Elisabeth Böhm Explained

Elisabeth Böhm née Haggenmüller (18 June 1921, in Mindelheim – 6 September 2012 in Cologne[1]) was a German architect who frequently worked together with her husband, Gottfried Böhm.

Biography

Böhm studied architecture at the Technical University Munich where she met Gottfried Böhm whom she married in 1948. Her husband took over the family architecture business in Cologne from his father Dominikus Böhm who died in 1955. Initially, Böhm spent most of her time at home raising their four children, only spending short periods at the office. She later returned to more intensive work, developing plans for housing projects and housing estates.[2] Of particular note are her interior designs for the castle of Godesburg, near Bonn (1959), the town hall of Bensberg in Bergisch Gladbach (1969) and for the modern additions to Kauzenburg Castle near Bad Kreuznach in the early 1970s. She was also behind the circular foyer designed in connection with the expansion of the Stuttgart Theatre in 1984.[3]

Böhm lived and worked in Cologne until her death. Her relationship with her husband and her sons and their reactions to her death is explored in a 2014 documentary titled "Concrete Love — The Böhm Family."[4]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WirTrauern – Gedenkseite von Elisabeth Böhm . Wirtrauern.de . 18 June 1921 . 12 September 2012.
  2. http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen_Verleihung_der_AIV-Ehrenplaketten_in_Koeln_8095.html "Die Frau an seiner Seite"
  3. Hiltrud Kier, Bauten und Projekte in: Kristin Feireiss (Hg.): Elisabeth Böhm: Stadtstrukturen und Bauten, p. 64
  4. News: Goldmann . A.J. . Gottfried Böhm, Master Architect in Concrete, Dies at 101 . The New York Times . 10 June 2021 .