1925  born in Chemnitz / Germany 
1950  travels as a awardee of TH
Berlin to the United  
                    
            States and gets to know Ludwig Mies van der  
                    
            Rohe, Richard Neutra and Frank Llyod Wright 
1952  establishes own architectural office in Berlin 
1954  publishes his dissertation 
1964  founds the Institut
für Leichte Flächentragwerke 
1990  receives Honda-Preis
in Tôkyô 
            1996 
receives Wolf-Preis
            2000 
becomes honorary citizen of Leonberg City 
2000  cooperation with BAN Shigeru 
2005  Royal Gold Metal of the Royal
Institute of  
                    
            British
Architects (RIBA) 
            2006  receives
arts prize Praemium
Imperiale awarded  
                    
            by the imperial family of Japan
             
            
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