
HENN StudioB was founded by Gunter Henn, Martin Henn, Markus Jacobi and Max Schwitalla in 2008.
Leander Adrian, BSc. Arch.
Leander Adrian obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL). Prior to StudioB, he was working for Studio Daniel Libeskind (New York). His work experience ranges from high-rise buildings and master planning to cultural and recreational facilities.
Kai Binnewies, Dipl.-Ing.
Kai Binnewies studied architecture at the University of Dortmund, where he received his diploma in 2002. Prior to StudioB he co-founded LOOC/M Architekten (Frankfurt) and worked for Saidely Associates (Munich) and Massimiliano Fuksas (Frankfurt/Rome).
Daniel da Rocha, M.Arch.
Daniel da Rocha completed his bachelor studies in Brazil in 2005 before acquiring his M.Arch degree at the Dessau International Architecture (DIA) in 2008. Before joining StudioB, Daniel worked in small and corporate offices in Germany and South Korea, in addition to instructing DIA graduate students in generative design.
Nora Graw, Mag. Arch
Nora Graw studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she graduated from Greg Lynn’s Master Class in 2009. Prior to StudioB she worked for Cloud9 and Enric Ruiz Geli in Barcelona, where she directed the office‘s research agenda. Nora also taught a Diploma Unit at the Architectural Association in London.
Moritz Greiling, B.Arch, M.Arch
Moritz Greiling earned his Bachelor of Architecture at the HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU). While pursuing his Master of Architecture at the HCU, he was selected for one year of academic exchange at the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark and SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. Prior to StudioB, Moritz worked for Andre Poitiers (Hamburg) and Asymptote Architecture (New York and Abu Dhabi).
Gunter Henn, Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing.
Gunter Henn was born in Dresden in 1947 and studied architecture and structural engineering in Munich and Berlin. He is the chairman of HENN. He founded the office in Munich in 1979 and is the successor of the office of Walter Henn. Since 1994, Gunter Henn has been a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. Gunter Henn manages the chair in industrial construction and the Centre for Knowledge Architecture at the Technical University of Dresden.
Martin Henn, Dipl.-Arch. ETH, M.S. AAD
Martin Henn studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart and at the ETH, Zurich. He received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from the ETH, Zurich in 2006, and his Post-Professional Master of Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, New York in 2008. Prior to StudioB, he was working for Zaha Hadid Architects (London) and Asymptote Architecture (New York). He has been a regular studio and seminar instructor at the ETH in Zurich, at Columbia University as well as at the TU Dresden.
Anthony Hu, B.Arch
Anthony Hu obtained his Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) in 2011 after studying spatial sculpture at the Chelsea College of Art and Design (UK). He is currently studying Feng Shui at the Tong Ming De Cultural Education Center in China.
Markus Jacobi, Dipl.-Ing.
Markus Jacobi studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart, ETS Architectura de Barcelona and at the University for Applied Arts in Vienna. He received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Stuttgart in 2006. Prior to StudioB, he was working for UN Studio (Amsterdam), B720 (Barcelona) and StudioMDA (New York). He has been a regular studio and seminar instructor at the TU Dresden. Currently he is living in New York City.
Wu Jianxing, Dipl.-Ing.
Wu Jianxing studied architecture at the University of Fuzhou in China, where he received his diploma in 2004. Prior to StudioB, he worked for Werkhart International. Wu’s professional experience ranges from luxury hotels and private villas to museums and public cultural buildings. He specializes in parametric design.
Alan Kim, B.Arch, M.Arch
Alan Kim completed his bachelor studies in New Zealand in 2005 and received his Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the DRL Design Research Lab, Architectural Association (London) in 2008. Prior to StudioB, he worked for Zaha Hadid Architects and Populous (former HOK Sport) in London.
Agata Kycia, M.Sc. Arch.
Agata Kycia studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology and received her Master’s Degree from IAAC (Digital Tectonics) and TU Delft (Hyperbody). Following her studies, she collaborated on several projects with ONL [Oosterhuis_Lenard] and NIO (Rotterdam) in parallel to teaching in the field of computational design.
