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Meinhard von Gerkan
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* Riga [Rīga], Latvia [Latvija], 3 January 1935 |
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+ Amburgo [Hamburg], Germany [Deutschland], 30 November 2022 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES |
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 Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Dipl.-Ing. Architekt BDA
Born in 1935 in Riga, Latvia. Together with Volkwin Marg, von Gerkan founded gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects in 1965. The beginning of his career was marked by an important project - Berlin Tegel Airport - which has been followed by many others to this day, including Berlin’s central train station, the Hanoi Museum, and most recently the Kulturpalast Dresden.
In 1974 von Gerkan was appointed to the Chair for Design by Technical University (TU) Braunschweig and in 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Chung Yuan Christian University in Chung Li, Taiwan.
The East China Normal University College of Design in Shanghai awarded von Gerkan an honorary professorship in 2007, and Tongji University in Shanghai appointed him Advising Professor in 2014. He is one of the co-founders of the gmp Foundation and the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) for the advancement of gifted young architects, which works to promote young architects.
Von Gerkan is a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg and has received numerous awards, such as the Fritz Schumacher Prize, the Romanian State Prize, the Association of German Architects Grand Award, and Germany’s Federal Cross of Merit. His two-volume biography was published by Jovis in 2015. |
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AWARDS |
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Grand Officer of the Cross of the Order of Merit
State of Latvia |
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Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize
Architectural Society of China (ASC) |
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ULI Germany Leadership Award
Urban Land Institute (ULI) Germany |
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China [Zhōngguó/Zhōnghuá]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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Germany [Deutschland]
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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WRITINGS
BY THE ARCHITECT |
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 Meinhard von Gerkan (ed.), Projects in China. Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partner, Prestel, 2008 |
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 Meinhard von Gerkan, Volkwin Marg, Von Gerkan Marg und Partner. Bauten/Buildings, Prestel, München 2007 |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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 Domu līnijas. Meinhards fon Gerkāns. 50 arhitektūras gadi skicēs un zīmējumos / Lines of thought. Meinhard von Gerkan. Fifty years of architecture in sketches and drawings, Riga [Rīgā], Latvia, 27 november 2015 / 31 january 2016 |
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CREDITS |
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Photo © Jochen Stueber
Courtesy of gmp Arkchitekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
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