TBI Architecture & Engineering

TBI is a Spanish-German architectural and engineering firm founded in Barcelona offering extensive experience in complex projects for national and international clients. TBI is associated with the business group Gerstner (based in Xanten, Germany) who has a workforce of over 100 employees.
Currently the office consists of 25 highly qualified and motivated professionals who, together with a permanent team of technical specialists, provide creative, sustainable, and high quality technical solutions for their clients’ projects.

History
The firm was established in 1996 under the name of Tekno-Bau Ibérica, S.A. by Ulrich Gerstner, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt and by Miguel Jordá architect and CEO of TBI. In 2012, as part of the renewal of the corporate identity, the name of the firm was changed to TBI.

Services
Our firm specializes in all aspects of construction: architectural and interior design projects, calculations for structural loads, technical projects, project management and "turn-key" projects.
Our clientele includes both national and international companies, as well as international corporations and investors from the following sectors: industrial and logistics, office and retail, and residential and hotel.

Notable Projects
Our Spanish-German origin has enabled us to carry out numerous projects for German clients in Spain, as well as in recent years, a growing number in Germany. Some recent examples are: 4* Hotel Vincci Gala Barcelona, the Interior Design Concept of the Shopping Center Milaneo at Mailänder Platz in Stuttgart (Germany) for ECE, the Rheinpark-Center Shopping Center in Neuss (Germany), the logistics center for Mercedes-Benz in Guadalajara, paint shop and press shop for the Volkswagen car plant in Navarra, and the complete renovation of the German Embassy for the Foreign Ministry in Madrid.

Sustainability
As an environmentally responsible office of architecture we try to use every project to minimize the negative environmental impact of the building by efficient and moderate use of materials, energy, and development space. Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.

Certifications
Our commitment to quality is validated by the Certifications ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems and ISO 14006:2011 Environmental Management Systems, obtained from TÜV Rheinland. A further guarantee of our professionalism is our registration with the Spanish Data Protection Agency