Klaus Bollinger - structural civil engineer principal Bollinger + Grohmann professor structural engineering, University for Applied Art, Vienna Head of the Institute of Architecture, University for Applied Art, Vienna

1952 born in Spalt, Kreis Roth/Bayern
1972 - 79 Study of Civil Engineering at the Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt 'Structural Civil Engineering'
1979 - 81 working in the offices of Ingenieursozietät BGS, Frankfurt am Main and Ingenieurbüro Krebs und Kiefer, Darmstadt
1981 - 84 academic Assistance at the Chair of Structural Engineering of the Universität Dortmund, Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Stefan Polónyi, Dissertation
1983 foundation of the Engineering Office Bollinger + Grohmann, at first Darmstadt now Frankfurt am Main
1984 - 94 Lecturing at the Universität Dortmund and the Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Künste -Städelschule-, Frankfurt am Main
since 1994 Professor of Structural Engineering, University for Applied Art in Vienna, Department of Architecture
since 2000 Head of the Institute of Architecture at the University for Applied Art in Vienna

Projects - a selection

Dynaform BMW IAA 2001 Frankfurt/Main
Fair Stall of BMW at the IAA 2001, a 100 Meter long and 18 Meter tall dynamic Form.
Client BMW AG, München
Architects ABB Architekten/Bernhard Franken, Frankfurt/Main
Period 2001

Seminar- and Office Building of the Bank Academy e.V., Frankfurt/ Main
New Building of a Seminar Building of the Bank Academy e.V.
Client Bankakademie e.V., Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft (HfB)
Architects MOW Architekten, Frankfurt
Period 1998 - 2001

Representation of the States Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin
New Building for t he Representation of the States Niedersachsen und Schleswig Holstein
Client Staatsbauamt Hannover II
Architects Arge Cornelsen/Seelinger, Darmstadt
Period 1998 - 2001

Austrian Embassy, Berlin
New Building of the Embassy of Austria in Berlin
Client Landesregierung Österreich
Architect Hans Hollein, Wien
Period 1998 - 2001

CSC Ploenzke, Wiesbaden
New Office Building in the Abraham-Lincoln-Park, Wiesbaden
Client Köllmann GmbH, Wiesbaden
Architects Kauffmann, Theilig & Partner, Ostfildern-Kemnat
Period 1999 - 2002

Fair Karlsruhe
New Fair and Exhibition Site Karlsruhe
Client KKA Karlsruher Kongreß- und Ausstellungs-GmbH
Architects Gerber Architekten, Dortmund
Period 2000 - 2003

Oval at Baseler Platz, Frankfurt/Main
New Office and Housing Complex with a two storey underground car park
Client BGA, Hamburg und FAAG, Frankfurt
Architects AS&P - Albert Speer und Partner GmbH, Frankfurt
Period 2000 - 2003

Office Building Weser-/ Niddastraße, Frankfurt/Main
New Office Building corner Weser-/Niddastraße
Client Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immobilienfonds mbH, Frankfurt
Architects KSP, Engel und Zimmermann GmbH, Frankfurt
Period 2000 - 2003

Art Gallery Kunsthaus, Graz
New Building of an Art Gallery
Client Kunsthaus Graz AG
Architects Kunsthausteam, Peter Cook, Colin Fournier, London/Graz
Planning Period 2000 - 2003

M.ART.A Museum for Furniture, Culture and Art, Herford
New Building for a Museum of Furniture, Culture and Art
Client Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für Möbel, Kultur und Kunst mbH
Architect Entwurf: Frank O. Gehry, St. Monica mit Archimedes, Bad Oeynhausen
Planning 2000 -


Publications - a selection

Bollinger, K.: „Even the fabric of a building must be beautiful", db 12/99, Pages 104-106

Bollinger, K.: Calculation of rotational symmetric acting reinforced concrete plates with lateral reinforcement, in: Bauwerksplanung, Verlag Rudolf Müller, 1990

Bollinger, K.: Seabridge and Water-Gauge Tower Goitzsche, Bautechnik, 2001, Heft 4, S. 256 - 262

Bollinger, K.: Northpolebridge Bochum, Stahlbau, 2001, Heft 4, S. 258 - 261

Dynaform, Architecture as Marketing Communication, Ed. Gernot Brauer, Birkhäuser, 2001


Prizes - a selection

Ufa-Palast, Cinema Centre Dresden
(German) Architekturpeis Beton 1999
and European Stahlbaupreis 2001

Obereichsfeldhalle, Leinefelde
State Prize of Architecture in Thüringen 2000, Citation

Environment Station, Bullay
Prize BDA-Architekturpreis 2000 of the State Rheinland-Pfalz

Waiting Sheds, Tram Erfurt
Renault Traffic Design Award 2002

Museum of the Special Sovietic Camp in the Commemorative Place Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
Prize of the German Stahlbau 2002