Prof. Regine Leibinger
Professor Regine Leibinger was born in Stuttgart in 1963. She received her Master of Architecture from Harvard University, Graduate School of Design in Cambridge in 1991, and her diploma in architecture from the Technische Universität Berlin in 1989. Since 1993, she has led the architectural practice Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Frank Barkow.
The firm’s most significant projects include the Biosphere in Potsdam; the Masterplan for the TRUMPF campus in Ditzingen, Germany – comprising laser factories, a campus restaurant, gatehouse, daycare center, training facilities, and more; the TRUTEC Building in Seoul, Korea; the Smart Factory in Chicago; the Tour Total, as well as the Estrel Tower in Berlin and the Weissenhof.Forum in Stuttgart, both currently under construction.
From 2006 to 2018, she was Professor of Building Construction and Design at the Technische Universität Berlin. She previously held visiting professorships at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design in Cambridge in 2000 and 2004; at Princeton University, School of Architecture from 2016 to 2019; and at Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning in Ithaca, New York, in 2021. In the fall of 2022, she was again appointed to the Harvard University Graduate School of Design as a Design Critic in Architecture.
Prof. Regine Leibinger is a leading figure in cultural institutions and advisory bodies. She is a member of the Architecture Section of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, and the Board of Trustees of the American Academy in Berlin. Since 2020, she has served on the Dean’s Leadership Council at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. From 2010 to 2023, she was a member of the Visiting Committee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Architecture in Cambridge. For several years, she has also been a permanent member of the Supervisory Board of the TRUMPF Group. In 2020, she was named an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 2022, she was appointed a member of the Munich Urban Design Commission.
Also in 2022, Prof. Regine Leibinger founded the non-profit organization Experimental, which supports projects that explore new territories in architecture, aiming to transform how – and with what – we build.
