Christoph Hesse Architekten

Christoph Hesse Architects was established in 2010 in Korbach and currently employs an international team of 15 people. In 2018, a branch office was set up in Berlin. The practice has won numerous prizes, like the European 40 under 40 Architecture Award, the Architizer A+ Award, the International Architecture Award and was shortlisted for the Bauwelt Award and DAM Award.
The projects of Christoph Hesse have been exhibited at Architektur Galerie Berlin, New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam, Contemporary Space Athens, Experimenta Urbana in Kassel, Venice Architecture Biennale and Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt.

Awards:

2020 – Design Vanguard 2020 – Architectural Record’s award for 10 distinguished young practices from around the globe – Winner
2019 – German Architecture Museum DAM Award – DAM Award for Architecture in Germany – Nomination
2019 – Architecture Master Prize – Winner
2019 – Grosser Preis des Deutschen Mittelstandes – Nomination
2018 – European 40 Under 40 Award – Next New Talented Generation of European Architects – Winner
2018 – German Architecture Museum DAM Award – DAM Award for Architecture in Germany – Shortlisted
2018 – Architizer A+ Awards – Winner
2018 – World Architecture Festival Award – Finalist
2017 – Bauwelt Award – International Bauwelt Award for emerging architects – Shortlisted
2017 – World Architecture Festival Award – Finalist
2017 – Architizer A+ Awards – Winner
2017 – Top 100 Innovator Award – Winner
2017 – International Architecture Award – Winner
2017 – The American Architecture Prize – Winner
2017 – German Design Award Special – Winner
2016 – German and Austrian Façade Award – Winner
2016 – Iconic Awards – Winner
2016 – BSA Design Citation Award – Boston Society of Architects – Winner
2016 – RWE Climate Protection Award – Winner
Exhibitions:

- Public Architecture-Future for Europe, Jan-May 2020, Schusey Architecture State Museum, Moscow
- Grounded, Oct-Nov 2019, AEDES Architecture Forum, Berlin
- „Houston, we have a problem“, Sep-Nov 2019, DAZ German Center for Architecture, Berlin
- Vita Contemplativa, Jul-Aug 2018, Architektur Galerie Berlin Satellit, Berlin
- Athens Architecture Club, May-Aug 2018, Contemporary Space Athens, Athens
- Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura, Nov 2018, Quito, Ecuador
- DAM Preis 2018,Jan-May 2018, German Architecture Museum DAM,
- Ways of Life, May-Jun 2018, Architecture pavilion, Technical University of Braunschweig
- Ways of Life im V-Cube, Oct-Dec 2018, V-Cube, Sachsenhausen
- Experimenta Urbana, Aug-Sep 2017, documenta Kunsthochschule Kassel

Publications:

- Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2020, DOM Publishers, 2020
- Public Architecture-Future for Europe catalogue, Edited by European Cultural Centre, European Cultural Centre & Artguide, 2020 (Strohtherme, Seelenort)
- Jahrbuch der Architektur 2019, Dennis Krause, Deutscher Architektur Verlag, 2019 (Villa F)
- Christoph Hesse Architekten–Grounded, Aedes-Ausstellungskatalog, Berlin, 2019
- 30 WWA Architecture, Óscar Asensio, Lexus, 2019 (Working and Living Community in Hagenstrasse, Vitos Kurhessen)
- Architizer, the World´s Best Architecture, Edited by Emilia Terragni &François-Luc Giraldeau, Phaidon, 2018 (Villa F)
- Christoph Hesse, Robert Konieczny, Snorre Stinessen_Vita Contemplativa Architektur Galerie Berlin- Ausstellungskatalog, 2018
- Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2018, Yorck Förster, Christina Gräwe, Peter Cachola Schmal (Hg.), DOM Publishers, 2018 (Villa F)
- Athens Architectural Club, The Chicago Athenaeum, The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd., 2018 (The Open House)
- Wohnen für Alle, Herausgebeben von Paul Andreas, Karen Jung und Peter Cachola Schmal, DOM Publishers
- Space Planing and Design, Elke Pahl-Weber, Bernd Kochendörfer, Lukas Born, Carsten Zehner, Ulrike Assmann, JOVIS
- A+ Architecture, Emilia Terragni, Phaidon, 2017 ( Vitos Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic for Traumatized Refugees)
- New Internationl Architecture, Edited by Christian Narkiewcz-Laine, Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. (Infrastructural Lifeline for Palestine and Israel)
- Christoph Hesse Architects- Impressions 2012-2017, 2017