Although Munich-based architects Isabella Leber and Martin Pool had collaborated on residential projects for seven years, it was only in 2011 that they decided to open an office together. The venture soon paid off, and in 2013 they won an open competition for a museum in the northern German city of Vreden. Completed in 2017 to much acclaim, their scheme combines new and existing buildings along a Medieval city wall to recall a townscape on the exterior and form a unified interior functioning as a cultural complex.
Looking back, they feel that starting an office in Germany was fairly uncomplicated, even when the market in 2011 was quite competitive. Making such a move in midcareer had advantages too. Both partners, who were in their early 40s at the time, had accumulated a wealth of professional and personal experience, and easily gained the support of private and public-sector clients.
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