Markus Dochantschi (born 1968, Neuburg, Germany) is a German-born architect based in New York. He is a registered architect in the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as a member of the

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. As the founder and principal of studioMDA (Dochantschi Inc.), a New York–based, multidisciplinary design firm, Dochantschi has been recognized as one of the world's preeminent designers of art and cultural spaces. Dochantschi and his firm have designed more than thirty galleries, and over 200 international art booths and exhibitions, earning Dochantschi the title of "the Art World's New Go-To Architect” in 2017. The firm has also designed institutional buildings, auction houses, and private residences.

Education and early years

Dochantschi was trained as an architect in Darmstadt, Germany and received his Masters of Architecture degree in 1995. He was granted two scholarships including a DAAD scholarship which enabled him to work with

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and Tom Heneghan in

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. Dochantschi was subsequently invited back to Tokyo by

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in 1995.

Professional life

Following his time in Tokyo, Dochantschi joined

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-based firm

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. He continued to work closely with

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from 1995 until 2002, as a director, project director, project architect, and designer on projects including the

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in Cincinnati, Landesgartenschau Germany, Bergisel Ski Jump, and the Vista Master plan Singapore, among many others. In 2002, Dochantschi established studioMDA in New York. His work includes high-end and affordable residential, cultural, commercial, institutional, mixed-use, non-profit, and educational projects. He has designed spaces for New York–based galleries including Andrew Kreps Gallery, Bortolami Gallery, Anton Kern Gallery, Lisson Gallery, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Richard Taittinger Gallery, Nahmad Contemporary, 303 Gallery, David Nolan Gallery, High Line Nine, and four galleries for

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, as well as the

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-based new Faurschou Foundation in

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and

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-based galleries Dirimart Gallery and Collectorspace. Dochantschi is known for his work on cultural institutions, showing a sensitivity to proportion, light, and, flexibility of space. In 2017, ''

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'' magazine featured him in the article, “These Architects Are Transforming the Way We Experience Art” listing studioMDA as one of the firms “behind some of the most inventive and influential cultural spaces today.” Dochantschi's style has been described as “airy,” “minimalist,” and “both modern and functional”.

Academia

In 2003 Dochantschi taught an Advanced Studio at

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with Zaha Hadid, Stefan Behnisch, and Gerald Hines. Dochantschi served as the director of the Global Cities Architecture Program at Columbia

GSAPP Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. It is regarded as an important and highly prestigious architecture school.

from 2013–2015 as well as Adjunct Professor for Planning and Preservation Advanced Studio from 2008–2017. Dochantschi has also been a Guest Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a guest critic at the Architectural Association School of Architecture,

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The Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in ...

, the

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Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

, the ETH Zurich, and the

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Selected projects

Cultural

*2023 Nino Mier Gallery, Tribeca, New York *2023 Lio Malca Gallery, New York *2023 Timothy Taylor Gallery, New York *2023 Nino Mier Gallery, Soho, New York *2022 Esther Schipper Gallery, Seoul, Korea *2022 Judith Whitney Godwin Foundation, New York *2022 Arsenal Contemporary Art Gallery, New York *2022 Templon Gallery, New York *2022 Print Center New York, New York *2022 PPOW Gallery expansion, New York *2021 Harper's Gallery, New York *2021 George Adams Gallery, New York *2020

Luhring Augustine Gallery The Luhring Augustine Gallery is an art gallery in New York City. The gallery has three locations: Chelsea, Manhattan, Chelsea, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Bushwick, and Tribeca. Its principal focus is the representation of an international group of cont ...

, New York *2020 PPOW Gallery, New York *2020 Phillips Headquarters, New York *2019 Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY *2019 Faurschou Foundation,

, NY *2018 High Line Nine, New York *2018 Kasmin Gallery (27th St), New York *2017 Anton Kern Gallery, New York *2017 Bortolami Gallery, NY *2016 Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York *2016 Dirimart Gallery,

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*2016

Lisson Gallery Lisson Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with locations in London and New York, founded by Nicholas Logsdail in 1967. The gallery represents over 50 artists such as Art & Language, Ryan Gander, Carmen Herrera, Richard Long, John Latham, So ...

, New York *2015

Paul Kasmin Gallery The Kasmin Gallery, formerly known as the Paul Kasmin Gallery, is a New York City fine art gallery, founded in SoHo in 1989. History The gallery was founded by its namesake as the Paul Kasmin Gallery in 1989 and was initially housed at 74 Grand S ...

