Bez + Kock Architekten

Our Stuttgart based office was founded in 2001 by Martin Bez and Thorsten Kock. We are a constantly growing team of about 40 architects. Our commissions primarily result from successful architectural competition entries. The designs are archetypal manifestations of our comprehensive quality standard for architecture. Our common goal is to realize unique, functional and economical buildings. One of our highest priorities is an integrated approach to the design process – from urban design to detail and from first stroke to structural realization.

Each construction project is unique. It follows that the appropriate architectural solution can only be found on an individual, task-specific basis. Our goal is to develop distinctive and harmonious architecture based on the existing parameters of location, function and budget. Just as diverse as the design problems, the structures we build are always unique. We welcome this heterogeneity. Concert hall or library, town hall or university, dormitory or city hall – an autonomous contribution to architecture can emerge from each task.

Biography

Martin Bez | Managing director
Dipl.-Ing., Independent Architect BDA
1967 born in Stuttgart

1987-1989 Correspondence course in architectonic drawing
1989-1996 Studied Architecture at the TU Karlsruhe and ETH Zurich (CH)
1996 Diploma under Prof. Jo Coenen and Prof. Arno Lederer
1996-1997 Employed at Jourda+Perraudin Architectes in Lyon (FR)
1997-2000 Employed at Kaag+Schwarz Architekten in Stuttgart
since 2001 Bez+Kock Architekten in Stuttgart
2003-2011 Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart, Prof. Dr. Thomas Jocher
2005 Appointment to the Association of German Architects BDA
since 2006 Bez+Kock Generalplaner Ltd.
2006-2007 Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart, Prof. Arno Lederer
since 2009 Competition jury member
2017-2018 Deputy professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt

Thorsten Kock | Managing director
Dipl.-Ing., Independent Architect BDA
1966 born in Giengen an der Brenz

1985-1987 Carpentry apprenticeship
1987-1995 Studied Architecture at the University of Stuttgart and the Georgia Tech in Atlanta (USA)
1994 Employed at Prof. Sabir Khan in Boston (USA)
1995 Diploma under Prof. Boris Podrecca and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Joedicke
1996-1998 Employed at Kaag+Schwarz Architekten in Stuttgart
1989-2000 Employed at Wulf+Partner in Stuttgart
since 2001 Bez+Kock Architekten in Stuttgart
2004-2006 Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart, Prof. Dr. Thomas Jocher
2005 Appointment to the Association of German Architects BDA
since 2006 Bez+Kock Generalplaner Ltd.
2006-2007 Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart, Prof. Arno Lederer
2010-2019 Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, Prof. Tobias Wulf
since 2010 Competition jury member
since 2018 Member of the architectural advisory board for the City of Nurtingen