Gottfried Böhm

Born: 1920 | Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany

Died: 2021 | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Awards: Pritzker Prize (1986)

Projects: Bensberg City Hall, Cologne Central Mosque, St. Kolumba Cologne, St. Gertrud Cologne

Church of Our Lady (Liebfauenkirche), Püttlingen, Saarland, Germany (1952-1954)

Church of Our Lady Püttlingen by © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St Alberts Church (St. Albertus Magnus), Saarbrücken, Germany (1952-1954)

St Alberts Church by Gottfried Böhm © Anna16 CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Theresa Rectorate Church, Cologne, Germany (1954-1955)

St. Theresa Rectorate Church by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Rochus Church (Kirche St. Paulus), Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia (1954-1955)

Rochus Church Julich by Gottfried Böhm © Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Monastery Church of Our Lady (Pfarrkirche Zu Unserer Lieben Frau), Oberhausen, Germany (1956)

Monastery Church of Our Lady Oberhausen by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Anna Reconstruction (Pfarrkirche St. Anna), Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany (1954-1956)

St. Anna, Cologne-Ehrenfeld by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Englebert Reconstruction, Essen, Germany (1953-1955)

St. Engelbert Essen by Gottfried Böhm © de-Benutzer-Azog CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Joseph, Rodenkirchen, Cologne, Germany (1954-1956)

St. Joseph Cologne-Rodenkirchen by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Ursula Church (Böhm Chapel), Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1954-1956)

St. Ursula by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Holy Cross Chapel Restoration, (Heiligkreuz-Kapelle), Trier, Germany (1958)

Church in Heiligkreuz Treir by Gottfried Böhm © Berthold Werner CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Paulus Church (Velbert (Kirche St. Paulus), Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1954-1958)

St. Paulus Velbert by Gottfried Böhm © Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Orphanage Church (Church of the Holy Family, Waisenhauskirche), Cologne, Sülzgürtel, Germany (1955-1959)

Cologne Orphanage Church by Gottfried Böhm © Elya CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Deutz Town Hall (Stadthaus Deutz), Deutz District, Cologne, Germany (1955-1959)

Deutz Civic Center Cologne by Gottfried Böhm © Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi Church), Cologne, Germany (1957-1959)

St. Fronleichnam Cologne by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Church of the Sacred Heart (Herz-Jesu-Kirche), Bergisch-Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1959-1960)

Church of the Sacred Heart Bergisch-Gladbach by Gottfried Böhm © Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Mary Queen of Peace (Fatima Church), Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe (Germany), (1956-1960)

Mary Queen of Peace Kassel by Gottfried Böhm © YPS CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Holy Cross Catholic Church (Heiligkreuz-Pfarrkirche), Trier, Heiligkreuz, (1960-1961)

Holy Cross Catholic Church Trier by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Josef Church, Kierspe, Germany (1959-1961)

Church of Saint Gregory the Great (Sint-Gregoriuskerk), Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands (1963)

Gregory the Great Church by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Hubertus Aachen-Hanbruch (The Molar, St. Backenzahn), Aachen, Germany (1963-1964)

St. Hubertus Aachen-Hanbruch by Gottfried Böhm © Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Stephen Church (Kirche St. Stephan), Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1962-1965)

St. Stephen Church Brühl by Gottfried Böhm © Michael Wittwer CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Anna Church Haemmern (St. Anna Kirche), Wipperfürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1962-1965)

St. Anna Church Haemmern by Gottfried Böhm photo by freigegeben (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

St. Gertrud, Cologne, Germany (1962-1965)

St. Gertrud Cologne by Gottfried Böhm © Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. John the Baptist Catholic University Hospital Church (St. Johannes der Täufer), Cologne, Germany (1958-1966)

St. John the Baptist Catholic Hospital Church by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Family Center Euskirchen, (Familienbildungsstätte, Haus der Familie, Mütterhaus), Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1961-1967)

