Private company

Knippers Helbig

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Engineering company

Knippers Helbig is an engineering company with headquarters in Stuttgart, New York City and Berlin. It was established in 2001 by Jan Knippers and Thorsten Helbig. The company focuses on development and programming related to complex parametrical or generated geometries of roof constructions as well as façades comprising steel and glass structures.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Knippers Helbig is an engineering company with headquarters in Stuttgart, New York City and Berlin. It was established in 2001 by Jan Knippers and Thorsten Helbig.2

The story

Knippers Helbig did engineering work on the façade of the Shenzhen International Airport, which featured 60,000 different façade units. The company designed and developed the Expo Axis, which appeared at the 1,000-meter-long and 100-meter-wide axis at the World Expo in Shanghai.

Selected projects

2017: Trumpf Smart Factory, Chicago, United States

2013: Shenzhen International Airport, Shenzhen

2013: Convention Center, Kigali

2012: Theme Pavillon Expo 2012, Yeosu

2010: Facades Dubai International Airport Concourse 2 + 3, Dubai

2010: Jüberg-tower, Hemer

2010: Expo Axis, Shanghai

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2010: Norwegian Pavillon, Expo Shanghai

2010: Youth Center Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt

2009: Freeform Nutshell Westfield, London

2009: United Nations Conference Center, Bonn

2009: Centre des Sports et des Loisirs, Luxembourg-Belair

2008: MyZeil, Frankfurt am Main

2008: FRP Brücke, Friedberg

2007: Commercial and Apartment building, Mainz

2005: Flagship Store Peek & Cloppenburg, Köln

2005: Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto

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