Bieling Architekten

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Bieling Architekten
TypeArchitecture firm
Founded1955
FounderJosef Bieling
Headquarters
Kassel
,
Germany
Key people
  • Thomas Bieling
  • Kurt Bieling
Number of employees
c. 15–20[ citation needed ]
Website bieling-architekten.de/de/

Bieling Architekten is a German architecture firm located in Kassel, Hesse, with another office in Hamburg. Founded by Josef Bieling in 1955, the firm has projects throughout Germany. His son Thomas Bieling. a director since 2011, runs the company as a group of independent architects. Earlier names included Architekturbüro Josef Bieling, Bieling & Bieling Architekten, and Bieling & Bieling. They designed apartment buildings and offices, and became known for winning competitions for new quarters, such as Waidmarkt in Cologne and Wallhöfe in Hamburg.

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History

Front of Zu den heiligen Engeln in Hanover in 2011, built by Josef Bieling in 1964 Hannover Kirche Zu den heiligen Engeln.jpg
Front of Zu den heiligen Engeln in Hanover in 2011, built by Josef Bieling in 1964
Interior of the Maria Hilf [de] in Trutzhain, built by Bieling in 1965 Trutzhain-Wallfahtskirche.jpg
Interior of the Maria Hilf  [ de ] in Trutzhain, built by Bieling in 1965
New buildings for the Basler Versicherungen in Bad Homburg, in 2012 Bad Homburg, Neubau der Basler Versicherungen 01.JPG
New buildings for the Basler Versicherungen in Bad Homburg, in 2012

In 1955, the architect Josef Bieling (1919–1981) founded the Architekturbüro Josef Bieling in his hometown Kassel. He focused on the planning and building of churches in the dioceses of Fulda, Paderborn and Hildesheim. He built 35 new churches, among other sacred buildings, and restored and remodeled several others. He also engaged in the building of senior citizens’ homes, kindergartens, parish halls, hospitals, schools, hotels and private homes. [1] The new churches have included St. Bonifatius [2] and St. Theresia  [ de ], [3] both in Kassel, Zu den heiligen Engeln in Hanover, and the pilgrimage church Maria Hilf  [ de ] in Trutzhain. [4]

His sons, Kurt Bieling (born 1951) and Thomas Bieling (born 1956), also studied architecture, at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. From 2011, Thomas Bieling has been the only director of the firm now called Bieling Architekten. [5]

The firm is known for large projects in several German cities, such as the restoration of the Unterneustadt  [ de ] in Kassel, and the new quarters Waidmarkt in Cologne's Oversburg  [ de ], [6] and Wallhöfe in Hamburg-Neustadt. [7]

Competitions

The office took part in several competitions for architecture and realization, and has received more than 100 awards at competitions, including: [8]

Awards

Bieling Architkten has received several awards: [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Bonifatius in Sehenswürdigkeiten – Kassel.". www.kultur21.de. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Unsere Kirche". herzjesu-kassel.de (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Anders, Johanna (2014). Neue Kirchen in der Diaspora (in German). Kassel University Press. pp. 102–103. ISBN   978-3-86-219682-1.
  5. ↑ "Bieling Architekten AG". archinfo.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Fay Projects feiert Grundsteinlegung am Waidmarkt in Köln". property-magazine.de (in German). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Baubeginn für Quartier Wallhöfe". Die Welt (in German). 21 February 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bieling Architekten AG" (in German). competitionline.combaunetz.de. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bieling Architekten" (in German). baunetz.de. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  10. ↑ Ausgezeichnete Architektur. Deutscher Fassadenpreis 2001 für vorgehängte hinterlüftete Fassaden (VHF)
  11. ↑ Ausgezeichnete Architektur. Deutscher Fassadenpreis 2002 für vorgehängte hinterlüftete Fassaden (VHF)
  12. 1 2 "du Ry / Auszeichnung guter Bauten rund um Kassel" (in German). baunetz.de. 18 March 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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