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

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

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.

Gate 1 Thyssen-Krupp, Duisburg

Residential House Lintgasse, Cologne

House Jordan, Dusseldorf

Bosch Dienst Sprenger, Cologne

House G., Cologne

Europaterrassen, Luxembourg
Photo: Noshe

Insurance Building, Cologne
Photo: Achim Bednorz

Herkuleshochhaus, Cologne
Photo: Noshe

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

Important buildings

House X1, Köln 1962 House C, Essen-Bredeney 1967 Museum Keramion, Frechen 1970

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	House X1, Cologne-Hahnwald
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	Belgian Embassy, Bonn Museum Keramion, Frechen Schroeder Bank Office Building, Cologne
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

delmes@neufert-stiftung.de