The architectural practice founded by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg in 1965 now consists of six additional partners and more than 300 employees in nine offices in Germany and abroad.

gmp is one of the few practices with a generalist position, which takes responsibility for a project from the design idea and its realization right through to the interior design.

In the past forty years Meinhard von Gerkan, Volkwin Marg and their partners have planned and constructed buildings in most major German cities.

They have designed small scale homes, hotels, museums, theatres and concert halls, office buildings, commercial centers and hospitals as well as research and educational facilities, buildings for transportation, trade and industry buildings and urban master plans.

gmp became internationally known as a team of airport architects when, in 1975 the Berlin-Tegel building with its drive-in airplane terminal for “stacked parking” was established. This innovative design has been further developed to transform the departure and arrival halls at Stuttgart and Hamburg airports.

gmp has succeeded in winning more than 400 prizes in national and international competitions, among them more than 200 first prizes and numerous awards for exemplary architecture. More than 230 buildings have been constructed by gmp worldwide.

Berlin Olympic Stadium

Seats: approx. 76,000

For the Olympiastadion Berlin, the central building to the historical 1936 Olympics sports complex, design problems between the historical preservation requirements, careful modernisation and current requirements for a multifunctional use, including that of a pure football arena, have been addressed and transformed into a synthesis.

The construction height is minimised in the inner and outer edges so that the parapet of the stadium is accompanied by a minimally visible, low horizontal. This way, the roof construction does not dominate the stadium and the architecture of its historical façades remains intact.

From the interior, the roof rests on 20 steel columns, which each have a slim profile of 25 cm in diameter, allowing as little obstruction to spectator view as possible..
The new stadium roof will illuminate itself and become a recognisable icon in the media
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Alberta Meda Born in Tremezzina (Como) in 1945.

He finished his Master in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico of Milan in 1969.

Worked as a freelance industrial designer for various companies like Alfa Romeo Auto, Alias, Alessi, Arabia-Finland ,Cinelli, Colombo design, Brevetti Gaggia, JcDecaux, Ideal Standard, Luceplan, Legrand, Mandarina Duck, Omron Japan, Philips, Olivetti, Vitra, etc.

His work has been exhibited worldwide and he has received numerous awards

Including 1999 Designer of the year -Salon du Meuble de Paris.

Some of his products are part of permanent collection of Museum of Modern Art of Toyama, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Works and lives in Milan

Meda Chair

Designed for Vitra italy , this chair successfully combines comfort, technology and a new approach to  aesthetics.

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Steven Holl was born in Bremerton (Washington) in 1947.
Steven Holl is an American academic architect, and has been practicing the profession of architect since 1974 in the United States, France, Australia, Italy, Germany, Japan, Austria, and the Netherlands.
 The success of steven holl’s architecture derives from his sculptural shapes, his interest in the poetics of space color, and material, as well as his fascination with scientific phenomena.
His work refers to urban history and the potentials of modern science.
Best known for the Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the controversial Simmons Hall at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

 ZUIDAS

The 19 story building is a glass flatiron characterized by two opposing scales of openings. Three openings of a “giant” urban scale offer shared terraces, elevated gardens, and define the main entry to the building. The smaller “human” scale openings are terraces for individual units. In syncopated disposition, these openings allow for variation in the six apartment types while creating a unique rhythm on the facades. The overall mass is sheathed in a monolithic structurally-glazed curtain wall of greenish glass, with the openings expressed by a yellow EPDM membrane, vibrant against the cool overcast Dutch sky. The rhythmic counterpoint of flush glass to yellow EPDM creates a unique urban experience. Containing 89 apartments, with hybrid live/work lofts and retail space, the building offers possibilities for global living.

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