Baldur Köster

Baldur Köster (* 1933 in Neumünster ) is a German architect and architectural historian .

Life

Baldur Köster studied architecture at the Technical University of Hanover and graduated in 1962 as a graduate engineer . In 1964 he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin as Dr.-Ing. and then worked there as a research assistant and as a freelance architect. In 1970 Köster was appointed professor for architectural history and design at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Berlin , where he taught until 1984.

Since then he has been working as an author.

Baldur Köster published writings on architectural history and architecture critical topics, including some city monographs.

Bad Oeynhausen. A 19th century architecture museum. Hirmer, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7774-3930-4 .
Classicism today. 1988.
Lingen, change in architecture. 1988.
The restoration of Badehaus I in Bad Oeynhausen in 1989–1992. Rasch, Bramsche 1992, ISBN 3-922469-74-4 .
Koenigsberg. Architecture from the German era. Husum Druck, Husum 2000, ISBN 3-88042-923-5 .
Pyramids and palaces in Central America. A comparison with buildings of the Egyptians and Greeks. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-3254-8 .

personal data
SURNAME	Köster, Baldur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and architectural historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neumunster