(297 10th Avenue), New York *2015 Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York *2014

Shop, New York *2014 Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York *2013

303 Gallery 303 Gallery is an art gallery in Manhattan, New York. It was established in 1984 by owner and director Lisa Spellman, described by art critic Jerry Saltz as "one of the greatest New York gallerists of our time". The gallery hosts contemporary work ...

, New York *2013 Nahmad Contemporary, New York *2012 Collectorspace

Gallery,

*2011

, New York *2008 David Nolan Gallery, New York

Residential

*2021 Waverly Avenue Residence, Brooklyn, New York *2021 Upper East Side Townhouse, New York *2020 Water's Edge Residence, New York *2020 Watertower Penthouse, New York *2020 Franklin St. Residences and Gallery, New York *2020 West Village Carriage House, New York *2018 East 78th Street Townhouse, New York *2018 Pool Pavilion, Bridgehampton, New York *2018 Southampton Residence, Long Island, New York *2018 Sagaponack Beach House II, Long Island, New York *2017 East 71st Street Townhouse, New York *2014 Sur Lago Residence, Tuxedo Park, New York *2014 UES Townhouse, New York *2014 Fort Greene Townhouse, Brooklyn, New York *2014 Fifth Avenue Penthouse, New York *2013 West Village Carriage House, New York *2013 137 Franklin Street, New York *2012 Detiger Loft, New York *2012 Sagaponack Barn, Sagaponack, New York *2009 Tuxedo Park Residence, New York *2009 Showtime House, New York *2008 Anchorage Residence,

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*2007 Stockholm Penthouse, Sweden *2007 740 Park Avenue, New York *2007 Noho Loft, New York, NY *2007 Greenwich Street Residence, New York *2007 Governor’s Road Residence, Bronxville *2007 Park Avenue Penthouse, New York, *2006 Maplewood Residence,

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*2006 Chappaqua Residence, Chappaqua, New York *2006 Central Park West Residence, New York *2005 Chile Beach House,

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*2005 Lima Beach House, Lima, Peru *2005 Bronxville Residence, Bronxville, New York

Institutional

*2022 Center for Advanced Mobility, Aachen,

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Commercial

*2022 Ping Pod Upper East Side, New York *2022 Ping Pod Astoria, New York *2022 Ping Pod, Philadelphia *2022 Harper's Books, New York *2021 Phillips Headquarters offices, New York *2020 West 13 St. Lobby, New York *2020 Ping Pod, New York *2011 Exerblast, New York *2010 Gumulira Clinic,

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...

*2009

High Line The High Line is a elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Opera ...

Office, New York *2008 McIntosh Townhouse *2007

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Showroom, New York *2007 Tracy Anderson Dance Studio, New York *2005 WhatIF, New York.

Exhibitions

*2023 "Korea Week: Origin, Emergence, Return", Rockefeller Center, New York *2023 "Sarah Morris: All Systems Fail", Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany *2023 "Key Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool", New York *2022 "Jean-Michel Basquiat", Nahmad Contemporary, New York *2022 "Picasso and the Process of Creation", Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York *2019 "Beverly Pepper Cor-Ten", Marlborough Contemporary, New York *2018 "TIME SPACE EXISTENCE", Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy *2017 '' Les Lalanne'',

, New York *2016 ''

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's Ribbon Words'', Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York *2016 ''Drawing Room'', David Nolan Gallery, New York (curated and designed by studioMDA's founder, Markus Dochantschi) *2016 – 2017 ''IMPASSE RONSIN'',

, New York *2015 ''

Max Ernst Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealis ...

PARAMYTHS: SCULPTURE, 1934–1967'',

, New York *2015 ''

Robert Motherwell Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor of ''The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology''. He was one of the youngest of the New York School, which also inc ...

, Works on paper 1951–1991'',

, New York *2015 ''Mnemosyne, de Chirico and Antiquity'', Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), New York *2014 ''Still Life'', Nahmad Contemporary, New York *2014 ''Le Chant de La Grenouille The Surrealists in Conversation'', Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), New York *2013 '' Brancusi in New York'',

, New York *2011 National Arts Club Installation, New York *2011 ''Soutine-Bacon'', Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), New York

Art Fairs

*Independent Art Fair, Spring Studio, New York (2023) *Independent 20th Century Art Fair, New York (2022) *1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Masterplan, New York David Nolan Gallery, NY *

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(2005–2007, 2009–2019, 2022) *

Miami Beach (2005–2019, 2022) *

Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair in London, New York, and Los Angeles. Frieze London takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. In the US, the fair ran on New York's Randall's Island from 2012–19 and in 2 ...

