Architekt Peter Neufert 1966 Peter Neufert 1966

Peter Neufert

Architect 1925 - 1999

Peter Neufert, born in Freyburg Unstrut, spent part of his youth in the Neufert House in Weimar Gelmeroda. After the Second World War he studied architecture in Darmstadt and worked in his father's office. After years in the office of Peter Friedrich Schneider, he opened an office in Cologne with his father. In 1955 he set up his own business, the "Atelier Neufert Köln".

“The family home brings the designer closest to his real purpose; the human being.”

Peter Neufert, 1965
Sachsenturm, Köln 1958 Photo: Marys Neufert

Sachsenturm, Cologne 1958. The first own house of Peter Neufert

The semicircular medieval ruin was completed with bricks and closed with a glass façade. In this way, the residential building offers both protection and openness. Basalt stones on the walls and wooden ceilings characterize the design of the four floors.

Awakening in architecture
the 50s, 60s and 70s

For decades Peter Neufert worked together with the equally creative engineer and structural engineer Prof. Stephan Polonyi. Arched supporting structures and shell constructions were their passion. Like the X1 in Cologne and the Keramion in Frechen.

Construction, X1 Construction X1
Residential House, X1 Residential House X1, 1962
Shell of the Museum Keramion 1970, Frechen near Cologne Diameter 32 meter, the Keramion
Frechen 1970

Industrial buildings, administration buildings, shops or residential buildings, Peter Neufert gives his designs something unmistakable, playful. For him, reconstruction is the first step into Modernism.

Vita

Peter Neufert was born in 1925 in Freyburg an der Unstrut. As the oldest son of Alice Spies-Neufert and Ernst Neufert, he studied architecture with his father at the TU Darmstadt. In 1955 he opened his architectural office in Cologne. Complete curriculum vitae Peter Neufert

Selected buildings

1952
  • Cremer Office Building, Cologne
  • Navy-Army-Airforce-Institut-Shop, Cologne-Raderthal
1954
  • Court Pharmacie Wallrafplatz, , Cologne
1955
  • Braun Residential Home, Cologne-Rodenkirchen
1955/56
  • German Cement Association Building, Düsseldorf
  • In cooperation with Ernst Neufert
1956
  • 400 Housing Units for US Army, Spangdahlem
1956–1973
  • Leybold Factory, Warehouse, Transformer and Staff Building, Cologne
1956/57
  • Headquarters of the Federal Association of the German Brick Industry, Bonn
  • City Vocational School, Cologne
1957
  • Commercial Building, Herdersche Bookstore, Cologne
  • KLM Offices, Cologne and Bremen
  • Sachsenturm Residence, Cologne, Sachsenring
  • Degussa Industrial Plant, Cologne Poll
  • Thyssen-Krupp Gate System for Steel Mill, Duisburg-Rheinhausen
  • Ohm Residence, Rheine
1958
  • Multiple-Family Dwelling, Bensberg
  • Machill Houses, Cologne
  • Cremer House, Cologne
  • Wrede House, Cologne-Hahnwald
1959–1962
1959–1961
  • Cuerten House, Cologne
  • Breuer House, Cologne
  • Steins Photo Store, Cologne
1960
  • Brune House, Mannheim-Viernheim
  • Dunkel House, Cologne
  • Schwepke House, Eschweiler
  • Pohland Commercial Building, Cologne
  • Rademacher House, Cologne-Hahnwald
1961-1962
  • HHS Cement Associalion Expansion, Dusseldorf
  • Ratjen House, Cologne
  • Strenger Bosch Service Center, Cologne-Marsdorf
1963
  • Atelier Neufert and Office Building, Cologne
1964
  • Casa Sylvia, Sintra, Portugal
  • Stüssgenhof House, Kitzbühel, Austria
1965
  • Residential and Commercial Building, Cologne
  • Bauwens Office Building, Cologne
  • Perthel House, Cologne
1966
  • Saarbach Administration Building, Cologne
  • Wormland Department Store, Cologne
1967-1970
  • House C, Essen-Bredeney
  • Bodelschwing House, Cologne
  • Wormland House, Munich
  • Gedelfi Office and Administration Building, Cologne
  • Farina House, Cologne
  • Jordan Furrier, Düsseldorf
1970
1971-1972
  • Schlüssel Perfumery, Cologne, Neumarkt
  • Herkules High-Rise, Cologne
  • Residential Complex, Cologne
  • Graebner House, Cologne-Hahnwald
1973
  • "ll Rondo" Hotel, Maspalomas, Grand Canary
  • Delil Office Building, Cologne
1975-1977
  • Hamburg-Mannheimer Administration Building, Cologne
  • Federal Ministry of the lnterior Casino, Bonn
  • Schöne Aussicht Residential Complex, Bensberg
1978
  • Europa Terrassen Apartment House, Luxembourg
  • Multiple Family Dwelling, Cologne
1980
  • Kämpgen Commercial Building, Cologne
1981
  • Quinta do Miradouro, Montargil, Portugal
  • Noise Barrier, Freeway 3 Köln-Frankfurt near Siegburg
1983-1986
  • Japan External Trade Organization, German Headquarters, Düsseldorf
  • Köln-Rodenkirchen lndustrial Park, Cologne
  • Colonia lnsurance Entrance Hall, Cologne
1990
  • "Barragem" Hotel and "A Panela" Restaurant, Montargil, Portugal

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Contact

Neufert Stiftung Weimar

Heike Sterner

Rudolstädter Str. 7
Germany - 99428 Weimar-Gelmeroda

Phone: +49 (0)176 37 460 688 sterner@neufert-stiftung.de

Board

Nicole Delmes

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