Stefan Behling

Senior Executive Partner, Head of Studio

Prof. Dipl.-Ing Arch, ARB, RIBA

Professor Stefan Behling is a Head of Studio, member of the Design Board and was responsible for Integrated Design and Innovative Construction at the University of Stuttgart from 1995 to 2010. He is a passionate advocate for sustainable design, renewable energy and solar energy and has written a book called Sol Power: the Evolution of Sustainable Design with Sophia Behling in 1996. Daylight and artificial lighting have been a strong interest since the beginning of his career. These themes, in addition to natural ventilation and human-centric design, have been prevalent in all his projects. An influential TEDx talk called Architecture and the Science of the Senses, given in 2016, illustrates some of his thinking. In his early career, he worked on the Reichstag, the new German Parliament in Berlin, the Commerzbank Headquarters in Frankfurt, multiple projects in Duisburg, the Free University, Berlin, the Lenbachhaus in Munich, and the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking. Stefan has since been responsible for several international projects with a wide range of scale: from masterplans to skyscrapers, airports, and exclusive private homes. A few highlights include: Apple Park in Cupertino, a large portfolio of Apple stores around the world, headquarters for Apple and Bloomberg in London, which won the Stirling Prize in 2018, Kuwait International Airport and Techo International Airport in Cambodia and many luxury resorts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Besides a core team of architects in London, he is also responsible for international offices in Kuwait and San Francisco. Stefan has combined the leadership of major projects with the creation of in-house systems and teams to promote environmental design across the practice. He initiated the practice’s Materials Research Centre, one of the largest material libraries in the world, to harness the potential of the latest material advances. He is also responsible for the Specialist Modelling Group, whose input and review uses scientific facts and information to ensure an evidence-based design process. The group also leads the practice’s work in Space Architecture, partnering with ESA and NASA to bring elements of human centric design and wellbeing to their projects.

Stefan Behling

National Bank of Kuwait

2020

Galeries Lafayette

2019

Katharine Hamnett London

1987

Glasshouse International Centre for Music

2004

Kuwait International Airport

2025

Apple Jing’an

2024

Lenbachhaus

2013

World Trade Center San Marino

2004

Apple Orchard Road, Singapore

2017

Commerzbank Headquarters

1997

Imperial War Museum

2014

Red Sea Airport

2025

Apple Marunouchi

2019

Steve Jobs Theater

2017

Apple Union Square, San Francisco

2016

Apple Dubai Mall

2017

McLaren Technology Centre

2004

Apple Tower Theatre

2021

Bloomberg

2017

Apple Sanlitun

2020

York University Station, Toronto Subway

2018

The Dolder Grand

2008

Apple Cotai Central, Macau

2018

Tower Place West

2002

Apple Battersea

2023

Winspear Opera House

2009

Apple Park

2018

Apple Myeongdong

2022

Apple Westlake, Hangzhou

2015

Apple Brompton Road

2022

Television City scheme receives unanimous approval from L.A. City Council

2025

Construction gathers momentum at Techo International Airport in Cambodia

2024

Apple opens new store at the heart of Shanghai’s Jing'an District

2024

Apple’s first retail location in Malaysia opens to the public

2024

Foster + Partners sets out vision masterplan for Constanța

2025