Peter Neufert

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Peter Hermann Ernst Neufert (born April 11, 1925 in Freyburg an der Unstrut ; † December 27, 1999 in Cologne ) was a German architect .

Keramion
House X1

Life

Peter Hermann Ernst Neufert was born in 1925 as the eldest son of Ernst Neufert and his wife Alice Spies-Neufert in Freyburg an der Unstrut . When he was ten years old, his parents' marriage ended in divorce. After a short boarding school in Weiden near Cologne, Peter attended the Rudolf Steiner School in Dresden . After the school was closed by the National Socialists in 1941, he switched to the Dreikönigsschule in Dresden. There he graduated from high school in 1943. He was then called up for military service and trained as a pilot. After the Second World War he studied architecture at the TH Darmstadt , where his father was a professor. In 1949 he successfully completed his studies and was employed in his father's architectural office in Darmstadt.

In 1953, Peter Neufert and his father founded the Neufert und Neufert architectural office in Cologne. After arguments between son and father, Ernst Neufert left the joint office in 1955. Peter Neufert continued the office under the name Atelier Neufert Cologne . In 1972 a branch was opened in Lisbon , Portugal. In 1973 the Planungs AG Neufert & Cie was founded together with Siegfried Richter (* May 18, 1928 Tilsit; † December 2, 2015, Neunkirchen, Rhineland) and Peter Mittmann . Neufert took over the chairmanship. In 1985 Peter Neufert moved to Portugal. In 1990 he bought his parents' house in Neufert in Gelmeroda near Weimar and renovated it.

The most important works of Peter Neufert, who initially mainly worked in the Rhineland , include the Gebrüder Finger company, which was established in Cologne-Bocklemünd in 1955-61 , and the former Industriegas GmbH , built in 1958 in Cologne-Gremberghoven (both still committed to the typical style of the 1950s), which was founded in 1959 –62 in Cologne-Hahnwald built revolutionary house X1 as well as the Museum Keramion , built in 1971 in Frechen in the form of a potter's wheel .

Grave of Peter Neufert and the Stüssgen family in the Melaten cemetery

Peter Neufert continued the work on his father's standard work on building design theory (also simply called Neufert in professional circles ) with others .

Peter Neufert had been married to fellow student Renate Stahl since 1950, who died in 1956. In his second marriage, he was married to Marys Stüssgen, the daughter of the commercial entrepreneur Cornelius Stüssgen, from 1958 . The children Cornelius, Nicole and Ingo emerged from the marriage. Peter Neufert died in Cologne in December 1999 after a serious illness. He was buried next to his father-in-law's family in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 60).

Works

  • Ernst Neufert: building design theory. Manual for construction professionals, builders, teachers and students. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlag / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden 2005 ISBN 3-528-99651-X
  • Peter Neufert, Ludwig Neff: Skilfully plan - build correctly: house - apartment - garden Vieweg, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3528281090

Buildings (selection)

Business u. Commercial complex with apartments, Venloer Straße 1275, Cologne-Bocklemünd


  • 1952: Cremer office building in Cologne.
  • 1954: Hofapotheke, Wallrafplatz in Cologne.
  • 1955–1956: House of the German Cement Association in Düsseldorf.
  • 1955–1960 / 61: Business and commercial complex with residential building, Venloer Str. 1275, Cologne-Bocklemünd
  • 1956: PX Spangdahlem in Spangdahlem, Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • 1956–1973: Leybold factory in Cologne, Bonner Strasse 498–504.
  • 1956–1957: Headquarters of the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry in Bonn, Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 4.
  • 1957: Sachsenturm residential building in Cologne.
  • 1957: Degussa works in Cologne-Poll, Vingsterstrasse 140.
  • 1958: Cremer's house in Cologne.
  • 1959–1962: House X1 in Cologne-Hahnwald.
  • 1959–1961: Expansion and new construction of the Stüssgen central warehouse in Cologne.
  • 1959: Breuer house in Cologne.
  • 1961: Expansion of the HHS cement association in Düsseldorf.
  • 1961–1962: Bosch Strenger Service in Cologne-Marsdorf.
  • 1963: Neufert residential and commercial building in Cologne, Weyerstraße.
  • 1964: Casa Sylvia in Sintra, Portugal.
  • 1965: Bauwens office building in Cologne, Universitätsstrasse.
  • 1966: Wormland department store in Cologne, Hohe Strasse 124–126.
  • 1968–1970: Wormland house in Munich.
  • 1969: Gedelfi office and administration building in Cologne, Aachener Strasse .
  • 1970: Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium (Bonn) .
  • 1970–1971: Keramion in Frechen.
  • 1972: Herkules high-rise in Cologne, Graeffstrasse 1–5.
  • 1972–1973: Skyscraper in Cologne, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer.
  • 1975: Hamburg-Mannheimer administration building in Cologne, Venloer Strasse 43–53.
  • 1975–1976: Federal Ministry of the Interior Casino in Bonn.
  • 1980: Kämpgen office building in Cologne, Schildergasse 120.
  • 1981: Quinta do Miradouro, Portugal.
  • 1983–1984: Japan External Trade Organization in Düsseldorf.
  • 1986: Business park in Cologne-Rodenkirchen.
  • 1990: Hotel Baragem and Restaurant A Panela in Montargil, Portugal.

literature

  • Nicole Delmes, Johannes Kister and Lilian Pfaff (eds.): Ernst Neufert Peter Neufert, Ostfildern 2014.
  • Anka Ghise-Beer: The work of the architect Peter Neufert. Dissertation, Bergische Universität / Wuppertal University, 2000 ( access to online version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monument business and commercial complex with residential building. Picture book Cologne, accessed on June 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Neufert, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neufert, Peter Hermann Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Freyburg an der Unstrut
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1999
Place of death Cologne