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Quinn McCormic is an architectural designer from the US, based in Berlin.

LOCATION
Berlin, DE





About

Quinn McCormic is an architecture designer based in Berlin who has worked for internationally renowned architecture offices in Berlin, Stuttgart, Boston and New York City, contributing to numerous projects and award-winning designs in various countries. His experience lies in complex large and small projects which have a unique focus on climate-friendly concepts, urban planning and project management. Most recently, he gained experience on one of Europe's largest investments for the development of artificial intelligence as a project leader for a research building on a large scale campus in southern Germany.
Previously, he supervised an integrated development project in Hamburg which is to be the first fully-timber school building of its kind in Germany. His projects and competitions have won numerous awards and have been published online and in print media.
Quinn studied in the USA at Norwich University in Vermont, graduating in 2011. Since 2015, he has been a recurring guest critic at the Architecture Studio of City Lab Berlin, a branch of the architecture program at Norwich University, where he himself spent a semester abroad as a student in 2008/09.
 


Experience

OCTOBER 2023 - 2025

MVRDV

Project Leader
Berlin, Germany
DECEMBER 2016 - OCTOBER 2023

Behnisch Architekten

Project Leader
Stuttgart, Germany
DECEMBER 2013 - DECEMBER 2016

Behnisch Architekten

Project Architect
Stuttgart, Germany
FEBRUARY 2012 - DECEMBER 2013

Behnisch Architekten

Junior Architect
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
JUNE 2011 - FEBRUARY 2012

studioMDA

Intern
New York, New York, USA
JANUARY 2011 - JUNE 2011

Behnisch Architekten

Intern
Boston, Massachusetts, USA



Education

2011

Master of Architecture

Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont, USA
2009

Bachelor of Science in Architectural  Studies

Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont, USA



Teaching

2015 - TODAY

City Lab Berlin

Guest Critic
Norwich University, Berlin
2012

Marywood University

Guest Critic
Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA


Projects

2023-2025

Innovation Park Artifical Intelligence IPAI

Heilbronn, Germany

at MVRDV, Berlin
2019 - 2023

Life Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

at Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart
2015-2022

Secondary School Waldorfschule

Stuttgart, Germany

at Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart
2015

Masterplan Olympics 2024

Kiel, Germany

at Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart
2012-2013

Amherst College Science Center

Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

at Behnisch Architekten, Boston
2011

University of Baltimore Law Center,

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

at Behnisch Architekten, Boston
2011

Museum of Collective Cultural Memory

Berlin, Germany




Competitions / Studies

2021

Forum Deutsche Sprache

Mannheim, Germany

2.Rundgang
at Behnisch Architekten
2021

Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium

Stuttgart, Germany

3.Preis
at Behnisch Architekten
2021

Research Building Umweltbundesamt

Berlin, Germany

Anerkennung
at Behnisch Architekten
2020

Youth Theater ‘Junge Bühne’

Dortmund, Germany

Anerkennung
at Behnisch Architekten
2019

Theaterhaus Nord

Stuttgart, Germany
at Behnisch Architekten
2015

Start-Up Center at the Alter Schlachthof,

Karlsruhe, Germany
at Behnisch Architekten
2015

Smichov City

Prag, Czech Republic

at Behnisch Architekten
2015

Headquarters GAG
Immobilien AG

Köln, Germany

2. Preis
at Behnisch Architekten
2013

Fraunhofer Institute IWES

Kassel, Germany

3. Preis, 2013
at Behnisch Architekten
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