Stefan Behling is a Senior Executive Partner, a member of the Design Board and Head of Studio. He has overseen a range of high-profile projects, from Apple Park in Cupertino to Bloomberg’s European Headquarters in the City of London, winner of the 2018 Stirling Prize. Stefan shares oversight of many projects in the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices and is leading the design of Kuwait’s new international airport. Stefan has combined the leadership of major projects with the creation of systems and teams to promote environmental design across the practice. He initiated the practice’s in-house Materials Research Centre, to harness the potential of the latest material advances and oversees the Specialist Modelling Group, who use mathematical analysis and research to help shape architecture that works with nature. His belief in the basic human need for fresh air, walkable urban districts and healthy, naturally ventilated buildings is a consistent theme through projects such as Apple’s offices in Battersea Power Station and wellness spaces, such as Manchester’s Maggie’s Centre. Stefan worked on the competition to design the Reichstag, the New German Parliament in Berlin, followed by Commerzbank Headquarters in Frankfurt, again an exemplar of natural ventilation. He studied architecture at the University of Aachen and, at 32, became Germany’s youngest professor, leading research into building technology and design at the University of Stuttgart. Stefan co-authored, Solar Power (1996) on the evolution of sustainable architecture – and in 2016, he delivered an influential TEDx talk called Architecture and the Science of the Senses.