Ulrich Franzen

Ulrich Franzen ( born January 15, 1921 in Dusseldorf, † 6 October 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico ) was an American architect of German origin.

Life

Ulrich Franzen emigrated in 1936 to the United States. Franzen studied at Williams College ( completion 1942) and Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he received a Masters in Architecture in 1948. Then Franzen initially worked for IM Pei, before he founded his own studio in New York City, Ulrich Franzen and Associates. With contract work for education projects, corporate and residential buildings, he made a name for himself. Francis' work is characterized by reference to the social environment and its expressive design language; Franzen himself said, "Architecture is a servant of their time, and significant designs are experiments of an era. The buildings that are designed, are footprints of our own socio - cultural history and reflect ideas and concerns of a Zeialters resist, not an individual. "

Franzen was a visiting professor at universities such as Harvard, Yale and Columbia. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA ).

Buildings and projects (selection)

Prizes and awards

• Arnold Brunner Prize from the National Institute of Arts and Letters
• Louis Sullivan Award of the New York Chapter of the AIA
• Thomas Jefferson Award from the University of Virginia
• Honorary Doctorate of Williams College.