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About us

Our aspiration. Our approach.

Integrated design is the perfect partnership between all project participants with one objective: a better building.

Architects and engineers working together without interfaces, active knowledge management, and a passion for challenging projects have established ATP architects engineers as Europe’s leading integrated design office.

The ATP Group’s 1.500+ employees are based in 14 offices across Europe. Our work focuses on the areas of research, industry, administration, retail, teaching, mobility, hospitality, and health. Integrated design offices are located throughout the D-A-CH Region (Vienna, Innsbruck, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Nuremberg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Aachen, Zurich) and in CEE/SEE (Zagreb, Budapest, Belgrade, Krakow).

Our interdisciplinary project teams are supported by our in-house research and specialist design companies in the fields of design, interior design, landscape architecture, sustainability, and building services and by our consultancy companies in the areas of IT, real estate, and the health sector.

Teamwork

The Power of the Collective.

“Together rather than one by one” is the slogan that underpins our culture of cooperation. We have been developing and jointly applying the soft skills that are vital for the interdisciplinary cooperation between architects and engineers for over 50 years.

Matthias Koch, managing director of the ATP office in Frankfurt.

Expertise, consensus, cooperation. We love to communicate – within the group and with those around us. We listen to and we learn from each other.

Matthias Koch

Architect, Managing Director in Frankfurt

Integrated Design

The Value of Quality.

We set ourselves the highest standards. And when it comes to quality we leave nothing to chance. Not only individual services such as architecture and structural or building services engineering, but also our overall integrated design methodology is quality assured in line with ISO 9001. This is the security that we offer to our clients.

The ATP Green Deal and digital and AI tools help us to improve our quality even further. Since 2012, we have planned projects with the help of Building Information Modeling (BIM), which is ideal for the integrated design of lifecycle-oriented buildings that are perfectly aligned with our clients’ ESG objectives.

Petra Mair – ATP architects engineers

Consistently high quality is no coincidence. Two-thirds of our projects are designed for clients with whom we have worked before.

Petra Maier

Architect, Managing Director in Vienna

Our successes

Competition Wins

Awards & Honors

  • 2024 – GERMAN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION AWARD 2024
    Nomination for outstanding industrial and commercial architecture in the building category. (CERATIZIT Austria), one of 5 nominated out of 73 submitted projects.

    2024 – ICONIC AWARD 2024 in the category “ARCHITECTURE - Corporate” for the revitalization of the Plodine Tower in Rijeka

    2024 – German Design Award 2024
    CERATIZIT receives the award in the “Excellent Architecture” category for its outstanding design quality and particularly resource-friendly sustainability concept.

    2023 – ICONIC AWARD 2023
    The premium camping facility Zadar, which was designed by ATP Zagreb, wins in the “Innovative Architecture” category.

    2023 – Austrian Green Planet Building Award 2023
    for ecological and social sustainability for the Markas HQ in Bolzano

    2023 – Design and Development Award
    The European Council of Shopping Places (ECSP) honors ALEJA Shopping and District Center in Ljubljana in the “New Shopping Centers from 15,001-45,000 m2” category.

    2023 – ATP is the “Strongest Brand of the Decade
    and Austria’s Strongest Architecture Brand for the tenth year in a row at the Real Estate Brand Awards.

    2022 – Austrian Green Planet Building Award 2022
    for the resource-friendly energy concept for the DO Croatia.

    2022 – International Architecture & Design Collection Award 2022
    prize for the outstanding design quality of the IWC Manufacturing Center in the “Industrial Architecture Built” category

    2022 – “Energy Globe”
    Viega Seminar and Sales Center on Attersee is nominated for the Energy Globe Award Upper Austria (DGNB Platinum, klimaaktiv Gold). 

    2022 – Green BIM Award 2022
    The prizewinning “CO2 Building Tool” from ATP/ATP sustain permits the early assessment of the emission values of a range of constructional variants. “This means that we can also offer our clients a climate-friendly ideal variant,” says ATP Board Member Professor Thilo Ebert.

    2022 – ICONIC AWARD 2022
    RINGANA campus wins in the “Innovative Architecture” category.

