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
Frank Barkow
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Visiting Professor, Montana State University, School of Architecture, Bozeman, USA
Gensler Visiting Critic, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, USA
Visiting Professor, Princeton University, School of Architecture, Princeton, USA
Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
Visiting Professor, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
Visiting Professor, EPFL École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, School of Architecture & Urban Planning, USA
Visiting Professor, Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Germany
Cass Gilbert Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
The Arthur Gensler Visiting Professor of Architecture, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, USA
Unit Master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom
Founding of Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Regine Leibinger
Visiting Critic, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA and Rome, Italy
Master of Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
Bachelor of Architecture, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA
Born in Kansas City, USA
Regine Leibinger
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Foundation of the non-profit organization "Experimental"
John C. Portman Design Critic in Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
Member of the Munich Urban Design Commission, Germany
Gensler Visiting Critic, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, USA
Member of the working group „Future of Work after Corona“, at the Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences, Halle, Germany
Member of the Dean’s Leadership Council of the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
AIA Honorary Fellow 2020, Washington/DC, USA
Member of the Board of Trustees of the IBA’27 StadtRegion Stuttgart, Germany
Visiting Professor, Princeton University, School of Architecture, Princeton, USA
Member of the Architecture Section at the Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany
Member of the “Visiting Committee”, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Cambridge, USA
Professor for Building Construction and Design, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
Visiting Professor, Hamburg University of Fine Arts, Germany
Unit Master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom
Assistant Professor, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Master of Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
Founding of Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Frank Barkow
Diploma, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Born in Stuttgart, Germany
Principals
Martina Bauer
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Principal
Senior Associate
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany
Diploma Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; Erwin-Stephan Scholarship, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany; Gibbins, Bultmann & Partner, Hamburg, Germany
Hascher and Jehle Architects and Engineers, Berlin, Germany
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Lehrecke und Lehrecke Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Born in Paderborn, Germany
Heiko Krech
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Principal
Associate
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany
Registration Boards of Architect, Berlin (No. D10846)
Diploma, Universität Kaiserslautern
Born in Waiblingen, Germany
Lukas Weder
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Principal
Associate
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany
Registration Boards of Architect, Berlin (Nr. 10616), Germany
Augustin and Frank, Berlin
Scholarship Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft
Diploma, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
With A3-Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Pre-medical, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Klaus Reintjes
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Principal
Associate
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany
freelance architect | Joeken Reintjes Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Axel Schultes Architekten, Berlin, Germany
Eckert, Negwer, Sommer, Suselbeek, Berlin, Germany
Diploma, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Born in Dorsten, Germany
Tobias Wenz
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Principal
Associate
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany
Architekten Schweger Partner Berlin, Germany
Diploma, BTU Cottbus, Germany
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany

Principal
Associate
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin (Commercial Management)
PSPC, Berlin
Hochtief, Essen
PSPC, Berlin
Diploma Civil Engineering and Management, Technische Universität Berlin
TishmanSpeyer, Berlin
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
Architects
ArrowHalszka 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
Model Workshop
ArrowShop Manager: Andreas Moling
Nicolai Junkers, Reidar Mester
Interns
ArrowStudent Trainee: Karl Hörmann, Sala Lee
Administration
ArrowAssistant | Secretariat
Antje Großmann, Kristine Melik, Heike Michel, Henriette Olbrisch
Personnel Management | HR
Daisy von Gruben
Public Relations
ArrowHead of Communication: Tim Berge, Evgenija Mitin
Nicole Nuñez
External Consultant: Katrin Voermanek