High-end materials and careful execution, intensive consideration of the architectural tradition and changing user requirements determine Jo.Franzke Architekten's designs and buildings. Restraint and self-confidence in equal measure are characteristic of the studio's architecture. Since it was founded in 1986 in Frankfurt/Main Jo.Franzke Architekten has planned and constructed numerous buildings that are an expression of a wide range of planning skills, while at the same time clearly allowing the advancement of the specific architectural signature to emerge. Jo. Franzke Architekten was founded in 1986 by Jo.Franzke and meanwhile holds branch offices in Frankfurt/Main, Abu Dhabi and Tripolis. Jo. Franzke (*1941 in Berlin) studied architecture in Braunschweig and Aachen and in the eighties he was in charge of O. M. Ungers' Frankfurt office. Since 2003 Magnus Kaminiarz (* 1964 in Bremen) is his partner architect. Kaminiarz studied architecture in Bremen and Hamburg and has been working with Jo. Franzke since 1998.