netzwerkarchitekten was founded in 1997 by Thilo Höhne, Karim Scharabi, Philipp Schiffer, Jochen Schuh, Markus Schwieger and Oliver Witan and first achieved nationwide recognition with the ‘Tausendfüßler’ bridge in Oberhausen, which was completed in 1999 as part of the IBA Emscher Park.

Today, it is one of Germany’s best-known architectural firms and can look back on numerous prizes in competitions and many award-winning projects.

Around 50 employees currently work on a wide range of topics from urban planning and architecture to design tasks in the broadest sense, also in co-operation with artists and designers.

The spectrum of work is broad. It ranges from mobility buildings such as railway stations, underground stations, bridges, mobility stations and airports to sacred buildings such as community centres and churches, as well as school and educational buildings and residential buildings on a small and large scale.

The conscious handling of existing buildings, some of which are historic, plays an important role in many projects. A particular challenge here is always the compatibility of monument protection and changed utilisation.

Some of the most important projects include the community centre of the Thomasgemeinde in Mannheim/Neuhermsheim, the Überseequartier underground station in HafenCity Hamburg, the ZOB in Hanau, a seminar building in Bochum, the redesign of the access road and entrance areas at Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport and six underground stations on the Wehrhahn line in Düsseldorf.

The office is currently involved in the planning of numerous major projects, including underground stations in Munich, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, the new underground long-distance railway station under Frankfurt’s terminus station and a major housing project with a high-rise building on Marienplatz in Darmstadt.