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Josef Paul Kleihues

There are three things linking the architect Josef Paul Kleihues and FSB: firstly, he was born in Rheine (in 1933) and is thus a Westphalian compatriot; secondly, he urged us to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Loevy company in our 'Design for Berlin' project; and thirdly, he ensured in exemplary manner that our design can even be 'grasped' by the banks of Lake Michigan.

Josef Paul Kleihues studied architecture in Berlin, Stuttgart and Paris. At the age of 32, he started up his own architect’s firm in Berlin. He soon established his architectural credentials in a building (main cleaning service depot in Berlin), planning (IBA) and lecturing (Dortmund, Düsseldorf) capacity.

Critics interpret his distinctive architectural language as a mixture of functional rationalism and borrowings from the history of Prussian classicism. Josef Paul Kleihues prefers the term 'poetic rationalism'.

Projects completed while we were working with Josef Paul Kleihues include the Kant Triangle in Berlin, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Hamburger Bahnhof railway station in Berlin.

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