Chris Bosse

LAVA

German-born architect Chris Bosse is director of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture and Adjunct Professor at the UTS. LAVA was founded in 2007 with offices in Sydney, Stuttgart and Abu Dhabi.

LAVA have recently completed the design for the Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower, Abu Dhabi; Future Hotel Showcase Germany; architectural installations 'Green Void' and ‘Digital Origami Tigers’, Sydney; the Sherman Bibliotheca, Sydney; the 2009 MTV Awards set in Sydney; and 'Tower Skin', Sydney.

LAVA won an international competition to design the heart of Masdar, the world’s first eco city in the UAE. LAVA was chosen over 400 entries and strong competition from some of the world’s most high profile architects. The project for the city centre includes a plaza, hotel, convention centre, entertainment and retail facilities. Masdar won the Special Award - Environmental Category in the 2009 Cityscape Dubai Awards.

Whilst Associate Architect at PTW Architects, Bosse was a key designer on the Watercube for Beijing Olympics [winner of Atmosphere Award, 9th Venice Architecture Biennale] and was recognized in the 2007 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture, RIBA London. Most recently he was jury member of the world architecture festival WAF.