
In order to provide a new roof to the open ruin of the convent building of the Lindow monastery, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) contribute their experience in the construction of membrane roofs in a pro bono commission.

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have won first prize in the competition for the extension of Gebr. Heinemann Headquarters in Hamburg’s HafenCity. The new building designed for the Hamburg-based, tradition-rich trading company impressed the jury as “an independent urban-planning and architectural contribution characterized by timeless, harmoniously self-contained architecture.”

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have won first prize in the competition for the design of the Elbbrücken Underground station. The station will be located in the future district of the same name, at the eastern end of Hamburg‘s Hafencity, and will, at least for the time being, be the end station of the recently opened U4 Underground line.

Results of the workshops of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac), which was founded by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), will be exhibited at the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center from 11 to 20 April 2013.

With their design for the Tianjin Exhibition Centre, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) won the 1st prize of an international design competition. To win the prize the practice had to prevail against competition from FUKSAS, HHP, NBBJ/BIAD and others.

Outstanding personalities involved in the discussion on museums will each give a lecture at the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac), which was founded by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg; the subject will be the “Museum of the Future”.

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) will build the new State Fire Brigade School in Wurzburg. In the summer of 2012, gmp were awarded the contract following a negotiated tendering procedure and the company has now presented its design to Wurzburg’s Commission for Urban Design and Architecture.

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been awarded the contract to design the new Kunsthalle Mannheim. This was the decision made by the Kunsthalle‘s jury in Mannheim on Monday 3 December 2012.

For their design of the new surgical centre of University Hospital Erlangen the Aachen architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) were awarded first prize. The decision was made by the 13-strong jury after deliberating the merits of 17 submitted entries.

The Grand Theater occupies the key position in the newly built Culture Park of Tianjin. The circular shape of the roof construction corresponds with the existing Museum of Natural History so that an architectural dialogue of an earth-bound and a “floating” circular volume is created to both ends of the park. Earth and sky represent a fundamental thinking in Chinese philosophy.

On 10 October 2012, Fraport and Lufthansa start operations in the xtension of gate A at Rhein-Main airport, Frankfurt, which has been designed and implemented by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The inauguration will take place on 2 October.

The finalists competing for the "International high-rise building prize, 2012", which has been organised by the City of Frankfurt am Main since 2004, have been selected. In addition, the jury has awarded special recognition for the revitalisation of the existing Deutsche Bank Towers (Frankfurt am Main), which was carried out by gmp in cooperation with Mario Bellini Architects.

On 13 September 2012, the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) inaugurated its new home in the premises of the former Nautical College in Hamburg at the Campus Rainvilleterrasse. Thus, the aac, whose goal is to support the education of young architects, will fulfill its role as an educational establishment.

Barely two years after the groundbreaking ceremony, Hamburg-Harburg Technical University will be inaugurating its new main building tomorrow, on time for the scheduled completion date. Designed by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), a new building comprising both historic and new parts has been created at the site of the former Schwarzenbergkaserne (Schwarzenberg Barracks).

An exhibition of selected arts and culture buildings in China by gmp as part of China Time 2012 in Hamburg, in cooperation with Shan Fan.

An exhibition by Architects gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners at Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi under the patronage of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Brazil.

Exhibition in the former warehouse of the Fagus Factory, Alfeld, marking its 100-year anniversary and its award of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status has been extenden until 31 December 2012

The design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), which was honoured with first prize in an international competition, converts a former industrial heritage building to the north of Bologna into a modern technology park.

Following the Football European Championship UEFA EURO 2012, in this book the Akademie der Künste in Berlin focuses on the stadium as a key public space and as a venue for holding mass events

Im Rahmen der Ausstellung "The football cathedrals", die vom 7.06. - 26.08.2012 in Valencia, Spanien gezeigt wird, werden neben weltweit realisierten Stadien auch gmp Projekte vorgestellt.

Following the Football European Championship UEFA EURO 2012, the exhibition in the Akademie der Künste in Berlin focuses on the stadium as a key public space and as a venue for holding mass events.

The 2012 German lighting design prize was awarded in Hamburg on 24 May 2012. In the "International Project" category, the lighting design for the "Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center" in Shenzhen, China was awarded first prize. The lighting design was carried out by lighting designers Conceptlicht GmbH, Traunreut.

gmp architects are masters of stadium construction. The architects planned and built two new stadia in Warsaw and Kiev for the European Football Championship in Poland and the Ukraine in June 2012.

On Mai 21, 2012, the opening of Architectural Design Exhibition of the National Museum of China was held at the National Museum of China in Beijing.

First prize in Aachen: the jury of the competition for the Corporate Center of the Trianel municipal utilities network has selected the submission by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) as the winning entry.

