The Mosse Palais
The Mosse Palais was damaged during World War II and left abandoned in the decades that followed. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the building was restored with a design by Hans D. Strauch, and completed on February 9, 1998.

Hans D. Strauch is an international architect based in Boston. As founder, principal, and creative director of HDS Architecture, he has spent his professional life designing distinctive buildings and creating new communities worldwide. Today, he leads a distinguished team that crafts sophisticated and highly acclaimed buildings, including large scale residential, commercial, retail destination, and medical facilities, and has completed over $1.5 billion of construction over the last 36 years. His recent work has received honors for “Best New Construction Community of the Year” from the Massachusetts Apartment Association (MAA) in both 2022 and 2024.  His international work includes completed projects in Europe and the Caribbean.

In addition to his business activities Hans is actively involved in supporting academic, artistic, and philanthropic institutions and initiatives. For over 25 years, Hans has served on the Board of Trustees at Lesley University, an institution focused on teacher education, counseling, and the visual arts. He most recently completed his eighth and final year as Chair of Lesley’s Board of Trustees. He also supports several Boston social justice programs, including Habitat for Humanity and The Jewish Coalition for Literacy. Alongside his brother Roger, he endowed the Strauch Visiting Critic in Sustainable Design in 2013 at Cornell’s College of Architecture Art & Planning, their alma mater, to advance research and innovative design solutions associated with consequences of global climate change. In 2023, they endowed the Strauch Early Career Follow at Cornell to identify, attract, and support diverse, talented, early-career educators who contribute fresh ideas and perspectives. Hans was also named and honored as a “Builder of Berkeley” by the University of California, Berkeley. With Roger, Hans is co-Trustee of the Mosse Foundation, which supports humanitarian, educational, and cultural enhancement initiatives worldwide

Press:

BLDUP Spotlight: HDS Architecture
BLDUP | September 5, 2024

AAP Announces New Annual Strauch Early Career Fellow Appointment
Cornell AAP | April 1, 2024

Boston architect resurrects family history in Berlin
Leslie University | October 29, 2019

Jacksonville Landing’s Architect Weighs In On Its Past And Future
WJCT News | April 26, 2019

Videos:

“Designed to Inspire: Innovation & Illumination, The Strauch Hypercube”
UC Berkeley | October 25, 2025:

“Rebuilding a Family Name and Place in Berlin”
Lesley University | November 20, 2024:

“Rising from the Ashes: Building on Restituted Family Property in Post-Nazi Berlin, Germany”
Castine Historical Society | August 8, 2024 (only available on Youtube)

“Citybiz interviews Hans Strauch, President of HDS Architecture”
Citybiz | June 13, 2024:

“Hans Strauch on the Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy”
JCRC Boston | September 17, 2021: