Behnisch Architekten
Encyclopedia
Behnisch Architekten is an architectural
practice based in Stuttgart
, Germany, with branches in Venice, California and Boston, Massachusetts.
The office was founded in 1989 by Stefan Behnisch, son of the well-known German architect Günter Behnisch
. Among the works from Günter Behnisch
are the stadium for the Olympic Games in Munich (1967-1972), the German parliament in Bonn and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. The Stuttgart-based practice Behnisch Architekten is run by Stefan Behnisch and his partners David Cook and Martin Haas. The practices in Venice and Boston are directed by Stefan Behnisch and his US-partner Christof Jantzen. The three practices together employ over 90 people – architects, interns and support staff.
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
practice based in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, Germany, with branches in Venice, California and Boston, Massachusetts.
The office was founded in 1989 by Stefan Behnisch, son of the well-known German architect Günter Behnisch
Günter Behnisch
Günter Behnisch was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. He was one of the most prominent architects representing deconstructivism....
. Among the works from Günter Behnisch
Günter Behnisch
Günter Behnisch was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. He was one of the most prominent architects representing deconstructivism....
are the stadium for the Olympic Games in Munich (1967-1972), the German parliament in Bonn and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. The Stuttgart-based practice Behnisch Architekten is run by Stefan Behnisch and his partners David Cook and Martin Haas. The practices in Venice and Boston are directed by Stefan Behnisch and his US-partner Christof Jantzen. The three practices together employ over 90 people – architects, interns and support staff.
Finished
- 1992–97 Landesgirokasse am Bollwerk, Stuttgart, Germany
- 1993–97 Administration building for the LVA-Landesversicherungsanstalt, Lübeck, Germany
- 1994–96 Bayrische Vereinsbank, Stuttgart, Germany
- 1994–96 Catholic St. Benno-grammar school, Dresden, Germany
- 1994–98 IBN-Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, WageningenWageningen' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...
, Netherlands - 1997–2001 Museum der PhantasieMuseum der PhantasieThe Museum der Phantasie 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....
– Lothar-Günther-Buchheim-Collection , Bernried am Starnberger SeeBernried am Starnberger SeeBernried am Starnberger See is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany....
, Germany - 1997–2002 Norddeutsche LandesbankNORD/LBThe Norddeutsche Landesbank is a German landesbank and one of the largest commercial banks in Germany. It is a public corporation owned by the federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt with its head office in Hanover and branches in Braunschweig and Magdeburg.Nord/LB was established in 1765...
am Friedrichswall, Hanover, Germany - 1998–99 Swimming Pool Complex Grünauer Welle, Leipzig, Germany
- 1998–2002 Technology Building for the University Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
- 2000–03 Entory Home, Ettlingen, Germany
- 2000–04 Headquarter GenzymeGenzymeGenzyme Corporation is a fully owned subsidiary of Sanofi-Aventis. Before its acquisition, Genzyme was an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2010, Genzyme was the world’s third-largest biotechnology company, employing more than 11,000 people around the world...
Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 2001–04 Pistorius-School, Herbrechtingen, Germany
- 2001–05 Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (with architectsAllianceArchitectsAlliancearchitectsAlliance is an award-winning Toronto-based architectural firm headed by architect Peter Clewes. It was formed in 1999 with the merger of Wallman Clewes Bergman and Van Nostrand DiCastri Architects....
), Toronto, Canada - 2003–07 Spa Baths Bad Aibling, Bad Aibling, Germany
- 2004–07 Haus im Haus for the Chamber of Commerce Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- 2004–07 Hilde-Domin-School, Herrenberg, Germany
- 2004–07 Werner-von-Linde-Halle, MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
- 2006–07 Römerbad, Spa Bath in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria
Current
- 2000–11 WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2002–08 Oceaneum-German Oceanographic Museum, StralsundStralsund- Main sights :* The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.* The heart of the old town is the Old Market Square , with the Gothic Town Hall . Behind the town hall stands the imposing Nikolaikirche , built in 1270-1360...
, Germany - 2004–09 Office Building for the Comune di Ravenna/Administration and Laboratory Building for ARPA, RavennaRavennaRavenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
, Italy - 2005–08 Kovner Residence, Sebastopol, California, USA
- 2005–08 Three Villas, Kapchagai, Almaty ProvinceAlmaty ProvinceAlmaty is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 118,400. The province itself has 1,603,700 people.-Geography:...
, Kazakhstan - 2005–08 419 Deming Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 2006–09 French Lofts Residential Complex, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2006–09 Digiteolabs, Saclay, France; in cooperation with BRS architectes
- 2006–10 Harvard's Allston Science Complex, Allston, Massachusetts, USA
- 2006–14 River Parc Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; in cooperation with Gehl Architects and architectsAlliance
- 2007–08 Riordan's House, Venice, California, USA
- 2007–09 Mill Street Lofts Residential Complex, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2007–09 Marco-Polo-Tower, Hamburg, Germany
- 2007–09 Unilever Germany, Hamburg, Germany
- 2007–09 NCT-National Center for Tumour Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
- 2008–09 Park Street Building, Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Books
- Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner. Bauten und Entwürfe. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2003, ISBN 3-7643-6931-0
- Genzyme Center. fmo publishers, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-937934-00-6
- NORD/LB Hannover. Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7757-1231-3
- Architecture for Nature. IBN-DLO Wageningen. Schuyt & Co., Haarlem 1998, ISBN 90-6097-472-7