Staab Architekten
Volker Staab is the founder of Staab Architekten in Berlin. After winning the competition to design the Neues Museum in Nuremberg in 1991, he opened his own architecture studio and has worked in partnership with Alfred Nieuwenhuizen since 1996. Staab’s work focuses on public buildings for culture, education and research which often stand in sensitive or historically protected urban spaces or landscapes. After occupying guest professorships at the TU Berlin, Münster University of Applied Sciences and the Academy of Arts in Stuttgart, he became a professor of design at the TU in Braunschweig. In 2011, Staab won the Grand Prize awarded by the Association of German Architects. He is a member of the Academy of Arts.
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Tetris an der Pegnitz:
Augustinerhof in nurember from Staab Architekten
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In Historical Array: University Building in Munich
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Luxurious Conversion: Museum in Hohenschwangau
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