Peter Roesch (architect)
Peter Roesch (born August 30, 1929 in Leipzig ; † September 24, 2018 in Lincoln Park , Chicago ) was a German-American architect .
Peter Roesch grew up in Leipzig. After the Second World War he studied in Hamburg, among other places, and came to the USA on a Fulbright scholarship . He studied architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and was a student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe . He initially returned to Germany, then worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill from the 1950s and taught at the IIT School of Architecture for 35 years. Among other things, he ran the Hammond and Roesch office with James Hammond, and from 1971 he had his own studio.
He was married to Vibeke "Biba" Roesch for 54 years.
Buildings (selection)
- BMO Harris Bank in Villa Park (1964)
- Headquarters of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (65 E. Huron, Chicago; 1969)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Architect Peter Roesch dies, was among last living students of Mies van der Rohe" , Chicago Sun-Times , October 5, 2018 (English)
- ↑ "Peter Roesch, architect who studied with Mies van der Rohe, taught at IIT dies at 89" , Chicago Tribune , October 8, 2018 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roesch, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 2018 |
| Place of death | Lincoln Park , Chicago |