Paul Langley, B.Arch
Paul Langley earned his Bachelor of Architecture at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Upon graduation, he worked for architect Lindy Roy and collaborated with finalist Easton+Combs on the 2010 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program. In 2010 he taught a course in parametric design at the Dessau Institute of Architecture in Germany.
Haitao Long, Dipl.-Ing.
Haitao Long received her M.Arch Degree from the Berlin University of the Arts in 2011. Before completing her graduate education, she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interior Design at the Tsinghua University in China in 2003.
Jeewon Paek, B.A. Arch, M.Arch, M.Arch SED
Jeewon Paek began her architectural studies at Columbia University in New York with a minor in Visual Art. She received her M.Arch Degree at the Harvard GSD in 2008. She graduated from the Architectural Association in London in 2011 with a specialized M.Arch degree in Sustainable Environmental Design. Her dissertation “The Environmental Performance of Adaptive Building Design in Urban Housing” is currently integrated into a GSD course led by Professor Joana Goncalves.
Klaus Ransmayr, M.S. AAD
Klaus Ransmayr studied architecture at the Technical University in Vienna and Columbia University in New York. In 2006 he received his Post-Professional Master of Advanced Architectural Design Degree from Columbia University. Before joining StudioB, Klaus worked for Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna and Asymptote Architecture in New York and Dubai. His work experience ranges from mega high-rise buildings and pavilions to luxury hotels and cultural institutions.
Sarah Roberts, B.A. Arch.
Sarah Roberts graduated with high honors from the University of California Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Architecture. She also completed programs at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo and Scuola Leonardo da Vinci in Rome. Prior to StudioB, Sarah co-founded pinkcloud.dk (New York) and worked at Henning Larsen Architects (Copenhagen) and SAAT (San Francisco).
Max Schwitalla, Dipl.-Arch. ETH
Max Schwitalla studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart and at the ETH, Zurich. He received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from the ETH, Zurich in 2006. Prior to StudioB, he was working for the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (Rotterdam/New York) and Graftlab (Los Angeles/Berlin). He has been a regular studio and seminar instructor at the ETH in Zurich and at the TU Dresden.
Tiffany Taraska, B.A. (HB), M.Arch
Tiffany Taraska received a Bachelor of Art in Human Biology from Stanford University in 2001 and a Master of Architecture from the University of California Los Angeles in 2006. Prior to StudioB, she worked at SHoP Architects in New York City. In 2009 she taught as an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, where she co-founded the Berlin Studio.
Xin Wang, M.Arch
Xin Wang studied architecture at the Tongji University in Shanghai in 2006. She received her Master’s Degree in Architecture from the Architectural Association (AA) Design Research Laboratory of London in 2010. Prior to StudioB, she worked with CA-GROUP, S-M.AO, and was a consultant for BIG. She has also taught studios in algorithm design for AA Visiting Schools and Tsinghua Parametric workshops.
Sun Wei, Dipl.-Ing.
Sun Wei studied architecture at the Technische Universität in Dresden and received his Dipl.-Ing. from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunter Henn. Before arriving in Germany in 2002, Sun trained for eight years in professional Chinese fine art. Prior to StudioB, he worked for Prof. Hans Kollhoff Architekten (Berlin) and Herzog & de Meuron (Basel). He is an invited expert at the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China and now a doctor candidate at the Huazhong University of Science in China.
Xuan Wu, B.Arch, M.Arch
Xuan Wu received her Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Xiamen University in China and completed her Master of Architecture Degree in the Post Professional program of the University of Southern California in 2011. Prior to StudioB, she worked for Gehry Technologies Inc. (Los Angeles) as a BIM consultant and MADA s.p.a.m (Los Angeles) as a designer.
Mu Xingyu, B.Arch
Mu Xingyu studied architecture at the Jilin Architectural and Civil Engineering Institute (China), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree in 2010. Before joining StudioB, Mu worked at MADA s.p.a.m (Shanghai) and Changchun Northmoden Design Company (Changchun).