Association of German Architects and Engineers Associations

Model of the honorary gift for the 90th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I presented by the Association of German Architects and Engineers Associations. Sculptor: Aloys Denoth (1887)

The Association of German Architects and Engineers' Associations e. V. ( DAI , originally abbreviated VDAI ) was founded in 1871 as the umbrella association of architects and engineers' associations (AIVe) in Germany . The founding was preceded by extensive considerations and discussions by influential personalities who had discussed the first joint statute on May 21, 1870 in Berlin. After its dissolution in the course of the Gleichschaltung after 1933, it was re-established in 1949. Currently (January 2012) 32 architects and engineers associations are organized in the DAI. Ten associations are currently not members of the DAI.

task description

The main purpose is to promote the building culture with special consideration of the regional issues represented by its members (the AIVe). In order to fulfill this task, the DAI brings architects, engineers and other people interested in architecture and construction technology together and promotes their exchange in the sense of an active network. He also publishes the Baukultur association magazine of the same name , which appears every two months.

In addition, the DAI supports independent research and development in the construction industry. The association sees it as its task to support building science, building art, building history and building engineering work and to strengthen the training and further education of architects and engineers. Last but not least, it is important to support the next generation and students of the construction industry in a special way.

Prizes awarded

The DAI awards the following prizes: The Great DAI Prize for Building Culture and the DAI Literature Prize.

The Great DAI Prize for Building Culture is awarded for special services to building culture in Germany. It honors the wearer for his life's work. The prize was awarded for the first time in 1990.
Prize winners include:

1995 Rolf Gutbrod 1995 Fritz Leonhardt 1996 Frei Otto 1998 Stefan Polónyi 2000 Oswald Mathias Ungers

2002 Axel Schultes 2004 Albert Speer 2006 Volkwin Marg 2008 Norman Foster 2010 David Chipperfield

The DAI Literature Prize is awarded to personalities who have made outstanding contributions to building culture in Germany in journalism or literature. It was awarded for the first time on the 100th anniversary of the DAI in 1971.
Prize winners u. a .:

1980 Doris Schmidt 1984 Wolfgang Pehnt 1986 Dankwart Guratzsch 1988 Wibke von Bonin 1990 Paulgerd Jesberg 1992 Werner Strodthoff 1994 Melanie Luck from Claparède 1995 Kristin Feireiss 1997 Manfred Sack

1999 Werner Lorenz 2001 Falk Jaeger 2003 Georg Küffner 2005 Enrico Santifaller 2007 Max Bächer 2009 Niels Gutschow 2011 Ira Diana Mazzoni 2013 Gerhard Matzig

Web links

Commons : Association of German Architects and Engineers' Associations  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the Association of German Architects and Engineers' Associations. V.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dt. Construction newspaper. Weekly paper ; Ed. by members of the Berlin Architects' Association; May 26, 1870; Page 172f: Communications from associations: Architects Association of Berlin (online) (PDF; 1.6 MB)
2. ↑ Information on the history on the website of the Architects and Engineers Association Stuttgart e. V. , last accessed on February 7, 2011
3. ^ Information from the DAI, Public Relations Department
4. ↑ Big DAI Prize for Building Culture, winner from 1995 to 2010
5. ^ DAI Literature Prize, winner since 1980