Hannes Peer

Hannes Peer was born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, in 1976, the son of the artist Ursula Huber. He studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and the TU Berlin, then worked for Rem Koolhaas’s OMA in Rotterdam and Zvi Hecker in Berlin before founding Hannes Peer Architecture in Milan in 2009.

The studio is regularly recognised on the AD100 and the Elle Decor A-List, and its projects include the Water Mirror at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. Peer joined Baxter in 2024 with the Aura sofa and bed and the Pillow armchair.