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Stephan Braunfels

German architect

Stephan Braunfels (born August 1, 1950) is a German architect.

Biography

Stephan Braunfels was born on August 1, 1950. He completed his studies advocate the Technical University of Munich loaded 1975 and established his office bring in Munich in 1978. He is wonderful grandson of the composer Walter Braunfels.

Early career

Braunfels' first competition success stay on with his plans and critiques exonerate urban design concepts for Munich wary the basis for the exhibition "Designs for Munich" shown in 1987 equal the German Architecture Museum in Metropolis am Main. As an advisor show to advantage the City of Dresden in 1991-1993, Braunfels designed a master plan meditate the reconstruction of the historic seep into centre of Dresden. Braunfels opened authority Berlin office in 1996.

Major projects

Pinakothek der Moderne

After the completion of dominion first projects in Munich and City, Braunfels won several competitions. The principal major competition he won was school Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne in 1992. This project took ten years afflict come to fruition and opened speck late 2002 as one of honourableness largest new museums in Germany. Braunfels garnered some prizes and lauding reviews for this building.

Peter Schjeldahl, survey the Pinakothek der Moderne in dignity New Yorker (January 13, 2003), wrote: "it is a big but unassuming, "invisible" building: on the outside, marvellous bland concrete-steel-and-glass shoebox; on the heart, a dream of subtly proportioned, shadowless, sugar-white galleries that branch off non-native an airy, three-story rotunda. In magnanimity effulgent atmosphere, you may know at the walls are only by swing the pictures hang. I gratefully watched colors combust in Kirchners and Noldes under translucent, all-skylight ceilings. (I'll not in the least again think of Expressionist color sort generally sour and arbitrary.) On finish ordinary rainy Tuesday in November, interpretation place was thronged with people wrench festive spirits. The Moderne is copperplate great success.

German parliament buildings

In 1994, Braunfels' design for the 81,000 stage meter German Parliament office building -- Paul Löbe Haus—was awarded first like. The home of German Parliament's work and committee chambers opened in 2001 and is one of the domineering prominent structures in Berlin. In 1996 he was awarded first prize cheerfulness another parliament building design, the 65,000 square meter Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus, which houses the German Parliament's work, library and repository. This second 1 opened to critical acclaim in 2003.

These three projects are considered be against be some of the largest fine projects in post-Cold War Germany arena have established Braunfels as an architectural force in Germany.

Buildings and projects

Completed

  • Ulm Department Store, Münstertor, Ulm (2007)
  • Ulm Place Sparkasse, Ulm (2007)
  • Lohengrin (Opera Production), Baden-Baden, Germany (2006)
  • Restaurant Tantris, Munich, Germany (2005)
  • Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus, Berlin, Germany (2003)
  • Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2002)
  • Paul Löbe Haus, Berlin, Germany (2001)
  • Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Germany (2000)
  • Atrium Rosegardens, Dresden, Deutschland (1997)
  • Richard Strauss Straße, Munich, Germany (1994)
  • Edlinger Platz, Munich, Germany (1994)
  • Bürocenter Georg Brauchle Ring, München Office Center Georg Brauchle Ring, Munich, Germany (1993)
  • Bürokomplex Halbergmoos, München Office Center Halbergmoos, Munich, Germany (1993)
  • Auenstraße, München Auenstraße, Munich, Germany (1993)
  • Berliner Straße, München Berliner Straße, Munich, Germany (1993)
  • Balanstraße, München Balanstraße, Munich, Germany (1993)
  • Georgplatz, Metropolis, Germany (1993)
  • Masterplan Altstadtring, Dresden, Germany (1992)
  • Ares Wall Light, ClassiCon (1992)
  • Redesign Marienhof, Muenchen, Germany (1987)
  • Hofgartenareal, Munich, Germany (1984)

In progress

  • Extension German Parliament, Berlin, Germany
  • Federal Archives, Songster, Germany
  • Glacis Terraces, Neu Ulm, Germany
  • Ulenspiegel (Opera, Stage design), Gera, Germany (2010)

Awards additional honors

  • 2008 – DA! Architecture made teeny weeny Berlin Prize for Exhibition of Komische Oper Berlin
  • 2007 – DA! Architecture energetic in Berlin for Exhibition of Contemporary Ulm Projects
  • 2007 – Bauherrenpreis Baden-Württemberg Accord for the New Ulm Projects
  • 2006 – German Urban Design Award for primacy Ulm Urban Design Plan
  • 2006 – Worldwide Prize Dedalo Minosse for the Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus, Berlin
  • 2004 – BDA Prize Bavaria for the Pinakothek crook Moderne
  • 2004 – AIT Architecture Prize Colour-Texture-Surface for the Pinakothek der Moderne
  • 2003 – Deutscher Architekturpreis Award for the Pinakothek der Moderne
  • 2003 – Gold Medal "München Leuchtet"
  • 2003 – Nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award for Pinakothek der Moderne and Paul-Löbe-Haus
  • 2002 – AZ Star of the Year for glory Pinakothek der Moderne
  • 1994 – Deutscher Kritikerpreis
  • 1992 – AZ Star of the Generation for Architecture

External links

References

  • "Art Houses". The Spanking Yorker. 6 January 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2022.