Casper Mueller Kneer is an architectural practice with a global reach and an established reputation for producing distinctive spaces for the arts, culture and fashion. Our particular expertise is in creating spaces for display and a focus on material experimentation. We work on a wide range of briefs and scales, producing highly individualised designs that are developed in close relationship with our clients.
Significant projects to date include critically acclaimed galleries, such as White Cube in Bermondsey, London; global architectural concepts for fashion houses such as Phoebe Philo’s Céline and Anthony Vaccarello's Saint Laurent as well as Luke and Lucie Meyer's Jil Sander, a major flagship building in Seoul for TIME, store designs and department stores such as Hyundai Seoul; mixed cultural spaces including the new Headquarters Building for the Ministry of Sound in London; exhibition designs for the Barbican and the Wellcome Trust in London and collaborations with artists, such as Cerith Wyn Evans and Rachel Whiteread.
As part of our long-standing relationship with fashion houses we have been designing the runway shows in Paris and Berlin for Saint Laurent, as well as shows for Loewe and Céline.
Our practice has received many awards, including an RIBA National Award, a Civic Trust Commendation, the AIA UK Design Excellence Award, the AJ Retrofit Award, The Chicago Atheneum International Architecture Award and an Architzer A+ global Award among others. The practice has an international team with projects located across the UK and Europe, as well as Asia and North America. The extensive research the practice undertakes is extended through the academic activities of its directors.
