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Member Since: 1990
Member Offices: Berlin, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Istanbul, Moscow, New York City, Stuttgart, Vienna
Website: https://www.wernersobek.com/
Werner Sobek is internationally synonymous with engineering, design, and sustainability. Our company is active across the globe and is home to more than 350 employees. Our staff originates from more than 40 countries and speaks just as many languages. We work on all kinds of structures and materials. We particularly pride ourselves on the sophisticated designs we develop for load-bearing structures, technical building services, and facades. Our aim is to create a built environment that is breathtakingly beautiful while also serving the interests of future generations. We want to make emissions-free structures for more people with less material by producing exceptional designs, innovative structural solutions, and holistic concepts that minimise our impact on the environment.
Werner Sobek collaborates with leading architects such as Christoph Ingenhoven, Barkow Leibinger, Henn, Helmut Jahn, Populous, Sauerbruch Hutton, Ole Scheeren, UNStudio, and Zaha Hadid Architects. We support architects, commissioning clients, contractors, and property developers at every stage of the construction process, ranging from the very first conceptual deliberations right through to execution planning and on-site quality assurance. Our interdisciplinary team also develops unique concepts that draw on our core competencies of engineering, design, and sustainability to create optimal, integrated solutions for a wide spectrum of structures, including specialist projects such as trade fair stands, smaller experimental buildings, and lightweight building envelopes and roofs.
Our company was founded in 1992 by Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner Sobek, the firm’s creative mastermind. He brings his considerable expertise to bear in his role as chairman of the organization’s supervisory board. Operational and strategic leadership is provided by the four members of our executive board. Like the vast majority of our management personnel, these executives have all been linked with the company for many years. It is crucial to us that our colleagues feel connected with their firm, so we give key personnel the opportunity to acquire shares in the company themselves. Werner Sobek is proud of being an independent, ‘people-owned’ organisation!
Architecture; Environmental Engineering; Façade Design / Engineering; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure
Membership Level
Silver
Member Since
1990
Member Offices
Berlin
Buenos Aires
Dubai
Frankfurt am Main
Hamburg
Istanbul
Moscow
New York City
Stuttgart
Vienna
Rank |
Name |
Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height |
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1 |
419.8 m / 1,377 ft |
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2 |
342 m / 1,122 ft |
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3 |
302 m / 991 ft |
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4 |
283 m / 928 ft |
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5 |
269.7 m / 885 ft |
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6 |
246 m / 807 ft |
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7 |
228 m / 748 ft |
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8 |
220 m / 722 ft |
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9 |
Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center |
215 m / 705 ft |
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10 |
209 m / 686 ft |
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Werner Sobek Group GmbH (2020)
150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
9 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (55%), 18 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Concrete (48%), 12 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 33 Completed & Under Construction Buildings
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
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