Stephan Schütz studied architecture at Braunschweig Technical University. After qualifying he joined gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects in 1994 and was appointed Partner in 2006. Since 2009, Schütz has been regularly leading workshops at the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac), which he helped to initiate. His most important projects include the Civic Center in Weimar, the New Tempodrom in Berlin, the Christian Church in Beijing, the CYTS Plaza office building in Beijing, the Grand Theaters in Qingdao and Tianjin, the National Museum of China in Beijing, the Universiade Sports Center in Shenzhen, the conversion and refurbishment of Dresden’s Kulturpalast as well as the Isarphilharmonie Gasteig HP8 in Munich.