Atelier Neue is a 4,200 m² showroom carved out of an old foundry. Inside: prototypes that won't ship for two years, and a quiet so dense you can feel the floor.
The two pivot doors you just walked through weigh 480 kg each. They float on a hydraulic ring milled in Stuttgart and balanced on a single ceramic bearing.
We tested 41 handle profiles before we found the one your palm wanted to hold.
The skylights are tuned to your local solar arc. At 14:23 every Tuesday, a single shaft hits the bronze plinth at the centre of the hall. We did not engineer this. We just refused to block it.
Everything else was placed around that one minute.
Each studio is its own environmental system — lit, scented, and acoustically shaped to honour the work in it.
Twelve plinths. Twelve prototypes. None are for sale until they're ready.
Touch 1,800 samples — alloys, woven carbons, ceramics, biopolymers. Catalogued by hand.
An anechoic listening room. We test every speaker. Bring your favourite record.
200 fixtures, all dimmable to 0.1 lux. Build your house, lit to the minute.
One-of-one pieces. By appointment, by candlelight, by request only.
A working chef's kitchen. We cook for collectors. We don't take orders, we serve dinner.
Atelier Neue was founded in 2009 by four ex-architects who quit because their drawings were always cheaper than the buildings deserved.
We have no quarterly targets. We have a five-year sketchbook and a lot of patience.
Step inside. Walk slowly. The floor was hand-poured in three pours and you can hear each seam under your shoes.