Max Meid

National House (now Nürnberger Versicherungen) on Untermainbrücke, Meid / Romeick 1964

Nestlé headquarters, Lyoner Strasse

Residential complex Eschersheim Lindenring

Max Meid (born July 18, 1910 in Berlin ; † July 16, 2009 ) was a German architect . Meid and his partner Helmut Romeick were among the leading representatives of post-war modernism in Frankfurt am Main and nationwide.

Life

Meid was born in Berlin and studied at the Technical University of Berlin architecture , was one of his teachers Hans Poelzig . While working for Hans Geber, he met his future partner Helmut Romeick. After the end of the war, Meid settled in Frankfurt. His office quickly became one of the most important in the city, which had taken over numerous capital city functions instead of Berlin, which was "failed" due to the division of Germany , and which experienced an extreme surge in importance.

The Meid / Romeick office was one of the most important in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. The skyscraper of the Schweizer National on the corner of Neue Mainzer Strasse and Untermainkai, which is low by today's Frankfurt standards , is one of the first real skyscrapers in Frankfurt . The outwardly relocated supporting structure, on which the house “hangs”, gives the building an unmistakable appearance.

From 1955 to 1967 Meid was chairman of the Hesse regional group of the Association of German Architects (BDA) , to which he had been a member since 1949, and then until 1990 chairman of the BDA Foundation. The BDA Hessen elected him honorary chairman on the occasion of his 90th birthday in 2000 and the Federal Association of the Federation of German Architects (BDA) made him an honorary member in 1990. Meid was president of the Hessen Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners from 1976 to 1984.

plant

1950/51: Director's villa of the Bank Deutscher Länder , Frankfurt-Eschersheim (recognized cultural monument according to the Hessian law for the protection of cultural monuments )
1952: Coca-Cola administration building in Frankfurt, Rheingauallee
1956: Hauptwache car park in Frankfurt, Kornmarkt
Werkschule of Hoechst AG (now Provadis ) in Frankfurt-Höchst
Nestlé Germany headquarters in Frankfurt-Niederrad, Lyoner Strasse 23
1964: National House in Frankfurt, Neue Mainzer Straße 1 (rebuilt 2004–2006)
1971: Konrad-Adenauer-Haus (federal party headquarters of the CDU) in Bonn , Friedrich-Ebert-Allee (demolished in 2003)
1972: Chase Manhattan Bank skyscraper in Frankfurt, Taunusanlage 11 (converted in 1992)
1980: U-Bahn stations Merianplatz , Höhenstraße , Bornheim-Mitte and Seckbacher Landstraße on the B line
1989–1991: Justice building E in Frankfurt, Friedberger Tor

Awards

In November 1954, residential buildings in Frankfurt am Main, Löherstrasse 2-16 , were named “exemplary buildings in the state of Hesse” by a jury convened by the Association of German Architects and the Hessian Minister of Finance . The jury included the following architects: Werner Hebebrand , Konrad Rühl , Sep Ruf and Ernst Zinsser . Meid realized the buildings together with Helmut Romeick.

Web links

Commons : Max Meid - Collection of Images

BauNetz: Frankfurt skyscraper builder. On the death of Max Meid . July 28, 2009
Obituary of the BDA Hessen . July 27, 2009
Hessen Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners: Max Meid, our former president, has died . Obituary (with photo). July 28, 2009

Individual evidence

^ Monument topography city of Frankfurt am Main . Part of the monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Monument Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Heike Kaiser (Hrsg.): Materials for monument protection in Frankfurt am Main . 1: Architectural monuments supplements 2000. Frankfurt am Main 2000, DNB 96298437X , p. 24 (The monument topography city of Frankfurt am Main is the basis for monument protection and preservation. It is a monument book according to § 9 (1) HDSchG in its version of September 5, 1986).
↑ Award for exemplary buildings in the state of Hesse on November 6, 1954 . In: The Hessian Minister of Finance (Hrsg.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 4 , p. 70 , point 75 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.6 MB ]).

personal data
SURNAME	Meid, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 2009

[Kulturdenkmal76-1] Monument topography city of Frankfurt am Main . Part of the monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Monument Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Heike Kaiser (Hrsg.): Materials for monument protection in Frankfurt am Main . 1: Architectural monuments supplements 2000. Frankfurt am Main 2000, DNB 96298437X , p. 24 (The monument topography city of Frankfurt am Main is the basis for monument protection and preservation. It is a monument book according to § 9 (1) HDSchG in its version of September 5, 1986).

[2] Award for exemplary buildings in the state of Hesse on November 6, 1954 . In: The Hessian Minister of Finance (Hrsg.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 4 , p. 70 , point 75 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.6 MB ]).