In contrast, Munich’s stadium stood equal with—even subordinate ... [7] Despite these unfortunate events, the work of B+P and Frei Otto has become a celebrated landmark in a city which once ...

Frei Otto, the German architect of gorgeous lightweight tent-like structures, has been awarded the Pritzker Prize, just two weeks after his death at 89. But his influence lives on, most notably in the ...

Around the Canada Pavillion in 1967. Image © Cortomaltais via Wikipedia under license CC-BY-SA-4.0 When it comes to the venues, however, the issue of adaptive reuse ...

Covered in acrylic glass panels, the suspended membrane delicately floats above the stadium and ... Gribl and Ted Happold, Frei Otto designed a large aviary for the Munich Hellabrunn, the world ...

open image in gallery The roof of the Olympic stadium in the Olympic park in Munich, southern Germany. The architect of the lightweight roof, Frei Otto, died March 9, 2015 and was to receive this ...

the suspended roof of the Munich Olympic Stadium, and the Multihalle in Mannheim. "Engaging with Frei Otto is worthwhile not only from a cultural-historical perspective. His work is more relevant ...

Frei Otto, Montreal, Canada German architect ... for Lightweight Structures that Otto came to work on the Munich Olympic Stadium, widely considered a triumph in engineering and architecture.

The influential German architect Frei Otto died Monday ... suspended canopy for the 1972 Munich Olympics’ main stadium. Unfortunately, he failed to find an easy way to mass produce his designs.

Famed German architect Frei ... Munich's iconic 1972 Olympic StadiumImage: picture-alliance/dpa The German architect became world famous for his design of the iconic 1972 Olympic Stadium in ...

MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Frei Otto was best known for designing the stadium roof canopies for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. His work was admired for its lightness and strength.