Behnisch Architekten is an
architectural
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practice based in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
, Germany, with branches in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
, Germany;
Boston
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, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California.
The office was founded in 1989 by Stefan Behnisch, son of the well-known German architect
Günter Behnisch
Günter Behnisch (12 June 1922 – 12 July 2010) was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. During the Second World War he became one of Germany's youngest submarine commanders. Subsequently, Behnisch became one of the most prominen ...
. Among the works from
Günter Behnisch
Günter Behnisch (12 June 1922 – 12 July 2010) was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. During the Second World War he became one of Germany's youngest submarine commanders. Subsequently, Behnisch became one of the most prominen ...
are the stadium for the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in Munich (1967–1972), the German parliament in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...
and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2005, after several changes in structure and name, the independent Stadtbüro adopted today`s name, Behnisch Architekten. Under Stefan Behnisch's leadership, the firm has developed over the last more than 25 years into a successful international practice with offices in Stuttgart (since 1991), Los Angeles (1999-2011), Boston (since 2006), and Munich (since 2009). The Los Angeles office reopened under the leadership of Kristi Paulson in 2019. All four firms operate under the name of Behnisch Architekten.
The offices are managed by the firm partners, Stefan Behnisch, Robert Hoesle, Robert Matthew Noblett, Stefan Rappold, Kristi Paulson and Jörg Usinger. In the firm's rich history, former partners include Günter Behnisch, Winfried Büxel, David Cook, Martin Haas,
Christof Jantzen, Manfred Sabatke, Günther Schaller and Erhard Tränkner.
Projects
Finished (selected projects)
* 1997 ''Landesgirokasse am Bollwerk'', Stuttgart, Germany
* 1997 Administration building for the LVA-Landesversicherungsanstalt, Lübeck, Germany
* 1996 Bayrische Vereinsbank, Stuttgart, Germany
* 1996 Catholic St. Benno-grammar school, Dresden, Germany
* 1998 IBN-Institute for Forestry and Nature Research,
Wageningen
Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many ...
, Netherlands
* 1999 Swimming Pool Complex ''Grünauer Welle'', Leipzig, Germany
* 2001
Museum der Phantasie
The Museum der Phantasie (aka. Buchheim-Museum) is a museum in Bernried am Starnberger See. Named after Lothar-Günther Buchheim, whose art collection it holds, it was opened to the public on 23 May 2001. Buchheim is also the author of the best-s ...
– Lothar-Günther-Buchheim-Collection,
Bernried am Starnberger See
Bernried am Starnberger See is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Euro ...
, Germany
* 2002
Norddeutsche Landesbank
The Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (abbreviated NORD/LB) is a German Landesbank and one of the largest commercial banks in Germany. It is a public corporation majority-owned by the federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt with its he ...
am Friedrichswall, Hanover, Germany
* 2002 Technology Building for the University Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
* 2003 Entory Home, Ettlingen, Germany
* 2004 Headquarter
Genzyme
Genzyme was an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since its acquisition in 2011, Genzyme (also known as Genzyme Transgenics Corp or GTC Biotherapeutics) has been a fully owned subsidiary of Sanofi. In 2010, Genzyme ...
Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
* 200
Pistorius-School Herbrechtingen, Germany
* 200
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research(with
architectsAlliance
architectsAlliance is a Toronto-based architectural firm headed by architect Peter Clewes. It was formed in 1999 with the merger of Wallman Clewes Bergman (composed of Rudy Wallman, Peter Clewes and Ralph Bergman) and Van Nostrand DiCastri Arch ...
), Toronto, Canada
* 200
Spa Baths Bad Aibling Bad Aibling, Germany
* 2007 ''Haus im Haus'' for the Chamber of Commerce Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
* 2007 Hilde-Domin-School, Herrenberg, Germany
* 2007 ''Werner-von-Linde-Halle'',
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
* 2007 ''Römerbad'', Spa Bath in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria
* 2008
Ozeaneum
Ozeaneum is a public aquarium in the German city of Stralsund. It is a main attraction of the German Oceanographic Museum (''Deutsches Meeresmuseum''), arguably one of the three largest institutions of its kind in Europe.
The Ozeaneum — loca ...
- German Oceanographic Museum,
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...
, Germany
* 2008 Kovner Residence, Sebastopol, California, USA
* 2009
Unilever
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Headquarters Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Hamburg, Germany
* 2010 Marco-Polo-Tower, Hamburg, Germany
* 2010 NCT-National Centre for Tumour Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
* 2010 Park Street Building (''with Svigals + Partners, LLP, New Haven''), Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
* 2010 Quest Forum 'An der Alten Spinnerei', Kolbermoor, Germany
* 2010 Refurbishment, Modernization and Extension of the Hysolar Building (''with H III S, Harder Stumpfl Schramm''), Stuttgart, Germany
* 2011 WIPO Administration Building –
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...
