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Frei Otto

1925 - 2015

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Frei Paul Otto (German: [fʁaɪ ˈʔɔtoː]; 31 May 1925 – 9 March 2015) was a German architect and structural engineer noted for his use of lightweight structures, in particular tensile and membrane structures, including the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Otto won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2006 and was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2015, shortly before his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frei Otto is the 92nd most popular architect (down from 86th in 2019), the 936th most popular biography from Germany (down from 821st in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Architect.

Frei Otto is most famous for his work in the field of tensile structures. His first major project was the roof of the Munich Olympic Stadium, which was designed to look like a tent and to be supported by air pressure.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Frei Otto ranks 92 out of 518. Before him are Louis Kahn, Richard Rogers, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Daniel Libeskind, and Senenmut. After him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Hector Guimard, Mnesikles, Gottfried Semper, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Bartolomeo Ammannati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Frei Otto ranks 72. Before him are Oliver Smithies, John Tate, Wong Fei-hung, Jean Tinguely, Michael Halliday, and Joshua Lederberg. After him are Tom Gehrels, John Pople, John Cocke, Celia Cruz, József Bozsik, and Claude Lanzmann. Among people deceased in 2015, Frei Otto ranks 51. Before him are Colleen McCullough, René Girard, Günter Schabowski, Yitzhak Navon, Yevgeny Primakov, and Boris Nemtsov. After him are Faten Hamama, Mathieu Kérékou, Diana Douglas, James Horner, Michele Ferrero, and Chantal Akerman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frei Otto ranks 936 out of 7,253. Before him are Stefan George (1868), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Arthur Auwers (1838), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870). After him are Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Edith Frank (1900), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Helmut Schön (1915), John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), and Erich Priebke (1913).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Frei Otto ranks 9. Before him are Walter Gropius (1883), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Peter Behrens (1868), Arno Breker (1900), Albert Speer (1934), and Peter Parler (1330). After him are Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Gottfried Böhm (1920), and Paul Troost (1878).

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