Nikolaus Hirsch is an
architect based in Frankfurt am Main, who teaches at the Architectural Association in London and at UPenn in Philadelphia. His work includes the internationally acclaimed Dresden Synagogue, the Hinzert Document Center, the European Kunsthalle in Cologne and United Nations Plaza (with
Anton Vidokle) in Berlin. He has curated
ErsatzStadt: Repräsentationen des Urbanen at the Berlin Volksbühne. His work has been awarded a number of prizes, including the World Architecture Award 2002, and has been shown in exhibitions such as
New German Architecture in Berlin,
Utopia Station at the Venice Biennial and
Can Buildings Curate, AA London/Storefront Gallery in New York.