    2022 – FIABCI Prix d’Excellence
    Technology Center Seestadt (tz2) is a finalist in the “Special Buildings” category.

    2022 – German Building Services Award 2022
    Award for Viega Seminar and Sales Center for its particularly environmentally-friendly building services concept

    2022 – BigSEE Architecture Award 2022
    “Winner” in the “Public and Commercial Architecture” category: RINGANA campus in St. Johann and Glamour Camping in Zadar (nominated for the Grand Prix Award 2022).

    2022 – BigSEE Wood Design Award
    for the THEURL office building in the “City and Community” category

    2021 – Global RLI Award
    ALEJA District Center in Ljubljana wins the global prize in the “New Build” category.

    2021 – Carinthia Timber Building Award
    The THEURL office building wins the Carinthia Timber Building Award as a “flagship project for contemporary timber architecture.”

    2021 – German Design Award 2021
    The IWC production facility for luxury watches receives a “Special Mention” in the “Excellent Architecture” category. The expert jury praises the outstanding design quality of the elegant showpiece factory.

    2021 – The SVS HQ is one of Vienna’s top revitalization projects
    Nomination of the general refurbishment of the SVS Headquarters for the Vienna Urban Renewal Prize 

    2021 – ICONIC AWARD 2021
    AWARD for innovative architecture to ALEJA Shopping Center in Ljubljana

    2020 – German Design Award
    Winner in the “Interior” category: HOFER ALPHA Retail Network for the creative and sustainable conversion of an industrial hall into a modern working environment

    2020 – ICONIC AWARD 2020
    For “Innovative Architecture” for the IWC Showpiece Factory in Schaffhausen

    2020 – Factory of the Year 2020
    Fraunhofer Austria and Industriemagazin award the title of “Factory of the Year” to Handl Tyrol in Haiming.
    Handl also receives awards for “Austria’s Best Production Facility” and “Smart Factory” in the “Digitalization” category.

    2020 – BigSEE Interior Design Award 2020
    magdas Social Business – a subsidiary of Caritas with an integrally designed industrial kitchen: BigSEE Interior Design Award in the “Workplace” category

    2020 – German Design Award 2020 “Special Mention” for the Markas HQ in Bolzano 

    2019 – ICONIC AWARD 2019
    Prize for the HOFER ALPHA Retail Network Innovation Center in the “Interior” category

    2019 – German Housing Prize 2019
    The IN-Tower in Ingolstadt appears on the shortlist of Germany’s 30 best housing projects.

    2019 – WELL Gold Certification
    The Markas HQ in Bolzano is the first building in Italy to be awarded WELL Building Standard Gold Certification.

    2019 – Real Estate Brand Award 2019
    The EUREB Institute awards us the title of Austria’s strongest architecture brand for the fifth year in a row. The “ATP” brand also appears in Germany’s Top 10 for the second time.

    2018 – Nomination for the Lifecycle Award 2018
    Faculty for Engineering Sciences of the University of Innsbruck – award for innovative processes in planning, construction, financing, and operation

    2018 – ICONIC AWARD for Holzgau Educational Center
    in the “Innovative Architecture” category

    2018 – German Design Award for the OMV Office Building
    The jury honored the outstanding design quality of the expressive staggered building with a “Special Mention”.

    2018 – Finalist in the “MAPIC Awards 2018”
    DO Croatia is the “Best Outlet Centre 2018” and receives a BREEAM certificate for environmentally-friendly and low-resource implementation. 

    2018 – Real Estate Brand Award 2018
    First place in Austria since 2011 and now also in the German Top 10 for the first time

    2018 – Industrial Building Prize
    Honorable mention in the “Building” category for the Daimler Powertrain Integration Center and Computer Center

    2018 – State Prize for “Family & Profession”
    Recognition of ATP Innsbruck in the federal final of the State Prize for “Family & Profession” 

    2017 – Regeneration Award for Weberzeile
    Model of successful integration into an existing urban structure in the “New Developments Small” category

    2017 – Austrian State Prize
    “Special Mention” for the Faculty of Engineering Sciences of the University of Innsbruck: The project has also received a number of further awards including the Energy Globe Tirol 2016, a TQB (Total Quality Building) Certificate and the Gold klimaaktiv standard. In 2016, it was nominated as a Europe-wide “Building of the Future Demonstration Project” by Austria’s Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit).

