Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan established Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekt*innen in 2007. The practice has been recognized nationally and internationally for its innovation in affordable housing and its joyful embrace of the expressive challenges of contemporary construction. Their work spans a range of scales and typologies across three continents. Recent projects include the award-winning Waldmeisterweg low-cost apartment building in Zurich, the Zwhatt Sufficiency Housing Project in Regensdorf, the Unterfeld Lake Power Plant, the residential development Göbli in Baar, and residences for the Swiss ambassadors in Algiers and Bogotá. Lütjens and Padmanabhan have taught as assistants at ETH Zurich and served as guest professors at TU Munich, EPF Lausanne, and Harvard GSD. They are currently guest professors at ETH Zurich.