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 978-0-262-61171-8.; "Unsere modernste Bühne". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ 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). 10 October 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Das Atom-Ei feiert 60. Geburtstag". Technical University of Munich (in German). 27 October 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Bauhaus Archive" (PDF).
- ^ a b Hilpert, Thilo (18 February 2015). Century of Modernity: Architektur und Städtebau Essays und Texte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-658-07043-4.
- ^ "Nationaltheater Mannheim: Grundstein wurde vor 60 Jahren gelegt | Mannheim.de". mannheim.de (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Bequemlichkeit | BDA | der architekt". derarchitektbda.de (in German). 17 June 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ GmbH, BauNetz Media (7 August 2008). "Kleinmarkthalle bleibt Kleinmarkthalle – Wettbewerb in Frankfurt entschieden". BauNetz (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Schulze, Rainer. "Architektur: Ein gläserner Anbau für die Kleinmarkthalle". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Jungmann-Design. "Rheinische Industriekultur". rheinische-industriekultur.com. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Die Weber-Villa in Allmannshausen – QUH". QUH (in German). 24 January 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
External links
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