Kauffmann Podzuweit Office

KP+ is an architecture and design practice based in Basel, with branches in Germany and the U.S. working across all scales and typologies. The office provides full-scope architectural services, guiding projects from initial concept through to completion, and also a creative and analytical approach that looks beyond conventions to develop distinctive, forward-thinking solutions. 

In the conditions of today — marked by limited resources, changing social needs, new technologies, and emerging ways of living and working — buildings are, more than ever, not merely finished works, but ongoing processes shaped by changing occupants and the ageing of materials. We develop durable, robust structures that respond to these changes over time and create economic, social, and ecological longevity. In order to understand the appropriate intervention, our work is guided by dialogue. We understand different clients, their expectations, and their contexts with precision, translating complex needs into coherent strategies. Whether working on new buildings, transformations, or early strategic decisions, we seek solutions that are feasible, sustainable, and embedded in today’s circular building economy. Our work is shaped by our shared background by having worked, taught, and studied across Europe, Japan, and North America.  

Carlo Ben Kauffmann

Experienced across academic, commercial, and cultural contexts in Europe and abroad. He holds degrees in architecture from KTH Stockholm and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, and a degree in International Business Management from Greystone College Vancouver. Collaborated as project manager and other roles with the architecture firms Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, wulf architekten, Auer+Weber, and Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart, spanning project management, design development, and architectural delivery across multiple project scales and phases. Alongside practice, he teaches at DHBW Lörrach and led the Chair of Building Design.          
2026 -
Kauffmann Podzuweit + (Basel, CH)
2025 -
Lecturer of Building Theory at DHBW (Vitra Campus, GER)
2022 - 2026
Herzog & de Meuron (Basel, CH)
2018 - 2021
wulf architekten (Stuttgart, GER)
2013 - 2016
Internships Auer Weber (Stuttgart, GER)
2012
Internship Behnisch Architekten (Stuttgart, GER)
2016 - 2018
Master of Science at KTH Stockholm (Stockholm, SWE)
2017 - 2018
Master Exchange at RMIT (Melbourne, AUS)
2014 - 2015
Diploma in International Business Management at Greystone College (Vancouver B.C., CAD)
2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Science at Bauhaus-Universität (Weimar, GER)
2004 - 2011
High school diploma from the Karls-Gymnasium (Stuttgart, GER)
1993
Born in Stuttgart, Germany

 Lucas Podzuweit

He has worked across architectural practice, research, and teaching in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France, and Japan. From 2019 to 2026, he collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel as project architect and deputy project manager. Before that, he worked with SANAA in Tokyo and with BAUKUNST / Bruther in Brussels and Lausanne. He is experienced in project management, design development, and architectural delivery across multiple project scales and phases. Alongside practice, he works as a scientific assistant at IRGE under Prof. Adrien Verschuere at the University of Stuttgart and is invited as guest critic at ETH Zürich.          
2026 -
Kauffmann Podzuweit + (Basel, CH)
2025 -
Research Associate at the IRGE Universität Stuttgart (GER)
2019 - 2026
Herzog & de Meuron (Basel, CH)
2017 - 2019
BAUKUNST / Bruther (Brussels, BEL / Lausanne, CH)
2016 - 2017
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA (Tokyo, JP)
2012 - 2013
2011
Internship Aita Flury Architektin (Zürich, CH)
Bruno Fioretti Marquez (Berlin, GER)
2013 - 2016
Master of Science at Bauhaus-Universität (Weimar, GER)
2015
Master Exchange at Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design (Nagoya, JP)
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Science at Bauhaus-Universität (Weimar, GER)
2010
Bachelor Exchange at École Spéciale d‘Architecture ESA (Paris, FR)
2000 - 2007
High school diploma from the Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium (Holzwickede, GER)
1987
Born in Unna, Germany