Knippers Helbig is an engineering company based in Stuttgart,

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. It was founded in 2001 and specializes in structural design and facade engineering of German and international construction projects involving high-rise buildings, steel and timber constructions, bridges, and airports. The company has worked in collaboration with architects such as

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, Steven Holl, Renzo Piano, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Barkow Leibinger, and Stefan Behnisch. It focuses on development and programming related to complex parametrical or generated geometries of roof constructions as well as façades comprising steel and glass structures. An example of this manner of work by Knippers Helbig is the façade of the

Shenzhen International Airport Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (formerly Shenzhen Huangtian Airport) is the airport serving Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It is located on the east bank of the Pearl River near Huangtian and Fuyong villages in Bao'an District, and is ...

, which features 60,000 different façade units. Knippers Helbig was responsible for the design and development of the largest membrane roof worldwide, which appeared at the 1,000 m long and 100 m wide main entrance building on the World-Exposition in

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. The steel and glass structure of the shopping mall MyZeil in Frankfurt on the Main and the roofing of the shopping mall Westfield near

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were both also the work of Knippers Helbig. Outside of its designs in roofing and facades, Knippers Helbig has also experimented with alternative materials in construction and is responsible for Europe's first road bridge consisting of fiber-glass-reinforced plastics.Ernst und Sohn; Stahlbau, July 2009

Selected projects

* 2017: Trumpf Smart Factory, Chicago (USA) * 2013:

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* 2013: Convention Center, Kigali * 2012: Theme Pavillon

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* 2010: Facades

Dubai International Airport Dubai International Airport ( ar, مطار دبي الدولي) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic. It is also the nineteenth-busies ...

Concourse 2 + 3,

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* 2010: Jüberg-tower,

Hemer Hemer is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Hemer is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr river. The highest elevation, at 546 metres (1,791 ft), is in the ''Balver Wa ...

* 2010:

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* 2010: Norwegian Pavillon, Expo Shanghai * 2010: Youth Center Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt * 2009: Freeform Nutshell Westfield,

* 2009:

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Conference Center,

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* 2009: Centre des Sports et des Loisirs,

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-Belair * 2008: MyZeil,

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* 2008: FRP Brücke, Friedberg * 2007: Commercial and Apartment building,

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* 2005: Flagship Store

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, Köln * 2005: Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research,

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Competitions

* 2011: Quartier M Highrise in Düsseldorf with Jürgen Mayer H.: 1. Prize * 2011: Berlin Trade Fair with Wulf Architects: 2. Prize * 2011: Lansberg Pedestrian Bridge: 1. Prize * 2010: Kaohsiung Marine Gateway,

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with Asymptote Architecture: 2. Prize * 2010: IBA Building Complex in

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with Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten: 1. Prize * 2010: Exhibition Hall and Station in Kirchberg, Luxembourg with Pohl Architekten Stadtplaner, and SteinmetzDemeyer, architectes urbanistes: 1. Prize * 2010: Central busstation,

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

, with Giorgio Gulotta Architects: 2. Prize * 2010: Footbridge 'Margaretengürtel' in

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with Knight Architects: 1. Prize * 2010: Karlsplatz Stuttgart with Behnisch Architekten: 1. Prize * 2010:

Wilhelmspalais The Wilhelmspalais (german: link=no, Wilhelm's Palace) is a Palace located on the Charlottenplatz in Stuttgart-Mitte. It was the living quarters of the last Württemberg King Wilhelm II. It was destroyed during World War II and between 1961 and ...

in Stuttgart with Lederer+Ragnarsdóttir+Oei: 1. Prize * 2009: Train station Cessange,

with Pohl Architekten und Steinmetzdemeyer: 2. Prize * 2009: Pedestrian Bridges, Opladen with Knight Architects: 1. Prize * 2008: Head office Wala Foundation with H4A Gessert Randecker Architekten: 1. Prize * 2008:

with

: 1. Prize * 2007: Gewandhaus

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 ...

with Cheret Bozic: 1. Prize * 2004: Frankfurt International Airport Terminal 3 with

Foster and Partners Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and integrated design practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide ...

: 2. Prize

Gallery

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, May 2010 Image:Expoaxis-knippershelbig-05.jpg, Sun Valley

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Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (formerly Shenzhen Huangtian Airport) is the airport serving Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It is located on the east bank of the Pearl River near Huangtian and Fuyong villages in Bao'an District, and is ...

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External links

www.knippershelbig.com
– Official Website

References

Engineering companies of Germany Construction and civil engineering companies of Germany Construction and civil engineering companies established in 2001 German companies established in 2001