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

Apple Central World

2020

Apple Fifth Avenue

2019

National Bank of Kuwait

2020

Glasshouse International Centre for Music

2004

California High-Speed Rail

2030

Sulis Hospital Bath

2009

Apple Dubai Mall

2017

ICÔNE

2023

Reichstag, New German Parliament

1999

Apple Battersea

2023

Apple Jing’an

2024

The Grid

2026

Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences

2020

Bloomberg

2017

Apple Cotai Central, Macau

2018

Apple Sanlitun

2020

Maggie’s Manchester

2016

Lunar Habitation

Apple Orchard Road, Singapore

2017

Red Dot Design Museum

1997

Apple Carnegie Library, Washington DC

2019

Masdar Institute

2015

Kuwait International Airport

2025

Nujuma

2025

Apple Bagdat Avenue

2021

Business Promotion Centre

1993

Techo International Airport

2025

Apple The Exchange TRX

2024

Winspear Opera House

2009

Duisburg masterplan

2007

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

The Dalmore Luminary Series No.3 launches in Venice

2025