Alexander von Kienlin

Alexander von Kienlin (* 1967 ) is a German architect and building researcher .

Alexander von Kienlin studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1989 to 1995 . In the following years he ran a building planning office in Berlin and was accepted into the Berlin Chamber of Architects in 1997 . From 1997 to 2007 he worked as a research assistant at the chair for building history at the Technical University of Munich with Wolf Koenigs , interrupted in 1999/2000 by the one-year travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . In 2004 he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich with a thesis on the Agora of Priene . From 2007 to 2013 he worked as a senior scientist andAdjunct professor at the Institute for Monument Preservation and Building Research at ETH Zurich . In 2013 he became a full professor for architectural history at the TU Braunschweig , where he also took over the management of the BetTfila research center for Jewish architecture in Europe . Since the 2019/2020 winter semester, he has been a full professor at the Technical University of Munich, where he heads the Chair for Building History, Historical Building Research and Monument Preservation.

Alexander von Kienlin is a member and, since 2018, first chairman of the Koldewey Society . He is also a member of the Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft , a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and was the founding president of the Israel Jacobson network. His work focuses on the areas of ancient building history and the modern reception of antiquity, the history of structural engineering and the history of Jewish architecture and culture. In 2010 he was co-organizer of an internationally acclaimed exhibition on the Tatarli Tumulus in Istanbul.

Fonts (selection)

• The Agora of Priene . Dissertation Technical University of Munich 2004 ( digitized version )
• (Ed.): Wooden structures of antiquity. International Conference March 30th-1st April 2007 (= Byzas 11). Ege Yayınları, Istanbul 2011, ISBN 978-605-5607-47-0 .
• Latife Summerer, Askold Ivantchik, Alexander von Kienlin (eds.): Kelainai Apameia Kibotos. Developpement urbain dans le contexte urbain - urban development in the Anatolian context. Files of the international conference 2. – 4. April 2009 . Ausonius, Bordeaux 2011, ISBN 978-2-35613-043-3 .
• Latife Summerer, Alexander von Kienlin (ed.): Tatarlı. Renklerin Dönüsu - The Return of Colors - return of colors . Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul 2010, ISBN 978-975-08-1819-6 .
• Uta Hassler, Fredi Altherr, Alexander von Kienlin (eds.): Appenzeller Strickbau. Investigations into the rural building stock in Ausserrhoden . vdf Hochschulverlag at ETH Zurich 2011, ISBN 3-7281-3446-5 .
• Katrin Keßler, Alexander von Kienlin (Ed.): Jewish Architecture - New Sources and Approaches . Imhof, Petersberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7319-0322-2 .
• Askold Ivantchik, Latife Summerer, Alexander von Kienlin (eds.): Kelainai II. Kelainai-Apameia Kibotos: an Achaemenid, Hellenistic and Roman metropolis - Kelainai-Apameia Kibotos: une métropole achéménide, hellénistique et romaine . Ausonius, Bordeaux 2016, ISBN 978-2-35613-166-9 .
• Katrin Keßler, Ulrich Knufinke, Sarah Roß, Alexander von Kienlin (eds.): Object and writing. Contributions to the material culture of the Jewish (= Jewish cultural heritage vol. 1). Network of Jewish Cultural Heritage, Braunschweig 2016, ISBN 3-9802541-9-4 .
• Katrin Keßler, Ulrich Knufinke, Alexander von Kienlin, Anette Weber (eds.): Synagogue and Museum . Imhof, Petersberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7319-0794-7 .

Web links

• Portrait at the Technical University of Munich
• Israel Jacobson Network