1955 born in Constance, Germany

Practice:
since 2001 Director of Sauerbruch Hutton
1989 Founding partner of Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, London and Berlin
1984 - 1988 Project leader (Housing at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin) for OMA, London

Academic:
since 2008 Visiting Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
2006 Shure Visiting Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2005 Kenzo Tange Visiting Design Critic, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
2001 - 2007 Professor, Chair for Public Buildings and Public Spaces,
State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart
1995 - 2001 Professor, Chair for Design and Building Construction,
Technichal University Berlin
1985 - 1990 Unit Master, Architectural Association, London

Education:
1982 - 1984 Architectural Association School of Architecture, London; AA Diploma
1977 - 1984 University of Arts HdK , Berlin; Diploma
1975 - 1977 Apprenticeship as a draughtsman

Professional Activities:
2011-2016 Commissioner of the Zurich Building Council
since 2010 Member Board of Trust
ees, Bauhaus
Dessau Foundation
since 2009 Head of Advisory Board, Aedes Network Campus Berlin ANCB
since 2009 Fellow of Institute for Urban Design, New York
2008-2012 Jury Member of Villa Massimo, German Academy in Rome
2007 Founding Member of DGNB, German Sustainable Building Council
since 2006 Member of Akademie der Künste, Berlin

Personal Awards:
2010 International Honour Award for Sustainable Architecture
2003 Fritz Schumacher Prize
1998 Erich Schelling Prize for Architecture
1982 - 83 DAAD Scholarship
1977 - 84 German National Merit Foundation Scholarship

Memberships:
Architektenkammer Berlin
Architects’ Registration Board of the UK (ARB)
Ordre des Architectes de France (CNOA)