Karamuk Kuo was established in 2010 by Jeannette Kuo and Ünal Karamuk who bring their international background and diverse building experiences to their design process. Foregrounding the relationship of space and program, each project is approached with the optimism that architecture is the translation of fresh ideas into reality.

The office works on projects of a range of scales—from spatial installations and exhibitions to complex institutional projects—and is always looking for new creative opportunities. In addition, both partners are committed to intellectual pursuits in design research and have been teaching since 2006 at various universities in the U.S. and Switzerland. Recent awards include a double recognition for BestArchitects 19, a LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prize and a nomination for the Iakov Chernikov Prize recognizing promising young architects.

Ünal Karamuk

Ünal Karamuk studied architecture at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich. In 2002, he studied for an exchange semester at Harvard Graduate School of Design before returning to complete his diploma at the ETH with Professor Christian Kerez. Until 2008 he worked at the New York offices of Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM), REX Architecture, and Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). From 2009 to 2012, he taught at the ETH Zurich Chair of Christian Kerez.

Jeannette Kuo

Jeannette Kuo received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture at U.C.Berkeley (1999), her Master of Architecture with Distinction at Harvard University (2004), and her Master of Advanced Studies at ETH Zurich (2010). After working for Barkow Leibinger Architects in Berlin and Architecture Research Office in New York, she started teaching in 2006 with the Maybeck Teaching Fellowship at UC Berkeley and went on to teach at MIT (2007—2009) and at the EPFL Lausanne (2011—2014). From 2016-2021 she was Assistant Professor in Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Since 2022 she is Professor of Architecture and Construction at Technical University Munich.

Team members:

Valentin Abend
Emma Anzolin
Alessandro de Cadilhac
Anna Fritz
Paul Helbig
Kilian Jungel
Ünal Karamuk (Partner)
Julia Kilian
Jeannette Kuo (Partner)
Blake Naumann
Bernhard Ogrisek
Giani Pardini
Andreas Papadantonakis (Associate)
Domenic Schmid
Fabian Schnider
Rina Shimazu
Patrizia Suter Greedharry
Samuel Thoma (Associate)

Past members:

Anna Badia, Pawel Bejm, Catarina Bello, Gilbert Berthold, Arnaud Bostelmann, Gareth Bracewell, Saida Brückner, Anna Bukowska, Luc Carpinelli, Alessandro Cassia, Catherine Chen, Christos Chontos, Olga Cobuscean, Adrien Comte, Noé Cuendet, Junjun Dai, Lucas Darbellay, Samuel Dautheville, Rama Elias, Sandra Fink, Ricco Frank, Anna Fritz, Daniel Gerber, Jacopo Gioanina, Stefanie Girsberger, Marianna Gonzales, Philippe Grossenbacher, Nina Haftka, Daniel Haidermota, Linda Hatava, Carla Häni, Meret Heeb, Denis Hitrec, Tony Hu, Brian Jordan, Stefan Jos, Gia Jung, Stefan Kielman, Philipp Klostermann, Jens Knöpfel, Markus Krieger, Alexander Lebet, Nicolas Lener, Philipp Macke, Karl Naraghi, Alessandra Ortelli, Eric Palau, Veronica Pizzi, Zofia Roguska, Thomas Rohrer, Mario Rolli, Alejandro Saldarriaga, Gonçalo Sassetti, Nicola Schürch, Luis Steffens, Julius Schwartz, Michael Stirnemann, Flavia Sutter, Konstantinos Tzioras, Jonas Wald, Adam Zaluska, Christoph Zingg

Jobs

Praktikant*in

Für die Mitarbeit an anspruchsvollen Wettbewerben und Projekten suchen wir ab sofort oder nach Vereinbarung  eine*n Praktikant*in für mindestens 6 Monate.

Grundvoraussetzung sind mindestens 4 Semester Architekturstudium. Erwartet werden ein grosses Interesse am Entwurf, eine strukturierte Arbeitsweise, Präzision und gute Fähigkeiten im Modellbau und dem Umgang mit Adobe CC. Kenntnisse in ArchiCAD und Rhino sind von Vorteil.

In unseren neu bezogenen, grosszügigen Büroräumlichkeiten in Zürich erwartet Dich ein junges, hochmotiviertes Team in einem kollegialen Arbeitsumfeld und spannende Aufgaben in allen Projektphasen.

Wir freuen uns über Deine Bewerbung per in digitaler Form (PDF max 10MB, keine Web-Links) an jobs@karamukkuo.com.

Awards

– Prix Acier Schweiz 2023 – Archaeological Center Augusta Raurica
– Gutes Bauen Kanton BL + BS 2023 – Archaeological Center Augusta Raurica
– Domus Magazine, 50 Best Architecture Firms of 2020
– Best Architects 19 – Weiden Secondary School & Gym
– Best Architects 19 – International Sports Sciences Institute, University of Lausanne
– LafargeHolcim Foundation Award Acknowledgement prize 2017 Europe.
– Nominated for the Iakov Chernikhov Prize 2014

Contact
+41 44 533 0820
info(at)karamukkuo.com
Binzstrasse 29
8045 Zurich
Switzerland

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Photography:  Angelika Annen / Rory Gardiner / Laurian Ghinitoiu / José Hevia / Mikael Olsson / Karin Gauch, Fabien Schwartz / Maxime Delvaux