The practice Grüntuch Ernst Architects was founded in 1991 by Armand Grüntuch and Almut Grüntuch-Ernst in Berlin. With around 40 employees, the office covers the entire spectrum of architectural plans from urban master planning to the realization of complex building projects. Their work includes residential and office buildings, public infrastructures, hotels and educational institutions, as well as special assignments such as the conception and design of the German contribution to the 2006 Architecture Biennale in Venice. Their buildings contribute to the sustainable transformation, diversification and densification of urban realm. The high quality of their projects has led to numerous national and international awards.
The work of Grüntuch Ernst Architects relies on traditional architectural values and is combined with innovations to meet the future challenges of our changing living and working conditions. Questioning and reinterpreting the task of design in a continuous search for alternatives ultimately result in innovative and genuinely individual solutions.
Grüntuch Ernst Architekten Auguststr. 51 10119 Berlin Germany
Phone: +49303087788
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Elisa Peppel Head of Communications E-mail: pr@gruentuchernst.de Phone: +49 30 3087788
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The practice Grüntuch Ernst Architects was founded in 1991 by Armand Grüntuch and Almut Grüntuch-Ernst in Berlin. With around 40 employees, the office covers the entire spectrum of architectural plans from urban master planning to the realization of complex building projects. Their work includes residential and office buildings, public infrastructures, hotels and educational institutions, as well as special assignments such as the conception and design of the German contribution to the 2006 Architecture Biennale in Venice. Their buildings contribute to the sustainable transformation, diversification and densification of urban realm. The high quality of their projects has led to numerous national and international awards.
The work of Grüntuch Ernst Architects relies on traditional architectural values and is combined with innovations to meet the future challenges of our changing living and working conditions.
Wilmina Hotel
Wilmina offers three new spaces at one unique location. On Kantstraße 79 in Berlin Charlottenburg, a listed ensemble consisting of a former courthouse and a women’s prison was transformed, expanded and reprogrammed by Grüntuch Ernst Architekten. Under family-run management, the former courthouse came to life as a space for art and culture – Amtsalon. Wilmina Hotel and its restaurant Lovis welcome their guests in the former prison, sheltered by lush gardens and interflowing courtyards.
The AERA in Berlin is an inspiring office environment for up to 1,000 workstations on 15,000 m2. The new building combines stimulating work spaces with ecological and social benefits. A generous 2,200 m2 roof park offers an inviting ascent along cascading lush gardens – a space for spontaneous recreation, informal encounters and a magnificent view. It serves as a role model for urban re-densification increasing biodiversity and quality of life in the city.
The transformation of the urban building block ‘Am Spreebord’ offers opportunities for new living and working environments in the centre of Berlin. Around a central, public park, connected to the Mierendorff Round Trip on the banks of the Spree, a compact development will be laid out to unseal the surface over a large area. Individual, staggered structures with offices, different types of apartments, public and semi-public services, vary in height and give the location an identity-forming shape.
