Jürgen Mayer-Hermann (also known as Jürgen Mayer H.) is a German architect

Architect

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 and artist

Artist

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. He is the leader of the architecture firm "J. MAYER H." in Berlin

Berlin

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Early life and education

He studied at Stuttgart University

University of Stuttgart

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, The Cooper Union

Cooper Union

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 and at Princeton University

Princeton University

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Art

His work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of international collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA

Moma

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) New York and San Francisco.

Awards

Jürgen Mayer H. was awarded the Mies-van-der-Rohe Award in 2003 for emerging architects for Stadthaus Ostfildern, Germany, and was winner of the Holcim Award

Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

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 Bronze 2005 for region Europe for the project Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain.

In 2011 he as well be a jury member of the regional Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

The Holcim Awards is an international competition that seeks projects and visions in sustainable construction – irrespective of scale. A total of USD 2 million dollars in prize money is awarded in each three-year cycle....

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