Karim El-Ishmawi

“We create places where people gather – and come back for more.”

Nuremberg-born Karim El-Ishmawi co-founded the architecture firm Kinzo jointly with Chris Middleton and Martin Jacobs 2005 in Berlin. Before founding the office, he studied architecture at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago (USA); Karim El-Ishmawi also worked for various architectural firms in Berlin, Hamburg and Chicago. He is a member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects.