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Main image & above: Mercedes car dealership Rosier, Paderborn. Photos: Christian Eblenkamp Portrait: Breithaupt Architekten team. Photo: Thomas Schmid & Kirstin Gottesmann
Breithaupt Architekten 60 years of innovative architecture The projects that Breithaupt Architekten have completed have changed over time but one thing has always remained the same: the human being has always been the central focus of their projects. “It’s a matter of taking the needs of residents and people, who live or work in our buildings, into account,” Andreas Breithaupt, owner of the company, says. TEXT: NANE STEINHOFF | PHOTOS: BREITHAUPT ARCHITEKTEN
Winston Churchill’s words:“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us,” could indeed have come from the Salzkotten-based company Breithaupt Architekten. Social engagement, sustainable building and planning, energy-efficient architecture, which seeks to help and simplify peoples’ lives – this is at the very heart of their philosophy. A special emphasis is put on bringing low-energy and passive houses into use and a wellthought-out approach is used to transform public buildings into an oasis of well-being
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through intelligent positioning, suitable colours and clear lines. Behind simple and contemporary facades, intelligent architectural solutions are found to meet the needs of various clients. The company strives after innovation and benefits for its customers. The company has a history of building housing estates, schools and municipal complexes but the current team of full-time architects has now primarily turned its talents to building hospitals, low-energy nurs-
ing homes for the elderly, psychiatric wards and industrial buildings. Family business In 1953, Klaus Breithaupt, father of today’s owner of the company, founded the company “Klaus Breithaupt – Architekt BDA”. After his studies in Karlsruhe and following work in the offices of O.M. Ungers in