Gerhard Weber (architect)

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The Hamburg State Opera from 1957 is one of Weber's most famous works.
The National Theater Mannheim , built in 1957, has been classified as a "cultural monument of particular importance" since 1996, the highest level of monument protection in Baden-Württemberg
Deutschlandfunk in Cologne

Gerhard Weber (born June 11, 1909 in Mylau im Vogtland ; † March 17, 1986 in Berg am Starnberger See ; full name: Johannes Gerhard Weber ) was a German architect and university professor .

Weber studied, among other things, from 1931 until its closure in 1933 at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Dessau, the famous Bauhaus , and with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Berlin. In 1955 he became full professor for building theory at the Technical University of Munich .

As one of the most prominent architects in the Federal Republic of Germany, he received numerous commissions for striking buildings. His outstanding work includes the new buildings of the Hamburg State Opera , the National Theater in Mannheim and the Munich Research Reactor (called "Atomei") in Munich-Garching. The administration building of the Farbwerke Hoechst in Frankfurt, the new building of the Deutschlandfunk in Cologne and the August-Thyssen-Hütte in Duisburg are also included. The only known church building by Gerhard Weber is the Evangelical Lutheran St. Lukas Church in Schweinfurt from 1969. He built his private house in 1956 in Allmannshausen near Berg on Lake Starnberg .

For the National Theater Mannheim and the auditorium of the Hamburg State Opera (1953–1955) Weber received the first prize for contemporary theater buildings at the fourth Sao Paulo Biennale in 1957.

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Weber  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://digitalezeitung-mannheimer-morgen.morgenweb.de/ePaper/archive/showPages.php?code=mm-sued&date=2018-04-25
  2. ↑ https://digitalezeitung-mannheimer-morgen.morgenweb.de/ePaper/archive/showPages.php?code=mm-sued&date=2018-04-25
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Johannes Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Mylau , Vogtland
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1986
Place of death Mountain on Lake Starnberg