Matthias Hollwich

Matthias Hollwich (born in Munich on May 1, 1971) is principal and co-founder of New York architecture firm Hollwich Kushner (HWKN), a published author, and co-founder of Architizer.com. His work has been published in publications such as Wallpaper*, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Mark, Bauwelt, Dwell and Architectural Digest.

Hollwich worked for a number of internationally acclaimed architectural firms and urban design studios including Rem Koolhaas’ Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and Hong Kong, Eisenman Architects and Diller+Scofidio in New York City. His work at OMA includes the design of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, and Casa da Musica in Porto.

In 2007 Hollwich formed the architecture firm Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) with Marc Kushner whom he had met in Jürgen Mayer’s Berlin kitchen five years prior. In 2012 Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner won MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program with their project Wendy. Following the success of Wendy, Kushner and Hollwich under Hollwich Kushner received multiple commissions including the Fire Island Pines Pavilion (2013), New Jersey’s largest residential tower Journal Squared (2017), and the University of Pennsylvania’s Innovation Center titled The Pennovation Center (2016). In 2017, the firm was included in Fast Company's annual ranking of the world's most innovative companies.

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