Firm History

Baumgartner Architecture is Headquartered in Los Angeles, California and lead by Architect Herwig Baumgartner. The internationally recognized design firm is operating at the forefront of contemporary design and its design process can be described as driven by digital techniques and advanced computation that utilizes new technologies and material resources. Baumgartner ’s work consistently pushes the boundaries of architecture and urban design by experimenting with new spatial concepts, intensifying existing urban landscapes in pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design. The architects’ work has comprised cultural locations (including museums, concert halls and exhibition spaces), educational and transportation facilities, master planning and urban design, offices and mixed-use developments, restaurants, and residential work.

Baumgartner ’s work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, California; the Cultural forum in New York; the FRAC center in Orleans, France; the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France; the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy; the Architecture and Design Museum (A+D) in Los Angeles; the SCI-Arc gallery in Los Angeles, California ; SITE gallery and David Richard Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico; INSITE Gallery, Bangalore, India; the AIA Emerging Professional exhibition in Washington D.C.; the Stadtkrone 2030 Exhibition in Milan, Italy; the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria; at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc); and the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design in Hollywood, California.

Baumgartner Architecture recently has been named the world’s top 50 innovators in the field of architecture and design by the publication 50 under 50; Two monographs have been published on Baumgartner ’s work. The most recent one, B+U- Designpeak 12, was published by Equalbooks and part of its monograph series. Their work has also been widely published and discussed in books magazines and newspapers such as Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Azure, FORM, Mark magazine; as well as on television and radio.

Baumgartner Architecture is an award winning firm and has received the Maxine Frankel Award for design research, the AIA national award for emerging professionals , the A+Award for sustainability, the Graham Grant for advanced studies in the fine arts and the COLA fellowship for from the City of Los Angeles- Department of Cultural Affairs, the Blueprint magazine award for “Best Design innovative project” and the AIA Next LA Merit award.