Henn is an international architecture office based in

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and

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. It draws on expertise in the fields of work space and culture, education and research, as well as production and master planning, and is best known for its office buildings and industrial structures. Since 2021, the office is being managed in the third generation by Martin Henn and three managing directors as well as 17 partners. A total of 380 employees work in the fields of architecture, interior design, planning and engineering.

History

The office was founded in 1979 by Gunter Henn in Munich and is the successor to the office of Walter Henn, who was still active as an office partner until 1989 (Henn + Henn Architekten). The company has been operating as Henn GmbH since 2013. Since 2021, Gunter Henn has been a member of the company's advisory board.

Profile

Innovation centres and working spaces in the tech and science sectors have been realised for

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in Berlin, Merck in Darmstadt, HVB and Osram in Munich, China Life and

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and have attracted global attention. HENN has also built for numerous clients in the automotive sector, such as the BMW FIZ Future in Munich, the VW

Autostadt The Autostadt ( German for ''Automobile City'') is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. The complex was designed by Henn GmbH. It features a museum, feature pavilio ...

with the Porsche Pavilion in Wolfsburg and the

Transparent Factory The Transparent Factory is a car factory and exhibition space in Dresden, Germany owned by German carmaker Volkswagen and designed by architect Gunter Henn. It originally opened in 2002, producing the Volkswagen Phaeton until 2016. As of 2017 ...

in Dresden. In the field of education and research, the

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in Berlin,

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in Penzberg, the ''Nanopolis'' Science City in Suzhou, the ARENA 2036 in Stuttgart, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TUM in Munich and the master plan for the

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in Bern have all had a significant impact on their respective locations. Ongoing projects of the office are the Gasteig in Munich, The Cube in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

and the

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. The range of activities includes Programming (design strategy), architectural design, interior design, urban design and master planning, quantity surveying, construction management, and sustainability. Henn GmbH ranks 41 on the list of the 100 architecture firms with the highest global turnover and 17 on the list of European top 50 architecture firms.

Images

File:Glaeserne Manufaktur Dresden.JPG, Gläserne Manufaktur in Dresden File:Autostadt Mittellandkanal.jpg,

in Wolfsburg File:ARENA2036-pjt.jpg, ARENA2036 in Stuttgart File:Addis abeba meskele square (cropped).jpg, The

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skyscraper (tallest building) visible in the top-right corner of

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

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References

see :de:Henn (Architekten) Architecture firms of Germany Companies based in Munich 1965 establishments in Germany 20th-century German architects 21st-century German architects {{Architecture-firm-stub