ingenhoven architects, a pioneer in resource and energy efficient architecture, joins BKW Engineering Donnerstag, 26. September 2019 - 07:00
ingenhoven architects, a pioneer in resource and energy efficient architecture, joins BKW Engineering
The prestigious German general planner is set to enhance the BKW Engineering network
Bern, 26 September 2019
BKW Engineering is greatly expanding its focus on energy- and resource-efficient building planning. ingenhoven architects is among the top experts in Germany and one of the most prestigious general planners for international infrastructure projects. For years, the company has repeatedly set new standards in ecological construction and sustainable architecture. The company will be enhancing the strategic focus areas of BKW Engineering and the entire BKW Group.
Founded in 1985 by Christoph Ingenhoven, ingenhoven architects is based in Düsseldorf and works on projects around the world. The company has a staff of around 120 multidisciplinary employees. ingenhofen architects is a pioneer in sustainable design and building planning to reduce the emissions and energy consumption of large construction projects. The company’s patented comprehensive supergreen® sustainability concept places a fundamental emphasis on energy and resource consumption throughout the entire life cycle of a building. Considering that construction in modern industrialised nations makes up a third of total consumption, this integrated approach addresses challenges such as climate change and global resource consumption.
Since its founding, ingenhoven architects has won more than 170 architectural awards, including the 2006 Global Holcim Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the industry worldwide. Reference projects for ground-breaking ecological construction projects include the Swarovski headquarters in Männedorf, Switzerland, and RWE tower in Essen, Germany. Projects currently in progress at ingenhoven architects include the redevelopment of Düsseldorf’s urban core. The company is a major pioneer in ecological urban development and therefore a relevant player when it comes to addressing the megatrends surrounding urbanisation and climate change.
Sole proprietor and founder Christoph Ingenhoven is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) and the federal foundation known as the Bundesstiftung Baukultur. Following admittance to the BKW Engineering network, Christoph Ingenhoven will retain responsibility for the company as Chairman and Design Principal.
ingenhoven architects represents a strategic enhancement to the BKW Engineering network's general planning, ecological architecture, sustainable building and energy efficiency. Thanks to this and to the other companies in the network, BKW Engineering is stepping up the pace of its strategy to offer design and planning services for large projects from a single source.
The BKW Group is a Bern-based international energy and infrastructure company. It currently employs 8,000 people. Its company network and extensive expertise allow it to offer its customers a full range of integrated solutions. The Group plans, builds and operates infrastructure to produce and supply energy to businesses, households and the public sector, and offers digital business models for renewable energies. Today, the BKW Group portfolio comprises everything from engineering consultancy and planning for energy, infrastructure and environmental projects to integrated offers in the field of building technology and the construction, servicing and maintenance of energy, telecommunications, transport and water networks.
The registered shares of BKW AG are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
BKW Engineering brings 35 successful companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland together under one umbrella. With its regional base and international network, BKW Engineering offers comprehensive, integrated solutions in the areas of infrastructure, environment and energy – a competent partner at the customer’s side in every project phase. BKW Engineering can call on a network of around 3,000 experts in over 65 locations throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Founded by Christoph Ingenhoven in 1985, ingenhoven architects is one of the world’s leading pioneers in sustainable architecture and has won numerous competitions and awards. The firm develops and builds projects of any size and typology in almost all areas of the world. Using the term supergreen®, the firm pursues a comprehensive sustainability concept. With this concept, ingenhoven architects fulfils or exceeds the highest green building standards in the world, such as LEED, Green Star, BREEAM, DGNB and CASBEE. The firm first attracted international attention in 1997 with the RWE tower in Essen, one of the first high-rise buildings in the world built according to environmental principles. Since 1997, ingenhoven architects has been responsible for planning Stuttgart’s underground main railway station, for which it received the Global Holcim Award. It has constructed other award-winning high-rise projects in Singapore, Japan and Australia. A staff of around 120 multidisciplinary employees from 25 different countries work out of the head office in Düsseldorf’s Hafen precinct, as well as the company’s international offices in St. Moritz, Sydney and Singapore. Annual revenues for ingenhoven architects are in the low-to-mid eight-digit range.
