Lot 0: Frank Barkow

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Born in Kansas City, USA

Born 1957 in Kansas City/ USA; studied Architecture at Montana State University and at Harvard University; from 1993 joint office with Regine Leibinger in Berlin; visiting Professor at the Architectural Association in London, Cornell University, Harvard University and State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart.

FRANK BARKOW studied architecture at the universities of Montana State and Harvard, where he has been visiting professor several times at the Graduate School of Design (GSD). In 2008 he was visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in the School of Architecture & Urban Planning.

In 1993 Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger founded their office in Berlin. Their focus on industrial architecture includes masterplanning and building representational and functional buildings for production, logistical and office spaces. They recently shared the 1st prize in a design competition for Daimler Group Corporate Headquarter in Stuttgart.

The office approach to architecture is formed by the continuous interaction of practice, research, and teaching. In their work digitally tooled materials no longer „accessorize“ construction but contribute to essential components including skins and structures. Barkow Leibinger’s research was featured in the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale 2008 and exhibited at the Swiss Architecture Museum SAM in Basel, at the Architectural Association in London and at the Gallery 032c in Berlin

The work of the practice has been published worldwide and was in 2007 awarded with the Marcus Prize for Architecture.

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