Thomas Herzog

Thomas Herzog (born 3 August 1941) is a German architect from Munich known for his focus on climate and energy use through the use of technologically advanced architectural skins. He began with an interest in pneumatics and became Germany's youngest architecture professor at the age of 32. He established his firm Herzog + Partner in 1983. 1960–1965 Studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Diploma 1965–1969 Assistant at the office of Prof. Peter C. von Seidlein in Munich 1969–1973 Scientific assistant at the University of Stuttgart 1972 Doctorate in architecture, University of Rome "La Sapienza" | Dissertation 'Pneumatic Structures' 1971 Founded own practice Since then has worked jointly with Verena Herzog-Loibl, Dipl.-Designer Development of building systems for the use of renewable forms of energy Development of new building products Housing, administration, industrial and exhibition buildings, etc. 1983–1989 Partnership with Michael Volz 1994–2012 Partnership with Hanns Jörg Schrade 1974–86 Professor of Architecture at the University of Kassel 1986–93 – at Technical University Darmstadt 1993-06 – at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) 2000–06 Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at TUM since 2003 Guest professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing at Ecole Polytechnique Féderal de Lausanne EPFL2003 Graham Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (PENN) 2004 at the Royal Danish Academy Copenhagen 1982–98 Commencement of research and development work on renewable energies in building for the European Commission in Brussels since 1998 R + D funding from Federal German Foundation of the Environment (DBU) 1996 Chairman of the 4th European Conference on Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning 2000 German General Commissioner of the International Biennale of Architecture in Venice 2000–2006 Expert "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" DfG 2007 "Emeritus of Excellence", TUM 2002–2008 Commissioner German Academy of Art, Villa Massimo, Rom

Notable projects Source. 1981: Mies-van-der-Rohe-Preis 1994: Balthasar-Neumann-Preis of the Bundes Deutscher Baumeister, Architekten und Ingenieure 1994: Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich for architecture, with Hanns Jörg Schrade and Heinz Stögmüller 1996: Auguste-Perret-Preis of the Union Internationale des Architectes 1996: Architekturpreis der Landeshauptstadt München 1998: Den grønne Nål of Dänischen Architektenbundes (Akademisk Arkitektforening), Kopenhagen 1998: Leo-von-Klenze-Medaille 1998: Grande médaille d'or du Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France, Paris 1999: Fritz-Schumacher-Preis für Architektur 2000: Europäischer Preis für Solares Bauen 2005: Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz-Medaille of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) 2006: European award for architecture and technology 2007: International Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum 2007: Honorary doctorate of the University of Ferrara, Italy 2009: Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2016: Bayerischer Verdienstorden

Memberships Académie d'Architecture, Paris Akademie der Künste, Berlin Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich Petrov Academy of Fine Arts and Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russland International Academy of Architecture, UNESCO, Sofia, Bulgarien Fraunhofer Gesellschaft PLEA EUROSOLAR Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA Deutscher Werkbund