Harald Deilmann (30 August 1920 – 1 January 2008) was a German

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. Born in

Gladbeck Gladbeck () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Gladbeck is quite a young town, first recognised 21 July 1919 when it was given town rights. The town established itself around five farming villages, B ...

Westphalia Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the regi ...

, Deilmann was best known for his work on

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, such as

opera houses An opera house is a theatre building used for performances of opera. It usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets. While some venues are constructed specifically f ...

and

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, throughout Germany and worldwide. He was a member of the

Akademie der Künste The Academy of Arts (german: Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The Academy's predecessor organization was fo ...

(Academy of the Arts) in

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

, as well as the

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(German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning) in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

, Germany. He was an associate of Heinrich Bartmann (1951–1953) and joined the Architektenteam Münster (Harald Deilmann, Max von Hausen, , in the competition for the theater Münster in 1953. He left the team before the opening of the theater Münster to start his own office in 1956. He took part in the development of his home town Münster in the time of the German ''Wirtschaftswunder'' 1950–1975. As a protagonist of postwar modernism he taught architecture at the Technical University Stuttgart and Dortmund. Deilmann officially retired in 1985 but continued to do freelance work until his death in

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...

Selected awards

*1962 grand prize for

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architecture *1998

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Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, Finland.

Selected projects

* Theater: ** 1952–1955: Stadttheater Münster ** 1959–1988: Aalto Theatre, Essen (nach

Alvar Aalto Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, s ...

) ** Theater in Tokyo * City Halls: ** 1957: Rathaus

Nordwalde Nordwalde (literally: north woods) is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography It is situated in the Münsterland area, approximately 12 km south-east of Steinfurt and 20 km north-we ...

** 1971–1974: Rathaus

Rheda-Wiedenbrück Rheda-Wiedenbrück (; Westphalian: ''Raie-Wienbrügge'') is a city in the district of Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography The twin community lies within the valley of the river Ems in the Westphalian Lowland south of the ...

** Rathaus

Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia Gronau (; officially Gronau (Westf.), is a town in the district of Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Enschede. Documentary evidence of Gronau dates to 1365. ...

* Schools and Universities ** Schülerinternat Münster **

Bielefeld University Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization ...

(competition) ** Martin-Luther-Schule Bielefeld ** Realschule Lemgo ** Metallberufsschule ** John F. Kennedy School, Berlin * Museums ** Clemens-Sels-Museum Neuss * Banks: **

WestLB Dortmund WestLB AG (derived from ''Westdeutsche Landesbank'', i.e. "Western German state Bank") was a European commercial bank based in Düsseldorf, Germany which was mainly owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Landesbanks are a group of par ...

* Town or urban planning: ** Stadtkern Werne ** Allwetterzoo Münster * Office Buildings: ** Kreishaus Münster ** Verwaltung Nordwest Lotto Münster ** Hauptverwaltung LVA Rheinprovinz Düsseldorf ** Hauptverwaltung WestLB Münster, Düsseldorf und Dortmund ** Verwaltungsgebäude Wohnbauförderungsanstalt Düsseldorf ** Verwaltung Volkswohl-Bund in Dortmund * Hospitals: ** Aggertalklinik Engelskirchen ** Städt. Krankenhaus Siegburg ** Fachklinikum Bad Salzuflen, Ahlbeck Reingau ** St.-Barbara-Krankenhaus Gladbeck * Miscellaneous: ** 1979–1981:

Rheinturm Düsseldorf The Rheinturm (; 'Rhine Tower') is a concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state (''Bundesland'') of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carri ...

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