Theo Pabst

Theodor Pabst (15 January 1905 – 4 October 1979) was a German architect, civil servant and professor.

Early life and education Theodor Pabst was born in Passau, the son of Royal Bavarian State Railways surveyor Theodor Pabst. In 1910, his father was transferred to Regensburg, where the family would experience World War I and the post-war period. In 1921, the family moved to Munich.

In the winter of 1924, Pabst began studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich under professors Theodor Fischer and German Bestelmeyer. He graduated in 1929.

Career After graduating, Pabst worked as a construction trainee at the Munich under Oberbaurat . There he completed the government builder state exam in 1931. Unable to find work, he moved to the office of his fellow student in Zürich. 1954–1955: Institut für Massivbau at the Technische Universität Darmstadt 1950–1951: Merckhaus in Darmstadt 1956–1957: Kunsthalle Darmstadt 1960–1965: Neustädter Rathaus in Hanau 1964–1966: Mannheimer Kunstverein