BDA Honorary Membership awarded to Fritz Auer

The BDA has awarded Prof. Fritz Auer an honorary membership. BDA Executive Board member Katja Knaus presented the award certificate to Prof. Auer at the event to present his book "Meine Lebensreise als Architekt" (My Life Journey as an Architect) held at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design.

The BDA awards honorary memberships to individuals who have made special contributions in line with its goals. The BDA said about Fritz Auer:

"Fritz Auer is influential – both as a person and as an architect. With his optimistic pioneering spirit, his courage to try new things and his desire for collective action, he inspires people. His architecture radiates this zest for life, and ranges from daring constructions to buildings that, with great sensitivity to people's expectations, shape the ordinary into something special.

His numerous award-winning works have shaped architecture in Germany as a magnificent lifetime achievement. By awarding him an honorary membership, the BDA also wants to honour Fritz Auer's approach and values as an architect.

His understanding of architecture, according to which he builds for people and the specific location, is both inspiring and groundbreaking. His reputation is based on an approach characterised by appropriateness, social responsibility and a focus on human scale. Relevance is achieved in architecture for Fritz Auer when the architect represents society and not himself. It is this requirement for his own work that releases enormous future potential, including for future generations of architects.

The BDA awards Fritz Auer honorary membership with the highest regard for his life's work in architecture."

Photos: Joachim E. Röttgers