Johann Peter Lüth

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Johann Peter Lüth (born May 10, 1937 in Stargard ; † July 31, 2014 in Völklingen ) was a German architect and state curator of the Saarland .

Life

Lüth grew up in Pomerania . The family fled to the West in 1945 and settled in Emden . From 1957 to 1960 Lüth studied architecture and urban planning at the TU Berlin and from 1960 to 1961 at the TH Hannover . In 1961/62 he interrupted his studies and worked for Fritz Eggeling in Göttingen . In 1962 he continued his studies at the TU Berlin until 1965 and in the meantime passed his humanistic examination in biology, anthropology, German and English literature in 1964. A year later he finished his studies with a degree in engineering.

From 1966 he worked as an architect with his own office, at times as "Werkgruppe 3" with Josef von Waldbott and Helmut Kreutzer . In 1974/75 he held a teaching position at the Saarland University of Applied Sciences in the field of architecture. In 1975 he gave up his own architecture office and became head of the building department of the Saarbrücken city association . During this time, the renovation of Saarbrücken Castle and the construction of the central pavilion by Gottfried Böhm . In 1985 he was appointed head of the State Conservatory Office of Saarland as the successor to Johannes Habich . As a state curator, Lüth worked intensively to preserve Saarland's industrial culture. He secured the Völklinger Hütte as a monument and also the Alte Schmelz workers' settlement in St. Ingbert . In 2002 he was retired due to reaching the age limit.

Lüth had been married to Lieselotte Hellenthal since 1965 and had two daughters.

Works as an architect (selection)

  • 1960/61: Parents single-family house in Bad Nenndorf
  • 1966/67: House Hellenthal in St. Ingbert - Heckendalheim ; Awarded the BDA Prize (today under monument protection)
  • 1967/68 Werner and Rotraud Alexander residence, St. Ingbert
  • 1969/70 Residence Helmut and Marianne Veit, Sulzbach - Neuweiler (under monument protection)
  • 1970–72: Apartment building with approx. 35 apartments, Neunkirchen / Saar , with Rudolf Birtel and Bernhard Grothe
  • 1972/73: Karlheinz and Carmen Wallé house, St. Ingbert- Rohrbach
  • 1972/73: Apartment building for 10 families, Saarbrücken
  • 1974/75: Friedrichsthal kindergarten with Helmut Kreutzer
  • 1975/76: House and studio of Gerhard and Katrin Heisler, Saarbrücken
  • 1975–77: Apartment building, Saarbrücken
  • 1974/75: multi-purpose hall, St. Ingbert- Oberwürzbach
  • 1971/72: Saarland butcher's shop building, Saarbrücken 1982/83 Conversion into a business building with offices

Publications

  • with Herbert Huppert: Alte Völklinger Hütte . Saarbrücken 1989/90
  • with Lucius Burckardt and Georg Skalecki: Alte Völklinger Hütte . OPUS 28, Edition Axel Menges, 1997
  • Monuments of Saarland's industrial culture . 1989

literature

  • Interview with Johann Peter Lüth , Galerie St. Johann
  • Obituary of the German Werkbund
  • Sabine Graf: One defeated the windmills: "I've always been lucky with everything"; the state curator Johann Peter Lüth is retiring . Saarbrücker Zeitung , May 10, 2002, p. C6
  • Sabine Graf: Tireless fighter for preservation: on the death of the Saarland architect and former state curator Johann Peter Lüth . Saarbrücker Zeitung, August 2, 2014, p. B4

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personal data
SURNAME Lüth, Johann Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, head of the State Monuments Office of the Saarland
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Stargard
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2014
Place of death Völklingen