Professor Building Product Innovation, Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology, Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment, TU Delft Netherlands
Tillmann Klein studied architecture at the RWTH Aachen, completing with a degree in 1994. From then on he worked in several architecture offices, later focussing on the construction of metal and glass facades and glass roofs. Simultaneously he attended the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Klasse Baukunst, completing the studies in 2000 with the title “Meisterschüler”. Since September 2005 he leads the Facade Research Group at the TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and from 2008 to 2016 he was director of the façade consulting office Imagine Envelope b.v. in Den Haag. Tillmann Klein is editor in chief of the scientific open access ´Journal of Façade Design and Engineering´. Currently he is professor Building Product Innovation at the Delft Technical University and since 2015 and guest professor for Design and Building Envelopes at the Technische Universität München. His core expertise lies in the design and engineering of building envelopes, circularity aspects and product service concepts for the build environment.
