Alexis Dornier

Alexis Dornier is a German-born architect who has been based in Bali since 2013, when he left Berlin for Ubud and set up the practice that now carries his name. Born in 1981 and trained at the Berlin University of the Arts, he worked at OMA in New York and at REX before opening his own studio in Berlin in 2009, an experience that shaped the industrial, structural language he brought to the island.

Alexis Dornier Studio works on private villas, boutique hotels and resorts across Bali, Lombok and Sumba, with projects that respond to heat, humidity and the material culture of Indonesia rather than importing a European template. In 2026 the studio was among the practices invited to Jia CURATED in Bali, where 25 scale models of completed buildings from Indonesia and Asia were shown around the theme of biophilia.