Our founders Jörg Schlaich (*1934-2021) and Rudolf Bergermann (*1941) were guided by the principle of “Baukultur” (the culture of building and the building of culture) and shaped our office and work around the holistic art of structural engineering coupled with a strong social commitment. Their belief that “the art of building is indivisible” is fundamental to our work today.
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art of building is indivisible
1953 – 1959
Jörg Schlaich during his studies of civil engineering, Technische Hochschule Stuttgart, TU Berlin
1959 – 1961
Jörg Schlaich, Lecturer, Master of Science, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland OH, USA
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1970
Jörg Schlaich becomes partner with Leonhardt und Andrä
1974
Jörg Schlaich nominated full Professor, Technische Hochschule Stuttgart, Institut für Massivbau
1975
Consistant design and detailing of RC structures using Strut-and-Tie Models (STM)
1976
Attempt to revive shell construction with fibre RC
Thin metall membranes for light roofs and solar dishes
1980
„Deutscher Stahlbaupreis“: Solar Updraft Tower – Pilot Plant Manzanares
1980
Jörg Schlaich und Rudolf Bergermann establish Schlaich + Partner
1986
Jörg Schlaich: First Honorary Doctor, Universität Hannover
1989
Development of tooth connectors for the transfer of large concentrated loads from steel into concrete
1990
Holistic approach and assessment of engineering structures
1992
Jörg Schlaich und Rudolf Bergermann are awarded the Fritz-Schumacher-Preis
1992
Hans Schober becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner and later takes over the managing direction of the new office in New York.
1994
Andreas Keil becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
1995
Jörg Schlaich: Emil-Mörsch-Denkmünze
1995
Wolfgang Schiel becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner and later takes over the solar division.
Excursion of the office to Berlin
1997
Mike Schlaich, Andreas Keil, Knut Göppert and Sven Plieninger travel to Paris for the exhibition L’Art de l’Ingenieur
1998
Knut Göppert becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
1999
Mike Schlaich becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
2000
Sven Plieninger becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
2002
Jörg Schlaich gets honoured with the Werner von Siemens Ring.
2002
Jörg Schlaich is awarded the Fritz-Leonhardt-Preis
Knut Göppert, Andreas Keil, Sven Plieninger and Mike Schlaich become the new partners and Directors of schlaich bergermann und partner
2003
leicht_weit exhibition at the German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt
2004
Mike Schlaich is appointed as professor, Chair of Conceptual and Structural Design at the Technische Universität Berlin
schlaich bergermann und partner goes to America: inauguration of the office in New York with Hans Schober as Managing Director
2006
Summer fairytale I „The FIFA Football World Cup in Germany under our roofs“
Rudolf Bergermann receives an honorary doctorate from the Technical University in Cottbus
2007
Jochen Gugeler becomes checking engineer, founding of “Beratende Ingenieure für Standsicherheit” with him and Mike Schlaich as managing Directors
Excursion of all offices (Stuttgart, Berlin, New York) to Madrid
2008
Knut Stockhusen is appointed to the extended management board
2009
Michael Werwigk is appointed to the extended management board
Markus Balz is appointed to the extended management board
Christiane Sander becomes Lighting Design Lead
Michael Stein becomes Managing Director of our New York office
Establishment of schlaich bergermann und partner, sbp sonne gmbh Consulting Engineers for renewable energy, with Wolfgang Schiel as Managing Director
Foundation of our office in São Paulo, Brazil by Knut Stockhusen with Miriam Sayeg as Managing Director
Boris Reyher becomes Director in our Berlin office
Summer fairytale II: „FIFA World Cup in South Africa“
2010
Michael Stein becomes a Bedford Visiting professor at the Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York
Mike Schlaich and Knut Göppert become member of the Construction Convention (Baukonvent)
2011
Relocation of our headquarters to Schwabstr. 43
2012
Gerhard Weinrebe is appointed Director of sbp sonne gmbh
Philipp Wenger is appointed Director
Foundation of our office in Shanghai, China by Sven Plieninger with Wei Chen as Director
Office Excursion to the Olympic Park in Munich
2014
Prof. Dr. Jörg Schlaich celebrates his 80th birthday with a weekend of workshops and social events with the presence of our offices from around the world in Berlin
First eBook of schlaich bergermann und partner is launched
Summer fairytale III: Germany wins the Football World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
2015
Knut Stockhusen joins the Board of Directors.
Christoph Paech becomes Associate of schlaich bergermann und partner.
Inauguration of a new office branch in Paris, France, with Michael Zimmermann as Managing Director
Office ski trip to Hochfügen, Austria
2016
Lorenz Haspel is appointed Director.
2018
Our office in Paris continues to grow and moves to new and bigger office spaces
2019
In December, multilayered—engineered variety, the new book by schlaich bergermann partner is published in German (original language) and English.
2020
Robert Hellyer is appointed associate Director in New York
Andreas Pfadler is appointed associate Director in Paris
Daniel Gebreiter becomes Conceptual Design Lead
Ana Llinares becomes Building Information Modeling (BIM) Lead
Inauguration of a new office branch in Madrid, Spain.
In the beginning of the year, Jannika Erichsen and Stefan Kammerer are appointed as Directors
2021
David Sommer is appointed Director in our branch office in Shanghai
Our office in Shanghai continues to grow and moves to new and bigger office spaces
In 2021, Enrique Goberna and Frank Schächner are appointed as Directors
Jörg Schlaich passes away on September 4 in Berlin at the age of 86. His life and legacy will continue to shape the work and identity of schlaich bergermann partner.
2022
At the beginning of the year, Enrique Goberna is appointed Managing Director of our Madrid office.
Mathias Widmayer is appointed Director.
Foundation of our new branch office in Los Angeles, USA
Thomas Schoknecht is appointed Director of sbp Prüfingenieure gmbh
Our light rail arch bridge with carbon hangers receives the German Civil Engineering Award.
Moritz Fischer is appointed to the extended management team as Director
Jörg Kazmaier is appointed to the extended management team as Director
Stadium 974 – the first fully modular, demountable stadium of its kind – is officially opened.
2023
With the change of legal form to “sbp se”, the foundation is established for the next generations of the office. Therefore, the management is expanded by new Managing Directors, Directors, and Special Unit Leads.
Stefan Kammerer, Christoph Paech, Boris Reyher, Frank Schächner, Andreas Schnubel and Michael Werwigk are appointed Managing Director of sbp se.
Daniel Gebreiter, Ana Llinares, Sandra Niebling, Charlotte Schwefel and Fernando Sima are appointed Director
Dan Bergagel and Sebastian Linden become Special Unit Leads
German Bridge Construction Prize 2023: Another award for the tram bridge in the category of road and rail bridges.
The Footbridge Mühlensteg in Besigheim receives at the German Bridge Construction Prize a recognition in the category of pedestrian and cycle bridges.
2024
sbp goes Olympic: Olympic Summer Games in Paris
Summer fairytale III: European Football Championship 2024 in Germany
The new ‘concap’ slab system is here
2025
Our office in New York moves to new office spaces
Robert Hellyer is appointed Director in our branch office in New York
Stephan Hollinger is appointed Director in our branch office in Los Angeles
The Oder bridge with carbon hangers receives German Bridge Construction Award
Moritz Meiselbach is appointed Director
Knut Göppert receives an honorary doctorate from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Inauguration of a new office branch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
David Sommer is appointed Managing Director of our Riyadh office
2026
Lorenz Haspel is appointed Managing Director of sbp se
Inauguration of our new office brand in Hamburg
Sandra Niebling is appointed Managing Director of sbp se and takes over as head of our Hamburg office