, Geneva, Switzerland
* 2011
Speed Skating Stadium Inzell – Max Aicher Arena (''with Pohl Architekten)'', Inzell, Germany
* 2011 Loft Houses, Kolbermoor, Germany
* 2012 Maximino Martinez Commons, University of California Student Apartments, Berkeley, California, USA
* 2012 City Hall Kolbermoor with Library and Education Center, Kolbermoor, Germany
* 2012 Children's Daycare Center on Schwetzinger Terrasse, Heidelberg, Germany
* 2012 Digiteolabs, Saclay, Moulon, Palaiseau, France; in cooperation with ''BRS architectes''
* 2012 Schlaues Haus, Oldenburg, Germany
* 2013 John and Frances Angelos Law Center (''with Ayers/Saint/Gross''),
University of Baltimore School of Law
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, Maryland, USA
* 2013 City of Santa Monica Public Parking Structure #6 (''with Studio Jantzen and IPD''), Santa Monica, California, USA
* 2013 City Hall Bad Aibling, Germany
* 2013 Refurbishment of office spaces at Breuninger Headquarter. Stuttgart, Germany
* 2013 Secondary School Ergolding (''ARGE Behnisch Architekten , ALN''), Germany
* 2013 Habitation at the Rosengarten, Kolbermoor, Germany
* 2014 WTO Security Parameter –
World Trade Organization
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in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
, Geneva, Switzerland
* 2014 WIPO Conference Hall –
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...
, Geneva, Switzerland
* 2014 Haus S, Stuttgart, Germany
* 2014 Refurbishment Sports Hall Lorch (''designed b
Behnisch & Partner1975''), Germany
* 2015 Extensio
Spa Baths Bad Aibling Germany
* 2015 Capitol Rosenheim, Germany
* 2015
Glaspalast Sindelfingen
Glaspalast Sindelfingen is an indoor arena, in Sindelfingen, Germany. The arena holds 5,250 people. It is primarily used for indoor athletics and concerts.
KISS performed at the arena during their Lick It Up Tour on November 4, 1983.
World Mas ...
(designed by
Behnisch & Partner1976)'' – Refurbishment and Technical Upgrade, Sindelfingen, Germany
* 2017 ,
Ukrainian Catholic University
The Ukrainian Catholic University ( ua, Український Католицький Університет, ''Ukrains'kyy Katolyts'kyy Universytet'') is a Catholic university in Lviv, Ukraine, affiliated with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. ...
, Lviv, Ukraine
Current (selected projects)
* Harvard's Allston Science and Engineering Complex, Allston, Massachusetts, USA
* Habitation Langwasser, Nuremberg, Germany
* Waldorfschule Uhlandshöhe, Stuttgart, Germany
* Lurup Neighborhoud School, Hamburg, Germany
* Further Development of the School Area Bernhausen, Germany
* Paul-Winter Middl School (ARGE Behnisch Architekten , ALN), Neuburg, Germany
*
Lycée Franco-allemand, Buc, France
* Habitation at the Spinnereipark,
Kolbermoor
Kolbermoor is a town in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany.
It is situated 5 km west of Rosenheim on the river Mangfall.
In 1859 Kolbermoor railway stop was built for the new Bavarian Maximilian's Railway. Kolbermoor became a ...
, Germany
* City Hall
Großkarolinenfeld
Großkarolinenfeld (spelled with the German ß) is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany.
It is located at the Munich–Rosenheim railway. The Großkarolinenfeld station is served about once per hour by local tra ...
, Germany
* City Hall Gröbenzell, Germany
* Schwaketenbad, Constance, Germany
* Ludwig-Weber School, Frankfurt, Germany
* Health and Fitness Spa, Friedrichshafen, Germany
* adidas 'World Of Sports' ARENA, Herzogenaurach, Germany
* Langsdale Library (renovation),
University of Baltimore
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, Maryland, USA
*
Artists For Humanity EpiCenter (expansion), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
* Dorotheen Quartier, Stuttgart, Germany
* AGORA Cancer Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
* School of Business Administration,
Portland State University
Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...
, Portland, Oregon, USA
Awards
* 2007:
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
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(first edition)
Books
* ''Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner. Bauten und Entwürfe''. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2003,
* ''Genzyme Center''. fmo publishers, Stuttgart 2004,
* ''NORD/LB Hannover''. Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart 2002,
* ''Architecture for Nature. IBN-DLO Wageningen''. Schuyt & Co., Haarlem 1998,
* Behnisch Architekten Magazine 01. fmo publishers, Stuttgart 2013,
* Behnisch Architekten Magazine 02. fmo publishers, Stuttgart 2014,
References
External links
Website Behnisch Architekten
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21st-century German architects