Thilo Reich is an interdisciplinary architect and artist based in Berlin (DE). His idiosyncratic designs isolate and amplify commonplace urban building materials, drawing attention to patterns and structures that have become so ingrained in the fabric of our urban landscapes that they often go unnoticed. Using found and discarded materials, Reich highlights the under-recognised beauty housed within these elements–concrete paving stones, brick structures, street lights–by showcasing them in small series productions in which he slices into, polishes, casts, reworks and juxtaposes the materials, highlighting their inherent beauty and revealing histories of production and culture hidden within. Though conceptual in approach and rigour, Reich’s bespoke designs remain formally elegant and striking in their precise craftsmanship.
Thilo Reich was born in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied architecture at the Technische Universität Berlin, and worked in the offices of Foster and Partners (London), HPP Laage und Partner (Stuttgart), Die Baupiloten (Berlin) and Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (Vienna). In 2013 he founded his own studio in Berlin-Kreuzberg. In 2019 he won the Frame awards for “Best Use of Material” and the people’s choice award for “Best Execution” for his Berlin Bar in Moscow, Russia. In 2025 he co‑founded the CONCEPTUAL Biennale Berlin.
Contact
Thilo Ferdinand Reich
Dipl.-Ing. Architekt
Ritterstr. 2
10969 Berlin
Germany
+49 176 20562128
mail@thiloreich.com
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Selected Press
AD Architectural Digest – “Talents - Watchlist” Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin – “Schaut auf diese Stadt - Thilo Reich” industrial – “Why Berlin Needs a Design Festival Like Currents” the thing Magazine – “Navigating Currents Berlin: where we’re heading” Design Milk – “This Might Have Been the Quietest Show at Milan D. Week 2026” Frankfurter Allgemeine – “Sieht so der perfekte Stuhl aus?” Monopol – “Diario del Salone - Tag vier” The New York Times – “Kramer, Berlin, Germany” Monopol – “Prototyp mit Potenzial -Conceptual Biennale in Berlin” Frankfurter Allgemeine – “Sinnsuche statt Funktion” BauNetz – “Material with identity always retains it’s value” Numero magazine – “ARTISTS TO WATCH - Works which you shouldn’t miss.” FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE – “Vergesst form follows function!” BauNetz id – “HERE’S TO A NEW ONE!”
L'Officiel Homme Ukraine – “Converstaion wirth architect Thilo Reich”
FORM magazine – “ZU TISCH”
md magazine – “Interview on recycled interior in hospitality design”
FRAME magazine – “EXECUTIONAL - Best Use of Material”
AIT magazine – “Berlin Bar in Moskau”
SURFACE magazine – “In the Raw”
Detail magazine – “Changing the Scenes - Saint Jean” Wallpaper* magazine – “Chi Sing”
Selected Exhibitions and Awards
2026 Bundesstiftung Bauakademie – Solo Show – “URBAN TISSUE”, Germany, Berlin
2026 Galerie OM – Group Show – “PARTIE TROIS - REFLECTIONS”, Germany, Berlin
2026 Serene Gallery Lugano – Group Show – “DREAM SCARS”, France, Paris
2025 CONCEPTUAL Biennale, Germany, Berlin
2025 COLLECTIBLE Brussels – Group Show – “The Reality of the Virtual”
2025 Residency and Workshop - Anno‘s One Fine Day Art Center, Kibera - Nairobi, Kenya
2024 Vienna Design Week – Group Show – FOKUS Exhibition “TRASH”, Austria, Vienna
2023 ArtTalks - Ayarkut Art Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
FRAME Awards 2019 – Executional Award “Best Use of Material” Jury vote
FRAME Awards 2019 – Executional Award “Best Use of Material” People’s vote
PS120 Gallery – Group Show – “The Way Things Run” (Der Lauf der Dinge) Part III: Wage, Germany, Berlin
2019 – Lecture on sustainability in design – manufakTOUR Ostwestfalen / Konradin Mediengruppe
2014 – Honorable Mention at COLD – Coldscapes Competition for Urban Comfort Station project