Approach
Since the founding of the office in 1955, we have undertaken every project with great curiosity and in-depth expertise with an uncompromising commitment to design through practice, research, and academia.
We handle a wide range of building tasks and develop private residential buildings with the same passion as public and commercial buildings, as well as urban master plans. We conceptualise and implement innovative solutions unique to every commission, down to the last detail of form and materials. In collaboration with specialist disciplines, we confidently deliver our vision to the finish line.
With the interplay of creative intelligence and digital tools in design and manufacturing, we aim for every project to become part of an ecological cycle and to contribute to an improved built environment.
Directors
Leo Bieling is the Executive Director at Bieling Architects since 2021. He is a Course Tutor / Assistant Lecturer at the Architectural Association Design Research Lab in London, UK. Leo is a certified architect in Germany, UK and Austria. He is an active member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and was appointed to the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) in 2023.
His previous work experience includes the Computation and Design Research Group at Zaha Hadid Architects in London where he took part in the design of large-scale masterplans, residential and commercial projects. His early professional experience includes renowned offices Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna and Plus Architects in Melbourne.
Leo’s academic experience includes a designer residency in Autodesk BuildSpace in Boston as well as a teaching position at the UCL Bartlett. He held design and fabrication workshops at ETH Zurich and Tsinghua University Beijing.
Leo is a graduate Design Research Lab at the Architectural Association where he received a Master of Architecture and Urbanism. Previously, he graduated from TU Vienna with distinction. He has been a scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
BArch, MArch (AA)
Ariadna Bieling is a Member of the Board of Directors at Bieling Architects since 2022 and oversees the London studio. She is a Course Tutor / Assistant Lecturer at the Architectural Association Design Research Lab in London, UK.
Her previous work experience includes the design and completion of a wide range of project typologies at Heatherwick Studio in London, as well as a designer residency in Autodesk BuildSpace in Boston. Previously, she worked at the award-wining multidisciplinary firm Architecture at Large in New York City, where she completed high-end residential and commercial projects.
Ariadna is a graduate of the Design Research Lab at the Architectural Association where she received a Master of Architecture and Urbanism. Prior to moving to London, she graduated with distinction from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.
Hagen Sparbrodt is a Member of the Board of Directors at Bieling Architects since 2018 and oversees the Kassel and Hamburg studio operations since 2000. He is an active member of the BDA since 2010, board member of the BDA Kassel since 2022 and a member of the state board of the BDA Hessen.
Hagen has been part of our team since 1996. His work experience includes 26 years of professional experience in the field, during which he has overseen the completion of wide range of typologies, including office and institutional projects. Hagen has also overseen and successfully completed the conversion and revitalisation of listed buildings for mix-use purposes.
Hagen holds a degree in architecture from the University of Kassel, Germany, and subsequently qualified as a project management specialist (GPM).
Christoph von Lossow is a Member of the Board of Directors at Bieling Architects since 2018 and has been overseeing the management of the Hamburg studio since 2011.
Christoph has been part of our team since 2005. His work experience includes 21 years of professional experience in the field, during which he has overseen the completion of wide range of typologies, including large scale mixed-use developments of housing, hotels and retail throughout Germany.
Christoph holds a degree in architecture from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Thomas Bieling completed his architecture studies at the highly esteemed TU Braunschweig. After years of experience and close personal collaboration in internationally renowned architecture firms such as Gottfried Böhm's (Pritzker Prize laureate in 1986) and Meinhard von Gerkan's (gmp), Thomas Bieling took over as the design director of Bieling Architects in 1988. Since 2022, he has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bieling Architects.
Alongside his professional work, Thomas Bieling has also been involved in academia. In 2001, he assumed a professorship in the field of design and construction at the University of Kassel. Additionally, he has held various positions of leadership within the architectural community. From 1994 to 2000, Thomas Bieling was a board member of the Association of German Architects (BDA) in Hesse. He served as the chairman of the Design Advisory Board of the city of Kassel from 1995 to 2001, and from 2000 to 2005, he was a member of the Committee of the Architects' and Urban Planners' Chamber in Hesse. He also chaired the Committee for Education and Professional Development of the Architects' and Urban Planners' Chamber in Hesse from 2004 to 2007. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Art Committee in the Diocese of Fulda.
Thomas Bieling actively participates in jury activities for architectural competitions and frequently assumes the role of chairman in various architectural competition proceedings.
History
Josef Bieling (1919–1981) founded the architectural office in his hometown of Kassel in 1955. The focus of his work as an architect was the planning and execution of religious buildings in the dioceses of Fulda, Paderborn and Hildesheim. Throughout his career he rebuilt 35 churches and rebuilt and renovated numerous buildings in the dioceses. In addition, he was commissioned to provide architectural services for nursing homes, kindergartens, rest homes, community centers, hospitals, schools, hotels and residential buildings. The most outstanding projects completed by Josef Bieling include St. Bonifatius and St. Theresia in Kassel.
Kurt Bieling studied architecture in Braunschweig, after gaining experience in other architectural firms he joined his father's office in 1980 and took over after his father's untimely death in 1981. Kurt Bieling was solely in charge of the office until 1988.