About

Today our team of more than 100 people from 15 countries represents one of the most successful and innovative architecture practices in Austria. We are active throughout the German-speaking region and work as a competition office for major public and private clients. Our projects have received numerous international awards.

Thinking Across Generations

We, the five founding partners at Franz&Sue, first met during our studies in architecture at TU Wien. In our legendary Fight Club discussion rounds we realised that not only do we share the same approach to architecture, but we also speak the same language when it comes to our business culture and our commitment to building culture. Then, in May 2017, we merged to form Franz&Sue.

In 2025, we broadened our management team with the long-term goal of ensuring that Franz&Sue continues to exist beyond the founding generation. Together with the eight partners, four younger colleagues develop strategic topics in the company as associates alongside their project work.

Our Expertise

We work as project planners and general planners on many different projects throughout the German-speaking region. We are not only responsible for high-quality design and state-of-the-art planning, but also have a wide range of control tasks that require a high level of expertise in contract and project management.

To ensure that we can meet all requirements, even for complex tasks, we have bundled our expertise into specialist departments. Our project management, construction engineering department and building economics team support our projects with their specific technical expertise. Internal knowledge transfer is a key component in maintaining our quality standards. It is important to us that the entire team benefits from the experience of their colleagues and that knowledge is shared and deepened within the office.

After the Competition is Before the Competition

Most of our projects evolve out of architectural competitions. In the past years we have won more than 55 competitions in the realm of educational, residential, and office buildings. We regularly rank among the top firms in competitionline's ranking of the most successful competition offices in German-speaking countries. 

Our buildings have received numerous awards, including the Austrian State Prize, the Fiabci World Prix D'Excellence and multiple Clients Awards (Bauherr:innenpreis). We are currently nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award.