Barkow Leibinger

Barkow Leibinger
Schillerstraße 94, D–10625 Berlin
T +49(0)30 315712 -0 F -29
info@barkowleibinger.com

Approach

In 1993, Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger founded their American-German office in Berlin. Today, it employs around 90 people. Over the years, the firm has developed numerous projects in Germany and abroad, the quality of which has been affirmed in publications and through the receipt of awards. The scope of Barkow–Leibinger’s projects ranges from public buildings and office buildings to residential and industrial interiors within existing buildings.

 

The central focus of the firm – building for medium- and large-scale companies – includes, in addition to drawing up long-term master plans for site development, the planning and realization of representative and functional buildings for production, logistics and administration (such as the company restaurant for the Trumpf company in Ditzingen). In recent years, "Tour Total", the German headquarters of the French mineral oil corporation located near Berlin's main train station, the Fellows Pavilion for the American Academy in Berlin, the Serpentine Summer House in London and the Trumpf Smart Factory in Chicago have, among other projects, been completed. Most recently completed were the Harvard ArtLab in Cambridge and the Sid Richardson Residential College at Rice University in Houston. 

 

The office's self-understanding is characterized by relays between practice, research and teaching. Recently, all three areas have focused on the question of how digital manufacturing technologies and mechanically, mass-produced elements can be deployed in such a way that they not only complement architecture as surface or accessory, but also contribute to creating constructive, spatial structures. The materials-based research of the firm has been featured in several exhibitions, including (among others) at the Architectural Association in London, the 2008 and 2014 Venice Architecture Biennials, the 2012 Marrakech Biennial, the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, as well as in a solo exhibition at Berlin's Haus am Waldsee in 2020.

 

In 2007, Barkow–Leibinger's work was awarded the Marcus Prize for Architecture. The company restaurant in Ditzingen received, among others, the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany in 2009 and the Honor Award for Architecture from the American Institute of Architects in 2010. The "Smart Material House" in Hamburg received the Holcim Global Innovation Prize in 2012. Most recently, the Trumpf Smart Factory in Chicago received the 2018 German Steel Construction Award and the 2019 AIA Honor Award for Architecture. In addition, the Harvard Artlab received the 2019 BSA Honor Award for Design Excellence.

Partners

2023

Visiting Professor, Montana State University, School of Architecture, Bozeman, USA

2021

Gensler Visiting Critic, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, USA

2016-2019

Visiting Professor, Princeton University, School of Architecture, Princeton, USA

2015, 2008,

2004, 2000

Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA

2013

Visiting Professor, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom

2010

Visiting Professor, EPFL École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

2008

Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, School of Architecture & Urban Planning, USA

2005-2006

Visiting Professor, Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Germany

2004

Cass Gilbert Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

2003

The Arthur Gensler Visiting Professor of Architecture, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, USA

1995-1998

Unit Master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom

1993

Founding of Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Regine Leibinger

1990

Visiting Critic, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA and Rome, Italy

1990

Master of Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA

1982

Bachelor of Architecture, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA

1957

Born in Kansas City, USA

2022

Foundation of the non-profit organization "Experimental"

2022

John C. Portman Design Critic in Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA

Since 2022

Member of the Munich Urban Design Commission, Germany

2021

Gensler Visiting Critic, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, USA

Since 2021

Member of the working group „Future of Work after Corona“, at the Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences, Halle, Germany

Since 2020

Member of the Dean’s Leadership Council of the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA

Since 2020

AIA Honorary Fellow 2020, Washington/DC, USA

Since 2019

Member of the Board of Trustees of the IBA’27 StadtRegion Stuttgart, Germany

2016-2019

Visiting Professor, Princeton University, School of Architecture, Princeton, USA

Since 2016

Member of the Architecture Section at the Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany

Since 2011

Member of the “Visiting Committee”, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Cambridge, USA

2006-2018

Professor for Building Construction and Design, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

2000, 2004

Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA

1999–2000

Visiting Professor, Hamburg University of Fine Arts, Germany

1997–1998

Unit Master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom

1993–1997

Assistant Professor, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

1991

Master of Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA

1993

Founding of Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Frank Barkow

1989

Diploma, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

1963

Born in Stuttgart, Germany

Principals

Since 2020

Principal

2005-2020

Senior Associate

Since 1999

Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany

1998

Diploma Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; Erwin-Stephan Scholarship, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany; Gibbins, Bultmann & Partner, Hamburg, Germany