    2017 – Office of the Year
    Award by CBRI for the “Office of the Future” at ATP’s Innsbruck headquarters: Best-designed office of a successful Austrian company

    2016 – “Innovative Building 2016” Award for the Faculties of Architecture and Engineering Sciences of the University of Innsbruck

    2016 – “Energy Globe Award Tirol” for the Faculties of Architecture and Engineering Sciences of the University of Innsbruck

    2015, 2016 – Brand Oscar of the Real Estate Sector
    Two awards as Strongest Architecture Brand/Austria: Ranking of the EUREB Institute for ATP’s consistent and professional strategic brand management and communication

    2015 – International Design Award (IDA)
    Kornata seating furniture, design: Dario Travas. Silver award in the “Product Design/Furniture” category. Kornata is a multiple award winning seating element that is on display at the Leopold Museum, Vienna.

    2014 – European “Green Building Integrated Design Award 2014” for Aspern IQ (Technology Center Seestadt)

    2014 – International Design Award (IDA)
    G3 Shopping Resort Gerasdorf: 1st Prize in the “Architecture/New Commercial” category

    2014 – Lower Austria Timber Building Prize for G3 Shopping Resort Gerasdorf

    2014 – Designer Outlet Soltau receives the best rating for “Equipment/Infrastructure” from the German Institute for Service Quality. 

    2013 – Nomination at “TRIGOS Österreich 2013” for “Holistic CSR Engagement”

    2013 – “Erlkönig” is voted one of the five most beautiful bars in the world at the WIN Awards 2013.

    2013 – ICONIC AWARD for G3 Shopping Resort, Gerasdorf
    Winner of the international architecture competition

    2012 – Real Estate Brand Award 2012
    ATP is named Austria’s most valuable architecture brand for the second time in a row.

    2011 – “Konstruktiv 2011 Liechtenstein-Preis” for sustainable building and refurbishment in the Alps for “Hilti P4 plus” 

    2011 – ATP is “Architect of the Year 2011”
    Christoph M. Achammer accepts the award of the ATGA for the company’s many years of integrated design on behalf of ATP’s over 450 architects and engineers. The prize goes to architects who create an optimal balance between architectural design, functionality, and operational requirements.

    2011 – Autodesk BIM Award 2011
    Award for the company-wide BIM strategy and for the design of ALEJA Shopping Center in Ljubljana

    2010 – ATP architects engineers is the first winner of the Real Estate Brand Award of the Premise Group Österreich.

    2009 – Highest ICSC Awards for ATRIO Villach: “ICSC Best-of-the-Best Sustainable Design and Development” and “Shopping Center of the World 2009”.

    2009 – Honorable Mention at the “Energy Globe Award Vorarlberg” for the new production and logistics building for Hilti in Thüringen/Vorarlberg.

    2008 – ATRIO Villach wins a number of awards
    The sustainable shopping center receives a commendation at the European Shopping Center Awards 2008 and a special distinction, “ReSource” (Supporting Sustainable Development), as well as the ICSC International Design and Development Award and TRIGOS, an award for social corporate responsibility.

    2008 – The Ring – iC@ward for International Interior Design 2008
    Honorable Mention at the International Interior Architecture Awards for the corporate architecture of the supermarkets of EDEKA Südbayern on the basis of the prototype E-Center in Ingolstadt

    2006 – Honorable Mention in the “Model Urban Refurbishment” category for City Center Landshut

    2006 – ICSC Award Certificate of Merit 2006 for the max.center in Wels

    2004 – IALD Lighting Design Award of Merit for the BMW Center for Used Cars in Munich

    1998 – Constructec Prize (Special Award) for the Sappi Paper Factory in Gratkorn

    1995 – Nomination for the “State Prize for Consulting” for SIMEC Siemens Microelectronics Center in Dresden

    1992 – European Steel Building Prize for Casino Innsbruck

    1992 – Österreichischer Staatspreis in Gold für Darbo, Stans

    1992 – Prize for “Human-friendly Building” for the Messepark in Dornbirn

    1990 – Two Austrian State Prizes
    ATP receives two Austrian State Prizes: In the “Project Management” category for the expansion of the Salzburg Exhibition Center and in the “Technical Solutions” category for the energy concept of Sillpark Shopping Center in Innsbruck.

