The University of Liechtenstein welcomes Reem Almannai as its new Associate Professor of Architecture and Society at the Liechtenstein School of Architecture.

Since taking up her post on 1 December 2025, she has enriched the University with her broad experience in housing, urban planning and social responsibility – drawn from both professional practice and academia.

An international career
Born in Bahrain in 1979, Reem Almannai has built an impressive career. She studied architecture in Weimar, Venice and at ETH Zurich, where she graduated in 2006 under Hans Kollhoff. In professional practice, she worked at renowned offices such as Cino Zucchi in Milan, Hermann Czech in Vienna, and Suzanne Senti as well as Diener & Diener in Basel, before increasingly focusing on teaching.

Prior to her move to Liechtenstein, Almannai taught at leading universities including TU Munich, ETH Zurich, the University of Kassel and the University of Antwerp.

«Almannai Fischer»: architecture with conviction
Since 2016, she has co-directed the Munich-based architecture studio «Almannai Fischer» together with Florian Fischer. The practice is committed to socially relevant architecture and, since 2021, has focused on innovative housing models and projects oriented towards the common good. Whereas the studio previously also designed single-family homes and luxury apartments, it has since concentrated exclusively on concepts for collective living and sufficiency-oriented projects. Their work is characterised by a «matter-of-fact heterogeneity»: projects are developed without predefined templates and are tailored to specific requirements.

Pioneering work in the Kooperative Grossstadt
Almannai is also a founding member of the Munich housing cooperative Kooperative Grossstadt. There, she co-developed forward-looking housing models such as ‘Nucleus Living’. This concept allows apartments to be flexibly adapted to changing needs without structural alterations and was first implemented in the cooperative project ‘San Riemo’ in Munich. Through the «Open Plan Open Decision» (OP-OD) method, she also promotes new planning processes aimed at collective decision-making and sustainability in housing development.

New focus areas in Liechtenstein
At the University of Liechtenstein, Reem Almannai will contribute her expertise in the fields of housing, society and the common good. She combines research and practice to address pressing questions of housing and sufficiency with innovative approaches.

The University welcomes Reem Almannai and looks forward to her contributions to teaching and research.