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The Mansueto Library in Chicago (architect: Murphy/Jahn, Chicago) received the “Best Large Structure Award” of the Structural Engineering Association of Illinois. Werner Sobek was responsible for the engineering of the … more
The KfW Westarkade building, completed in 2010, has recently been awarded the Best Tall Building Worldwide Award 2011 of the CTBUH. The 85m high-rise is a prototype for a new … more
On 20 April 2013, Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Werner Sobek was awarded the highest distinction of the State of Baden-Württemberg, the Order of Merit. The reasons for this award were, … more
The paper “Stuttgart SmartShell – A Full Scale Prototype of an Adaptive Shell Structure” has been selected as the winner of the IASS Tsuboi Award in the category of the … more
The new ADAC headquarter in Munich, Germany, was nominated finalist of the CTBUH Award 2013. The building with the distinctive highrise tower was designed by Berlin architects Sauerbruch Hutton. Werner … more
The Chicago Athenaeum selected the highrise project “Dancing Dragons” in Seoul, Korea, to receive the American Architecture Award 2013. The Dancing Dragons were designed by Chicago-based architects Smith & Gill, … more
The detached house D10 by Werner Sobek was nominated for the DAM Award for Architecture in Germany. The jury considered D10’s “consistent minimalism” as a “fascinating continuation of the theme … more
On 24 April 2008 Prof. Sobek gave the Goldstein Lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The title of the lecture was “High-Eco-Tech – Building Avant la Garde”. A … more
Peter Sloterdijk, probably the most prominent modern philosopher and the designer Werner Sobek discuss their ideas of living in the future. In his work about “Wohnschäume” (Spheres III) Sloterdijk developes … more