b+ is an architecture practice in-the-making. It is a continuation and reorientation of the collaborative practice Brandlhuber+ which is based in Berlin since 2006. The process of reorientation and new formation includes a conceptual as well as economic restructuring reacting to the changing conditions of architectural production.
b+ is, on one hand, looking into new issues and fields of practice trying to understand architecture systemically and beyond the built object. On the other hand, b+ wants to change the conditions of production in which architecture is thought and realized. In concrete terms we are asking: What are the challenges for architecture in a changing society and how can we as architects produce both ecologically and economically sustainable answers to these challenges?
The conceptual and corporate orientation of b+ therefore is our first project. In the course of 2021, we will be conducting discussions and projects in an open process with different parties involved: from theory and practice, with local and global interests. In this way, we aim to create a framework in which we can use various architectural formats—buildings, campaigns, exhibitions, texts and films—to define a common goal and a first path for the coming years and projects.
We start anew as a team of independent architects linking the idea of collaboration that drives the practice ever since its beginnings. Currently with Arno Brandlhuber, Olaf Grawert, Franziska Gödicke, Angelika Hinterbrandner, Jonas Janke, Roberta Jurčić, Jolene Lee; Nina Barac, Felix Ganzer, Moritz Heuberger, Lukas Meyer; in ongoing collaborations with ARCH+, Muck Petzet Architekten, Spazio Cura and Katharina Volgger.
Brandlhuber+ 2038; 2G, Moisés Puente; a42.org (AdBK Nürnberg); akademie c/o Architektur und Stadtforschung (AdBK Nürnberg), Anna-Catharina Gebbers and Christian Posthofen; ARCH+; architecten de vylder vinck taillieu; Marius Babias; BARarchitekten; Mark Bain; Barbara Van Der Wee Architects; Barkow Leibinger; BAST; Benedikt Gondolf; Bogdan & Van Broeck; Büro für Konstruktivismus, Sandra Bartoli and Silvan Linden; Thomas Burlon; Thomas Demand; Georg Diez; Doorzon Interieurarchitecten; Marta Dyachenko; El Croquis, Fernando Márquez Cecilia and Richard Levene; Markus Emde; ERA; Martín Ferrari; Olaf Grawert; Alexander Görg; Constanze Haas; Florian Hertweck; Angelika Hinterbrandner; HKW; Tobias Hönig; Andrijana Ivanda; Eveline Jürgens; June14 Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff; Roberta Jurčić; Christian Kerez; Walther König; KOW; Niklas Maak; MANIERA; Thomas Mayfried; Isa Melsheimer; Giacomo Messina; Michalski&Wagner; Muck Petzet Architekten; n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; Fritz Neumeyer; Erica Overmeer; Manfred Pernice; Anselm Reyle; Riegler Riewe Architekten; Nikolai von Rosen; Christopher Roth; Sam Chermayeff Office; Peter Schiering; station+ (D-ARCH ETH Zurich); Antonia Steger; unprofessional studio; Caspar Viereckel
Architekturpreis Berlin, 0162 Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block, 2020
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award, finalist, 0162 Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block, 2019
DAM Preis für Architektur in Deutschland 2020, shortlisted, 0162 Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block, 2019
Deutscher Architekturpreis, distinction, 0162 Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block, 2019
BDA Preis Berlin, distinction, 0145 St. Agnes, 2018
Architekturpreis Beton, distinction, 0145 St. Agnes, 2017
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award, nomination, 0145 St. Agnes, 2017
Architekturpreis Berlin, 0145 St. Agnes, 2016
Deutscher Architekturpreis, Anerkennung, 0131 Antivilla, 2015
Architekturpreis Berlin, Auszeichnung, 0131 Antivilla, 2013
BDA-Preis Berlin, 0113 Brunnenstrasse 9, 2012
Deutscher Architekturpreis, Anerkennung, 0113 Brunnenstrasse 9, 2011