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Juergen Benson-Strohmayer (b. 1990, Istanbul) is a chartered architect in Austria and Ghana, and the founding architect of TAELON7. Over the past decade, he has lived and worked in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Austria, developing a body of work that collaborates with communities, challenges norms, and proposes spatial futures that are both grounded and visionary.

His projects — from art campuses and community surf houses to art pavilions, galleries, and eco-industrial hubs — have been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Belvedere Museum Vienna, and Shibaura House Tokyo. He is a recipient of the Holcim Gold Award for Sustainable Construction and the Fassa Bortolo Silver Medal, and has been nominated for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

Juergen has taught at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (die Angewandte) and the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction, and City Development (EiABC), and has contributed to platforms including the African Futures Institute and Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture.