LARS KRÜCKEBERG

M.Arch., Dipl.-Ing., Architekt, BDA, Founding Partner of GRAFT
born March 17, 1967, in Hannover, Germany, residing in Berlin / Los Angeles

Lars Krückeberg studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, where he graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. Arch.
He received his Master of Architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA.

In 1998 Lars Krückeberg established GRAFT in Los Angeles together with Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit. GRAFT has won numerous national and international awards and garnered international fame with a widespread following throughout its 10 year existence. GRAFT today employs 100 architects and artists worldwide.

EDUCATION
2008-2009 Winter Semester, Visiting Instructor RWTH Aachen, Germany

1997-1998 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA

1993-1996 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

1993 German Institute for History of Art, Florence, Italy

1992-1993 Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy

1989-1992 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

TITLES
2007 Advisory Board Member Make It Right Foundation

2006 BDA, Bund Deutscher Architekten

2002 Chamber of Architects, Berlin, Germany

1999 Master of Architecture, SCI-Arc. Los Angeles, USA

1998 Founding Partner of Graft

1997 Diplom Ingenieur Architektur, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

PERSONAL AWARDS
1998 Japan Foundation Travel Grant, Japan Foundation, Tokyo

1998 Steven C. Ladislaus Award, San Diego Architectural Foundation

1997-1998 Scholarship for Exchange Students, SCI-Arc, Los Angeles

1997-1998 Postgraduate Study Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service

1996 G.F.W. Laves-Award and Travel-Scholarship, State of Lower Saxonia

1992-1993 Erasmus Research - Scholarship, European Community, Brussels

THOMAS WILLEMEIT

Dipl.-Ing. Architekt, BDA, Founding Partner of GRAFT
born March 3, 1968, in Braunschweig, Germany, residing in Berlin

Thomas Willemeit studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig where he graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. Arch.
Besides his successful career in the architectural field, he won numerous national prizes as a violin player and a chorister.

In 1998 Thomas Willemeit established GRAFT in Los Angeles together with Wolfram Putz and Lars Krückeberg. GRAFT has won numerous national and international awards and garnered international fame with a widespread following throughout its 10 year existence. GRAFT today employs 100 architects and artists worldwide.

CAREER
since 2000 Graft - Founding Partner
1998 - 2000 Studio Daniel Libeskind Berlin

ACADEMIA
2010 - 2011 PBSA Peter Behrens School of Architecture
International Peter Behrens Guest Professorship
2010 Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee
Masterclass
2008 - 2009 RWTH Aachen
Guest Professorship

TITLES
since 2010 AKJAA - Vice Speaker, Council of Young Architects of BDA
since 2007 MIR Foundation, New Orleans - Advisory Board Member
since 2006 BDA, Bund Deutscher Architekten - Member
since 2002 Architektenkammer Berlin, Chamber of Architects Berlin - Member
Technical University of Braunschweig - Diploma in Architecture

EDUCATION
1988 - 1997 Technical University Braunschweig, Diploma in Architecture
Masterclasses
1995 Vienna, Prof. Dagmar Richter
1991 - 1992 Bauhaus Dessau

PERSONAL AWARDS
1998 - 1999 Scholarship of the “Deutscher Musikrat”, German Music Council
1998 Agnes Pockels Medal, Technical University Braunschweig
1988 - 1995 Scholarship of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”,

WOLFRAM PUTZ

M.Arch., Dipl.-Ing., Architekt, BDA, Founding Partner of GRAFT
born June 16, 1968, in Kiel, Germany, residing in Berlin

Wolfram Putz studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, where he graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. Arch.
He received his Master of Architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA.

In 1998 Wolfram Putz established GRAFT in Los Angeles together with Thomas Willemeit and Lars Krückeberg. GRAFT has won numerous national and international awards and garnered international fame with a wide-spread following throughout its 10 year existence. GRAFT today employs 100 architects and artists worldwide.

EDUCATION
2008-2009 Winter Semester, Visiting Instructor RWTH Aachen, Germany

1996-1998 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA

1993-1995 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

1992-1993 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA,

1988-1992 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

TITLES
2007 Advisory Board Member Make It Right Foundation

2006 BDA, Bund Deutscher Architekten

2004 Associate Member American Institute of Architects

2002 Chamber of Architects, Berlin, Germany

1998 Master of Architecture, SCI-Arc Los Angeles, USA

1998 Founding Partner of Graft

1995 Diplom Ingenieur Architektur, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

PERSONAL AWARDS
1996-1998 Postgraduate Study Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service

1995 G.F.W. Laves Award and Travel Scholarship, State of Lower Saxony

1995 Diploma Summa cum Laude

1992-1993 Fulbright Travel Scholarship

1992-1993 ISEP-International Student Exchange Program Scholarship

GREGOR HOHEISEL

Dipl.-Ing. Architektur, Founding Partner of GRAFT
born May 02, 1967, in Hamburg, Germany, residing in Beijing

Gregor Hoheisel studied Architecture in Germany at the Fachhochschule Hamburg and the Technische Universität Braunschweig. Gregor Hoheisel became Partner for Graft in 2000 and became founding Partner for Graft Beijing LLC in 2004.

