Gerhard Weber (architect)
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Gerhard Weber (11 June 1909 – 17 March 1986) was a German architect and lecturer. Weber was a student of Mies van der Rohe and is associated with the Bauhaus school.[1]
Weber was born in Mylau. Between 1955 and 1974 he was a professor for architecture at the Technical University of Munich.[2][3][4] Considered one of the leading post-war architects in Germany, his architectural estate is today being maintained by the Bauhaus Archive.[5][6]
At the 1957 São Paulo Art Biennial Weber was awarded the prize as best theatre architect.[7]
He died in Berg.
Notable works
[edit]- Broadcasting House Dornbusch
- Hamburg State Opera[6]
- Mannheim National Theatre
- DLF-Funkhaus, Cologne (Broadcasting House of the Deutschlandfunk)[8]
- Market Hall, Frankfurt[9][10]
- August Thyssen-Hütte headquarters, Duisburg[11]
- Forschungsreaktor München (Research Reactor of the Technical University Munich, in Garching)[2][3][4]
- his private residence "Weber Villa", Allmannshausen (a district of Berg)[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Kentgens-Craig, Margret (2001). The Bauhaus and America: First Contacts, 1919-1936. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262611718.; "Unsere modernste Bühne". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ a b Herrmann, Wolfgang (2018). TUM Bauten und Kunst. Munich: TUM University Press. pp. Foreword. ISBN 978-3-95884-005-8.
- ^ a b "Das Atomei wird 60". Münchner Wochenanzeiger (in German). 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ a b "Das Atom-Ei feiert 60. Geburtstag". Technical University of Munich (in German). 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ "Bauhaus Archive" (PDF).
- ^ a b Hilpert, Thilo (2015-02-18). Century of Modernity: Architektur und Städtebau Essays und Texte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783658070434.
- ^ "Nationaltheater Mannheim: Grundstein wurde vor 60 Jahren gelegt | Mannheim.de". mannheim.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "Bequemlichkeit | BDA | der architekt". derarchitektbda.de (in German). 17 June 2015. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ GmbH, BauNetz Media (2008-08-07). "Kleinmarkthalle bleibt Kleinmarkthalle - Wettbewerb in Frankfurt entschieden". BauNetz (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ Schulze, Rainer. "Architektur: Ein gläserner Anbau für die Kleinmarkthalle". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ Jungmann-Design. "Rheinische Industriekultur". rheinische-industriekultur.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "Die Weber-Villa in Allmannshausen - QUH". QUH (in German). 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
External links
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Media related to Gerhard Weber (architect) at Wikimedia Commons- Gerhard Weber at architekten-portrait
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