Kuehn Malvezzi is an architectural practice in Berlin founded by Johannes Kuehn, Wilfried Kuehn and Simona Malvezzi in 2001. They work as exhibition designers, architects and curators, with a focus on museums and public spaces. Kuehn Malvezzi's early projects include the exhibition spaces for

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in Kassel (2002) and the extension of the Rieckhallen at the

Hamburger Bahnhof Hamburger Bahnhof is the former terminus of the Berlin–Hamburg Railway in Berlin, Germany, on Invalidenstrasse in the Moabit district opposite the Charité hospital. Today it serves as a contemporary art museum, the , part of the Berlin Nati ...

, Museum for Contemporary Art in Berlin (2004). In 2007 they were responsible for the conversion of a former industrial building to house of the

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Collection in Dusseldorf. They reorganized the historical and contemporary art collections of the

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere is a museum housed in the Belvedere palace, in Vienna, Austria. The Belvedere palaces were the summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736). The ensemble was built in the early eighteenth centu ...

at the

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in Vienna (2007); and the

Liebieghaus The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in Frankfurt, Germany. It contains a sculpture museum, the ''Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus'', which is part of the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. Max Hollein was the direc ...

sculpture collection in Frankfurt am Main (2009). Museum projects in Berlin include the extension of

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(2013); the Museum of Decorative Arts (2014), and the conversion of the Prinzessinnenpalais on Unter den Linden boulevard, to house the PalaisPopulaire – a venue for art, culture and sports by Deutsche Bank. Kuehn Malvezzi took part in the competition for the

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in Berlin (2008), and attracted acclaim for their critical approach towards the reconstruction briefing. Their concept won the special jury prize, as well as the 2009 German Critics’ Prize in the architecture category. In 2012 Kuehn Malvezzi won the international competition for the interreligious House of One in Berlin. On the site of Berlin’s earliest church at Petriplatz, a synagogue, a church and a mosque will be built under one roof, with construction due to start in 2020. From 2006 - 2012 Wilfried Kuehn was professor for exhibition design and curatorial practice at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, and since 2018 he is professor in design at the

Technical University Vienna TU Wien (TUW; german: Technische Universität Wien; still known in English as the Vienna University of Technology from 1975–2014) is one of the major universities in Vienna, Austria. The university finds high international and domestic recogn ...

. Johannes Kuehn has been professor at the

Bauhaus-University Weimar The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university located in Weimar, Germany, and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910. In 1919 the sc ...

since October 2016. Johannes Kuehn, Wilfried Kuehn and Simona Malvezzi are visiting professors at the

Harvard Graduate School of Design The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban ...

in 2019.

Projects

* PHI Contemporary, Montreal, Canada, conversion and new construction for a contemporary art institution, with Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes (Competition 1st Prize, 2022) * Bâtiment d'art contemporian (BAC), Geneva, redesign and extension, with CCHE Genève (Competition 1st Prize 2022) * Insectarium Montreal, with Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes, 2022 (Competition 1st Prize 2014) * Holzmarktstrasse, commercial building ensemble, Berlin, construction 2022 * ZAC Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Lot Petit, Housing, Paris, with Nicolas Dorval-Bory and Plan Común (competition 1st Prize 2019) * Administrative building with rooftop greenhouse, Oberhausen, 2019 * Hartenbergpark Mainz, residential development (competition 1st Prize, 2016) * X-D-E-P-O-T, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum,

Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne (, '' Pinakothek of the Modern'') is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's ''Kunstareal''. Locals sometimes refer to it as the ''Dritte'' ("third") ''Pinakothek'' after the Old and New. It is one of the world' ...

, Munich, 2020 * House of One, Berlin (competition 1st Prize, 2012) * PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank, conversion Prinzessinenpalais, Berlin, 2018 * Commercial Building Hohe Strasse, Cologne, 2018 * Mariendom Linz, conversion of the sanctuary, with

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2018 * DAAD-galerie, Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Berlin 2017 * Villengarten am Relenberg, residential development, Stuttgart, 2017 * Extension of the Modern Gallery (Moderne Galerie),

Saarland Museum The Saarland Museum is an art museum in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. It is spread across three sites, each with a different specialism. Museum in the Palace Church The Museum in the Palace Church (''Museum in der Schlosskirche'') special ...

, Saarbrücken, 2017 *

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum (HAUM) is an art museum in the German city of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. History Founded in 1754, the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum is one of the oldest museums in Europe. The museum has its origins in the art and nat ...

, new design for the museum collection, Braunschweig, 2016 * Galerie Neu, Berlin 2015 * MMK2 im Taunusturm,

Museum für Moderne Kunst The Museum für Moderne Kunst (''Museum of Modern Art''), or short MMK, in Frankfurt, was founded in 1981 and opened to the public 6 June 1991. The museum was designed by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein. Because of its triangular shape, it i ...

