Büro

A cross-disciplinary büro with a focus on innovative structures and facades, that pushes the traditional boundaries between architecture, engineering, and fabrication.

Büro Ehring unites experience and proficiency in design, investigation, and restoration to deliver high quality solutions that cater to each project’s unique engineering requirements. Our office has a successful history of collaborating with owners, architects, and fabricators in producing visionary designs with reliable structural systems. Committed to bringing a spirit of award-winning excellence, we work to generate results that effortlessly fuse complexity, efficiency, compliance, and budget.

Leadership

Leadership

Holger S. Schulze-Ehring has over 20 years of structural and architectural design experience, with a focus on long-span, lightweight, specialty, and facade structures.

Following a long tenure at architecture and engineering firm, Santiago Calatrava, he founded Büro Ehring where he works as a structural design director on landmark projects world-wide, including in the United States and Europe.

Mr. Schulze-Ehring’s expertise is in advanced engineering with a collaborative approach to design. He leverages his cross-disciplinary capabilities to deliver innovative and specialized solutions to complex architectural challenges for his award-winning projects. A strong technical and creative background forms his considerable proficiency in engineering and designing inventive structures. 

2022

Best of 2022 – The Architect’s Newspaper
AN’s 2022 Best of Design Honorable Mentions, AN’s 2022 Best of Design Editor’s Pick

2021

Top 10 Bridge Tech Solution Provider 2021 – Construction Tech Review
Büro Ehring – Offering Comprehensive Engineering Design

2020

Regional Holcim Awards – Holcim Foundation
Gold Prize in North American For the project ‘House as Garden
Staydium Competiton – Unyt
1st Place Winner For the project ‘Hidden Stadium’
Interiors Awards – Contract Design Network
Sustainable Winner For the project ‘United Therapeutics’

2018

World Architecture Festival Competition – World Architecture Festival
Shortlisted in Civic-Future Projects Category For the project ‘Luhu Cultural Center’

2017

Zhangjiang Future Park Competition – Zhangjiang Group Co. Ltd.
Shortlisted For the project ‘Shanghai Future Park’

2016

Faculty Achievement Award – Board of Trustees, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Appointment to the Clay P. Bedford Sr. ’24 Endowed Chair Professorship
2nd Place Prize – Competitionline
For the project entry ‘Nouveau Viaduct Ferroviaire De La Baye De Clarens’
Award of Merit – Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI)
Architectural Engineering Integration and Structural Systems Design For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’
Professional Project Award – Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI)
Most Innovative Project Less Than $100 Million For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’
Wood Design Award – Woodworks
Beauty of Wood Innovation For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’
Gold Engineering Excellence Award – American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Massachusetts
For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’
National Recognition Award – American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’

2015

German Design Award – The German Design Council
Special Mention For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’
2015 Class Expo Pavilion Heritage Award – Class Editori
For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’ sustainability of materials
Bronze Medal, Architecture Category – Bureau of International Expositions (BIE)
For the project ‘China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015’ dynamic roof structure
Special Design Award of Excellence in Urban Infrastructure – Society of American Registered Architects (SARA)
For the project ‘World Trade Center Transportation Hub’
ENR Global and Southeast Winner – Engineering News Record
'Project of the Year' For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’
ENR Global, National, and Southeast Winner – Engineering News Record
'Best Project Specialty Contracting' For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’
ENR Global, National, and Southeast Winner – Engineering News Record
'Best Project Education/Research' For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’
The International Architecture Award – Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design
For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’
Gold Design Award of Excellence – Society of American Registered Architects (SARA)
For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’
IDEAS Award – American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’
New York Diamond Award – American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’

2014

Award of Merit – Concrete Industry Board
For the project ‘FPU Innovation, Science, and Technology Building’
National Steel Design of Excellence – Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
For the project ‘Piece’

2022

The Architect’s Newspaper Smith College Neilson Library
“AN’s 2022 Best of Design Honorable Mentions” December 2022
The Architect’s Newspaper Hidden Stadium
“AN’s 2022 Best of Design Editor’s Pick” December 2022
Acquisition International Büro Ehring
“Leading Semiconductor Innovation, and World Technological Progress” January 2022

2021

NESEA BuildingEnergy Magazine Smith College Neilson Library
“Achieving Aspirational Design Through Integrated Process” Vol.40 Fall 2021
Construction Tech Review Magazine H. S. Schulze-Ehring
“Büro Ehring – Offering Comprehensive Engineering Designs” September 2021
Dwell Magazine Sharon Carriage House
“A Charred Cedar Barn Replaces a Tumbledown Garage in Connecticut” May 2021

