His practice Barkow Leibinger, founded with his partner Regine Leibinger, is known for industrial architecture (e.g.Trumpf Campus in Farmington, CT and in Stuttgart), domestic and cultural projects (e.g. the Biosphere in Potsdam and Fellows Pavilion for the American Academy in Berlin), as well as for the two landmark office towers, the TRUTEC Building in Seoul (2006) and the Tour Total in Berlin (2012).
[3] Frank Barkow studied architecture at Montana State University[1] and at Harvard GSD under the chairmanship of Rafael Moneo.
And as the greatest philosophers in German aesthetics tell us, such play (Spiel) is also essential to art; it opens up a realm for an imaginative response to any question.
In the end, this is what Barkow Leibinger offer us all: Spielraum, room for play, space for invention.“[4] Barkow Leibinger's work has been widely exhibited, national and internationally, including the Architecture Biennale in Venice 2008 [9] and 2014,[10] the 4th Marrakech Biennial "Higher Atlas",[11] the Pinakothek der Moderne Munich, Oslo Architecture Triennale, DAM Frankfurt, MoMA New York, 032c Berlin, AA London, among others.
[12] Barkow Leibinger's work is included in the permanent collections of MoMA, New York,[13] and the Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt.