* Photo credit: Wilfried Dechau

Matthias Sauerbruch Prof. Dipl. Ing., AA Dipl., ARB (*1955, Constance) Founder and Director of Sauerbruch Hutton Matthias Sauerbruch graduated from the Berlin Hochschule der Künste and from the Architectural Association in London. Further to his work as architect and director at Sauerbruch Hutton, he has been lecturing at numerous national and international universities. Having taught at the AA School in London for 5 years, he accepted a chair for Building Construction and Design at the Technical University Berlin in 1995, and a chair for Public Buildings and Public Spaces at the Stuttgart State Academy of Arts and Design in 2001. Since 2006, he is a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Matthias Sauerbruch is lecturing worldwide, and frequently serves as juror on national and international competition juries. He is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council DGNB and a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts.

Company Profile

Sauerbruch Hutton is an international agency for architecture, urbanism and design, founded in 1989. Presently there are about 100 Architects, Designers, Engineers, Modelmakers as and administrative staff of approx. twelve different nationalities working in their office in Berlin. The team is led by Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton and Juan Lucas Young. Sauerbruch Hutton realise individual and sustainable solutions to a wide range of programmes. The enjoyment of the sensuality of space and material, as well as the mastery of up-to-date technology is combined with the intelligent use of existing resources of every kind. Built works range from the much-noted Brandhorst Museum in Munich to the Federal Environmental Agency in Dessau, which presents a benchmark building for sustainable design. A whole series of projects for private and public clients are currently under way in Paris, Geneva, Milan, Tilburg and several cities in Germany. Sauerbruch Hutton have been awarded numerous national and international prizes.