Michael F. Rohde

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Michael F. Rohde (born March 20, 1958 ) is a German lighting designer , architect and manager of a lighting planning office based in Berlin .

Life

Michael F. Rohde studied architecture at the University of Karlsruhe and graduated in 1987. He then worked for three years as an architect in Mannheim for Carlfried Mutschler . After completing his postgraduate studies, supported by a scholarship from Siemens AG, he received his Master of Science degree in "Light and Lighting" from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London in 1992 . After years of working in the lighting factory of Siemens AG, he founded his company L-Plan Lichtplanung in 1998. The company designs light for museums, sacred buildings , representative buildings, office and administration buildings, traffic structures, sales rooms, hotels and restaurants, media facades and outdoor spaces.

He is a member of IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers) and PLDA (Professional Lighting Designers Association).

In 2006 he was offered a professorship for "Light, Space and Communication" at the University of Wismar .

Projects (selection)

  • Shanghai World Financial Center
  • Terra Minerralia, Freudenstein Castle
  • The Squaire, Frankfurt am Main
  • Highlight Munich Business Tower, Munich
  • Post Tower, Bonn
  • Zwinger, Dresden
  • Skyline Tower Osram HQ, Munich
  • Jewelery Worlds, Pforzheim
  • Federal Council, Berlin
  • Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, Chicago

Awards (selection)

  • 2002: FX International Interior Design Award, Best Office Lighting
  • 2004: IALD Award of Merit, Category: Corporate Design, Deutsche Post Tower
  • 2005: IALD Award of Xcellence, Corporate Design category, Berlin Medical Association
  • 2006: GE Edison Award, Award of Merit, Highlight Munich Business Tower
  • 2010: Competition lighting design 1st prize, Dresden Zwinger
  • 2011: The German Light Design Prize, Category: Museum Lighting, Terra Mineralia Schloss Freudenstein
  • 2012: Illumni Infinity Award, Category: Civic Lighting, Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

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personal data
SURNAME Rohde, Michael F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lighting designer, architect and managing director
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1958