About

Atelier Tobias Rabold has been established in 2024 to design good architecture.​​

The practice aspires to create buildings that contribute quietly to the lives of those who use them. Being shaped by passionate reflection and an understanding of the context of time and place, the practice tries to thoughtfully design buildings that live long and adequate lives. Thus the careful selection of materials and details as well as a balanced arrangement of form and proportion in all scales are the corner stones of our design process. 

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We are driven by the belief that not only our planetary boundaries, but especially the atmospheric value of existing matter inspire a shift towards reusing the existing. We welcome this shift as a nurturing influence on our design process and aim to create our own design language out of this paradigm.

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We believe that meaningful buildings are the result of  honest and passionate work and a close collaboration between architect, client and engineer that is driven by mutual respect, trust and patience.

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Tobias Rabold, founder.

Tobias Rabold (1990) is an architect based in Berlin and Brussels.

He studied architecture between 2009 and 2017 in Berlin and Münster with project exchanges in Paris, Oslo, Basel and Cracow.

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During and after his studies, he worked amongst others with

David Chipperfield Architects (London, 2015-2016), Casper Mueller Kneer (London, 2014/2015), Max Dudler (Berlin, 2018) and currently as a project lead at

Bruno Fioretti Marquez (Berlin, 2018-2026).

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Having based his professional efforts on both, practice and academia alike, he gained experience during his studies as an academic assistant at the department Design, Prof. Marianne Mueller as well as the department for Structural Engineering, Prof. Thomas Jürges.

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He is currently teaching at the chair for Construction and Design, Prof. Ralf Pasel at the Technische Universität Berlin as well as reflecting his own architectural research questions as a doctoral candidate in the design-based PhD-Program Programm Entwurfsbasierte Promotion.

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Publications

"The Art of Exclusion"

in: Atlas of Ruins, Vol.2 

accepted for publication, 2025

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"Doubting Spolia - Adaptive Reuse of a Stone"

in: International Conference on Adaptive Reuse, 1st Edition 

accepted for publication, 2025

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"Un.Widmung - About the Possibility to Provoke an Individual Attribution of Meaning"

in: CA2Re Milano, Conference on Artistic and Architectural Research,

accepted for publication, 2025

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"Atmosphere"

in: Adaptive Reuse - theoretical glossary and design labs; 

Andrea Crudeli (Ed.);  STH Press, Florence, 2024

ISBN 9791281661028

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"Eine interpretierende Darstellung"

in: Nutzlose Räume; 

Ralf Pasel, Tobias Rabold (Ed.); CODE/architectural Files/15, TU Berlin, 2023

ISBN 9783982525815

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"Inutilitas"

in: Nutzlose Räume; 

Ralf Pasel, Tobias Rabold (Ed.); CODE/architectural Files/15, TU Berlin, 2023

ISBN 9783982525815

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"Bramantes Problem"

in: Reuse the Nymphaeum – Dossier Nr. 5, 

Save the Heritage Benefit Corporation, 2023

ISBN 9788894721560

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"Husch Husch"

in: Architecture Competitions Yearbook  2023 No. 05

Marcin Husarz (Ed.); competitions.archi, 2023

ISBN 9772658089003

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Conferences

"Doubting Spolia - Adaptive Reuse of a Stone"

International Conference on Adaptive Reuse

Member of the Scientific Committee and Panel Speaker

University of Pisa, September 2025

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"Un.Widmung - About the Possibility to Provoke an Individual Attribution of Meaning"

19. Symposium - Programm Entwurfsbasierte Promotion

Panel speaker

TU Berlin, September 2025

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"Un.Widmung - About the Possibility to Provoke an Individual Attribution of Meaning"

Conference for Artistic and Architectural Research CA2RE Milano - Authorships

Panel speaker

Politecnico di Milano, April 2025

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"Un.Widmung - About the Possibility to Provoke an Individual Attribution of Meaning"

18. Symposium - Programm Entwurfsbasierte Promotion

Panel speaker

TU Darmstadt, February 2025

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"Nutzlose Räume - eine Ontologie räumlicher Resonanz"

17. Symposium - Programm Entwurfsbasierte Promotion

Panel speaker

TU Berlin, September 2024

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Teaching​

Technische Universität Berlin

Teaching and Research Associate

Chair for Construction and Design FG CODE, 2022-2025

​Design-Built-Project "Prototype Vignole Greenhouse" Venice, 2024

Seminar "Resonant Spaces" 2024

Seminar "Useless Spaces" 2023

Design-Built-Project "Verso Vignole" Venice, 2023

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Münster School of Architecture

Short Design Studio "Resonant Spaces", 2025​

 

Dessau International Architecture School

Guest Critic, Studio Philip Rieseberg, 2025​

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Münster School of Architecture

Guest Critic, Studio Christian Koch, 2018​

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Competitions​

Horst Festival Fire Pit, Vilvoorde, Belgium, 2025: gloriously failed

Reuse the Bullrink, Getafe, Spain, 2025: Shortlisted

Museums of Southern Trøndelag, Trondheim, Norway, 2025: gloriously failed

Reactivating Speichersdorf, Speichersdorf, Germany, 2025: gloriously failed

Highway 14 Birdwatching Tower, De Smet, SD, USA, 2024: Shortlisted

Reuse the Nymphaeum, Genazzano, Italy, 2023: 1st Prize

Europan Europe, Lochau, Austria, 2023: gloriously failed

The Architect's T-Shirt, 2022: 3rd Prize

Adaptive Reuse Merkur Areal, Soest, Germany, 2017: shared 2nd Prize

Textilverband Headquarter, Münster, Germany 2013: 1st Prize

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Awards​

Förderpreis Stiftung deutscher Architekten, 2019: honourable mention

BDA SARP Award, 2017: special mention

Europan Architecture Medal for Best Diploma Project, 2017: nomination

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Selection of executed Projects​

Summerhouse with a Stone

reuse and renovation, private

Germany, 2024-2026

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Kavaliersgebäude Vohenstrauß 

project lead for Bruno Fioretti Marquez,

adaptive reuse, public

Germany, 2020-2026

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Modulare Grundschulen 

partial project lead (execution planning) for Bruno Fioretti Marquez,

8 modular elementary schools, public

Germany, 2019-2020

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Potsdamer Mitte 

deputy project lead (design) for Bruno Fioretti Marquez,

critical reconstruction, private

Germany, 2018-2019

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30 Grosvenor Square

facade detailing for David Chipperfield Architects,

adaptive reuse of former US embassy

London, 2015-2016

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Jane Street

shell and core detailing for David Chipperfield Architects,

residential building, private

New York, 2015

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