Gottfried Bohm

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Gottfried Böhm (born January 23, 1920) is a German architect and sculptor.

His reputation is based on the manufacture of highly detailed concrete, steel, and glass buildings.

The Cologne cathedral "Madonna in the ruins" was Böhm's first independent building; his most prominent building is the Nevigeser Wallfahrtsdom. The Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam (2006), the most recent completed construction under Böhm's participation.

He became the first German architect to be honoured the coveted Pritzker Prize in 1986.

Early life

Böhm was born in Offenbach am Main near Frankfurt on January 23, 1920. He was the youngest of three children of Maria and Dominikus Böhm. His father was known for his numerous avant-garde churches in Germany, many in Expressionist style. His grandfather was also an engineer. Böhm was conscripted into the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. He served until he was wounded in 1942 during Operation Barbarossa and then returned to Germany. He studied sculpture at a nearby fine-arts academy after graduating from the Technische Hochschule in Munich, 1946. Gottfried later integrated his clay model making abilities gained during this time at the academy into his design process.

Personal life

Böhm was married to Elizabeth Haggenmüller, who was also an architect, until her death in 2012. He first encountered her in 1948 while studying in Munich. She assisted him in several of his designs, mainly in interior design. They had four sons together: Stephan, Peter, Paul, and Markus. The first three children were also architects, while Markus was a painter. In January 2020, Böhm turned 100.

Böhm died in Cologne on the night of 9 June 2021, at the age of 101. The cause of death was not disclosed.

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Career

Gottfried, who graduated in 1947, worked for his father until the latter's death in 1955, then took over his company. He also worked with the "Society for the Reconstruction of Cologne" under Rudolf Schwarz during this period. In 1951, he travelled to New York City and spent six months in Cajetan Baumann's architectural firm. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, two of his greatest influences, were on tour in the United States.

Böhm built many buildings around Germany in the ensuing decades, including museums, civic centers, research centers, apartment buildings, and churches. He is both an expressionist and post-Bauhaus architect, but he preferred to see himself as an architect who created "connections" between the past and the future, between the world of ideas and the physical world, between a building and its urban environment. Böhm has always imagined the appearance, shape, and materials of a building in relation to its setting. Most of his earlier projects were done in molded concrete, but he started using more steel and glass in his buildings more recently due to technological advancements in both materials. In several of his schemes, his concern for urban planning is apparent, harping back to his emphasis on "connections." Böhm built buildings in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Turin, Italy, in addition to Germany.

Gottfried's sons and wife's relationship are chronicled in "Concrete Love: The Böhm Family" in 2014.

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Awards

• 1968 – Eduard-von-der-Heydt Prize from the city of Wuppertal
• 1971 – Architecture Prize of the Association of German Architects, Düsseldorf
• 1974 – Berlin Art Prize of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
• 1975 – Big BDA award of the Association of German Architects, Bonn
• 1977 – Honorary Professor F. Villareal National University, Lima, Peru
• 1982 – Grande Medaille d'Or d'Architecture, L'Académie d'Architecture in Paris, France
• 1983 – Honorary Membership / Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects AIA
• 1985 – Fritz Schumacher Prize, Hamburg
• 1985 – Honorary doctorate, Technical University of Munich
• 1985/1986 – Price Cret Chair at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• 1986 – Pritzker Architecture Prize, Chicago, US
• 1987 – Gebhard Fugel Prize, Munich
• 1993 – Rheinischer Kulturpreis