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The client's requirements are the basis for the development of our design concepts. Deductions from the site's specific characteristics and history, the surrounding structures, climate and access paths, as well as energy and ecological needs - aspects of particular importance today - are all parameters of our design process, at the end of which the building or urban landscaped ensemble, should, as a unique element, reflect the genius loci, formulating a distinctive and memorable idea of structure and space in all its parts.

By reducing design concepts developed in this way, all important ideas should - in the form of a small logo - be visually imparted, make an impression and set a sign. In the end, when the building is used and experienced, this conceptual sign should be perceptible as a structure and in all its parts recognizable through its clarity and conclusiveness, right down to the use of materials and colour. This is only possible, however, when the design's basis is a rational, functionally intelligent, innovative and thus formally expressive concept.

Our goal, as a team of architects, interior designers, engineers, urban planners and landscape designers, is to create built environments that affect people and stir their desires; places people like to visit and linger in; spaces that are tangible and logically accessible. These should be structures that improve the urban and landscaped environment with their beauty and in their simplicity, as well as being exciting in their spatial arrangements, which are clear and obvious with regards to the orientation between inside and out.

The main aspect of our efforts is to focus within the existing multiplicity on what is right and to reduce that to a well proportioned concentrate and to connect things with one another aesthetically, thus creating solutions to the tasks at hand for our fellow beings.

The exact cost calculation and the adherence to the budget are basic requirements for our work. The planning and construction time follow professional construction schedules, which are set up and supervised by our well-cooperating project management. Our planner team with over 50 employees has a knowledge resulting from 40 years of office experience and is equipped with ultra-modern technical equipment and systems. For a comprehensive general planning, we are associated with freelance specialized consulting engineers. We work for private and public clients, for companies, the industry, commerce and trade, banks and insurance companies and very successfully support general contractors and construction companies with the preparation of tenders and the development of working drawings respectively.

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Stadträume Orte Architektur
Urban Spaces Loci Architecture
Gerber Architekten
Editor: Museum am Ostwall,
Dr. Kurt Wettengl
Ernst Wasmuth Verlag
Tübingen + Berlin, 2006
ISBN 3 8030 0666 X

RWE Tower Dortmund
Gerber Architekten
Editor: Olaf Winkler
Junius Verlag Hamburg, 2006
ISBN 13 978-3-88506-565-4

Gerber Architekten
Messe Karlsruhe
Axel Menges + Opus 57, 2005
ISBN 3-932565-57-6

build - The Architect Portrait
Verlag Müller + Busmann
Wuppertal, 2004
ISSN 1619-3512
to order: www.mueller-busmann.de

architekten almanach Ruhrgebiet
Verlag Müller + Busmann
Wuppertal, 1999
ISBN 3-928766-36-8

architypus
Orte der Arbeit und Kommunikation
Eckhard Gerber Architekten
Editor: Klaus-Dieter Weiß
Wiesbaden 1998
ISBN 3-528-08126-0

Architektur und Landschaft
Landesverband Westfalen und Lippe
der Kleingärtner e.V.
Lünen, 1996

Neue Wege zur Architektur
Harenberg Edition
Dortmund, 1994
ISBN 3-611-00425-1

Komplexität für eine offene Gesellschaft
Kreishaus Vechta
Harenberg Edition
Dortmund, 1998
ISBN 3-611-00747-1

Zukunft im Ruhrgebiet
Das Harenberg City-Center in Dortmund
Harenberg-Verlag
Dortmund, 1994
ISBN 3-611-00399-9

Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Staatshochbauverwaltung des Landes Niedersachsen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, 1993

Rickey
Galerie Utermann
Harenberg Edition
Dortmund, 1994
ISBN 3-611-00393-X

Bauwelt Sonderdruck
mdr Landesfunkhaus Magdeburg
No. 10, 1999
Berlin

Bauwelt Sonderdruck
Verlagshaus Harenberg
No. 29/30, 1995
Berlin

Bauwelt Sonderdruck
Bibliothek Göttingen
No. 15, 1994
Berlin

Architektur der Gegenwart
Editor: Schweger/Meyer
Verlag Kohlhammer
Stuttgart, 1993
ISBN 3-17-011126-4

Jahrbuch für Licht und Architektur 1993
Editor: Ingeborg Flagge
Ernst & Sohn Verlag
Berlin, 1993
ISBN 3-433-02545-2

2009
Unipor Architecture Award;
Dinnendahlstraße Residence,
Essen-Bergerhausen, Germany

2008
Erlweinpreis der Stadt Dresden,
Anerkennung;
Biologische Institute der TU Dresden

2007
BDA Prize Saxony - recognition
Institute for Biological Research of
Dresden University, Germany

2006
BDA Prize Dortmund 2006
RWE Tower, Dortmund, Germany

BDA Prize Essen 2006 - recognition
Albermannstrasse Residence,
Essen-Werden, Germany

