Headquartered in Los Angeles, California and established in 2000 by architects Herwig Baumgartner and Scott Uriu, B+U are an internationally recognized design duo operating at the forefront of contemporary design. Their design process can be described as driven by digital techniques and advanced computation that utilizes new technologies and material resources. B+U’s work consistently pushes the b
oundaries of architecture and urban design by experimenting with new spatial concepts, intensifying existing urban landscapes in pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design. The architects’ work has comprised cultural, educational, office, mixed use development and transportation facilities as well as residential work. B+U’s work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, California; the FRAC center in Orleans, France; the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France; the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy; the Architecture and Design Museum (A+D) in Los Angeles; the SCI-Arc gallery in Los Angeles, California ;
B+U recently has been named the world’s top 50 innovators in the field of architecture and design by the publication 50 under 50; was awarded the “Best innovation design project” by Blueprint magazine; Two monographs have been published on B+U’s work. The most recent one, B+U- Designpeak 12, was published by Equalbooks and part of its monograph series. Their work has also been widely published and discussed in books magazines and newspapers such as Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Azure, FORM, Mark magazine; as well as on television and radio. B+U is an award winning firm and has received the Maxine Frankel Award for design research, the AIA national award for emerging professionals, the A+Award for sustainability, the Graham Grant for advanced studies in the fine arts, the COLA fellowship from the City of Los Angeles- Department of Cultural Affairs.
