With pen and paper. Drawings by the architect Carlo Weber

With pen and paper.

Drawings by the architect Carlo Weber

Preview 14.09.2024, 19:00

Exhibition 15.09.-27.10.2024

Galerie Sonnenberg, Stuttgart

Opening hours: Sat / Sun 14:00 - 18:00

www.galerie-sonnenberg.de

On the occasion of the 90th birthday of the architect Carlo Weber, Galerie Sonnenberg is showing a selection of his drawings and sketches in its annual exhibition. Since his school days and throughout his life, Carlo Weber thought, explained and captured "with pen and paper" – first while exploring his surroundings and travelling as a student, and later on as an architect in many competitions and projects.

The exhibition features relatively unknown early works from the early 1950s and 1960s, as well as numerous drawings for the XX Summer Olympic Games in Munich in 1972. They demonstrate the sensitivity in handling the location, his trained eye for the topographical features of the landscape, and attest to the wide range of his field of activity. The exhibition also includes a small selection of photographs and sketches for projects that he designed with Auer + Weber, founded in 1980.

Carlo Weber (1934-2014):  While studying architecture in Stuttgart and Paris from 1953 to 1961, he worked in the office of Behnisch + Lambart, and in 1966 co-founded the architectural firm Behnisch & Partner. In 1980, together with Fritz Auer, he founded Auer + Weber with offices in Stuttgart and Munich. From 1992 he taught as Professor of Building Theory and Design at the TU Dresden and in 1996 was elected to the newly founded Saxon Academy of the Arts in Dresden. His later years were also filled with jury work. He died in 2014 in Stuttgart.

The exhibition was curated by Catherine Rennert and Elisabeth Spieker.

Image 1: Behnisch & Partner

Image 2: Carlo Weber - private archive