Steimle Architekten
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Partners in work and life, Christine and Thomas Steimle opened their Stuttgart- based studio in 2009, priding themselves on a high degree of flexibility and efficiency. The studio has worked on education, commercial and residential projects, including their crystal-shaped E20 house in Pliezhausen, Germany, with each project focusing on structural clarity and material integration. steimle-architekten.com

Steimle Architekten staircase

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kitchen with wooden flooring

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farmhouse Steimle architekten

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Steimle architekten

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House Steimle architekten

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kitchen Steimle architekten

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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).