Roots and Wings

The first joint project by Christian and Peter Brückner – the Kulturspeicher in Würzburg, conceived as part of a 1996 competition – immediately brought them nationwide recognition. What began as a family experiment has long since grown beyond that. In his lecture, Peter Brückner will speak about attitude, the essence of building, and the architectural thinking and practice of Brückner & Brückner Architekten. He will present selected milestone projects from the office’s thirty years of work.

Over the past three decades, Brückner & Brückner Architekten, based in Tirschenreuth and Würzburg, have realised more than one hundred significant buildings, including numerous cultural and museum projects, educational buildings, churches, and workplaces. Their projects have been honoured with over 100 regional, national, and international architecture and cultural awards, among them the Balthasar Neumann Prize, a distinction of the German Architecture Prize, the Bavarian Monument Award, the Bavarian Architecture Prize, the Cultural Prize of the Upper Palatinate, the E.ON Culture Prize Bavaria, the Award Marketing + Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award, as well as numerous material prizes such as the German Natural Stone Award, the German Brick Award, and the German Timber Construction Award.

In addition, Peter Brückner has held several visiting professorships and is a member of numerous associations and institutions, including the board of the German Society for Christian Art, the representative assembly of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects, and the Commission for Urban Design of the City of Munich.