2020

Bustler Hidden Stadium
“Büro Ehring’s “hidden stadium” design concept wins Staydium Competition” January 2020

2019

The Architect’s Newspaper CycleNYC
“Buro Ehring envisions a bike path network that would span all of NYC” August 2019

2017

ICE Proceedings Richard, M.J., P.E. Kassabian, and H. S. Schulze-Ehring
“Bamboo Active School: Structural Design And Material Testing” April 2017

2015

Archicreation / El Croquis China Interview with H. S. Schulze-Ehring
“From the Vision of the Era to Tectonic Expression” Published in this comprehensive book focused on the design and construction of the China Pavilion. October 2015
Structure Magazine Richard, M.J., P.E. Kassabian, and H. S. Schulze-Ehring
“Beyond Finishes: Designing with Structural Bamboo” July 2015
Structure Magazine H. S. Schulze-Ehring and F. Masetti
“Pushing the Boundaries of Timber Design: World Expo Milano 2015 China Pavilion” July 2015
Civil Engineering Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers Interview with H. S. Schulze-Ehring
“…Structural design achievements for the Milano World Expo 2015 China Pavilion signature structure” May 2015

2016

Architecture Symposium Glass Technology Live, Duesseldorf, Germany
“Digital Plus Analog: Engineering Transparency for Complex Geometry Enclosures” September 2016
Create + Construct Symposium, New York, NY
“Case Study: China Pavilion Expo 2015”, September 2016
Facades Plus Conference, New York, NY
“The Advanced Enclosure: High Performance Custom Design”, April 2016
The CCNY Sciame Lecture Series, New York, NY
“Form As Unknown (x)”, February 2016
AIA CE Lecture, New York, NY
“The Transparent Element: Structural Glass Design and Application”, March 2012, December 2013, June 2014, and February 2016
AIA CE Lecture, New York, NY
“Digital Structures: Holistic Design and Fabrication”, July 2013 and January 2016
Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Forum, Worcester, MA
“China Pavilion World Expo Milano 2015”, April 2016

2015

American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
“China Pavilion World Expo Milano 2015”, December 2015
Cooper Union, New York, NY
“Digital Structures: Holistic Design and Fabrication”, December 2015
Create + Construct Symposium, New York, NY
“High-Rise Residential Buildings: Innovations in Design & Execution”, September 2015
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) AED Group Seminar, New York, NY
“Advanced Enclosure Design (AED)”, May 2015
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
“The Dieste Principle: Structure, Architecture, Art”, January 2015

2014

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) Seminar Series, New York, NY
“High-Rise Residential Buildings: Innovations in Design & Execution”, June 2014
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) Campus Seminar, New York, NY
“Digital Structures: Holistic Design and Fabrication”, May 2014
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), Boston, MA
“China Pavilion World Expo Milano 2015”, May 2014
Cornell University, New York, NY
“Form Follows Function: Structure and Architectural Concepts”, February 2014

2015

Archicreation October 2015
From the Vision of the Era to Tectonic Expression
Civil Engineering Magazine May 2015
Structural Design Achievements for China Pavilion Project
Cornell University May 2015
“Parameterized Structural Design” Lecture at Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Expo 2015 May 2015
China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015 Opens
SARA NY April 2015
Special Design Award of Excellence
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger March 2015
“High Performance Custom Design” at the Advanced Enclosure Design Seminar in NYC
German Design Award February 2015
German Design Award Special Mention for China Pavilion Expo Milano 2015

2014

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger May 2014
“Digital Structures: Holistic Design & Fabrication” SGH Campus Seminar in NY
Manhattan College January 2014
“Long Span Metal Structures and Bridges” Manhattan College School of Engineering

Team

Tania A. Lopes
Assoc. AIA, LEED GA, CPHC
Project Designer, Façade + Specialty

Kelly Tam
Assoc. AIA
Staff Designer, Façade

Brian S. Alvarez
PE
Project Engineer, Structure

Juan M. Paulino
PE, SE, SECB
Vice Principal, Structure

Holger S. Schulze Ehring
Dipl.-Ing., SIA, PE
Principal

We Are Büro Ehring

As a team of innovators, problem solvers, and craftsmen, we are committed to building a better future for the world around us. We believe in having a firm with diverse knowledge and expertise allowing us to design in a collaborative atmosphere and enable our creative minds.

Our talented and dedicated nature as individuals, along with our interdisciplinary experience, allow us to find cutting-edge solutions for our clients and collaborators.

Locations

New York Office
45 Main Street, 9th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(+1) 212 359 1650

California Office
742 N Broadway, Suite 201
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(+1) 212 359 1650