Diana Hess
Stephan Maria Lang Architects, Germany
The architect Stephan Maria Lang possesses anextraordinary talent for grasping the special quality of any given site and combining itwith the personality of his clients. His projects, with their atmospheric visual composition,illustrate the diversity and individuality of his work.The quality and beauty of Stephan Maria Lang\’s works lay in hidden details, in thesurprising views, in the play of light and shadow, and in the integration of landscape,garden, and interior into a Gesamtkunstwerk, an integrated and holistic masterpiece ofarchitecture.His projects make use of the latest technologies in a matter of course in order to meet theneed for comfort and energy efficiency and thus reveal the complexity of his fascinatingarchitecture. However, the essential qualities of this way of life are inspiration fromJapanese thought, an appreciation of patina, and the beauty of the imperfect.