    1989 – Carinthian State Prize for Good Building
    for Funder Werk III in St. Veit – together with Coop Himmelb(l)au

     

     

Our history

Milestones

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    The young architectural office with a focus in the field of industrial building develops rapidly and in line with Achammer’s ability to create conceptually holistic solutions. He plans numerous production and logistics buildings in the German-speaking areas of Europe for such sectors as the food and automobile industries.

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    His ambitious target is to promote the integrated cooperation between architects and engineers in a way that is, to date, largely unknown in Europe.
    The subsequent success shows how right he was: Thanks to this interdisciplinary structure, the office is able to perfect its design approach and broaden its expertise. The establishment of a second office in Vienna ensures that ATF is already Austria’s largest architecture company. The return of Christoph M. Achammer from the USA leads to a change of generation and the intensification of the development of the office.

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    He and Sigfrid Tritthart develop a “corporate structure” in line with the Anglo-American model, in which all design disciplines – architecture, structural and building services engineering, and site supervision form an integrated whole. The office specializes in complex building projects in the areas of production, logistics, and research and now, additionally, in the office, mixed-use, retail, and hospitality sectors.

  4. This is followed by temporary offices in Leipzig, Dresden, and Prague.

    ATP in Munich

  5. Partners, Associate Partners, and Associates represent ATP’s corporate culture to the outside world and participate in the success of the company.

  6. ATP Holding – Upon the establishment of “ATP Planungs- und Beteiligungs AG,” ATP already has 250 employees.

  7. Today, the office in Zagreb employs 80 people and is one of few specialists in the region to offer comprehensive training to students in the area of Building Information Modeling.

  8. European Forum Alpbach – Christoph M. Achammer conceives the “Alpbach Architecture Forum,” of which ATP is Organizing Partner between 2001 and 2005.

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    Robert Kelca, Managing Director/Architecture in Vienna and, later, in Innsbruck, becomes a partner

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    He succeeds Professor Degenhard Sommer to the Chair of Industrial Building and Integrated Construction Planning, which he holds for over 20 years.

    Vienna University of Technology

  11. Founding of redserve The ATP subsidiary offers real estate development consulting. It is now active across Austria, Southern Germany, and CEE.

  12. Following a merger in 2009, the office is known as ATP architects engineers, Frankfurt.

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    Horst Reiner, Managing Director/Architecture in Vienna, becomes a partner (until 2024)

  14. The subsequent years see the creation of ATP sphere (now integrated into the Design&Research studios).

  15. ATP sustain – In 2009, ATP sustain was founded, an internationally active research and special planning company in the field of “sustainable construction” based in Vienna and Munich.

  16. Gerald Hulka, Managing Director/Engineering in Innsbruck (until 2024), becomes a partner.

  17. Since 2017, it has been known as “ATP architects engineers, Zürich AG”.

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    Dario Travaš, Managing Director of ATP Zagreb and Head of Design in Vienna, becomes a partner

  19. Consulting foodfab advises and supports food industry companies in the implementation of their strategies in bespoke, forward-looking buildings.

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    The use and further development of the method enables ATP to exploit all the advantages of BIM to support sustainable quality in the integrated design process.

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    This makes ATP not only the first architecture and engineering office worldwide that is able to offer ISO-certified individual services such as architecture or structural or building services engineering but also the first whose overall integrated design processes have quality certification.

  22. Health sector The specialist design office ATP health offers expertise in the design of medical facilities, pharmacies, laboratories, research institutions, and industrial kitchens.

