1988 - 2025
TFA Thomas Fritzsche Architects
Unique Selling Proposition
TFA is a German architectural design firm founded in 1988 by Thomas Fritzsche
in Stuttgart, Germany.
Since 2005 TFA has been based in Köln (Cologne), Germany
and operates an office in Shanghai, China.
TFA has gained 37 years of experience, 368 planned projects and 171 completed buildings
in Germany and Asia.
In all projects, TFA's unique selling point is a highly effective two-stage methodology
that ensures the economic success of our clients and creates sustainable solutions.
Economic Success
In the first step of every project, our strategy team and the client jointly develop a strategy
that consistently focuses on the client's economic success.
This approach is based on our deep understanding of the real estate market, all industry standards, and our extensive experience with clients' needs and expectations.
Our project strategy focuses strictly on developing industry-specific and market-orientated
solutions, that guarantee long-term economic success for our clients.
Sustainable Solutions
In the second step, our design team transforms the strategy into a sustainable design solution.
We identify all essential elements of a project and develop them in the simplest, most efficient, and cost-effective manner.
We optimize the building orientation, simplify building volumes and envelopes, implement suitable load-bearing structures, select appropriate floor heights, organise efficient circulation systems, prioritize simple building services, opt for healthy materials and integrate everything with proven details.
We create future-proof buildings that are flexible, adaptable and cost-effective, ensuring the highest quality and achieving sustainable solutions in the true sense of the word.
Scope of Services
TFA develops and supervises all project phases
o strategy development
o master planning
o architectural design
o interior design
o landscape design
o monitoring external planers
o construction supervision
German Sustainable Building Council DGNB
Following the DGNB, we are convinced, that the quality of our environment
directly influences the quality of life.
Planners and developers have the opportunity, to design surroundings
of the highest quality and the obligation, to protect the environment.
At TFA, we strongly believe this can only be achieved by projects
that merge economic success with sustainable solutions.
Indian Green Building Council IGBC
Thomas Fritzsche is the first foreign member of the IGBC.
TFA fully supports the vision of the IGBC
'to enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one
of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2030'.
Our motto at TFA 'economic success - sustainable solutions' is completely in line
with the aim of the IGBC and helps create role-model projects that benefit all.
German Network
TFA works with a network of renowned German specialists,
to offer cutting-edge technology to all clients
o universities and research institutes
o structural engineers, MEP engineers and other specialists
Being closely connected to the German Chamber of Commerce,
TFA can provide help to find German investors.
Clients
TFA works for a wide variety of clients like
o local government bodies
o state-owned enterprises
o real estate developers
o private companies and individuals