Gustav Düsing

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Berlin-based architect Gustav Düsing, co-recipient of the 2024 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies), will visit the UVA School of Architecture as the inaugural EUmies Awardee Distinguished Lecturer. This lecture marks the launch of an exciting new partnership with Fundació Mies van der Rohe, aimed at advancing architectural excellence through collaborative programs between our institutions.

Düsing and collaborator Büro Max Hacke, is the youngest team to receive the EUmies Award. Their award-winning study pavilion at Braunschweig Technical University in Germany exemplifies “design for disassembly,” allowing the structure to be fully dismantled, recycled, and reassembled in new forms and 
locations—an inspiring model of eco-minimalist and sustainable architecture. 

^{The 2024 EUmies Awards also honored SUMA Arquitectura for their project, the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona.}

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About the Designer

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Gustav Düsing is a Berlin-based architect and educator who studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart and the Architectural Association in London. A registered architect in Berlin, Düsing's work has been widely exhibited, including at the inaugural Antarctic Biennale in 2017, and has received significant recognition, such as the 2023 German Architecture Prize, the 2024 DAM Award, and the 2020 Rome Prize for Architecture. In 2020/21, he was an Artist-in-Residence at the German Academy in Rome, Villa Massimo. Together with Max Hacke, Düsing was honored with the 2024 EUmies Award.

Since 2015, Düsing has contributed to architectural education at institutions including TU Braunschweig, Università Roma Tre, and Cornell APP. In 2024, he was named Guest Professor at Universität der Kunste Berlin, continuing his engagement with experimental design and interdisciplinary approaches.

Supported by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the Office of the Dean.