Our family and therefore our architectural office are deeply entrenched in craftsmanship. For more than 300 years, members of our family have been continuously practising carpentry by trade. This tradition shapes us. With all due ambition, our architecture has never been detached from our craft. On the contrary: only in the harmonious combination of design and construction do we see our requirements satisfied. According to its Greek root architecture means “first art” or “first craft”. For us, this precisely defines the meaning.
It is original and carries a creative act in itself. It combines aesthetic and creative demands with handcrafted work.
2023
Opening of the third Office in Zurich
2019
Opening of the second Office in Frankfurt am Main
2016
Relocation of Philipp Architects to the Castle Waldenburg
2015
Philipp Architects is appointed to the Association of German Architects BDA
2005
The 11th generation of Philipps takes over responsibility. As a free architect, Anna Philipp manages the architect’s office Philipp Architekten GmbH
1995
Anna Philipp studies architecture at the College of Technology in Stuttgart and the ETH/ Swiss University of Technology, Zurich
1994
Spin-off - the architect’s office is split off as an independent company
1986
Strategic business transformation and focusing on exclusive private housing construction
1974
Celebrating building project number 1,000
1966
In tradition of the “Bauhaus”: Design and development of industrially prefabricated house
1960
At the same time, Walter Philipp studies architecture
1950
Diversification: The company gets involved with construction carpentry, stair construction and manufacturing windows and garage doors
1939
Shifting of the continuously growing workshop to the outskirts of town
1921
Expansion of the carpenter’s business based in Untermünkheim
1821
The carpenterfamily Philipp moves from Unterampfrach to Untermünkheim near Schwäbisch Hall
1782
The carpenterfamily Philipp moves from Jagstheim to Unterampfrach
1749
The carpenterfamily Philipp moves from Ilshofen to Jagstheim near Crailsheim
1643
First certified reference of the Philipp family, living as carpenters in Ilshofen, a small town belonging to the free city of Hall