Thomas Herzog

Thomas Herzog (born 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.

• 1941Born in Munich. High school diploma (Abitur)
• 1960-1965Studied architecture at Technische Universität München. Diploma
• 1965-1969Assistant at the office of Prof. Peter C. von Seidlein in Munich
• 1969-1973Scientific assistant at the University of Stuttgart
• 1972Doctorate inarchitecture, University of Rome “La Sapienza” | Dissertationon ‘Pneumatic Structures’
• 1971Founded own practice
• Since then has worked jointly with Verena Herzog-Loibl, Dipl.-Designer
  • Development of building systems for theuse of renewable forms of energy
  • Development of new building products
  • Housing, administration, industrial and exhibition buildings, etc.
• 1983-1989Partnership with Michael Volz
• 1994-2012Partnership with Hanns JörgSchrade
• 1974-86Professor of Architecture at the University of Kassel
• 1986-93- at Technical University Darmstadt
• 1993-06- at Technische Universität München (TUM)
• 2000-06Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at TUM
• since 2003Guest professor
  • at Tsinghua UniversityBeijing
  • at Ecole Polytechnique Féderal de Lausanne EPFL2003
  • Graham Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (PENN)
• 2004at the Royal Danish Academy Copenhagen
• 1982-98Commencement of research and development work on renewable energies inbuilding for the European Commission in Brussels
• since 1998R + D funding from Federal German Foundation of the Environment (DBU)
• 1996Chairman of the 4th European Conference on Solar Energy in Architecture andUrban Planning
• 2000German General Commissioner of the International Biennale of Architecture in Venice
• 2000-2006Expert‘Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft’ DfG
• 2007“Emeritusof Excellence”, TUM
• 2002-2008Commissioner German Academy of Art, Villa Massimo, Rom

• 1966–1968: Summerhouse at Chiemsee with R+R Then Bergh
• 1977–1979: House Regensburg
• 1981–1983: Housing Group Kranichstein, Darmstadt
• 1986–1989: Two-family house, Pullach
• 1987–1991: Guest building for the Youth Educational Centre, Windberg
• 1989–1992: Production halls and central energy plant, Eimbeckhausen
• 1988–1993: Design-Center, congress and exhibition centre, Linz, Austria
• 1988–1993: Congress hotel, Linz, Austria
• 1994–1996: Hall 26, Hanover Trade Fair (Deutsche Messe AG)
• 1994–2003: Administration Centre, Wiesbaden
• 1995–2004: Concept for SOLARCITY and social housing, Linz, Austria
• 1999–2000: Large-scale roof structure with pavilions, Hanover (EXPODACH)
• 2002-2006: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Garching bei München
• 2005: Wohnquartier Shenyang, Volksrepublik China
• 2004–2007: Atlantic-Haus, Hamburg, Germany
• 2005–2007: Wohnungsbau in Aarhus, Dänemark
• 2005–2008: Planung zusammen mit F. Tucci Solare Wohnbauten für die Stadt Rom Lunghezzina II
• 2006: Kunstakademie Guangzhou, Volksrepublik China
• 2006–2009: Oskar von Miller Forum, München[2]

• 1971: Rompreis, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo
• 1981: Mies-van-der-Rohe-Preis
• 1993: Großer BDA-Preis, Goldmedaille
• 1994: Balthasar-Neumann-Preis of the Bundes Deutscher Baumeister, Architekten und Ingenieure
• 1994: Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich for architectur, 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'ordu 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 TU München
• 2006: European award for architecture and technology
• 2007: International Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum
• 2009: Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

• Académie d'Architecture, Paris
• Akademie der Künste, Berlin
• Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, München
• Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste, Sankt Petersburg, Russland
• International Academy of Architecture, UNESCO, Sofia, Bulgarien
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
• PLEA
• EUROSOLAR
• Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA
• Deutscher Werkbund