, Frankfurt am Main 2014 * Karlstrasse 47, commercial and residential building, Munich, 2014 * Joseph Pschorr House, commercial and residential building, Munich, 2014 * Torstrasse 86 Berlin, new residential building with retail spaces, Berlin 2014 * Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin, conversion and restructuring of the collection, Berlin 2014 * Komuna Fundamento, 13th

Venice Architecture Biennale Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...

, 2012 * Extension

, Berlin 2013 * Chalet 7 – Gesundheitszentrum Wetzlgut, new construction,

Bad Gastein Bad Gastein (; formerly ''Badgastein''; Southern Bavarian: ''Bod Goschdei'') is a spa town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Picturesquely situated in a hig ...

2012 * Skihütte Rossalm, new construction,

2010 *

Belvedere Museum Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to: Places Australia *Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region Africa * Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco *Belvedere, Harare, Zi ...

, conversion of listed building and new passageway to the Orangery, with artist

, Vienna 2008, 2009 *

, museological redesign and refurbishment, Frankfurt 2008, 2009 *

Candida Höfer Candida Höfer (born 4 February 1944) is a German photographer. She is a former student of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Like other Becher students, Höfer's work is known for technical perfection and a strictly conceptual approach. From 1997 to 2000, ...

Stiftung, conversion and Extension, Cologne 2008 *

Collection, conversion of an industrial building for the presentation of the collection, Düsseldorf, 2007 *

Lauder Business School Lauder Business School is an English-language business school in Vienna, Austria, operating as a "University of Applied Sciences" in the Austrian education system. Lauder Business School (LBS) was founded in 2003 as a University of Applied Sciences ...

, extension of the college and boarding school, Vienna, 2006 *

Berlinische Galerie The Berlinische Galerie is a museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin. It is located in Kreuzberg, on Alte Jakobstraße, not far from the Jewish Museum. History The Berlinische Galerie was founded in 1975

, museum foyer and forecourt, Berlin 2004 *

Schirn Kunsthalle The Schirn Kunsthalle is a Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany, located in the old city between the Römer and the Frankfurt Cathedral. The Schirn exhibits both modern and contemporary art. It is the main venue for temporary art exhibitions in F ...

, foyer and guidance system, Frankfurt 2002 *

, conversion Binding-Brauerei and exhibition venues, Kassel 2002

Exhibition Architecture (Selection)

* Vertigo. Op Art and a History of Deception 1520–1970, Mumok, Vienna, 2019 * Victor Vasarely. In the Labyrinth of Modernism,

Städel Museum The Städel, officially the ''Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie'', is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany. The Städel Museum owns 3,100 paintings, 660 sculptures, more than 4,600 ...

Frankfurt, 2018 * Basquiat – Boom for Real,

Frankfurt, 2018 * It's All Happening So Fast, CCA –

Canadian Centre for Architecture The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA; french: Centre Canadien d'Architecture) is a Architecture museum, museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1920, rue Baile (1920, Baile Street), between r ...

, Montreal 2017 * Imagine Moscow,

Design Museum The Design Museum in Kensington, London exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the European Museum of the Year Award. The museum operates as a registered charity, and all funds generat ...

London 2017 * Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach 2016 * Painting 2.0 – Expression in the Information Age,

Museum Brandhorst The Brandhorst Museum was opened in Munich on 21 May 2009. It displays about 200 exhibits from collection of modern art of the heirs of the Henkel trust Udo and Anette Brandhorst. In 2009 the Brandhorst Collection comprises more than 700 works. ...

, Munich 2015 as well as Mumok, Vienna 2016 * Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945–1965,

Haus der Kunst The ''Haus der Kunst'' (, ''House of Art'') is a non-collecting modern and contemporary art museum in Munich, Germany. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park. History Na ...

, Munich, 2016 * Harun Farocki. Labour in a Single Shot,

Haus der Kulturen der Welt The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), in English House of the World's Cultures, in Berlin is Germany's national center for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and so ...

, Berlin 2015 * Experiments in Art and Technology,

Museum der Moderne Salzburg The Museum der Moderne Salzburg has two buildings at two different locations in Salzburg, Austria. The Rupertinum in the old town for new artistic concepts opened in 1983 and the Museum on the Mönchsberg for modern art in a contemporary setting op ...

2015 * Das Bauhaus – Alles ist Design,

Vitra Design Museum The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Former Vitra CEO, and son of Vitra founders Willi and Erika Fehlbaum, Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. The ...

, Weil am Rhein 2015 * Hollein, MAK – Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna 2014 * Hans Hollein: Alles ist Architektur, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 2014 * Living with Pop. A Reproduction of Capitalist Realism,

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Düsseldorf. Building The present art centre was built in 1967 in Brutalist architecture by the architects Konrad Beckmann and Brockes. They used commercially available precas ...

