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Gottfried Böhm

1920 - 2021

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Gottfried Böhm (pronounced [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈbøːm]; 23 January 1920 – 9 June 2021) was a German architect and sculptor. His reputation is based on creating highly sculptural buildings made of concrete, steel, and glass. Böhm's first independent building was the Cologne chapel "Madonna in the Rubble" (now integrated into Peter Zumthor's design of the Kolumba museum renovation). The chapel was completed in 1949 where a medieval church once stood before it was destroyed during World War II. Böhm's most influential and recognized building is the Maria, Königin des Friedens pilgrimage church in Neviges. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried Böhm is the 151st most popular architect (down from 130th in 2019), the 1,728th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,404th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Gottfried Böhm ranks 151 out of 518. Before him are Ludwig Borchardt, Camillo Sitte, Dinocrates, Jacques-François Blondel, Hans Vredeman de Vries, and Étienne-Louis Boullée. After him are Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Mikhail Eisenstein, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Lina Bo Bardi, Alonzo Cano, and Carlo Fontana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gottfried Böhm ranks 100. Before him are Alexander Arutiunian, Mehdi Ben Barka, Ricardo Montalbán, Constanze Manziarly, Henri Verneuil, and Roberto Calvi. After him are Eileen Chang, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, Tom of Finland, and Victor Turner. Among people deceased in 2021, Gottfried Böhm ranks 118. Before him are El Risitas, Didier Ratsiraka, Franco Battiato, Djivan Gasparyan, Dušan Ivković, and Thomas Cavalier-Smith. After him are Leopoldo Luque, Michel Fourniret, Lars Vilks, Dean Stockwell, Luis del Sol, and Vicente Fernández.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried Böhm ranks 1,728 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785), Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888), Albert Lortzing (1801), Prince William of Baden (1829), Klaus Fischer (1949), and Cerdic of Wessex (467). After him are Joschka Fischer (1948), Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733), Ottmar Walter (1924), William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878), and Oswald Achenbach (1827).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Gottfried Böhm ranks 14. Before him are Peter Parler (1330), Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), Hans Scharoun (1893), and Ludwig Borchardt (1863). After him are Paul Troost (1878), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Lilly Reich (1885), Günter Behnisch (1922), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), and Robert Koldewey (1855).

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