The Academic Senate of Hamburg’s HafenCity University (HCU) has unanimously decided to award an honorary doctorate in architecture to the well-known Hamburg architect and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, Professor Volkwin Marg. The awards ceremony takes place on Friday 27 April at the Hamburg Town Hall.

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been awarded first prize according to the jury in an international competition to build the Culture Center in the newly created Changzhou city center - competing with KSP – Jürgen Engel Architects, Arata Isozaki and other leading practices.

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners have won first prize with their design for the new buildings of the Karlsruhe Medical Centre. The competition focused on the 2015 master plan and was open to 15 selected practices.

Following their success in winning first prize in an international competition, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been commissioned to design the new southern railway station in Hangzhou. The project involves the conversion and extension of the station in the Xiao Shan district to the south of the Qiantang river; after the eastern and main railway stations it will be the third largest railway station of this metropolis.

gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners win competition for a sports complex and urban re-design in Lausanne ("Métamorphose - Prés-de-Vidy")

The exhibition "2011 DAM award for architecture in Germany – The 23 best buildings in/from Germany" in Frankfurt also includes an exhibit of the Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa.

The special exhibition by Hamburg architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners entitled "On Old Foundations", and "The Living Fagus Factory Monument" photographic exhibition, will continue to be open to visitors this year as part of the Fagus Gropius exhi-bition. The exhibitions have already attracted several thousand visitors!

An ecologically designed city quarter for living and working is currently being developed in China’s Qingdao, on the coast of the Yellow Sea, to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The foundation stone will be laid on 6 December by Ernst Burgbacher, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Wang Chao, the Chinese Vice-Minister of Economics.

After a construction period of two and a half years, von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp) have completed the Tianjin West Railway Station in China. The new intersection, which is located about 130 kilometers south-west of Beijing, serves as a stop on the high-speed line between the Chinese capital and Shanghai.

The inauguration of the new Palacongressi di Rimini conference center will take place on 15 October 2011. The center, which was designed by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp), who had already designed the Rimini exhibition center, was completed in 2010.

Following their success in winning first prize in an international competition, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been commissioned to realize a tower block complex of ten buildings in Nanjing. The design by gmp is or a financial enterprise center on a site of about 80,000 square meters in this large eastern Chinese metropolis.

To mark the occasion of the Universiade, which will take place from 12th to 23rd August 2011, the Universiade sports center and Bao’an stadium will be opened tomorrow in Shenzhen, southern China.

The twenty-storey Jiaming Center office block designed by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners has been awarded gold-standard LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

The sports complex was designed and built by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), who won the competitive bidding in 2008, and constructed it in under two and a half years.

Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners will be represented by Cape Town Stadium/South Africa at the 2011 São Paulo Architecture Biennale, as part of the German contribution.

The German Lighting Design Prize 2011 was awarded in Cologne on 5th May 2011. The lighting design for the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban was awarded first prize in the International Project category. The lighting design was the work of the lighting-design firm Conceptlicht.

Four years after the foundation stone was laid, the Chinese National Museum in Beijing opens its doors to the public on 1st April 2011. The rebuilding and extension scheme to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) combines the former Chinese History Museum and Chinese Revolutionary Museum.

Architects von Gerkan, Marg & Partners (gmp), in consortium with landscape architects Bernard & Sattler, have won the competition for the reconstruction of the Federal Environmental Office building in Bismarckplatz in Berlin.

The planned utilization scheme for the building drawn up under the direction of Prof. Meinhard von Gerkan means that this special location will once again be accessible to public cultural life.

Worms’s new Culture and Conference Center — designed and built by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) — along with the efurbished Spiel- und Festhaus theater will open with a special festival week marking the end of nearly three years’ construction.

The 25-storey Soho Beijing Residence apartment block designed by gmp was awarded the prize for the best architectural design of the year at the 5th Golden Plate selection in Guangzhou, China.

This Thursday sees the topping-out ceremony for the new A-Plus terminal area at Frankfurt Airport. The new facility expands the terminal areas used by Lufthansa, and was required regardless of the airport expansion program so as to accommodate large-capacity Airbus A380 and Boeing B747-8 aircraft.

Borgo Trento Hospital is of general importance for northern Italy. The new block now completed in the first phase has nine storeys overall, and is in the centre of the century-old hospital site.

The first phase of the refurbishment and enlargement of the state School of Ballet and Artistry is being inaugurated tomorrow. The present phase of construction took 30 months to complete, and comprises a new hall with ten dance rooms plus the refurbishment of the existing school building dating from the 1960s. Still to be completed (by the end of 2011) is a four-storey boarding school for 70 pupils on the same site.

