Sebastian Treese (born 1977) is an

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

from Germany based in

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

. His architectural office is known for creating

New Classical architecture New Classical architecture, New Classicism or the New Classical movement is a contemporary movement in architecture that continues the practice of Classical architecture. It is sometimes considered the modern continuation of Neoclassical architec ...

that adapts to its urban surroundings, depending on context. Treese was awarded the renowned

Driehaus Architecture Prize The Driehaus Architecture Prize, fully named The Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame, is a global award to honor a major contributor in the field of contemporary traditional and classical architecture. The Driehaus Prize was ...

in 2021. After finishing school in

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Treese studied architecture at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universit ...

from 1997 to 2004. Among his mentors were

Adolf Krischanitz Adolf Krischanitz (born May 26, 1946) is an Austrian-born architect. Biography Krischanitz was born in Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology from 1965 to 1972. Academic career Fr ...

, Hilmer & Sattler and

Hans Kollhoff Hans Kollhoff (born 18 September 1946 in Bad Lobenstein, Thuringia) is a German architect and professor. He is a representative of Postmodern and New Classical Architecture, as well as a protagonist of New Urbanism. Early life Kollhoff spent the ...

. He started his first architecture office in 2008 with Berlin-based architect Fritz Neumeyer (born 1977), before establishing Treese architects in 2011. He finished notable buildings like ''Eisenzahn 1'' in Berlin, a private residence in

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with

Robert A. M. Stern Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern (born May 23, 1939), is a New York City–based architect, educator, and author. He is the founding partner of the architecture firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, also known as ...

, the ''Donkwall'' old town project in Kempen, the ''Elbchaussee 368'' ensemble in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

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and ''Greifweg 14–16'' in

Düsseldorf-Oberkassel Oberkassel ( li, Ueverkassel) is a part of Düsseldorf's Borough 4. Oberkassel lies on the west side of the river Rhine, the opposite side of the central district of Düsseldorf. It has an area of , and 19,052 inhabitants (2020). Oberkassel ...

External links

Official website

References

Driehaus Architecture Prize winners 20th-century German architects Architects from Berlin Berlin University of the Arts alumni 21st-century German architects New Classical architects New Urbanism 1977 births Living people {{Germany-architect-stub