O. M. UNGERS / OMU

(1926 – 2007)

German architect and architectural theorist whose buildings are characterised by strict geometric design grids | 1926 born in Eifel, Germany | 1950 diploma in architecture at “Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe” | 1950 opens office in Cologne | 1963 professor at “Technische Universität Berlin” | 1964 opens office in Berlin | 1965 dean at Technische Universität Berlin | 1969 chairman at “Cornell University”, Ithaca, New York | 1973 professor at “Harvard University” | 1974 professor at “UCLA” in L.A. | 1974 office in Frankfurt | 1979 professor at “Hochschule für angewandte Kunst”, Vienna | 1983 office in Karlsruhe | 1986 professor at “Kunstakademie Düsseldorf” | 1988 membership in “Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA)” | 1997 honoured by “Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany” | 2007 died in Cologne