Behnisch Architekten is an architectural practice based in Stuttgart, Germany, with branches in Munich, Germany; Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California.

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 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (1967–1972), the German parliament in Bonn and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2005, after several changes in structure and name, the independent Stadtbüro adopted today`s name, Behnisch Architekten. Under Stefan Behnisch's leadership, the firm has developed over the last more than 25 years into a successful international practice with offices in Stuttgart (since 1991), Los Angeles (1999–2011), Boston (since 2006), and Munich (since 2009). The Los Angeles office reopened under the leadership of Kristi Paulson in 2019. All four firms operate under the name of Behnisch Architekten.

The offices are managed by the firm partners, Stefan Behnisch, Robert Hoesle, Robert Matthew Noblett, Stefan Rappold, Kristi Paulson and Jörg Usinger. In the firm's rich history, former partners include Günter Behnisch, Winfried Büxel, David Cook, Martin Haas, Christof Jantzen, Manfred Sabatke, Günther Schaller and Erhard Tränkner.

Projects

Finished (selected projects) 1997 Landesgirokasse am Bollwerk, Stuttgart, Germany 1997 Administration building for the LVA-Landesversicherungsanstalt, Lübeck, Germany 1996 Bayrische Vereinsbank, Stuttgart, Germany 1996 Catholic St. Benno-grammar school, Dresden, Germany 1998 IBN-Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, Wageningen, Netherlands 1999 Swimming Pool Complex Grünauer Welle, Leipzig, Germany 2001 Museum der Phantasie – Lothar-Günther-Buchheim-Collection, Bernried am Starnberger See, Germany 2002 Norddeutsche Landesbank am Friedrichswall, Hanover, Germany 2002 Technology Building for the University Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany 2003 Entory Home, Ettlingen, Germany 2004 Headquarter Genzyme Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 2004 Pistorius-School, Herbrechtingen, Germany 2005 Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (with architectsAlliance), Toronto, Canada 2007 Spa Baths Bad Aibling, Bad Aibling, Germany 2007 Haus im Haus for the Chamber of Commerce Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 2007 Hilde-Domin-School, Herrenberg, Germany 2007 Werner-von-Linde-Halle, Munich 2007 Römerbad, Spa Bath in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria 2008 Ozeaneum – German Oceanographic Museum, Stralsund, Germany 2008 Kovner Residence, Sebastopol, California, USA 2009 Unilever Headquarters Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Hamburg, Germany 2010 Marco-Polo-Tower, Hamburg, Germany 2010 NCT-National Centre for Tumour Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany 2010 Park Street Building (with Svigals + Partners, LLP, New Haven), Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 2010 Quest Forum 'An der Alten Spinnerei', Kolbermoor, Germany 2010 Refurbishment, Modernization and Extension of the Hysolar Building (with H III S, Harder Stumpfl Schramm), Stuttgart, Germany 2011 WIPO Administration Building – World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 2011 Speed Skating Stadium Inzell – Max Aicher Arena (with Pohl Architekten), Inzell, Germany 2011 Loft Houses, Kolbermoor, Germany 2012 Maximino Martinez Commons, University of California Student Apartments, Berkeley, California, USA 2012 City Hall Kolbermoor with Library and Education Center, Kolbermoor, Germany 2012 Children's Daycare Center on Schwetzinger Terrasse, Heidelberg, Germany 2012 Digiteolabs, Saclay, Moulon, Palaiseau, France; in cooperation with BRS architectes 2012 Schlaues Haus, Oldenburg, Germany 2013 John and Frances Angelos Law Center (with Ayers/Saint/Gross), University of Baltimore School of Law, Maryland, USA 2013 City of Santa Monica Public Parking Structure #6 (with Studio Jantzen and IPD), Santa Monica, California, USA 2013 City Hall Bad Aibling, Germany 2013 Refurbishment of office spaces at Breuninger Headquarter. Stuttgart, Germany 2013 Secondary School Ergolding (ARGE Behnisch Architekten | ALN), Germany 2013 Habitation at the Rosengarten, Kolbermoor, Germany 2014 WTO Security Parameter – World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 2014 WIPO Conference Hall – World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 2014 Haus S, Stuttgart, Germany 2014 Refurbishment Sports Hall Lorch (designed by Behnisch & Partner 1975), Germany 2015 Extension Spa Baths Bad Aibling, Germany 2015 Capitol Rosenheim, Germany 2015 Glaspalast Sindelfingen (designed by Behnisch & Partner 1976) – Refurbishment and Technical Upgrade, Sindelfingen, Germany 2017 , Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine

Current (selected projects) Harvard's Allston Science and Engineering Complex, Allston, Massachusetts, USA Habitation Langwasser, Nuremberg, Germany Waldorfschule Uhlandshöhe, Stuttgart, Germany Lurup Neighborhood School, Hamburg, Germany Further Development of the School Area Bernhausen, Germany Paul-Winter Middle School (ARGE Behnisch Architekten | ALN), Neuburg, Germany Lycée Franco-allemand, Buc, France Habitation at the Spinnereipark, Kolbermoor, Germany City Hall Großkarolinenfeld, Germany City Hall Gröbenzell, Germany Schwaketenbad, Constance, Germany Ludwig-Weber School, Frankfurt, Germany Health and Fitness Spa, Friedrichshafen, Germany adidas 'World Of Sports' ARENA, Herzogenaurach, Germany Langsdale Library (renovation), University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Artists For Humanity EpiCenter (expansion), Boston, Massachusetts, USA Dorotheen Quartier, Stuttgart, Germany AGORA Cancer Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland School of Business Administration, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA

Awards

2007: Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (first edition)

Books Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner. Bauten und Entwürfe. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2003, Genzyme Center. fmo publishers, Stuttgart 2004, NORD/LB Hannover. Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart 2002, Architecture for Nature. IBN-DLO Wageningen. Schuyt & Co., Haarlem 1998, Behnisch Architekten Magazine 01. fmo publishers, Stuttgart 2013, Behnisch Architekten Magazine 02. fmo publishers, Stuttgart 2014,

References

External links

Website Behnisch Architekten