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TAELON7 is an architecture practice led by Juergen Benson-Strohmayer working across buildings, exhibitions, spatial installations, and civic infrastructures. Operating between West Africa and Europe, the practice develops adaptive spatial systems that respond to climate, material economies, and collective forms of occupation.

The work moves between architecture, research, and making, developing projects that are porous, open-ended, and alive to context. Across scales, from lightweight interventions to cultural campuses and productive landscapes, TAELON7 approaches architecture as an evolving framework rather than a fixed object.

Recent work includes Limbo Engawa, commissioned by Limbo Museum (Ghana) and Art Omi (USA), as well as built projects including Fair Trade Zone, Surf Ghana Collective, dot.ateliers|Ogbojo, and Nubuke Extended.

Juergen Benson-Strohmayer is an architect, researcher, and educator and the founder of TAELON7. Juergen has taught at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) in Addis Ababa. His work has contributed to platforms including the African Futures Institute and has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Austrian Gallery Belvedere, MAGAZIN Vienna, Shibaura House Tokyo, and the Marrakech Biennale.

TAELON7’s work has received recognition including the Holcim Gold Award for Sustainable Construction, the Fassa Bortolo International Prize for Sustainable Architecture Silver Medal, and shortlisting for the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Awards.

Juergen leads TAELON7 as a translocal practice operating across cultures, climates, and economies.