, architect BDA, and his partner Ekkehard Voss, architect BDA.
With over 150 highly qualified, interdisciplinary employees and many years of experience, it offers architecturally and functionally sustainable solutions for a wide range of building projects in Germany and abroad. TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten is member of the Association of German Architects, the Chambers of Architects in Hamburg, Berlin and Saxony, the Förderverein Bundesstiftung Baukultur e.V. as well as of the European Architects Network.
Some of TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten’s most prominent projects include:
EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, Berlin, Germany
SKF Test Centre for large-scale bearings, Schweinfurt, Germany
Seestraße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Koenigstadt-Quartier, Berlin, Germany
EMBASSY – Living alongside Koellnischer Park, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The following statistics helped TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
6
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
29
2. Barkow Leibinger
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The scope of Barkow Leibinger’s work spans from cultural projects to industrial ones. Their focus on industrial architecture includes master planning and building representational and functional buildings for production, logistical and office spaces.
Some of Barkow Leibinger’s most prominent projects include:
Production Hall Trumpf, Hettingen, Germany
Stadthaus M1 – Green City Hotel, Freiburg, Germany
Harvard ArtLab, Boston, Massachusetts
Production Hall, Grüsch, Switzerland
Fraunhofer Research Campus, Waischenfeld, Germany
The following statistics helped Barkow Leibinger achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
Featured Projects
12
Total Projects
17
1. J.MAYER.H
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J. MAYER H’s studio, focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology and nature form the background for a new production of space.
Some of J.MAYER.H’s most prominent projects include:
MIAMI MUSEUM GARAGE, Miami, Florida
n.n. Residence, Moscow, Russia
Hasselt Court House , Hasselt, Belgium
Highway Rest Stops, Tbilisi, Georgia
Rest Stops, Gori, Georgia
Featured image: Tram Stops, Kehl, Germany
The following statistics helped J.MAYER.H achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Germany:
A+Awards Winner
5
A+Awards Finalist
3
Featured Projects
19
Total Projects
30
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