Graft (architects)

Practice information
Key architectsGregor Hoheisel
Lars Krückeberg
Wolfram Putz
Thomas Willemeit
Founded1998
LocationBeijing
Berlin
Significant works and honors
BuildingsHotel Q
The Emperor Hotel
MIR NOLA Shotgun
ProjectsThe Pink Project
DesignKanera 1E

Graft (stylised as GRAFT) is a design studio conceived as a ‘label’ for architecture, urban planning, exhibition design, music and the "pursuit of happiness". Graft was founded in 1998 in Los Angeles, California by Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit and headed by partner Alejandra Lillo from 2007 until early 2011. A second Graft office was opened 2001 in Berlin, followed by a third office in Beijing in 2004, which is headed by founding partner Gregor Hoheisel.

Company history and statement of intent

The name Graft was derived from the terminology of botany, the grafting of one shoot onto another genetically different host. The practice believed that the traditional boundaries of architecture needed to be questioned, as it continually changes when it engages with global and local environments.

Selected projects

Current

Recently completed

Awards and prizes

2013

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Exhibitions

Publications

References

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