Christian van Uffelen (born 19 December 1966 in

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) is a Dutch-German author and art historian, active in

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Biography

He studied Art History at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...

and afterwards at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

, where he obtained his MA. His focus is on medieval architecture, classical modernity and contemporary construction. He has written several newspaper articles and books on these topics as well as a great number of articles on art and architectural history, in general for encyclopedias.

Selected works

* ''Berlin: Architecture and Design'', teNeues Verlag, 2003, "Books by Chris van Uffelen" - Casa del Libro
* ''Paris - The Architecture Guide'' (with Markus Golser), Braun Publishing, 2008, * ''Cinema Architecture'', Braun Publishing, 2009, * ''Masterpieces: Bridge Architecture + Design'', Braun Publishing, 2009, * ''Street Furniture'', Aurora Production AG, 2010, *
Contemporary Museums - Architecture, History, Collections
', Braun Publishing, 2010, *
Re-Use Architecture
', Braun Publishing, 2009, * ''Light in Architecture - Architecture in Focus'', Braun Publishing, 2011 * ''Airport Architecture - Architecture in Focus'', Braun Publishing, 2012

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Works by Chris van Uffelen
* * 1966 births Living people German people of Dutch descent People from Offenbach am Main University of Münster alumni Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni German architectural historians German art historians German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-art-historian-stub