Horst Berger
Horst Berger (1928-2019)
After forming Geiger Berger Associates in 1968 with
During his time at Geiger Berger Associates, Horst Berger had the challenge of engineering the 105-acre (0.42 km2) roof designed by architect
In 1990 Horst Berger was asked to create a tensile fabric roof for the Denver International Airport. Challenges of snow loading and attaching the rigid walls to the fabric roof made it one of Berger’s toughest projects. The unique design with the roofing structure gave the terminal a more spacious layout.[2]
In 1990 he became a professor at the School of Architecture of the City College of New York.
While studying and working in New York, Berger married an American woman Gretchen (Gay) Smart. They had four children, Ralf, Susie, Paul and Barbara; Barbara died in 2011, aged 53.[1]
Notable works
- Hajj terminal, King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Seaworld Pavilion, San Diego, California
- San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California
- Wimbledon Tennis Arena, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
- Great Hall, Alexandra, London, United Kingdom
- Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California
- Whale Pool Enclosure for the Brooklyn, New York
- Denver International Airport, Colorado
- Eilat Performing Arts Center, Elat, Israel
- Metrodome, Minneapolis
References
See also
- Tensile architecture
- Tensile and membrane structures