Wilhelm Kücker

Wilhelm Kücker (* 1933 in Celle ; † October 30, 2014 in Munich ) was a German architect and author.

Kücker studied architecture in Munich, Vienna and Zurich and subsequently worked as a freelance architect in Munich and Berlin. Since 1975 he has been an honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich . From 1983 to 1987 he was President of the Association of German Architects (BDA), from 1987 to 1990 he was Vice President of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA), Paris .

In retrospect, Kücker's book The Ego of the Architect takes a critical look at the architecture of the modern age , which shaped his training and his own architectural work throughout his life. Kücker's pamphlet deals, among other things, with Le Corbusier and his tendency towards totalitarianism , with the Bauhaus and with the current phenomenon of star architecture.

Publications (selection)

• Architecture between art and consumption. Looking for a new self-image. (= Suhrkamp pocket books 309). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1976, ISBN 3-518-06809-1 .
• The architect's ego. The modern age and its consequences. Müry Salzmann, Salzburg et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-9901402-3-9 .

Web links

• Wilhelm Kücker. In: arch INFORM .
• Literature by and about Wilhelm Kücker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Article from Der Standard, November 23, 2010 (printed November 24, 2010) about Kücker
• Obituary at the BDA, accessed on November 6, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wilhelm Kücker is dead. ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary on arcguide.de from November 4, 2014 (accessed November 6, 2014), no longer available.