About Richter Musikowski

Richter Musikowski Architekten was founded in 2012 by Christoph Richter and Jan Musikowski. Their collaboration began when they discovered they shared a talent for translating complex requirements into a compelling architectural narrative. The partnership draws on a wide range of practical and academic experience, as well as a curiosity for exploring and developing new architectural and technical solutions. Richter Musikowski is based in Berlin Kreuzberg. This fruitful collaboration has resulted in numerous successful competition entries, prizes, and awards.

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TEAM
Helen Andres, Sara Bauer, Yvo Coseriu, Tilda Delvret, Beatrice Dini, Christine Dorn, Tue Minh Duong, Daniel Eckert, Domenico Foti, Katharina Gausepohl, Nele Gessner, Hagen Gross, Sebastian Haufe, Lewis Horkulak, Martina Huber, Ayca Kurtpinar, Yannick Lindner, Marie Mayer, Jan Musikowski, Kiara Navarro Frommann, Patrick Naumann, Ronja Neiling, Robin Nguyen, Cosku Ozdemirci, Jannis Petereit, Richard Prugger, Paulo Raab, Christoph Richter, Phillip Rohé, Stefan Schaaf, Hannes Schewe, Johann Schulz-Greve, Elke Sparmann, Marlene Stechl, Camila Villanueva, Elisabetta Vito

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JAN MUSIKOWSKI
Jan Musikowski was born in Magdeburg, studied architecture at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and at Virginia Tech in Washington, D.C. (USA), and lives and works in Berlin. After graduating, he worked with Christine Edmaier (Berlin), Heinz Tesar (Vienna), HG Merz (Berlin), and AFF Architekten (Berlin) on the design and construction of public buildings.
At AFF Architekten, he was responsible, among other things, for project management of Freudenstein Castle in Freiberg and the Anna-Seghers Community School in Berlin. Jan Musikowski worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Residential Architecture at TU Dresden. In 2012, he founded the firm Richter Musikowski together with Christoph Richter. In 2020, Jan Musikowski was appointed to the Convention on Building Culture. Jan Musikowski regularly serves as a guest critic, speaker, and jury member.

CHRISTOPH RICHTER
Christoph Richter was born in Dresden, studied architecture at the Technical University of Dresden and at the UPV Valencia (Spain), and lives and works in Berlin and Halle (Saale). After earning his degree, he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Residential Buildings at the Technical University of Dresden and as a freelance architect on competitions and design projects. Christoph Richter is a recipient of the Joseph Lenné Prize from the State of Berlin. In 2012, he founded the firm Richter Musikowski together with Jan Musikowski. Christoph Richter was a fellow at the German Academy in Rome – Casa Baldi in 2023.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2018
Futurium - DAM Architecture Award 2019 - NOMINATION
Futurium - DGNB Award 2018 for Sustainable Construction - TOP 3
Futurium - German Façade Award 2018 – HONORABLE MENTION
Futurium - Bauwelt Award 2019 – The First House - AWARD
Futurium - Heinze Architekten Award 2018 – Special BIM Award

2019
Futurium - DAM Architecture Award 2019 - SHORTLIST
Futurium - Design That Educates Award 2019 – WINNER
Futurium - Material Prize 2019 – AWARD
Futurium - German Lighting Design Prize (with realities united) – WINNER
Futurium - Brillux Design Award – WINNER

2021
Futurium - Solarcity Berlin – 2nd PRIZE

2024
Ritterstraße - DAM Architecture Award 2025 - NOMINATION

 

SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION ENTRIES

2012
Design Competition for the House of the Future / Futurium Berlin – 1st PRIZE

2017
Design Competition for the Radebeul Volunteer Fire Department – 1st PRIZE

2018
Design Competition for the Norderstedt Education Center – 1st PRIZE
Design Competition for the Bernau Federal School Visitor Center - HONORABLE MENTION
Design Competition for the Friedland Documentation Center – 3rd PRIZE

2019
Expert Review Process for the Kreuzwerk Ritterstraße Office Building in Berlin – 1st PRIZE
Design Competition for the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv (UA) – FINALIST

2021
Design Competition for the Inselsberg Adventure World – 1st PRIZE
Design Competition for the Kelbra Crane Adventure Center – 1st PRIZE

2022
Negotiated Procedure for the Heinrich Hertz Gymnasium in Berlin – 2nd PRIZE

2024
Design Competition for the Freedom and Unity Monument, Leipzig – 2nd Prize

2025
Design Competition for the Future Center, Halle – 1st Prize
Design Competition for the German Embassy, Canberra (AUS) – 1st Prize

