Matthias Sauerbruch
Design Critic in Architecture
Department of Architecture
Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton founded Sauerbruch Hutton in 1989 in London. A second office was opened in Berlin in 1993. The practice currently employs over 100 staff and is engaged in projects all over Europe. Its work has become internationally recognized for its serious engagement with issues of sustainability in architecture and urbanism, at the same time as for the creation of sensual spaces and signature facades. Sauerbruch Hutton are best known for their GSW Headquarters building in Berlin (1999) and their Federal Environmental Agency in Dessau (2005). A forthcoming major project is the Museum for the Brandhorst Collection in Munich (2008). Sauerbruch Hutton projects have been awarded a number of national and international prizes - amongst them six RIBA and two AIA awards. The architecture of the office has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and publications worldwide. Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch received the Erich Schelling Prize for Architecture in 1998 and the Fritz Schumacher Prize for Architecture in 2003. Louisa taught at the Architectural Association in the late eighties. In 2003 she was appointed as a Commissioner for CABE, UK's Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. Matthias has been teaching Architecture since 1985 -- firstly as Unit Master at the Architectural Association in London; from 1995-2001 he has been holding a chair at the Technical University Berlin, from 2001-2007 at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart. Louisa and Matthias are guest lecturers at many internationl universities and institutions.