Gwendolyn and Guillane Kerschbaumer

Gwendolyn was born in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria

and is Austrian / French.

She received a Bachelor in Visual Arts with a

concentration in sculpture from Duke University, NC.

She received her Master in Architecture from Har vard

University and a Master in Advanced Architectural

Studies (sustainable building) from the ETH, Zurich.

Among others, Gwendolyn worked at the

architectural offices of Peter Eisenman Architects

New York, Kleihues und Kleihues Berlin, MVRDV

Rotterdam and Wiel Arets Architects Amsterdam.

Gwendolyn was head of research at ‘laba’ / EPFL

for 3 years, where she researched contemporary

developments in the fields of architecture, urban

design and planning.

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Guillane was born in 1981 in Innsbruck,Austria and is

Austrian / French.

She completed an art foundation program in Paris

before studying Art History and Archaeology at the

Sorbonne in Paris, receiving a DEUG. She went on to

study Product Design at Central Saint Martins where

she graduated in 2006.

Guillane worked for several years as an interior

designer for B3designers in London before starting

Atelier Areti with her sister Gwendolyn.

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