EDUCATION
1988-1996 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, Diplom Ingenieur Architektur
1986-1988 Fachhochschule Hamburg

EXPERIENCE
2002-2004 Project Management and Representative for Gerkan Marg+Partner, Beijing, China

2000-2002 Partner at Graft Los Angeles, + Berlin

1996-1999 Project Manager at Gerkan Marg+Partner Berlin, Germany

1988-1996 Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

TITLES
2000 Partner Graft Beijing LLC

1996 Diplom Ingenieur Architektur, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany



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LARS KRÜCKEBERG M.Arch., Dipl.-Ing., Architekt, BDA, Founding Partner of GRAFT born March 17, 1967, in Hannover, Germany, residing in Berlin / Los Angeles Lars Krückeberg studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, where he graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. Arch. He received his Master of Architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA. In 1998 Lars Krückeberg established GRAFT in Los Angeles together with Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit. GRAFT has won numerous national and international awards and garnered international fame with a widespread following throughout its 10 year existence. GRAFT today employs 100 architects and artists worldwide. EDUCATION 2008-2009 Winter Semester, Visiting Instructor RWTH Aachen, Germany 1997-1998 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA 1993-1996 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany 1993 German Institute for History of Art, Florence, Italy 1992-1993 Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy 1989-1992 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany TITLES 2007 Advisory Board Member Make It Right Foundation 2006 BDA, Bund Deutscher Architekten 2002 Chamber of Architects, Berlin, Germany 1999 Master of Architecture, SCI-Arc. Los Angeles, USA 1998 Founding Partner of Graft 1997 Diplom Ingenieur Architektur, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany PERSONAL AWARDS 1998 Japan Foundation Travel Grant, Japan Foundation, Tokyo 1998 Steven C. Ladislaus Award, San Diego Architectural Foundation 1997-1998 Scholarship for Exchange Students, SCI-Arc, Los Angeles 1997-1998 Postgraduate Study Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service 1996 G.F.W. Laves-Award and Travel-Scholarship, State of Lower Saxonia 1992-1993 Erasmus Research - Scholarship, European Community, Brussels THOMAS WILLEMEIT Dipl.-Ing. Architekt, BDA, Founding Partner of GRAFT born March 3, 1968, in Braunschweig, Germany, residing in Berlin Thomas Willemeit studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig where he graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. Arch. Besides his successful career in the architectural field, he won numerous national prizes as a violin player and a chorister. In 1998 Thomas Willemeit established GRAFT in Los Angeles together with Wolfram Putz and Lars Krückeberg. GRAFT has won numerous national and international awards and garnered international fame with a widespread following throughout its 10 year existence. GRAFT today employs 100 architects and artists worldwide. CAREER since 2000 Graft - Founding Partner 1998 - 2000 Studio Daniel Libeskind Berlin ACADEMIA 2010 - 2011 PBSA Peter Behrens School of Architecture International Peter Behrens Guest Professorship 2010 Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee Masterclass 2008 - 2009 RWTH Aachen Guest Professorship TITLES since 2010 AKJAA - Vice Speaker, Council of Young Architects of BDA since 2007 MIR Foundation, New Orleans - Advisory Board Member since 2006 BDA, Bund Deutscher Architekten - Member since 2002 Architektenkammer Berlin, Chamber of Architects Berlin - Member Technical University of Braunschweig - Diploma in Architecture EDUCATION 1988 - 1997 Technical University Braunschweig, Diploma in Architecture Masterclasses 1995 Vienna, Prof. Dagmar Richter 1991 - 1992 Bauhaus Dessau PERSONAL AWARDS 1998 - 1999 Scholarship of the “Deutscher Musikrat”, German Music Council 1998 Agnes Pockels Medal, Technical University Braunschweig 1988 - 1995 Scholarship of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”, WOLFRAM PUTZ M.Arch., Dipl.-Ing., Architekt, BDA, Founding Partner of GRAFT born June 16, 1968, in Kiel, Germany, residing in Berlin Wolfram Putz studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, where he graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. Arch. He received his Master of Architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA. In 1998 Wolfram Putz established GRAFT in Los Angeles together with Thomas Willemeit and Lars Krückeberg. GRAFT has won numerous national and international awards and garnered international fame with a wide-spread following throughout its 10 year existence. GRAFT today employs 100 architects and artists worldwide. EDUCATION 2008-2009 Winter Semester, Visiting Instructor RWTH Aachen, Germany 1996-1998 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA 1993-1995 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany 1992-1993 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, 1988-1992 Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany TITLES 2007 Advisory Board Member Make It Right Foundation 2006 BDA, Bund Deutscher Architekten 2004 Associate Member American Institute of Architects 2002 Chamber of Architects, Berlin, Germany 1998 Master of Architecture, SCI-Arc Los Angeles, USA 1998 Founding Partner of Graft 1995 Diplom Ingenieur Architektur, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany PERSONAL AWARDS 1996-1998 Postgraduate Study Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service 1995 G.F.W. Laves Award and Travel Scholarship, State of Lower Saxony 1995 Diploma Summa cum Laude 1992-1993 Fulbright Travel Scholarship 1992-1993 ISEP-International Student Exchange Program Scholarship GREGOR HOHEISEL Dipl.-Ing. Architektur, Founding Partner of GRAFT born May 02, 1967, in Hamburg, Germany, residing in Beijing Gregor Hoheisel studied Architecture in Germany at the Fachhochschule Hamburg and the Technische Universität Braunschweig. Gregor Hoheisel became Partner for Graft in 2000 and became founding Partner for Graft Beijing LLC in 2004. EDUCATION 1988-1996 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, Diplom Ingenieur Architektur 1986-1988 Fachhochschule Hamburg EXPERIENCE 2002-2004 Project Management and Representative for Gerkan Marg+Partner, Beijing, China 2000-2002 Partner at Graft Los Angeles, + Berlin 1996-1999 Project Manager at Gerkan Marg+Partner Berlin, Germany 1988-1996 Technical University Braunschweig, Germany TITLES 2000 Partner Graft Beijing LLC 1996 Diplom Ingenieur Architektur, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany