Frei Otto

Details

Instance of

human

Born

31 May 1925

Died

9 March 2015

Conflict

World War II

Place of birth

Siegmar

Place of death

Leonberg

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Frei, Paul

Family name

Otto

Movement

high-tech architecture

Field of work

architecture, architectural theory, membrane structure, thin-shell structure, building structure, roof

Occupation

architect, university teacher, civil engineer, writer

Citizenship

Germany

Awards

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, Royal Gold Medal, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Wolf Prize in Architecture, Berliner Kunstpreis, Auguste Perret Prize, doctor honoris causa of the University of Innsbruck, honorary doctor of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich

archives at

Q28738562

different from

Otto Frei

educated at

Technische Universität Berlin, Architectural Association School of Architecture

employer

University of Stuttgart, Technische Universität Berlin, Washington University in St. Louis

end of work period

2006

has works in the collection

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

languages spoken, written or signed

German, English

member of

Academy of Arts, Berlin

name in native language

Frei Otto

notable work

Munich Olympic Stadium

start of work period

1952

work location

Munich

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