Max Dudler Explained
Max Dudler (born 18 November 1949 in Altenrhein, Switzerland) is a Swiss architect with international fame. The main characteristic of Max Dudler's architecture is a combination of strict Swiss minimalism and classical rationalism that is found both in the historical and contemporary architecture.
Education and career
Max Dudler studied at the Frankfurt Städelschule, a contemporary fine arts academy, where he was a student of Günter Bock, and later at the Academy of Arts in Berlin with Ludwig Leo. He obtained his diploma in 1979.
His first employment in 1981 brought him to O. M. Ungers, with whom and others he completed the exhibition hall 9 and the Galleria of Messe Frankfurt. In 1986, he established his own firm with Karl Dudler und Pete Welbergen, but since 1992, he started to run the firm with offices in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Zürich without a partner.
Dudler has held many teaching positions and had exhibitions both in Germany and Italy, for example, he was a faculty member at IUAV University of Venice [1] 1989/1990. He was a lecturer at the summer academy of architecture in Herne (1989), Mantua (1990), Naples 1993 to 1995) and Vienna (1996). From 1996 to 1999 he was a visiting professor at the University of Dortmund. Since 2004 he has been a professor for architecture at the prestigious Kunstakademie Düsseldorf together with and .[2]
Selected projects
- 1986–1989: BEWAG Substation, Berlin[3]
- 1997–2004: Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (Building extensions), Berlin[4]
- 1999–2000: Neue Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt[5]
- 2005: Ritter Museum for Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, Waldenbuch near Stuttgart[6]
- 2002–2005: Dioezesan Library, Münster[7]
- 2003–2009: Skyscrapers Ensemble on Ulmenstraße, Frankfurt[8]
- 2008–2012: Stadthalle, Reutlingen[9]
- 2009: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre at Humboldt University of Berlin[10] [11]
- 2005–2018: Hambach Castle, Neustadt an der Weinstraße[12]
- 2011, Zürich[13]
- 2011: Visitor Centre, Heidelberg Castle[14]
- 2014: Visitor Centre, Sparrenburg Castle, Bielefeld[15] [16]
- 2020 Museumsinsel (Berlin U-Bahn) station[17]
Publications
- Book: Dudler . Max . Ridler . Gerda . Dudler . Max . Museum Ritter . Museum Ritter: dem Quadrat ein Museum – a museum squared with art ; Architekt Max Dudler . Niggli . Sulgen . 2010 . 978-3-7212-0571-8.
- Book: Dudler, Max . IBM Schweiz . Niggli . Sulgen . 2010 . 978-3-7212-0573-2 . de.
- Book: Dudler . Max . Bürkle . J. Christoph . Architecture for the city . Niggli . Sulgen . 2003 . 978-3-7212-0451-3.
- Book: Dudler, Max . Bauplan. . 1998 . Gebrüder Mann Verlag . 978-3-7861-1818-3 . de.
- Book: Kieren, Martin . Max Dudler . Gebr. Mann Verl . Berlin . 1996 . 978-3-7861-1797-1 . de.
Notes and references
- Web site: Homepage of the IUAV, retrieved on 30. January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090313015353/http://www.iuav.it/homepage/homepage-english/ . 13 March 2009 . 27 February 2022.
- Book: Baukunst an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf: Dudler, Ortner, Petzinka, Schultes; [anläßlich der Ausstellung Dudler Ortner Petzinka Schultes – Baukunst an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in der Akademie-Galerie – Die Neue Sammlung vom 7. Mai bis 25. Juli 2010] . Akad. Galerie – Die Neue Sammlung . Düsseldorf . 2010 . 978-3-00-031102-4 . de .
- Book: Dudler . Max . Grube . Hans Achim . Gleiniger . Andrea . Bauten für die Energie . Niggli . Sulgen . 2007 . 978-3-7212-0615-9 .
- Web site: Geschichte . BMDV . 1 January 1970 . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Neue Deutsche Börse . Max Dudler . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Ritter Museum . Sammlung Marli Hoppe-Ritter . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Startseite . Diözesanbibliothek Münster . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Hochhausensemble Ulmenstraße . Max Dudler . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Stadthalle . db deutsche bauzeitung . 1 September 2013 . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre . ArchDaily . 27 May 2013 . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum . Plone site . 14 August 2006 . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Hambacher Schloss MAX DUDLER . German-Architects . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: Rockefeller Center in der Schweiz - Max Dudler feiert Richtfest in Zürich . BauNetz . 15 April 2011 . de . 11 October 2023.
- Web site: RNZ Online. 27 February 2022.
- Virginia Zangs, Living structure: Visitors' centre at fortress Sparrenburg, DETAIL Das Architekturportal, 27 October 2014
- http://www.archilovers.com/projects/142333#info Sparrenburg visitor centre
- Web site: Latz . Christian . Berlin Mitte: U-Bahnhof Museumsinsel (U5) – Richtfest nach acht Jahren . Berliner Morgenpost . 10 February 2020 . de . 11 October 2023.
External links
- Web site: Max Dudler . WIA – What is architecture? . 11 October 2023.