The new opera house for the metropolis of Qingdao in Eastern China was opened yesterday. The design by architects Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Nicolas Pomränke beat off rival bids from eleven international firms in 2004. Construction has taken just under five years.

On Wednesday 30 November 2011, Magdalene Weiss and Sven Plieninger of schlaich bergermann and partners, will speak at the Tongji University in Shanghai on the subject: "Design Challenge – Sports Stadiums: the Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre".

The imitation of birdsong in music is the theme of this program by Bernadett Mészáros (harpsichord), Julia Krenz (flute), and Anne-Katrin Schenck (soprano).

An architect and a communication designer in dialogue: Hubert Nienhoff and Sibylle Schlaich, Managing Partner at Moniteurs, will speak in Ludwigsburg about the Willy Brandt Berlin Brandenburg airport.

On Thursday 17 November 2011 the gmp concert with "Swingin’ Words" will take place at the Völckersstrasse office in Hamburg. "Jazz is my voice – the Gershwin Story" – that is the title of the show by Antje Birnbaum, Akos Hoffmann and pianist Nikolai Juretzka, in which the three artists recapture the glorious dance film era of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Am 16. November 2011 findet in München der Fachdialog "Mobilität als Mehrwert – Wie Immobilien von Mobilitätskonzepten profitieren!" statt. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung spricht Nicolas Pormränke, Assoziierter Partner, zum Thema "Mobilität und Urbanität. Architektur für eine mobile Gesellschaft".

On 14 November, Markus Pfisterer will speak at the Design Forum of “ASPIRE4SPORT” on the subject "The vision of developing the next generation of sports arenas and stadiums".

As part of the friendly international footballmatch, Christian Hoffmann (Associate Partner), together with other high ranking representatives from politics and commerce, will participate in a round-table discussion.

As part of a series of events organised by the Russian magazine "Project Baltia", Prof. Volkwin Marg will give a talk on Wednesday, 9 November 2011.

In addition to other well-known speakers, Prof. Meinhard von Gerkan will speak on Friday, 4 November 2011 on the subject ARCHITECTURE.guide.line.

The Federal Chamber of German Architects (BAK) presents this year’s German contribution to the 9th International Architecture Biennial in São Paulo, Brazil. 20 projects were selected from over 140 submissions, including the Cape Town Stadium in South Africa.

Hans-Joachim Paap will give a talk at the 2011 AIT Acoustics Symposium in Berlin – "The acoustic quality of rooms – sound design & acoustic finishes". The event has been jointly organised by AIT Magazine and the Fraunhofer Institute for the fifth time.

At the Brazil Forum of the 22nd IAKS Congress, Hubert Nienhoff will speak about "Stadiums for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil".

Olympiastadion Berlin Site Visit with both the stadium Managing Director and Markus Pfisterer (gmp Director) involved in retrofitting.

On 15 October 2011, at the "Zodchestvo" Moscow Architecture Festival, Hubert Nienhoff will speak on the subject "gmp – dialogue-based design: global projects – local identity".

Kurzporträt über Prof. Volkwin Marg auf RTL Nord am Freitag, 14. Oktober 2011.

The Art of Building/Architecture departments of the Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg and Munich academies are organising a meeting from 13 to 15 October 2011 to discuss the topic "Town planning in a democracy".

On 11 October 2011, Hans-Joachim Paap will take part in a round table discussion on the post-airport design concept for Tegel Airport. The result of the round table discussion on possible post-airport scenarios will be broadcast on the Inforadio (rbb) programme on Sunday, 16 October 2011 at 11 am.

Martin Glass, gmp Direktor, spricht in Frankfurt über aktuelle Projekte für die WM 2014 in Brasilien.

The "Vision Lounge" talk show lasts one hour and presents visionaries and players from Germany. Prof. Volkwin Marg will talk about visions for the cities of the future and about worldwide projects planned and built by gmp.

The next Musitektur concert takes place on 31st March, with Marie Biermann in concert. She will be singing songs of Brecht and Prévert, Hans Albers and Udo Lindenberg, but above all Biermann songs, rarities familiar to virtually no-on-Hamburg tavern songs.

Markus Pfisterer, gmp Director, will be talking at the "Coliseum SUMMIT 2011 – Sports venues Know-how for the Middle East" in Doha/Qatar about "Cathedrals of Sport".

Markus Pfisterer, Director gmp, will be talking at the "Qatar Construction Summit 20112".

As part of the German-Brazilian Business Fair in Rio de Janeiro, Hubert Nienhoff is taking part in the workshop entitled "Mega events – strengthening cooperation and business opportunities".

At the 2011 German-Brazilian Economic Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Ralf Amann, Diretor gmp do Brasil, will speak at the seminar "Building Culture, Technology, and Sustainability in the Urbanization Process."