, New York (2017) Dirimart Gallery

Hong Kong (2016–2017) *

Armory Show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of ...

, NY (2017) *

(2018) * CI Istanbul (2016) Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), NY *

(2010–2019, 2021-2022) *

Miami Beach (2007–2019, 2021-2022) *FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain,

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(2012,2016) *

The European Fine Art Fair The European Fine Art Fair (abbreviated: TEFAF) is an annual art, antiques and design fair organized by ''The European Fine Art Foundation'' in the MECC in Maastricht, Netherlands. It was first held in 1988. The ten-day fair attracts about 75,0 ...

, NY (2011, 2017-2020, 2022) Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art * Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi (2011,2014) *

, NY (2011,2017) *

(2009–2019, 2021-2022) *

Hong Kong (2015,2016) *

Miami Beach (2010–2019, 2021-2022) *

(2012,2013) *The Seattle Art Fair,

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(2016) *

, NY (2017-2019, 2022) *FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain,

(2017) *ARCO, Madrid (2019, 2020)

, NY * Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi (2014) *

, NY (2016-2018) *

(2012,2015–2021) *

Hong Kong (2014–2019) *

Miami Beach (2011,2013–2018,2021-2022) *American Art Dealer Association, NY (2015–2018) * Art Stage Singapore,

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(2015) *

EXPO Chicago EXPO Chicago is an international contemporary and modern art exhibition held each year in Chicago, Illinois. In 2012, it took over the duties of a prior organization, Art Chicago, which began in 1980. ''Art Chicago'' was Chicago's longest-running m ...

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(2016, 2017) *

(2011) *

, New York (2014–2016,2018,2019,2022) *

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(2014,2015) *

, NY (2014,2017,2018) *

Zona Maco Zona Maco is an art fair organized since 2003 that takes place biannually during February and September in Mexico City. The fair comprises three events: Zona Maco Arte Contemporáneo showcases contemporary and modern artworks and design, Zona Maco ...

Arte Contemporaneo,

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(2015–2017) Nahmad Contemporary, NY *FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain,

(2014-2019,2021) *

(2017,2019,2021) *Independent Art Fair (2022) *Paris+ Art Basel (2022) Richard Taittinger, NY *

Miami Beach (2018) *Paris Photo (2018) *

, NY (2018,2019) *Art 1-54, New York (2019) Malborough Gallery, NY *

(2019) *

Hong Kong (2018,2020) *

Miami Beach (2018) *

(2019)

Anton Kern Anton Kern or Körne (12 December 1709 - 8 June 1747) was a Bohemian-born German painter; primarily of religious and historical scenes.

, NY *

(2017-2022) *

Miami Beach (2017,2018,2020) *FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain,

(2018,2019) *

, New York (2018) Van de Weghe, New York *

, NY (2017) Johyun Gallery, South Korea *

(2021) Hammer Galleries, New York *

Miami Beach (2017) Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, NY *

Miami Beach (2011) Fine Sound Group *Munich High End (2015) Gary Nader Art Center, New York *Art Rio (2016)

Conceptual

*Phillips Headquarters, 2021, Hong Kong *Governors Island Climate Center, 2021, New York *FARROC, 2013, Queens, New York *Condominiums, 2013,

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*Osnabrück Comprehensive School, 2011,

*ARC Competition, 2010,

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*Munich Olympics, 2010,

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, 2009,

*Tempelhof Competition, 2008,

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

*Bam Tower, 2007, New York *Governors Island Biomass Park, 2006,

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*Harbor Park Pavilion, 2005 *Forsythe Dance Studio, 2004,

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* U2 Tower Competition, 2003,

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

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Other activities

Dochantschi served on the Green Codes Committee in 2012, created to make recommendations for New York City Building Code revisions for greening the environment. Kasmin Gallery's new flagship designed by studioMDA was recipient of the

Architizer Marc Charles Kushner (born September 27, 1977) is an American architect, entrepreneur and author. He was a partner at the New York City based architecture firm Hollwich Kushner and co-founded Architizer. Early life and education The son of L ...

Annual A+ Awards for the Cultural – Gallery category in 2019.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dochantschi, Markus 1968 births Living people 20th-century German architects 21st-century German architects German emigrants to the United States