Ester Bruzkus

Ester Bruzkus founded her Berlin-based international Architecture and Interiors practice in 2002 and since then has built up a portfolio of stylish and prize-winning projects. She has created designs for residences, hotels, offices, cultural institutions, and restaurants for some of Berlin’s best chefs. Ester has been names as one of Architectural Digest’s “Top 100 Creatives in the Design World” for several years in a row and has won “Most Beautiful Apartment in Germany” twice in a three year span. Recent work has been recognized with several significant awards, including the Beef Club Restaurant in Wolfsburg, the PSD Bank and Relaxound Offices in Berlin.

Ester’s breakthrough project was designing the interiors of the Amano hotel in the former East Berlin. At the time no one thought that Berliners would go to a hotel bar – but the success of the design was transformative for the Berlin-Mitte neighborhood and led to more successful commissions in Berlin and abroad. The practice went on to design fifteen hotels for the Azimut brand across Russia, as well as hotels for Nobu, Meininger, Ibis, Novotel, and Mercure. Ester and her team bring expertise in hospitality to many exquisite and award-winning private residential projects as well.

Ester Bruzkus has also designed restaurants for some of Berlin’s best chefs: in addition to six restaurants and bars for the Michelin Chef Tim Raue, the office has built two restaurant for the Dutch Chefs Lode & Stijn, including Remi, which opened in 2020, Beef Club for VW's Autostadt, the L.A. Poke, and locations for Coffee Berlin. Other important projects include retail work for the KaDeWe, the new PSD Bank in Berlin-Friedenau, the Delphi Lux Cinema in Berlin’s Banhof-Zoo District, and innovative workplaces for many companies including C1 and Relaxound. She has been working with her husband Peter Greenberg since 2016.