Future of the city. Mobility, energy, intelligent networks, ownership vs. access? Dieter Läpple (HCU), Philipp Rode (LSE), and Enno Maass (Managing Director of aac – Academy for Architectural Culture) discuss the future of the city at Kultwerk West in Hamburg.

Hubert Nienhoff is giving a talk at the Sponsors’ Sports Venue Summit 2011

Ralf Amann, Diretor gmp do Brazil, will be speaking about the technical details of stadium construction during the XVI Engineering Weeks at the Bauru Campus of São Paulo State University.

The "Santiago 2041" event will be focussing on sustainable urban development. In this context, Ralf Amann (Diretor gmp do Brasil) will be giving a talk on the subject of future visions for the cities of tomorrow.

Key features of the 15th Project Workshop at the Agrippinawerft in Cologne will be the project report by architect Hubert Nienhoff (gmp partner).

Prof. Volkwin Marg will be speaking on the subject of "Architecture between New and Old" during the specialist conference on Cultural Heritage and Culture Management, which forms part of the supplementary subject of Culture Management at the Christian Albrecht University in Kiel.

This year’s Chamber of Architects’ Open Day is on Saturday 25th June 2011, and once again gmp Berlin is taking part.

On Friday 24th June 2011, Meinhard von Gerkan will be speaking at the 11th edition of the Hamburg International Symposium on Sport and the Economy at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce.

On 23rd June, one of six one-day lecture events under the banner of "Water World – Maritime Move" series. Along with other speakers from distinguished architectural firms, Volkwin Marg will be speaking on the subject of "Urban Design and the Waterfront – Three Decades of Experiences".

As part of the programme accompanying the exhibition "From Berlin to Brasília – Stadiums by the Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners", Hubert Nienhoff will be talking together with Knut Göppert, schlaich bergermann and partner about "Architects and Engineers in Dialogue".

On Wednesday, 15th June, Prof. Volkwin Marg is giving an introductory talk on the exhibition "From Berlin to Brasília – Stadiums by the Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners" in the Alvar Alto Kulturhaus in Wolfsburg, Germany.

On Tuesday, 31st May 2011, gmp director Martin Glass will be speaking at the Technische Universität Berlin about recent large scale membrane structures.

Berlin Central Station – Europe’s largest train station for long-distance, regional, and local transport - celebrates 5th anniversary on 26th of May.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup championships will be held in Qatar. In this connection, gmp director Markus Pfisterer will speak among other experts on "Stadium and Venue – Design and Development" in Doha/Qatar.

On Wednesday, 18th May, Wu Wei is giving in Beijing a talk on the National Museum of China.

As part of the programme accompanying the Paul Bonatz exhibition, Meinhard von Gerkan will be talking about transport buildings and urban planning in Tübingen.

On Wednesday, 11th May 2011, gmp Partner Nikolaus Goetze will be speaking at the National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) in Hanoi about the Architecture of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners.

On Tuesday, 10th May, Prof. Volkwin Marg is giving a talk on the exhibition "Designing in Dialogue – The Architecture of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners" at the University Diego Portales in Santiago de Chile.

Following the February concert of "Russian Impressions of the 20th Century" in the Hamburg Musitektur series, the Russian theme continues at the Berlin office on Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 with a recital by young Russian pianist Daniil Danilenko.

Volkwin Marg spricht am Sonntag, den 17.04.2011 in der ZDF-Sendung "blickpunkt" (10.30 – 11.00 Uhr) über seine Erfahrungen als Architekt bei der Umsetzung diverser Großprojekte im In- und Ausland.

Am Sonntag, den 17.04.2011 ist Meinhard von Gerkan von 18.45 – 19.30 Uhr Studiogast beim Informationsmagazin DAS! im NDR Fernsehen. Durch die Live-Sendung führt Moderatorin Bettina Tietjen.

On Thursday, 14th April 2011, gmp director Martin Glass will be speaking at an IHK Brazil event about his experiences in Brazil and the current opportunities for business in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup.

The Chinese specialist periodical Area China invites you to the 10th discussion in its series of ‘Area Dialogues’ events at the Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel in Shanghai, on 30th March 2011. The ‘Beauty of Built Things’ is the theme on this occasion.

Meinhard von Gerkan is giving a talk on the exhibition "Designing in Dialogue – The Architecture of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners" at the University of Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City .

A major topic of the eco-summit is the city of the future. Prof. Meinhard von Gerkan will present his vision of TXL+ Smart Green City based on Tegel Airport.

Architectureworld is Europe’s biggest architectural get-together. In his talk, Meinhard von Gerkan will be offering a glimpse of his ongoing work at gmp, talking among other things about projects in Germany and in China