Graft (architects)
Graft (stylised as GRAFT) is a design studio conceived as a ‘label’ for architecture, urban planning, exhibition design, music and the “pursuit of happiness”. Graft was founded in 1998 in Los Angeles, California by Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit, and headed by partner Alejandra Lillo from 2007 until early 2011. A second Graft office was opened 2001 in Berlin, followed by a third office in Beijing in 2004, which is headed by founding partner Gregor Hoheisel. Company history and statement of intent The name GRAFT was derived from the terminology of botany, the grafting of one shoot onto another genetically different host. The practice believed that the traditional boundaries of architecture needed to be questioned, as it continually changes when it engages with global and local environments. Selected Projects Current MIR NOLA Shotgun, New Orleans, Louisiana United States Qinhuangdao Hotel & Residences, China Recently Completed 2010 KU 64 Children's Dental Clinic, Berlin, Germany 2010 Dalian Daily Towers, Dalian, China 2010 Sichuan Airlines VIP Lobby, Beijing, China 2010 Studio Simmen, Berlin, Germany 2009 AO Project, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Boulevard of the Stars, Berlin, Germany 2009 MIR NOLA Camelback, New Orleans, Louisiana United States 2009 W New York Downtown Hotel