42+ Frei Otto Architektur Background. Frei otto, german architect and design engineer and winner of the 2015 pritzker prize, who is known for his tensile architectural designs—lightweight tentlike structures such as the central sports stadium. Frei paul otto, a german architect, was born on may 31, 1925 in siegmar, germany and in 1948 frei otto returned to berlin and got enrolled at the technical university of berlin to study architecture.
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2015 pritzker winner and a pioneer in innovative lightweight structures, frei otto has done 60 years of relevant and useful research in materials, membranes and tensile architecture. Frei otto, architect behind some of the most important structures and engineering ideas of the last century, has died just two weeks before he was to receive the pritzker. ©2015 the pritzker architecture prize / the hyatt foundation. Frei paul otto, a german architect, was born on may 31, 1925 in siegmar, germany and in 1948 frei otto returned to berlin and got enrolled at the technical university of berlin to study architecture.