gmp (von Gerkan, Marg and Partners) is a German architecture practice based in Hamburg, founded in 1965 by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg. In its first year it won the international competition for Berlin's Tegel Airport, which gave it international recognition. It now has more than 300 staff in 13 offices, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hanoi, and has worked on close to 500 buildings in 23 countries, from airports and stations to a long list of stadiums.
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Tegel Airport, Terminal A in Berlin (1974) was that first winning design. In Vietnam, gmp designed the Vietnam National Convention Center (2006) and the Hanoi Museum (2010) in Hanoi. For the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa it designed Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban (2009), whose 46,000-square-metre roof of Teflon-coated glass-fibre membrane is hung from a great arch on steel cables and glows when the stadium is lit, and Cape Town Stadium (2009), working with local architects. Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan (2012) followed. gmp's projects are studied for how large public buildings such as airports and stadiums can be planned around structure and crowds.
Tegel Airport, Terminal A1974 · Berlin
Cape Town Stadium2009 · Cape Town
Moses Mabhida Stadium2009 · Durban
Tempodrom2001 · Berlin
Vietnam National Convention Center2006 · Hanoi
Hanoi Museum2010 · Hanoi
Baku Crystal Hall2012 · Baku