Klaus Schuwerk. Architect born in 1967, in Ehingen, Germany, has lived and worked in Naples since 2001.
He founded his practice in Berlin in 1993, having previously studied in Stuttgart, Zurich, and Madrid under Hans Kollhoff and Francisco Alonso de Santos, among others. Notable projects include Tonhaus (Sound House, 1993), Stuttgart Central Station (1997), Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo (2002), Monumento in Travertino (2002), and the Museum of Industry and Labor in Brescia (since 2004, with Jan Kleihues), for which he and Jan Kleihues founded Kleihues+Schuwerk. In 2010, Schuwerk won the competition for the new building of the National Museum of Norway; during its planning and building phases (2010–2022, with Kleihues+Schuwerk), he lived with his family in Oslo for several years.
