Herbert Kochta

Terrace residential complex in Ottobrunn (1973)

Herbert Kochta (* 1932 in Mährisch Ostrau ) is a German architect .

Career

From the mid-1960s to 2005, Herbert Kochta planned buildings mainly in Munich and Bavaria. 1970 to 1973 he designed the terrace residential complex in Ottobrunn . From 1987 he was a design consultant for the construction of Munich Airport .

From 1990 onwards he designed various buildings in Hellabrunn Zoo . In 1998 his competition entry for Terminal 2 at Munich Airport was chosen as one of the three favorites. In 2005 the InterContinental Berchtesgaden Resort was built according to his plans.

He planned both under his own name and in the Kochta + Lechner architectural association with Hans Lechner.

Important buildings

• 1970–1973: Terrace residential complex in Ottobrunn with Hans Peter Buddeberg
• 1974: Department store facade on Rotkreuzplatz , Munich with Hans Peter Buddeberg
• 1975–1976: Station forecourt office and commercial building, Munich with Hans Peter Buddeberg
• 1984: Elisenhof
• 1988: Administrative center of the Stadtsparkasse Munich
• 1990: Rhino and tapir house in Hellabrunn Zoo
• 1995: Jungle tent in the Munich zoo
• 2001: Primeval forest house in Hellabrunn Zoo
• 2001: Wolfgang Koehler Primate Research Center
• 2002: Monkey house in Hellabrunn Zoo
• 2005: InterContinental Berchtesgaden Resort , today Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden

Awards

• 1971 Prize for Architecture from the City of Munich
• 1971: Prize of the BDA Bayern for the terrace residential complex in Munich-Ottobrunn
• 2012: BDA honorary membership in recognition of life's work

Individual evidence

1. ↑ munich-airport.de: Design guidelines ( Memento from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ munich-airport.de: History ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ ETH Library: Housing complex in Ottobrunn near Munich: Architects Herbert Kochta, Munich
4. ↑ mediaTUM - media and publication server. Retrieved August 25, 2020 . 
5. ↑ mediaTUM - media and publication server. Retrieved August 25, 2020 . 
6. ↑ mediaTUM - media and publication server. Retrieved August 25, 2020 . 
7. ↑ books.google.de: Introduction to drafting: Volume 1: Design pragmatics
8. ↑ muenchen.de: Prize for Architecture
9. ↑ bda-bayern.de: Terrassenwohnanlage, Munich-Ottobrunn ( Memento from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ bda-bund.de: Karlheinz Beer new state chairman ( Memento from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive )