Gottfried Böhm

Gottfried Böhm: 1920 born in Offenbach am Main; 1946 studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich under Hermann Leitenstorfer; 1947 Diploma; then studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich; 1947 worked in his father Dominikus Böhm's office; 1951 Takeover of his father's office in Cologne after his death; 1952 numerous own building projects in Germany and abroad; 1954 marriage to Elisabeth Haggenmüller, herself an architect; 1963-1985 Professor of Architecture at RWTH Aachen University; 1986 Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Cambridge (USA); 2010 Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; died in Cologne in 2021.

Major buildings: 1949 Madonna in den Trümmern Chapel, Cologne; 1954-56 Church St. Ursula, Hürth; ; 1957 Maria Königin Pilgrimage Church, Neviges; 1968 Bensberg Town Hall, Bergisch Gladbach; 1970 St. Wolfgang Parish Centre, Regensburg; 1979 Diocesan Church, Regensburg. Wolfgang, Regensburg; 1979 Diözesanbibliothek, Cologne; 1980 WDR-Funkhaus, Cologne; 1982 Landesarbeitsgericht, Cologne; 1988 Züblin-Haus, Stuttgart; 1993 Hans-Otto-Theater, Potsdam; 1998 Kreishaus, Bergheim; 2001 Stadtbad, Bergisch Gladbach; 2004 Zentralmoschee, Cologne (competition design); 2006 administration building for the Aachen-based building materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain, Aachen.

Prizes: 1974 Berlin Art Prize, Architecture Section; 1986 Pritzker Architecture Prize; 1988 Honorary Membership of the Association of German Architects (BDA); 1993 Auguste Perret Prize of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA); 2002 Grand Federal Cross of Merit with Star; 2003 German Architecture Prize for Bergheim District House; 2007 Grand Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany; 2012 German Architecture Prize for Hans Otto Theatre, Potsdam (posthumous recognition for the complete works).