KARO Architects is a New York based practice with experience in residential, commercial and institutional projects of varied scales. The common theme that ties their projects together is the search for unique contemporary solutions, tailored to each client’s specific requirements and interests. Often this entails conversations with and within existing architectures, which shape the discourse held in their studio.
KARO Architects was founded by Sebastian Kaempf and Anke Roggenbuck in 2013. Their collaboration began ten years prior as colleagues at a renowned architecture firm in NYC, where they teamed up on residential and commercial interiors as well as ground-up construction in the public and private realm. Sebastian and Anke have extensive architectural experience, with inter-disciplinary studies in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. KARO Architects are licensed in New York State, Massachusetts and Germany.
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Anke earned a Diploma of Architecture (with Distinction) in 2003 from Bauhaus University Weimar. Throughout her career in the field of architecture she has overseen a number of key projects from concept through construction. She has served as primary client liaison for various NYC public agencies as the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY), the Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT), as well as for the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) as well as for the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany and the German Goethe-Institut. Anke had established and incorporated her own firm as Anke K. Roggenbuck Inc before partnering up with Sebastian Kaempf for KARO Architects. She holds both German and American citizenship and is a licensed Architect in either of these countries.
Sebastian’s professional experience in design and construction reaches back more than three decades starting with a three year apprenticeship as skilled millworker in Germany. He holds a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SciArc) and a Diploma of Architecture (with Distinction) from Westminster University, London. His Diploma thesis was awarded Runner Up for the prestigious RIBA President’s Medal followed by a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), which brought him to the USA in 1996. Sebastian worked for various renowned Architecture firms in Los Angeles and NY as a project leader on a range of residential, commercial and institutional projects. Sebastian is a licensed Architect in NY State and Massachusetts.