Gerhard Weber (architect)

Broadcasting House Dornbusch
Hamburg State Opera
Mannheim National Theatre
Research reactor in Garching, nicknamed Atomei (atomic egg)

Gerhard Weber (11 June 1909 – 17 March 1986) was a German architect and lecturer. Weber was a student of Mies van der Rohe and is associated with the Bauhaus school.[1]

Weber was born in Mylau. Between 1955 and 1974 he was a professor for architecture at the Technical University of Munich.[2][3][4] Considered one of the leading post-war architects in Germany, his architectural estate is today being maintained by the Bauhaus Archive.[5][6]

At the 1957 São Paulo Art Biennial Weber was awarded the prize as best theatre architect.[7]

He died in Berg.

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  2. ^ Herrmann, Wolfgang (2018). TUM Bauten und Kunst. Munich: TUM University Press. pp. Foreword. ISBN 978-3-95884-005-8.
  3. ^ "Das Atomei wird 60". Münchner Wochenanzeiger (in German). 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  4. ^ "Das Atom-Ei feiert 60. Geburtstag". Technical University of Munich (in German). 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  5. ^ "Bauhaus Archive" (PDF).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hilpert 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Nationaltheater Mannheim: Grundstein wurde vor 60 Jahren gelegt | Mannheim.de". mannheim.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-16.