Volker Staab - architect visiting professor Technical University Berlin lecturer Academy of the Arts Nürnberg

• 1957 Heidelberg
  1977 - 1983 Study at the ETH Zurich
  1984 Graduate "Diplom" degree at the ETH Zurich
  1985 - 1990 Freelance work in the office of Bangert, Jansen, Scholz and Schultes, Berlin
  Cooperation at the Museum of Art, Bonn
  since 1990 Freelance architect
  since 1996 Shared office and co-operation on various projects with A. Nieuwenhuizen
  2002 Visiting professor at the Technical University of Berlin
  2002 Lecturer at the Academy of the Arts Nürnberg

Exhibitions

1994 Architekturgalerie, Munich
1994 Kunsthalle (Hall of Art), Nürnberg
2000 Neues Museum, Nürnberg
2001 Participation in the 9th International Architecture Bienale in Buenos Aires

Awards and commendations

1995 BDA prize, Bavaria; Maximilianeum, extension of the Bavarian Landtag (parliament building)
2000 City of Munich prize for the preservation of the urban setting, extension of the Bavarian Landtag
2000 Great cultural prize of Nürnberg, Neues Museum
2001 German natural stone prize, Neues Museum
2001 Architectural prize for concrete, Museum Georg Schäfer
2001 Special commendation - German urban design prize, Neues Museum
2001 Leo-von-Klenze medal
2001 Commendation - BDA price Bavaria, Museum Georg Schäfer
2002 Commendation - Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania state building prize,
University of Rostock - new building, faculties of Biology and Chemistry

Publications

2002 Six new museums in Bavaria
Ernst Wasmuth Verlag - Neues Museum Nürnberg and Museum Georg Schäfer
2001 Jahrbuch Licht und Architektur (Light and Architecture Annual)
Rudolf Müller Verlag - Museum Georg Schäfer
2001 Architektur Jahrbuch Bayern 2001 (Architecture Annual Bavaria)
Verlag Georg D. W. Callway - Neues Museum Nürnberg and Museum Georg Schäfer
2000 Centrum. Jahrbuch für Architektur und Stadt 2000 - 2001 (Annual of Architecture and the City)
Birkhäuser Verlag Neues Museum Nürnberg
2000 Museum Georg Schäfer - Volker Staab Architekten
Junius Verlag
2000 Ansichten zur Architektur - Neues Museum in Nürnberg
(Views on Architecture - New Museum in Nürnberg) - Hatje Cantz Verlag
1999 Bauen für die Wissenschaft (Building for science) - institutes of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
1999 Birkhäuser Verlag - residential estate Berlin-Dahlem

VOLKER STAAB ARCHITECTS REFERENCES - CULTURAL BUILDINGS

Neues Museum Nürnberg Open competition within Germany, 1st prize 1991

Client
Free State of Bavaria
represented by:
State building authority, Nürnberg I
Bucher Str. 30
90408 Nürnberg
Reference: Mr. Biedermann
Tel. +49 - 911 - 350 72 63

Construction costs 51.1 mill €
for performance phases 2 - 9
Total net fee: 2,750,000 €
Start of planning / completion 1991 - 1999
Usable floor area 7,000 m2

Great Nürnberg cultural prize 2000
German natural stone prize 2001
Special commendation - German urban design prize 2001

Museum Georg Schäfer Restricted implementation competition, 1st prize 1997

Client
Municipality of Schweinfurt
Markt 1
97421 Schweinfurt
Reference: Mr. Küntzel
Tel. +49 - 9721 - 514 50

Construction costs 14.3 mill €
for performance phases 2 - 9
Total net fee 1.1 mill €
Start of planning / completion 1997 - 2000
Usable floor area 4,500 m2

Architectural prize for concrete 2001
Commendation - BDA prize, Bavaria 2001

BarnimHausWandlitz 2002

Client
Local community of Wandlitz
represented by:
Wandlitz administration office
Penzlauer Chaussee 157
16348 Wandlitz
Reference: Mr. Greulich
Tel. +49 - 33397 - 66 310

Construction costs 4.6 mill. €
Performance phases 2 (probably to 9)
Start of planning / completion 2002 - 2005
Usable floor area 2,900 m2

VOLKER STAAB ARCHITECTS REFERENCES - OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS

Maximilianeum, extension of the Bavarian Landtag (parliament building) Restricted implementation competition - 1st prize 1992
Client
Free State of Bavaria
represented by: University building office Munich
Ludwigstrasse 18
80539 Munich
Reference: Mr. Pfab
Tel. +49 - 89 - 21810