Family Center Euskirchen by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Thomas Morus, Gelsenkirchen-Ücendorf, Germany (1962-1968)

St. Thomas Morus, Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf by Gottfried Böhm © Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Bethanien Children’s Village Refrath (Bethanien Kinderdorf), Bergisch Gladbach, Refrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1965-1968)

Bethanien Children’s Village Refrath by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Church of the Pilgrimage (Maria, Königin des Friedens, Mary, Queen of Peace), Neviges, Velbert, Germany (1968)

Church of the Pilgramige by Gottfried Böhm © Andreas Tuffé CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Bensberg City Hall (Rathaus Bensberg), Bergisch Gladbach, Bensberg, Germany (1969)

Bensberg City Hall by Gottfried Böhm © Martin Falbisoner CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Resurrection of Christ Catholic Church (Christi Auferstehung), Lindenthal, Melaten, Cologne, Germany (1968-1970)

Resurrection of Christ Church by Gottfried Böhm © Superbass CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Mathew Dusseldorf (St. Matthäus), Düsseldorf, Germany (1968-1970)

St. Matthaus Dusseldorf by Gottfried Böhm © Kenta Mabuchi CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Seeberg North Residential Complex (Wohnanlage Seeberg-Nord, Chorweiler Housing Estate), Cologne, Germanu (1969-1974)

Seeberg North Boehm Estate by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Chorweiler-Seeberg Boehm Estate (Siedlung Seeberg-Nord), Cologne, Germany (1965-1974)

Chorweiler-Seeberg Nord Housing Estate by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Out Lady of Victory (Pilgerkirche Maria vom Sieg), Wigratzbad, Opfenbach, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany (1972-1976)

Our Lady of Victory Wigratzbad by Gottfried Böhm © Michel Decrevel CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

State Agency for Data Processing & Statistics, Düsseldorf, Germany (1972-1976)

State Agency for Information and Technology by Gottfried Böhm © Choinowski CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Bergischer Löwe Community Center, Bergisch Gladbach, Bensberg, Germany (1977-1980)

Bergischer Löwe Community Center by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Gütergasse Housing Estate (Siedlung Gütergasse), Porz-Zündorf, Porz, Cologne, Germany (1986)

Gütergasse Housing Estate by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Mannheim University Library & Lecture Hall (Bibliotheksbereich A3), Mannheim, Germany (1986-1988)

Mannheim University Library by Gottfried Böhm © Stefan Gerl CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Maritim Hotel Cologne (Maritim South Side), Cologne, Germany (1989)

Maritim Cologne South Side by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Kerpen Local Court (Amtsgericht Kerpen), Kerpen, Germany (1979-1992)

Kerpen Local Court by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

IBA Project No. 4 (Prager Platz Residential Development, Wohnbebauung ), Berlin, Germany (1989-1992)

IBA Project No. 4, Residential Development by Gottfried Böhm © Gunnar Klack CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Kalk Town Hall Cologne (Bezirksrathaus Köln-Kalk), Cologne, Germany (1986-1992)

Kalk Town Hall Cologne by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

WDR Arcades, Cologne, Germany (1991-1996)

WDR Arcades Cologne by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Lanxess Arena, Deutz District, Cologne, Germany (1993-1998)

Helios Clinic (Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring), Berlin, Germany (1989-1999)

Helios Clinics Berlin by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Chronos Quarter Nennef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1999-2001)

Chronos Quarter Hennef by Gottfried Böhm © Elke Wetzig CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Employment Agency (Arbeitsamt, Agentur für Arbeit), Trier, Germany (1998-2002)

Trier Employment Agency by Gottfried Böhm © Berthold Werner (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Ulm City Library (Stadtbibliothek), Ulm, Germany (1999-2004)

Ulm City Library by Gottfried Böhm © Gerhard Giebener CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Züblin Cathedral, Züblin-House