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    Matthias Wehrle, Managing Director/Architecture in Zurich, becomes a partner

  24. Office in BerlinPresence in the federal capital alongside the existing offices in Munich and Frankfurt

  25. Office in Nuremberg Haid & Partner, an experienced designer in the health and social sector, is integrated into the ATP Group and transformed into a full service office.

  26. We are delighted to have ATP architects engineers as our main shareholder – a strong company with a professional Europe-wide network of 800 experts that offers us opportunities to apply our expertise to major international projects.

    Thomas Stiefel

    Founder and Partner

    Mint Architecture

    Mint Architecture
  27. The highly relevant know-how of FactoryXperts fits perfectly into the spectrum of the food industry expertise of the ATP Group. Thanks to the combination of the consulting services offered by our Swiss colleagues and ATP’s many years of experience of digital integrated design (BIM), we can now aim to become market leaders in the bakery sector

    Christoph M. Achammer

    Architect, CEO

    FactoryXperts
  28. ATP reaches the 1,000 employee mark! – There are now one thousand creative minds in our 10 integrated design offices and specialist design and consulting companies.

  29. Albert Achammer, CEO of ATP architects engineers.

    Hamburg is one of Germany’s most important economic centers and is well known for its progressive city center developments. The high number of successful companies in the city provides fertile ground for sustainable construction projects that are integrally designed with BIM.

    Albert Achammer

    Architect ETH, Executive Board, Partner

    ATP Hamburg
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    Engineering office in Zurich Hochstrasser Glaus & Partner Consulting AG (HGPC) becomes our strong engineering partner for the planning of complex building services solutions.

  31. Venice Biennale – ATP participates in the exhibition TIME SPACE EXISTENCE in the Palazzo Bembo at the invitation of the ECC (European Cultural Centre).

  32. Research in the field of building services The research and specialist design company ATP Zero integrates the latest developments in the field of building services into the ATP Group.

  33. Christoph Achammer, CEO and board member of ATP architects engineers

    In future, the entire “development, design, construction, and operation” process will be offered by a single service provider in a continuous workflow – rather than by many different partners, as is usual today.

    Christoph M. Achammer

    Architect, CEO

    EPCM
  34. Thilo Ebert, ATP board member and patron ATP Green Deal

    No integrated project leaves our office without the additional model of an ideal variant – as a building with a climate-neutral operation. We do this for our clients – whether they want it or not.

    Thilo Ebert

    Engineer, Executive Board

    ATP Green Deal
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    The office merges with the engineers Tequm in 2024 and expands to become an integrated design office with the name ATP Krakow.

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    NEW LIFE Initiative Revitalization/conversion instead of new building: Launch of a public debate about the revitalization of Germany’s inner cities with a focus on department stores.

    Interdisciplinary expert conversations at ATP’s offices in Hamburg, Berlin, and Frankfurt and in online discussion forums. More about newlifeforbuildings.

  37. ATP Karlsruhe and ITA engineering The new office in Karlsruhe/Stuttgart and the building services company ITA engineering (both formerly Hochbau Süd of OBERMEYER Gebäudeplanung) strengthen the presence of the ATP Group in the Southwest German Metropolitan Region.

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    We are delighted that this merger with ATP architects engineers will allow us to combine our hospital know-how with the integrated design expertise of ATP and to grow further on the basis of our joint values.

    Petra Hemmi

    Architect, Co-Founder

    Hemmi Fayet Architekten AG

    Hemmi Fayet
  39. European Architects’ Alliance (EAA) – The objective of our membership of the alliance, which was founded in London in 1999, is to exchange international experience and local know-how.

  40. Consulting for Health Buildings blu-print offers advice on strategic construction development and construction project management to public, non-profit, and private health sector clients.

  41. ATP Belgrade Strengthening in SEE in partnership with ATP Zagreb

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    Branko Knežević, Managing Director of ATP Zagreb/Belgrade, becomes a partner.

  43. Urban Planning & Landscaping The establishment of ensphere in Hamburg secures ATP extra know-how regarding innovative data-based, digitalized, and climate-resilient solutions in the field of urban and landscape design.

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    Albert Achammer, Managing Director of ATP Hamburg, becomes a partner.

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