About András Klopfer, partner at BWM Designers & Architects
András Klopfer (born in Budapest in 1980) is BWM Designers & Architect’s retail expert with a strong focus on hospitality. After completing his studies in Budapest (HU), he worked for various architecture firms in Budapest, Kassel (DE) and Colchester (UK).András joined BWM Designers & Architects in 2007. Together with Daniela Walten he is one of the Managing Directors of the sister company bwm retail founded in 2013.
With bwm retail, András realises major shop concepts for international brands throughout Europe, handling all aspects from pre-design up to opening day. He has an extensive international network at his disposal, which is one of the key success factors of his many design-build projects. He is also directing his attention to the challenges of shopping centre redesign and innovation implementation in design.
Currently his main focus is the business development of international hospitality and retail projects. Working on projects across the European continent, Middle East and Australia, while at the same time actively expanding international relationships globally at trade fairs and conferences.

Hubert Meyer is project lead at BWM Designers & Architects.

About BWM Designers & Architects
BWM Designers & Architects are an award-winning architecture office that operates throughout Europe. Their main areas of focus are architecture, interior design, narrative design and hospitality. Founded in 2004 and led by Erich Bernard, Daniela Walten, Johann Moser, Markus Kaplan and András Klopfer, the company and the multinational 70-member team stand for a personal approach and a cooperative development process. Whether designing interior spaces, residential and urban construction projects, or museum and exhibition concepts, BWM Designers & Architects always work out a specific project’s unique formal language and the corresponding design concept in strategic workshops with the client.
BWM won the realisation competition for the architectural design of the Austria Pavilion for Expo 2025 in Osaka. Further standout projects in the area of narrative design are the Austrian EXPO pavilion in Astana in 2017, the Austrian Literature Museum and the hdgö House of Austrian History as well as the new design for a visitor’s centre at the Vienna State Opera or the library in the newly renovated Austrian Parliament.
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Portrait photos: Renee del Missier