Wilhelm Silberkuhl
Wilhelm Johannes Silberkuhl (born August 14, 1912 in Castrop-Rauxel , † June 12, 1984 in Bad Wiessee ) was a German architect and civil engineer .
Silberkuhl studied architecture , transport and business administration at the Technical University of Hanover . In 1954 he founded the architecture and engineering office Silberkuhl in Essen , which in 1962 became Agiplan ( corporation for industrial planning ), of which he was the main shareholder.
He held several patents , which he managed and marketed in Normko (standard construction and statics), founded in 1959 . His best-known patent was the Silberkuhl shell or the Silberkuhl system in the form of a hyperbolic paraboloid (patent 1956). A patent dispute arose with Herbert Müller from the GDR , who had applied for the HP shell patent in 1954. An agreement was reached in 1961 when Müller waived his patent in the Federal Republic in return for a severance payment.
literature
- Klaus Stiglat : Civil engineers and their work. Ernst & Son, Berlin 2004.
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| SURNAME | Silberkuhl, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Silberkuhl, Wilhelm Johannes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castrop-Rauxel |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1984 |
| Place of death | Bad Wiessee |