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Carlo Weber
Carlo Weber (born 6 April 1934 in Saarbrücken, Germany, died 15 May 2014) was a German architect and professor, the founder and senior partner of Auer+Weber+Assoziierte. Career * 1953–1961 studied and graduated at TH Stuttgart ( Stuttgart University) * 1959–1960 Scholarship to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris * 1962 graduated from TH Stuttgart * 1960–1965 Behnisch and Lambart, Stuttgart * 1965 Yamasaki+Associates, Birmingham, Michigan, USA * 1966–1979 Partner in Behnisch & Partner, and designed Olympiapark with Günter Behnisch and Fritz Auer in Munich * since 1980 Office Auer+Weber with Fritz Auer * 1985–1992 Lecturer of Stuttgart University * 1993–2001 Professor of Dresden University of Technology * since 1996 Member of Sächsische Akademie der Künste See also *Auer+Weber+Assoziierte Auer+Weber+Assoziierte is a German architecture firm, founded and headquartered in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commercial and cultural centre. It is located on the Saar River (a tributary of the Moselle), directly borders the French department of Moselle (department), Moselle, and is Germany's second-westernmost state capital after Düsseldorf. The modern city of Saarbrücken was created in 1909 by the merger of the three cities of Saarbrücken (now called ''Alt-Saarbrücken''), Sankt Johann (Saarbrücken), St. Johann a. d. Saar, and Malstatt-Burbach. It was the industrial and transport centre of the Saar coal basin. Products included iron and steel, sugar, beer, pottery, optical instruments, machinery, and construction materials. Historic landmarks in the city include the stone bridge across the Saar (river), Saar (1546), the Gothic church of St. Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalitarianism, totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies of World War II, Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, End of World War II in Europe, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party began to eliminate political opposition and consolidate power. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as sole ''Führer'' (leader). Power was centralised in Hitler's person, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auer+Weber+Assoziierte
Auer+Weber+Assoziierte is a German architecture firm, founded and headquartered in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany in 1980. The founders are Fritz Auer (born 24 June 1933), and Carlo Weber (6 April 1934-15 May 2014). History The architect's office "Auer+Weber" was established in 1980 by Fritz Auer and Carlo Weber, emerged from Behnisch & Partner, to which both architects belonged between 1966 and 1979. Meantime, it was also named as "Auer+Weber+Partners" (1991-2001) and "Auer+Weber+Architects" (2001-2005). From spring 2006, the office was known under the name of Auer+Weber+Associates Ltd.. Today, the office has about 80 employees. Selected Projects Completed *1983 Kurgast Center in Bad Salzuflen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany *1986 Foster home in Lemgo, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *1989 Cafeteria in Ulm University *1991 Administration buildings in Munich Airport, Germany *1991 Administration buildings of public services in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany *1994 Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart University
The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in Civil engineering, civil, Mechanical engineering, mechanical, Industrial engineering, industrial and electrical engineering, among others. It is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology. History From 1770 to 1794, the Karlsschule was the first university in Stuttgart. The University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart-Hohenheim, founded in 1818 and Stuttgart's oldest still existing university, is not related to the University of Stuttgart, except for some joint activities. What is now the University of Stuttgart was founded in 1829, and celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2004. Because of the increasing importance of the technical sciences and instruction in these fields, from 1876 the university was known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behnisch & Partner
Behnisch may refer to: *Günter Behnisch (1922–2010), German architect * Willi Behnisch (born 1956), Argentine cinematographer, film director, and screenplay writer *Behnisch Architekten Behnisch Architekten is an architecture, architectural practice based in Stuttgart, Germany, with branches in Munich, Germany; Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California. The office was founded in 1989 by Stefan Behnisch, son of the wel ..., an international architectural firm Surnames from given names {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiapark
