Terrassenhaus Berlin by Brandlhuber + Emde, Burlon + Muck Petzet

Brandlhuber+ is an architecture office dedicated to the idea of collaboration with other practices, disciplines, and individuals. It was founded by Arno Brandlhuber in 2006. Arno Brandlhuber works as an Architect and Urban Planner. He studied Architecture and Urbansim at the TU Darmstadt and the Accademia del Arte in Florence.

From 1992 on he initiated several project- and office partnerships. During this period numerous projects and publications were realized, including the projects Neanderthal Museum (Mettmann, 1996), Kölner Brett (Cologne, 2000), and Crystal (Copenhagen, 2006). In 2006, he founded Brandlhuber+ as an architecture office dedicated to the idea of collaboration with other practices, discplines, and individuals.

Expanding on the idea of collaboration, he started the ongoing practice of Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon with built projects such as Brunnenstrasse 9 (Berlin, 2009), the Antivilla (Krampnitz, 2014), and St. Agnes (Berlin, 2015); currently working on LoBe, a mixed use housing project in Berlin, and a private art collection. Furthermore he is collaborating with Muck Petzet, working on the Tacheles project; Christian Kerez & Muck Petzet working on the Spreestudios; Michalski&Wagner on projects in Sicily and Sam Chermayeff on projects in Berlin.

Arno Brandlhuber taught at several universities and colleges. From 2003 to 2017, he held the chair of architecture and urban research at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg and directed the nomadic masters program a42.org. In 2017 Arno Brandlhuber was named professor of architecture and design at the ETH Zurich, where he teaches and researches new methods of architectural production and representation in architecture and media, through the tool of TV.  He was a guest professor at several universities including TU Vienna, Harvard Graduate School of Design and others.

Besides his building practice he is researching the transition of spatial organization and production in German history, focusing specifically on the Berlin Republic. As part of this research he put on several exhibitions and publications including „Von der Stadt der Teile zur Stadt der Teilhabe“, „The Dialogic City: Berlin wird Berlin“ and others.  

In recent years Arno Brandlhuber’s practice has been dedicated to the idea of legislation in architecture as a main factor for the built environment. This mindset resulted in ongoing investigations, both built and theoretical, such as the ARCH+ issue titled Legislating Architecture and the 2016 film Legislating Architecture, made in collaboration with director and film maker Christopher Roth.
Together they formulated the second chapter The Property Drama which premiered at he 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial. The film provoked a vivid political discussion resulting in an ARCH+ issue on the topic of property and land tenure, as well as an travelling-exhibition starting in November 2018 at the V-A-I.

His work was exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012 & 2016.

Muck Petzet Architekten. Born in Munich, 1964. Philosophy Studies LMU Munich, 1983–1984. Architecture Studies TU Munich / HdK Berlin, 1985–1991. Architect at Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, 1991–1993. Office in Munich, 1993. Meier-Scupin & Petzet. Partnership with J.P. Meier-Scupin, 1993–2003.  MSP Meier-Scupin & Petzet, Mayr, Hehenberger. Partnership with J.P: Meier-Scupin, C.Mayr und J.Hehenberger, 2000–2001. Muck Petzet Architects, Munich, 2003. Muck Petzet und Partner Architekten. Partnership with Andreas Ferstl, 2012-2015. Commissioner General of the German Pavilion 2012, 13th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. 2012. Professorship „Sustainable Design“, Università della Svizzera italiana, Accademia di architettura Mendrisio, 2014.

Teaching assignment at the Hochschule Liechtenstein, Vaduz, 2004-2005. Visiting professor at Technical University, Munich. Architecture as Resource, 2012-2013. Professorship „Sustainable Design“, Università della Svizzera italiana, Accademia di architettura Mendrisio, 2014. Board member of the german Plattenbauzentrum Leinefelde (dpzl), 2002. Board member of the German Architect Association (BDA) Munich / Upper Bavaria, 2003-2008. organisation of the BDA Award Bavaria, 1999. organisation of ′Architekturwoche A4, Zeitmaschine Architektur′ (architecture as time machine), Munich, 2008. Member of AK KOOP GDW/BDA/Deutscher Städtetag, 2011. Board member of Kunstverein Munich, 2011.