Stephan Braunfels
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Professor Stephan Braunfels (born August 1, 1950) is a German architect
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in 1975 and established his office in Munich in 1978. He is a nephew of the composer Walter Braunfels
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in Frankfurt am Main. As an advisor to the City of Dresden in 1991-1993, Braunfels designed a master plan for the reconstruction of the historic city centre of Dresden. Braunfels opened his Berlin office in 1996.
in 1992. This project took ten years to come to fruition and opened in late 2002 as one of the largest new museums in Germany. Braunfels garnered some prizes and lauding reviews for this building.
Peter Schjeldahl, reviewing the Pinakothek der Moderne in the New Yorker (January 13, 2003), wrote: "it is a big but self-effacing, "invisible" building: on the outside, a bland concrete-steel-and-glass shoebox; on the inside, a dream of subtly proportioned, shadowless, sugar-white galleries that branch off from an airy, three-story rotunda. In the effulgent atmosphere, you may know where the walls are only by where the pictures hang. I gratefully watched colors combust in Kirchners and Noldes under translucent, all-skylight ceilings. (I'll never again think of Expressionist color as generally sour and arbitrary.) On an ordinary rainy Tuesday in November, the place was thronged with people in festive spirits. The Moderne is a great success."
Haus—was awarded first prize. The home of German Parliamaent's offices and committee chambers opened in 2001 and is one of the most prominent structures in Berlin. In 1996 he was awarded first prize for another parliament building design, the 65,000 square meter Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus, which houses the German Parliament's offices, library and repository. This second building opened to critical acclaim in 2003.
These three projects are considered to be some of the largest scale projects in post-Cold War Germany and have established Braunfels as an architectural force in Germany.
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
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Biography
Stephan Braunfels was born on August 1, 1950. He completed his studies at the Technical University of MunichTechnical University of Munich
The Technische Universität München is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan...
in 1975 and established his office in Munich in 1978. He is a nephew of the composer Walter Braunfels
Walter Braunfels
-Life:Walter Braunfels was born in Frankfurt am Main. His first music teacher was his mother, the great-niece of the composer Louis Spohr . He continued his piano studies in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory with James Kwast....
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Early career
Braunfels' first competition success along with his plans and critiques on urban design concepts for Munich formed the basis for the exhibition "Designs for Munich" shown in 1987 at the German Architecture MuseumGerman Architecture Museum
The German Architecture Museum is located on the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, Germany. Housed in an 18th-century building, the interior has been re-designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers in 1984 as a set of "elemental Platonic buildings within elemental Platonic buildings".The museum organises several...
in Frankfurt am Main. As an advisor to the City of Dresden in 1991-1993, Braunfels designed a master plan for the reconstruction of the historic city centre of Dresden. Braunfels opened his Berlin office in 1996.
Pinakothek der Moderne
After the completion of his first projects in Munich and Dresden, Braunfels won several competitions. The first major competition he won was for Munich's Pinakothek der ModernePinakothek der Moderne
The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich, Germany. Together with its two predecessors Alte Pinakothek and Neue Pinakothek The Pinakothek der Moderne (= "(Art) Gallery of the Modern"; from Greek: "pinax" = "board", "tablet") is a modern art museum,...
in 1992. This project took ten years to come to fruition and opened in late 2002 as one of the largest new museums in Germany. Braunfels garnered some prizes and lauding reviews for this building.
Peter Schjeldahl, reviewing the Pinakothek der Moderne in the New Yorker (January 13, 2003), wrote: "it is a big but self-effacing, "invisible" building: on the outside, a bland concrete-steel-and-glass shoebox; on the inside, a dream of subtly proportioned, shadowless, sugar-white galleries that branch off from an airy, three-story rotunda. In the effulgent atmosphere, you may know where the walls are only by where the pictures hang. I gratefully watched colors combust in Kirchners and Noldes under translucent, all-skylight ceilings. (I'll never again think of Expressionist color as generally sour and arbitrary.) On an ordinary rainy Tuesday in November, the place was thronged with people in festive spirits. The Moderne is a great success."
German parliament buildings
In 1994, Braunfels' design for the 81,000 square meter German Parliament office building -- Paul LöbePaul Löbe
Paul Löbe was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .-Life and career:...
Haus—was awarded first prize. The home of German Parliamaent's offices and committee chambers opened in 2001 and is one of the most prominent structures in Berlin. In 1996 he was awarded first prize for another parliament building design, the 65,000 square meter Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus, which houses the German Parliament's offices, library and repository. This second building opened to critical acclaim in 2003.
These three projects are considered to be some of the largest scale projects in post-Cold War Germany and have established Braunfels as an architectural force in Germany.
Completed
- Ulm Department Store, Münstertor, Ulm (2007)
- Ulm Headquarters Sparkasse, Ulm (2007)
- Lohengrin (Opera Production), Baden-Baden, Germany (2006)
- Restaurant Tantris, Munich, Germany (2005)
- Marie Elisabeth Lüders Haus, Berlin, Germany (2003)
- Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2002)
- Paul Löbe Haus, Berlin, Germany (2001)
- Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Germany (2000)
- Atrium Rosegardens, Dresden, Germany (1997)
- Richard Strauss Straße, Munich, Germany (1994)
- Edlinger Platz, Munich, Germany (1994)
- Bürocenter Georg Brauchle Ring, München Office Center Georg Brauchle Ring, Munich, Germany (1993)
- Bürokomplex Halbergmoos, München Office Center Halbergmoos, Munich, Germany (1993)
- Auenstraße, München Auenstraße, Munich, Germany (1993)
- Berliner Straße, München Berliner Straße, Munich, Germany (1993)
- Balanstraße, München Balanstraße, Munich, Germany (1993)
- Georgplatz, Dresden, Germany (1993)
- Masterplan Altstadtring, Dresden, Germany (1992)
- Ares Wall Light, ClassiCon (1992)
- Redesign Marienhof, Munich, Germany (1987)
- Hofgartenareal, Munich, Germany (1984)
In progress
- Extension German Parliament, Berlin, Germany
- Federal Archives, Berlin, Germany
- Glacis Terraces, Neu Ulm, Germany
- Ulenspiegel (Opera, Stage design), Gera, Germany (2010)