The Olympiapark (English: Olympic Park) in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Located in the Oberwiesenfeld neighborhood of Munich, the Park continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, and religious events, such as events of worship. It includes a contemporary carillon. The Park is administered by Olympiapark München GmbH, a holding company fully owned by the state capital of Munich. The Olympic Park Munich was also considered to be an architectural marvel during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. Location and structure The use of the term ''Olympiapark'' to designate the overall area has prevailed as a semiofficial practice, but no official name for the entire area exists. The general area comprises four separate sub-areas:Otto Haas, Wolfgang Kösler (Red.): Offizieller Olympiaführer der Spiele der XX. Olympiade München 1972. Organisationskomitee für die Spiele der XX. Olympiade München 1972. Atlas Verlag, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Behnisch
Günter Behnisch (12 June 1922 – 12 July 2010) was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. During the Second World War he became one of Germany's youngest submarine commanders. Subsequently, Behnisch became one of the most prominent architects representing deconstructivism. His prominent projects included the Olympic Stadium (Munich), Olympic Park in Munich and the new West Germany, West German Bundeshaus (Bonn), parliament in Bonn. Early life Behnisch was born the second of three children, in Lockwitz near Dresden.David Childs''Günter Behnisch: The architect behind Munich's groundbreaking Olympic Stadium'' in The Independent, The Independent (London), 7 August 2010, retrieved 1 March 2012 He attended a number of schools, due to the fact his Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democrat father was arrested, sacked and redeployed to Chemnitz by the new Nazi Party, Nazi government. In 1939, Behnisch volunteered to join the navy (''Kriegsmarine''), aged 17, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Auer
Fritz Auer (born 24 June 1933 in Tübingen, Germany), is a German architect, the founder and senior partner of Auer+Weber+Assoziierte. Career * 1953–1962 studied at TH Stuttgart (Stuttgart University) * 1958–1959 Scholarship to Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hill, Michigan, USA, Master of Architecture * 1962 graduated from TH Stuttgart * 1960–1965 Behnisch and Lambart, Stuttgart * 1965 Yamasaki+Associates, Birmingham, Michigan, USA * 1966–1979 Partner in Behnisch & Partner, and designed Olympiapark in Munich * since 1980 Office Auer+Weber with Carlo Weber * 1985–1992 Professor of Munich University of Applied Sciences * 1993–2001 Professor of Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart * since 1993 Member of Academy of Arts, Berlin See also * Auer+Weber+Assoziierte Auer+Weber+Assoziierte is a German architecture firm, founded and headquartered in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany in 1980. The founders are Fritz Aue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auer+Weber , a Berlin-based industrial firm
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Auer may refer to: People * Auer (surname) Places and rivers ; Germany: * Auer (Odenwald), a river in the Hessian Odenwald * Auer Bach, a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, tributary of the Wupper * Auer Mühlbach, a river in Bavaria, branch of the Isar ; Italy: * Auer, South Tyrol, a municipality in South Tyrol ; Poland: * German name of Urowo Other uses * ''Auer v. Robbins'', a United States Supreme Court case * Auer rod, cytoplasmic inclusions * Auer Dult, a traditional annual market in Munich, Germany * Auer+Weber+Assoziierte, a German architecture firm * Auergesellschaft The industrial firm ''Auergesellschaft'' was founded in 1892 with headquarters in Berlin. Up to the end of World War II, ''Auergesellschaft'' had manufacturing and research activities in the areas of gas mantles, luminescence, rare earths, radioa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden University Of Technology
TU Dresden (for , abbreviated as TUD), also as the Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 32,389 students . The name Technische Universität Dresden has only been used since 1961; the history of the university, however, goes back nearly 200 years to 1828. This makes it one of the oldest colleges of technology in Germany, and one of the country's oldest universities, which in German today refers to institutes of higher education that cover the entire curriculum. The university is a member of TU9, a consortium of the nine leading German Institutes of Technology. The university is one of eleven German universities which succeeded in the Excellence Initiative in 2012, thus getting the title of a "University of Excellence". The TU Dresden succeeded in all three rounds of the Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