2013 * Mathias Poledna,

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

of Architecture, Venice 2013 * Giacometti. The Playing Fields,

Hamburger Kunsthalle The Hamburger Kunsthalle is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the largest art museums in the country. The museum consists of three connected buildings, dating from 1869 (main building), 1921 (Kuppelsaa ...

, 2013 * Komuna Fundamento,

of Architecture, Venice 2012 * Jeff Koons. The Sculptor,

, Frankfurt 2012 *

VALIE EXPORT Valie Export (often stylized as 'VALIE EXPORT'; born 17 May 1940) is an avant-garde Austrian artist. She is best known for provocative public performances and expanded cinema work. Her artistic work also includes video installations, computer an ...

. Archiv,

Kunsthaus Bregenz The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz, Vorarlberg (Austria). History Commissioned by the State of Vorarlberg and designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the Kunsthaus Br ...

, 2011 * The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe 2011 * Carlo Mollino. Maniera Moderna,

, Munich 2011 *

Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...

. Parallelprozesse,

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is the art collection of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Düsseldorf. United by this institution are three different exhibition venues: the ''K20'' at Grabbeplatz, the ''K21'' in the ...

, Düsseldorf 2010 * 100 Years (Version #1, Düsseldorf),

Collection, Düsseldorf 2009 * Candida Höfer. Projects: Done,

Museum Morsbroich The Morsbroich Museum (german: Museum Morsbroich) or Morsbroich Castle Municipal Museum (''Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich'') is a German museum of modern art situated in Leverkusen, 20 km north of Cologne. History A building referre ...

, Leverkusen 2009, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, 2010 *

Manifesta Manifesta, also known as the European Nomadic Biennial, is a European pan-regional contemporary cultural biennale. History Manifesta was founded in 1994 by Dutch art historian Hedwig Fijen. The first edition took place in Rotterdam. One of ...

7, ex Palazzo delle Poste, Trient 2008 * Total Enlightenment. Moscow Conceptual Art 1960–1990,

, Frankfurt 2008 * Lucas Cranach the Elder,

, Frankfurt 2007 * Insert 5 -

Olaf Nicolai Olaf Nicolai (born 1962 in Halle an der Saale) is a German conceptual artist. Life Olaf Nicolai grew up in Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt) in the German Democratic Republic. From 1983 to 1988 he studied German language and literature at the u ...

, Kunstverein in Hamburg, 2007 * Focus 03: Concept. Action. Language, Mumok, Vienna 2006 * Henri Matisse. Figur Farbe Raum, K20,

, Düsseldorf 2005 * Rodin Beuys,

, Frankfurt 2005 * Momentary Monuments,

2005 * Pop Reloaded.

Michel Majerus Michel Majerus (June 9, 1967 – November 6, 2002) was a Luxembourgish artist who combined painting with digital media in his work. He lived and worked in Berlin until his untimely death in a plane crash in November 2002. His work was featured i ...

– Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin 2003 * Dream Factory Communism,

, Frankfurt 2003

Publications (Selection)

* ''A Jewish Garden in the Gardens of the World Berlin'', Berlin 2022, ISBN 978-3-86859-701-1 * ''Bauakademie Berlin'', Raumgestaltung und Entwerfen TU Wien, Jovis Verlag Berlin 2021, ISBN 978-3-86859-701-1 * ''Saarlandmuseum – Moderne Galerie. The Extension''. Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz, Saarbrücken 2017, . * ''Kuehn Malvezzi.'' Mousse Publishing, Milan 2013, . * ''Typen. Ein Raumatlas.'' (Sonderausgabe Displayer). Ausstellungsdesign und kuratorische Praxis. Karlsruhe 2012, . * ''Displayer 03'' HfG Karlsruhe, Ausstellungsdesign und kuratorische Praxis. Karlsruhe 2009, . * ''Candida Hoefer. Kuehn Malvezzi.'' Verlag Walther König, Köln 2009, . * ''Displayer 02'' HfG Karlsruhe, Ausstellungsdesign und kuratorische Praxis. Karlsruhe 2008, . * ''Kuehn Malvezzi.'' Exhibition Catalogue, Aedes West. Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 2005, . * Michael S. Riedel: ''Kuehn Malvezzi,'' Exhibition Catalogue, Aedes West, Berlinische Galerie Berlin. Revolver-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, . * Behles & Jochimsen, Oda Paelmke, Tobias Engelschall, Jessen + Vollenweider, Kuehn Malvezzi: ''Berlin shrink to fit.'' Exhibition Catalogue, Revolver, Frankfurt 2005, . * ''Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof. Kuehn Malvezzi - a Space for Contemporary Art.'' Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2004, .

References

External links

* http://kuehnmalvezzi.com/ * https://www.german-architects.com/en/kuehn-malvezzi-berlin/projects * https://divisare.com/authors/44324-kuehn-malvezzi/projects/built {{Authority control German companies established in 2001 Architecture firms of Germany