Construction costs 12.3 mill €
for performance phases 2 - 5
Total net fee: 345,000 €
Start of planning / completion 1993 - 1994
Usable floor area 2,500 m2

BDA prize, Bavaria, 1995
Monument conservation and new building, 2000

Siemens office building, Erlangen Survey 2000

Client
ACHH - Grundstücksentwicklungs GmbH & Co. OHG
Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse 50
91052 Erlangen
Reference: Mr. Prell
Tel. +49 - 9131 - 74 62 50

Construction costs 9 mill €
for performance phases 1 - 5
Total net fee: 306,000 €
Start of planning / completion 2000 - 2004
Usable floor area 4,000 m2

Office and shop building, Holzmarktstrasse, Berlin Restricted urban development implementation competition, 1st prize 2001
Client
Berliner Stadtreinigung (City cleaning and refuse collection authority)
Ringbahnstrasse 96
12103 Berlin
Reference: Ms. Steinfadt
Tel. +49 - 30 - 75 92 21 99

Construction costs 76 mill €
performance phases 1 - 2 (3 - 5 optional)
Total net fee: 200,000 €
Start of planning 2001
Total floor area 45,000 m2 (+ 5,600 m2 underground car park)

VOLKER STAAB ARCHITECTS REFERENCES - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND LECTURE BUILDINGS

Humboldt University of Berlin Restricted implementation competition, 1st prize 1995

Client
Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung (Senate Urban Development Authority)
Schwendener Street 17
14195 Berlin
Reference: Ms. Schöpke
Tel. +49 - 30 - 677 99 341

New building, Department of Chemistry Construction costs 50.6 mill. €
for performance phases 2 - 9
Total net fee 2.1 mill €
Start of planning / completion 1995 - 2001
Usable floor area 8,500 m2

Construction of new lecture room
building for Physics and Chemistry Construction costs 9.7 mill €
for performance phases 2 - 5
Total net fee: 265,000 €
Start of planning / completion 1998 - 2001
Usable floor area 8,500 m2

University of Rostock Europe-wide application process with subsequent competition
1st prize 1997

New building, departments of
Biology and Chemistry Client
Ministry of Finance, Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania,
department for alternative processes
Schloßstr. 9
19053 Schwerin
Reference: Mr. Matthies
Tel. +49 - 385 - 588 44 57

Construction of new lecture hall
building for Biology and Chemistry Construction costs 38.4 mill €
for performance phases 2 - 6
Total net fee 1.15 mill €
Start of planning / completion 1997 - 2001
Usable floor area 8,000 m2

Construction costs 5.4 mill €
for performance phases 2 - 6
Total net fee: 210,000 €
Start of planning / completion 2000 - 2002
Usable floor area 1,100 m2

Max Delbrück Centre for
Molecular Medicine Survey 2001
Client
Max Delbrück Centre of Molecular Medicine
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13125 Berlin
Reference: Mr. Streckwall
Tel. +49 - 30 - 940 627 23

Construction costs 17 mill €
for performance phases 1 - 8
Total net fee 1.15 mill €
Start of planning / completion 2001 - 2004
Usable floor area 3,500 m2

STAAB ARCHITECTS REFERNCES - PROJECTS ABROAD

German embassy Mexico Experts' competition, 1st prize, 2002
Construction of a new embassy building
Client
Federal Republic of Germany
represented by:
Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung
(Federal Office of Construction and Regional Planning)
Deichsmanns Aue 31-37
53179 Bonn
Reference: Mr. Sonntag
Tel. +49 - 18 88 401 - 0

Construction costs approx. 5.5 mill. €
Performance phases: probably 1 - 9 , general planners
Start of planning / completion (provisionally) 2002 - 2005
Usable floor area 1,000 m2

STAAB ARCHITECTS REFERENCES - EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS

Kindergarten Restricted implementation competition, 1st prize 2000
Jerusalemer Strasse Berlin - Mitte
Client
DSK Deutsche Stadt- und Grundstücksentwicklungsgesellschaft
(German city and land development company)
Trustee and developer for the federal state of Berlin
Dessauer Strasse 3
10963 Berlin
Reference: Mr. Pluschke
Tel. +49 - 30 - 26 49 50 - 0

Construction costs 6.75 mill. €
Performance phases 1 - 9, general planners
Total net fee 235,000 €, general planners
Start of planning / completion 2000 - 2002
Usable floor area 1,280 m2