Meinhard von Gerkan

1964 - graduated from the Technical University of Braunschweig
since 1965 - together with Volkwin Marg serves as the chief architect in the office of Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp)
1972 - worked at the Free Academy of Arts in Hamburg
1974 - served as a full professor at the Technical University of Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig
1982 - served as curator of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation in Frankfurt
1988 - visiting professor at Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan
1993 - visiting professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa
1995 - received an honorary award from the American AIA
1995 - received an honorary distinction from the Mexican Chamber of Architects
2000 - awarded the Fritz Schumacher Prize by the Alfred Töpfer Foundation
2002 - extraordinary member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
2002 - received the Romanian State Award
2002 - awarded an honorary doctorate in evangelical theology from Philipps-Universität in Marburg
2003 - member of the presidium of the Federal Foundation for Building Culture in Berlin
2004 - awarded the plaque of the Free Academy of Arts in Hamburg
2005 - received the Grand Prize from the Association of German Architects