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JURY MEMBERSHIP:

2013
Selection Committee for the Design Competition for the BERLIN LOW-TEMPERATURE CENTER

2015
“Art in Architecture” Competition for the HOUSE OF THE FUTURE – BERLIN

2017
Design Competition for the Vocational School in Kiel

2018
Selection Committee for HOWOGE Schools in Berlin
Design Competition for the German Bundestag – Unter den Linden – Berlin
Design Competition for the New Construction of the Zweier-Mensen in Kiel

2019
Design Competition: City Hall of the Future, Mönchengladbach
Bidding Process: Vocational School, Bremen

2020
Design That Educates Award
Participation Process: Adlershof School
Architecture Award TU DRESDEN
Design Competition EXILMUSEUM BERLIN
Selection Committee JULIUS-KÜHN-INSTITUT BERLIN
Design Competition BAHNSTADT HEIDELBERG

2021
Design Competition KVV ADMINISTRATION CENTER KASSEL
Construction Competition: Four Houses, Potsdam

2023
Construction Competition: Carl Bechstein Campus, Berlin

2024
Construction Competition: House at Krampnitzer Tor, Potsdam

LECTURES, TALKS, AND GUEST REVIEWS

2011
Lecture “ETICS—A Love-Hate Relationship” Web Congress, Essen
Lecture “Typological Housing” TU Dresden

2012
Guest review by Prof. Jörg Kühn, BTU Cottbus
Lecture “School Buildings as Symbols” Grassimuseum, Leipzig

2013
Guest critique by Prof. Oda Pälmke, BTU Cottbus

2014
Guest critique by Prof. Silke Flassnöcker, HS Wismar

2015
Lecture “House of the Future” – BBR BERLIN

2016
Lecture “House of the Future” – BBR BERLIN

2017
Lecture for Sustainability Week at ETH ZURICH (CH)
Lecture “Futurium” – Tomorrow Talk series, BERLIN
Lecture “Futurium” IHK FRANKFURT/M.
Guest critique “Prof. Barz-Malfatti, Bauhaus University WEIMAR”

2018
Lecture “Digital Construction” Staatsgalerie STUTTGART
Lecture “From Practice” BBR BERLIN
Lecture at the ArchitekTOUR Congress DUISBURG
Lecture at the international symposium BIGGEXCHANGE ATTENDORN
Lecture “Glimpses of the Future,” Luftmuseum AMBERG
Lecture “Digital City,” Bauwelt Congress BERLIN
Talk at the DGNB Congress 2018 DÜSSELDORF

2019
Panel Discussion: Bauwelt Prize 2019, TU Munich
Lecture “Identity of Architecture” AACHEN
Lecture “DGNB on the Move” BERLIN
Lecture “Sustainability in Architecture” BRATISLAVA (SK)
Lecture 25th Architects’ Forum BERLIN
Lecture “Behind the Scenes” FUTURIUM BERLIN
Lecture “City and Vision” MARTA HERFORD
Panel Discussion “German Architects’ Day” BERLIN
Lecture “DBZ Workshop Discussion” FUTURIUM BERLIN
Lecture “Tuesdays at 6” LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER
Lecture “Architecture Winter Talks” BOCHUM UNIVERSITY

2020
Lecture “Architecture in the Foyer” – Design that Educates MELLE
Podcast “Learning to Jump” – Architecture Talks JUNG

2021
Lecture “Architectural Positions” – TU BRAUNSCHWEIG

2022
Project presentation Architecture Forum PASSAU
Lecture at the “Constructive Disobedience” Symposium – TU BRAUNSCHWEIG
Lecture “Architecture and Biodiversity” – DAZ BERLIN

2023
Guest lecture at Futurium – Prof. Rahimi BERLIN INTERNATIONAL
Lecture at the Institute of Architecture, Prof. Ralf Pasel – TU BERLIN
Guest critique at the Institute of Architecture, Prof. Ralf Pasel – TU BERLIN
Discussion on the Bauwelt Prize – Das Erste Haus – ARCHITEKTURGALERIE BERLIN

2024
Introduction to the Grieger Harzer Dvorak exhibition – ARCHITEKTURGALERIE BERLIN

2025
Guest lecture on the Ritterstraße New Building – Prof. Rahimi BERLIN INTERNATIONAL
Lecture / Guest critique by Prof. Robert Zeimer – DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Guest critique at the Institute of Architecture, Prof. Ralf Pasel – TU BERLIN
Talk at the Bauwelt Congress “Reserve” – BERLIN

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