1997

Hascher and Jehle Architects and Engineers, Berlin, Germany

1995

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

1994

Lehrecke und Lehrecke Architekten, Berlin, Germany

1971

Born in Paderborn, Germany

Since 2020

Principal

2008-2020

Associate

Since 1999

Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany

2002

Registration Boards of Architect, Berlin (No. D10846)

1998

Diploma, Universität Kaiserslautern

1969

Born in Waiblingen, Germany

Since 2020

Principal

2008-2020

Associate

Since 2003

Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany

2002

Registration Boards of Architect, Berlin (Nr. 10616), Germany

1999-2003

Augustin and Frank, Berlin

1998

Scholarship Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft

1998

Diploma, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

1995

With A3-Architekten, Berlin, Germany

1989

Pre-medical, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1968

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Since 2020

Principal

2011-2020

Associate

Since 2002

Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany

2001-2002

freelance architect | Joeken Reintjes Architekten, Berlin, Germany

1996-2001

Axel Schultes Architekten, Berlin, Germany

1994-1996

Eckert, Negwer, Sommer, Suselbeek, Berlin, Germany

1993

Diploma, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

1962

Born in Dorsten, Germany

Since 2020

Principal

2013-2020

Associate

Since 2003

Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany

2001-2003

Architekten Schweger Partner Berlin, Germany

2000

Diploma, BTU Cottbus, Germany

1970

Born in Karlsruhe, Germany

Since 2020

Principal

2017-2020

Associate

Since 2014

Barkow Leibinger, Berlin (Commercial Management)

2009-2014

PSPC, Berlin

2005-2009

Hochtief, Essen

2003-2005

PSPC, Berlin

2003

Diploma Civil Engineering and Management, Technische Universität Berlin

1999-2002

TishmanSpeyer, Berlin

1976

Born in Hannover

Cynthia Grieshofer (Project Architect)
Andreas Hertel (Project Architect)

Matthias Hiby (Project Architect)
Nicolai Jasper (Project Architect)

Carolin Lehnerer (Project Architect)
Ina Reinecke (Project Architect)

Konrad Scholz (Project Architect)

Volker Steinbrenner (Project Architect)

Bogdan Strugar (Project Architect)

Tim Unnebrink (Project Architect)

 

Sebastian Awick (Team Leader)
Robert Tzscheutschler (Team Leader)

 

Ulrich Fuchs (Team Leader Facade Planning)

Gerrit Vetter (Team Leader Facade Planning)

 

Annette Wagner (Team Leader Interior Design)

Team

Halszka Barelkowska, Jakob Becker, Marco Benfatto, Kateryna Bilyk, Jan Blifernez, Simon Büscher, Uberto Carignani, Christian Coburger, Jan Conradi, Sutong Dong, Felix Fassbinder, Tim Gärtner, Olena Grankina, Daniel Grenz, Sven Hecht, Joshua Henn, Tobias Hörning, Frederic Horton, Andrea Huse, Umberto Iannitti, Nadja Jeske, Tobias Kassens, Iva Klimann, Lena Krämer, Matthias Letzner, Frederico Lepre, Frederic Lilja, Zuzanna Makaruk, Armine Maksudyan, Lukas Martinsons, Iris Mozer, Alessandra Ortelli, Beatriz Pérez Pérez de Iriarte, Mercedes Quirante Reyes, Carolin Richter, Adin Rimland, Matteo Rossi, Stefan Sauter, Mengchan Shen, Hyun-jin Shin, Chloe Tsui, Antonia Walz, Patrick Weber


Shop Manager: Andreas Moling

Nicolai Junkers, Reidar Mester

Interns

Arrow

Student Trainee: Karl Hörmann, Sala Lee

Assistant | Secretariat

Antje Großmann, Kristine Melik, Heike Michel, Henriette Olbrisch

 

Personnel Management | HR

Daisy von Gruben

Head of Communication: Tim Berge, Evgenija Mitin

Nicole Nuñez

External Consultant: Katrin Voermanek