Tecta Bruchhäuser & Drescher OHG is a furniture manufacturer based in Lauenförde, a Lower Saxon town of around 3,000 inhabitants on the River Weser. The architect Hans Könecke founded the company in 1956. Its name derives from the Greek term téchne — art, skill, making. The Bruchhäuser family has managed the business since 1972, together with Christian Drescher since 2001.
Tecta is regarded as the world's largest supplier of original Bauhaus models. The range comprises around 30 licensed reissues of Bauhaus designs, approved by the Bauhaus Archive Berlin and marked with the original Bauhaus signet designed by Oskar Schlemmer in 1922. These include cantilever chairs by Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe, armchairs by Walter Gropius and tables after Jean Prouvé. New designs based on Bauhaus principles complement the reissue programme. All approximately 40 employees work in the company's in-house joinery, metalworking, upholstery and wicker workshops on site.
The Cantilever Chair Museum, opened in Lauenförde in 2003 and designed by Peter Smithson, documents the history of the cantilever chair and positions Tecta as an intellectual institution, not merely a manufacturer. For architects seeking historically documented furniture classics with complete licensing, Tecta has no direct competitor.