Kuehn Malvezzi


Kuehn Malvezzi is an architectural practice in Berlin founded by Johannes Kuehn, Wilfried Kuehn and Simona Malvezzi in 2001. They work as exhibition designers, architects and curators, with a focus on museums and public spaces.
Kuehn Malvezzi's early projects include the exhibition spaces for Documenta11 in Kassel and the extension of the Rieckhallen at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum for Contemporary Art in Berlin. In 2007 they were responsible for the conversion of a former industrial building to house of the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf. They reorganized the historical and contemporary art collections of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere at the Belvedere Palace in Vienna ; and the Liebieghaus sculpture collection in Frankfurt am Main. Museum projects in Berlin include the extension of Museum Berggruen ; the Museum of Decorative Arts, and the conversion of the Prinzessinnenpalais on Unter den Linden boulevard, to house the PalaisPopulaire – a venue for art, culture and sports by Deutsche Bank.
Kuehn Malvezzi took part in the competition for the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, and attracted acclaim for their critical approach towards the reconstruction briefing. Their concept won the special jury prize, as well as the 2009 German Critics’ Prize in the architecture category.
In 2012 Kuehn Malvezzi won the international competition for the interreligious House of One in Berlin. On the site of Berlin's earliest church at Petriplatz, a synagogue, a church and a mosque will be built under one roof, with construction due to start in 2020.
From 2006 - 2012 Wilfried Kuehn was professor for exhibition design and curatorial practice at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, and since 2018 he is professor in design at the Technical University Vienna. Johannes Kuehn has been professor at the Bauhaus-University Weimar since October 2016. Johannes Kuehn, Wilfried Kuehn and Simona Malvezzi are visiting professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2019.
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Projects

  • PHI Contemporary, Montreal, Canada, conversion and new construction for a contemporary art institution, with Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes
  • Bâtiment d'art contemporian, Geneva, redesign and extension, with CCHE Genève
  • Insectarium Montreal, with Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes, 2022
  • Holzmarktstrasse, commercial building ensemble, Berlin, construction 2022
  • ZAC Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Lot Petit, Housing, Paris, with Nicolas Dorval-Bory and Plan Común
  • Administrative building with rooftop greenhouse, Oberhausen, 2019
  • Hartenbergpark Mainz, residential development
  • X-D-E-P-O-T, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2020
  • House of One, Berlin
  • PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank, conversion Prinzessinenpalais, Berlin, 2018
  • Commercial Building Hohe Strasse, Cologne, 2018
  • Mariendom Linz, conversion of the sanctuary, with Heimo Zobernig 2018
  • DAAD-galerie, Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Berlin 2017
  • Villengarten am Relenberg, residential development, Stuttgart, 2017
  • Extension of the Modern Gallery, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, 2017
  • Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, new design for the museum collection, Braunschweig, 2016
  • Galerie Neu, Berlin 2015
  • MMK2 im Taunusturm, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 2014
  • Karlstrasse 47, commercial and residential building, Munich, 2014
  • Joseph Pschorr House, commercial and residential building, Munich, 2014
  • Torstrasse 86 Berlin, new residential building with retail spaces, Berlin 2014
  • Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin, conversion and restructuring of the collection, Berlin 2014
  • Komuna Fundamento, 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, 2012
  • Extension Museum Berggruen, Berlin 2013
  • Chalet 7 – Gesundheitszentrum Wetzlgut, new construction, Bad Gastein 2012
  • Skihütte Rossalm, new construction, Bad Gastein 2010
  • Belvedere Museum, conversion of listed building and new passageway to the Orangery, with artist Heimo Zobernig, Vienna 2008, 2009
  • Liebieghaus, museological redesign and refurbishment, Frankfurt 2008, 2009
  • Candida Höfer Stiftung, conversion and Extension, Cologne 2008
  • Julia Stoschek Collection, conversion of an industrial building for the presentation of the collection, Düsseldorf, 2007
  • Lauder Business School, extension of the college and boarding school, Vienna, 2006
  • Berlinische Galerie, museum foyer and forecourt, Berlin 2004
  • Schirn Kunsthalle, foyer and guidance system, Frankfurt 2002
  • Documenta11, conversion Binding-Brauerei and exhibition venues, Kassel 2002

Exhibition Architecture (Selection)

Publications (Selection)

A Jewish Garden in the Gardens of the World Berlin, Berlin 2022, Bauakademie Berlin, Raumgestaltung und Entwerfen TU Wien, Jovis Verlag Berlin 2021, Saarlandmuseum – Moderne Galerie. The Extension. Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz, Saarbrücken 2017,.Kuehn Malvezzi. Mousse Publishing, Milan 2013,.Typen. Ein Raumatlas.. Ausstellungsdesign und kuratorische Praxis. Karlsruhe 2012,.Displayer 03 HfG Karlsruhe, Ausstellungsdesign und kuratorische Praxis. Karlsruhe 2009,.Candida Hoefer. Kuehn Malvezzi. Verlag Walther König, Köln 2009,.Displayer 02 HfG Karlsruhe, Ausstellungsdesign und kuratorische Praxis. Karlsruhe 2008,.Kuehn Malvezzi. Exhibition Catalogue, Aedes West. Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 2005,.
  • Michael S. Riedel: Kuehn Malvezzi, Exhibition Catalogue, Aedes West, Berlinische Galerie Berlin. Revolver-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005,.
  • Behles & Jochimsen, Oda Paelmke, Tobias Engelschall, Jessen + Vollenweider, Kuehn Malvezzi: Berlin shrink to fit. Exhibition Catalogue, Revolver, Frankfurt 2005,.Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof. Kuehn Malvezzi - a Space for Contemporary Art. Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2004,.