About
Kontextur (kntxtr) is an international platform operating at the intersection of architecture, the built environment and society. Based in Leipzig and Berlin, it was founded in 2017 as a digital space for new forms of architectural exchange. Since 2019, the platform has been run by Katharina Benjamin and Angelika Hinterbrandner, who curate and publish interviews, essays, podcasts, studio lists and formats like the kntxtr Podcast Festival.
Kontextur is both a publishing project and a curatorial practice: With an active international community following the social media channels, Kontextur has become a polyphonic voice in architectural discourse. The platform responds to societal shifts and disciplinary blind spots through well-researched content and experimental publishing formats – ranging from salary discussions and studio lists to political interviews and longform podcast episodes.
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Current Team
Katharina Benjamin
Angelika Hinterbrandner
Patrick Martin
Isabel Woop
Laura Bertelt
Uli Kneisl
People
Katharina Benjamin studied architecture at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. She gained work experience at Atelier Peter Zumthor (CH), as project coordinator of the XIV International Bauhaus Colloquium at the Bauhaus University Weimar, and as a research assistant at the Chair of Design and Construction I at the Technical University of Dresden. Since 2021, she has been working as a research assistant at the Institute for Building Construction under Prof. Helga Blocksdorf. In 2017, she founded the digital architecture platform Kontextur. She is part of the international research project Centre of Documentary Architecture (CDA) and co-initiator of the initiative “Constructive Disobedience.” In 2025, she was appointed as an extraordinary member of the Association of German Architects (BDA).
