Architect of the Week: Barkow Leibinger

Barkow Leibinger, Serpentine Summer House, The Modern House
Barkow Leibinger, Serpentine Summer House, The Modern House

Barkow Leibinger is an American/German architectural practice based in Berlin and New York, founded in 1993 by Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger. Both taught at the Architectural Association in London and Harvard GSD, amongst others. Regine Leibinger is Professor for Building Construction and Design at the Technische Universität Berlin.

Barkow Leibinger’s work is wide ranging in scale and building types, including building for the workplace (industry, office and master-planning), cultural, housing, exhibitions and installations. Their work has been shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2008 and 2014, the Marrakech Biennale 2012 and is included in the collections of MoMA, New York and other museums. In 2016 they were commissioned to design one of the Serpentine Galleries’ Summer Houses, as part of the institution’s renowned annual architecture programme. The practice have won numerous awards such as the Marcus Prize for Architecture; three National AIA Honor Awards for Architecture; the DAM Prize for Architecture and a Global Holcim Innovation Award for sustainability.

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