Matthias Hollwich

Matthias Hollwich (born in Munich on May 1, 1971) is the co founder of New York architecture firm HWKN (Hollwich Kushner) and is a published author. He is also a founder of Architizer.com. His work has been published in publications such as Wallpaper*, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Mark, Bauwelt, Dwell and Architectural Digest.

Early Work

Matthias Hollwich worked for a number of internationally acclaimed architectural firms and urban design studios including Rem Koolhaas’ Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and Hong Kong, Eisenman Architects and Diller+Scofidio in New York City his work includes the design of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, and Casa da Musica in Porto.

HWKN

In 2007 Hollwich formed the architecture firm HWKN (Hollwich Kushner) with Marc Kushner whom he had met in Jürgen Mayer’s Berlin kitchen five years prior. In 2012 Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner won MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program with their project WENDY. Following the success of Wendy, Kushner and Hollwich under HWKN received multiple commissions including the Fire Island Pines Pavilion (2013), New Jersey’s largest residential tower Journal Squared (due 2016), Yotel Williamsburg (due 2016) and the University of Pennsylvania’s Innovation Center titled The Pennovation Center (due 2016).

Architizer

During the 2008 Global Financial Crisis Matthias Hollwich and his business partner Marc Kushner created Architizer, a digital platform to help architects promote their firms work. Architizer rapidly grew to become the largest platform for architecture online. To increase visibility of global architecture, Hollwich and Kushner incepted the Architizer A+ Awards in 2013. They have grown to become the largest global architecture awards program.

New Aging

Matthias Hollwich is a recognized thought leader on the topic of Aging regularly speaking at events such as TEDx, SXSW and for the World Health Organization. In 2008 he completed a master plan for Geropolis, a vision for every future city inspired by the aging population in 2020 with the Bauhaus Foundation. In 2010 Hollwich organized a conference on aging at the University of Pennsylvania titled New Aging: Visiting the Future. Matthias is also visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

In 2015 he signed a publishing agreement with Penguin Books for his book ‘New Aging - Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever' developed in collaboration with Bruce Mau Design.

Bauhaus

As a member of the Bauhaus Dessau Werkstatt between 2002 and 2006 Hollwich worked on multiple projects including design proposals for the new Master’s house in Dessau, Shrinking Cities research, and Geropolis. In 2004 he finished editing his first book with Rainer Weisbach at the Bauhaus titled ‘UmBauhaus – Updating Modernism’.

Academic Experience

2005–Present University of Pennsylvania, Visiting Professor, Philadelphia, USA 2002-2005 Bauhaus Foundation Dessau, Lecturer, Dessau, Germany 1999-2001 Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland

Awards

2012 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2015 OHNY Honoree

External links

• http://www.hwkn.com/MATTHIAS-HOLLWICH
• http://www.designboom.com/architecture/hwkn-hollwich-kushner-interview-11-24-2014/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenn-kennedy/matthias-hollwich-boom-lgbt-retirement_b_1119541.html
• http://www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/graduate/people/matthias-hollwich
• http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318304/new-aging-by-matthias-hollwich-with-bruce-mau-design/9780143128106/