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Having worked for well-known offices such as Gottfried Böhm, Joachim Schürmann, Auer + Weber and Behnisch & Partner in the past, wulf architekten have long since developed their very own position. Inspired by a deliberate openness towards innovation, however, they constantly challenge this position. Their way of finding solutions, unhindered by preconceived ideas and concepts, is what the architects call "identity through search"; this search also means movement and change. The only, meanwhile important, constant is their humanistic approach - a distinct focus on people as a starting point for all design work. This central conviction shows in the sensuous quality and the variety of the office's built projects. In texts that establish connections between central statements of the three partners and their built projects, the publication Rhythm and Melody offers a comprehensive insight into the way wulf architekten think and work. Architecture, as already hinted at by the title, is not understood as an isolated discipline here, but as part of a multifaceted cultural context.
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The Stuttgart-based office wulf architekten, founded in 1987 by Tobias Wulf, was joined by Kai Bierich and Alexander Vohl as partners in 1996. Among their main works are the award-winning Adidas factory outlet in Herzogenaurach (2003), the Stuttgart fair grounds (2007) and the State Revenue Office in Landshut (2011). Current projects include the new building for the IHK Region Stuttgart and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University Hospital, Bonn.
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Hubertus Adam, geb. 1965, studierte Kunstgeschichte, Philosophie und Archäologie. Seit 1992 arbeitet er als freiberuflicher Kunst- und Architekturhistoriker sowie als Architekturkritiker für diverse Fachzeitschriften und Tageszeitungen, vor allem für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 1996/97 war er Redakteur der Bauwelt in Berlin, 1998 übersiedelte er in die Schweiz und ist als Redaktor zuständig für die Zeitschrift archithese. Vorträge an verschiedenen Instituten und Hochschulen, Redner und Moderator bei diversen Architektursymposien. Zahlreiche Buchpublikationen und -beiträge, Katalogaufsätze und Zeitschriftentexte zur Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts. 2004 erhielt er den Swiss Art Award für den Sektor Kunst- und Architekturkritik.
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Having worked for well-known offices such as Gottfried Böhm, Joachim Schürmann, Auer + Weber and Behnisch & Partner in the past, wulf architekten have long since developed their very own position. Inspired by a deliberate openness towards innovation, however, they constantly challenge this position. Their way of finding solutions, unhindered by preconceived ideas and concepts, is what the architects call “identity through search”; this search also means movement and change. The only, meanwhile important, constant is their humanistic approach – a distinct focus on people as a starting point for all design work. This central conviction shows in the sensuous quality and the variety of the office’s built projects. In texts that establish connections between central statements of the three partners and their built projects, the publication Rhythm and Melody offers a comprehensive insight into the way wulf architekten think and work. Architecture, as already hinted at by the title, is not understood as an isolated discipline here, but as part of a multifaceted cultural context.
