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tecARCHITECTURE

Profile of tecARCHITECTURE, headquartered in United States. Five projects submitted by tecARCHITECTURE have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: Sebastian Knorr – © tecARCHITECTURE

Principals

Sebastian Knorr
Heiko Ostmann
Moritz Knorr

Brief description

tecARCHITECTURE specializes in ecological hi-tech projects, attempting to create a spirited ambience by merging state of the art design solutions with anticipated international technology trends. Based in Los Angeles and Switzerland, tec ARCHITECTURE's founding partners Sebastian Knorr, Heiko Ostmann and Moritz Knorr have won numerous international competitions and awards, including the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, Honor Design Award 2006, and the “NEXT” L. A. AIA Award 2007. The company's creative work has been published in national and international magazines, as well as online and has also been featured on national TV. Projects by tec have been described as “icons of modernity”, their works revealing “a craftsmanship of the third millennium”.

tecARCHITECTURE has built, and is currently working on, multiple national and international projects on various scales, in Europe, the United States and Asia. It combines a keen awareness of ecological design with the high-tech ambience of Europe's architectural landscape and the creativity of California's innovative design culture. The company specializes in a type of architecture that is inspired by the structures and processes of nature, shaping tomorrow’s environment into a sustainable coexistence of people, technology and nature.

Published projects

: Casa Son Vida 2 by tecARCHITECTURE Located approximately 15 minutes outside of Palma de Mallorca in an exclusive community called Son Vida, this pared down, simplified box structure, a 600 m2...

: Infineon IDC by tecARCHITECTURE Concept This building is a specialized studio building for designers of micro technology components. We call it the monastery of the nanometer. The microcosm...

: IFSZ Office by tecARCHITECTURE The design investigates the relationship between structure and nature, a common theme in Chinese Landscape architecture. The work place is introduced to a...

: tecARCHITECTURE HQ by tecARCHITECTURE This project is a compound of spaces on lake Constance, recently finished by tec architecture swiss ag/ tecdesign los angeles. tec's new offices are part of...

: Casa Son Vida by tecARCHITECTURE Cosmopolitan Estates Ltd. reinvents the Mediterranean Villa for the next millennium. Introducing Casa Son Vida 1 Designed by tec architecture and Marcel...