Architecture Award for Metal Roofs
and Facades 2006 - recognition
WILO GmbH Electronic Production Hall,
Dortmund, Germany

2005
IOC / IAKS AWARD for Outstanding
Sport and Leisure Buildings

2005 - Bronze MedalSports Centre of
Koblenz-Landau University, Germany

BDA Prize Baden-Württemberg - recognition
New Exhibition Grounds, Karlsruhe, Germany

German Wood Construction
Prize - recognition
New Exhibition Grounds, Karlsruhe, Germany

2004
Unipor Architecture Award - special
recognition
Architecture Studio "Tönnishof",
Dortmund, Germany

BDA Prize Saxony 2004
Concert Hall of the Leipzig University of
Music and Theatre, Germany

Architecture Prize for Exemplary Trade
Buildings from the WestHyp-Foundation
recognition
New Exhibition Grounds, Karlsruhe, Germany

2003
Facade Prize - special recognition Concert
Hall of the Leipzig University of Music
and Theatre, Germany

2002
Architecture Prize for Exemplary Trade
Buildings from the WestHyp-Foundation
WILO GmbH Electronic Production Hall,
Dortmund, Germany

2001
Architecture Prize Saxony-Anhalt MDR
Broadcasting Centre of Saxony-Anhalt,
Magdeburg, Germany

2000
Good Buildings Award in North Rhine-
Westphalia - selected for the BDA Prize
North Rhine-WestphaliaNew City Centre of
Bergkamen, Germany
Recklinghausen Campus of the
Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences

Architecture Prize for Exemplary Trade
Buildings from the West Hyp-
FoundationMDR Broadcasting Centre of
Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany

1999
Award for Building for the Requirement
of the DisabledDistrict Council Office,
Gütersloh, Germany

Light Architecture PrizeMDR Broadcasting
Centre of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg,
Germany

1998
Good Buildings Award in North Rhine-
Westphalia (Dortmund) - selected for the
BDA Prize North Rhine-Westphalia;
Harenberg Publishing House, Dortmund,
Germany, Job Centre, Dortmund, Germany
Savings Bank, Münsterstrasse, Dortmund,
Germany and District Council Office, Gütersloh,
Germany

1996
Architecture Prize for Exemplary Trade
Buildings from the WestHyp-
FoundationRegional School of the
Allotment Garden Association, Lünen,
Germany

Architecture Prize from the German
Plumbing Trade - recognitionLower Saxony
State- and University Library, Göttingen,
Germany

1995
Award for Exemplary Buildings in North
Rhine-WestphaliaDual sport hall at the
2nd Training Centre of the Federal Fiscal
Administration, Münster, Germany

IOC / IAKS AWARD for Outstanding
Sport and Leisure Buildings 1995 - Silver
MedalNeckartal Sports Hall, Wernau,
Germany

1994
Architecture Prize for Exemplary Trade
Buildings from the WestHyp-
FoundationHarenberg Publishing House,
Dortmund, Germany

BDA Prize Lower SaxonyLower Saxony
State- and University Library,
Göttingen, Germany

1993
Award for Good Buildings - selection
process for the Hugo-Häring Prize from
the BDA Baden-Württemberg 1993/1994
Sports Hall, Wolfschlugen, Germany

First Prize for Good Architecture in the
Ruhr Area from the Campaign
"Accompany IBA" 1993
Jakob Henle House, Lünen, Germany

1992
Design Competition of the Association of
Local Government Bodies - 2nd prize
Jakob Henle House, Lünen, Germany

1990
German Steel Construction Industry
Prize - recognitionNeckartal Sports Hall,
Wernau, Germany

Awarded the BDA Prize Baden-
Württemberg for the Hugo-Häring-
PrizeNeckartal Sports Hall, Wernau,
Germany

1988
Property Owner Prize "High Quality -
Acceptable Costs" - recognition
Heinz Bach House, Dortmund, Germany

1987
Poroton Prize "Tönnishof" Villa,
Dortmund, Germany

1985
Architecture Prize from the German
Plumbing TradeUrban Railway Station
"Stadtgarten", Dortmund, Germany

Architecture Prize from the German
Plumbing Trade - 3rd prizeHagen
Municipal Hall, Germany

1984
Award for Exemplary Buildings in North
Rhine-WestphaliaUrban Railway Station
"Stadtgarten", Dortmund, Germany

Award for Exemplary Buildings in North
Rhine-WestphaliaHagen Municipal Hall,

GermanyAward for "House of the Year
1984" from the magazine "Schöner
Wohnen";
Vacation Home at Karerpass, Italy

1983
German Architecture Prize - recognition
Urban Railway Station "Stadtgarten",
Dortmund, Germany

1982
German Steel Construction Industry Prize -
recognitionUrban Railway Station
"Stadtgarten", Dortmund, Germany
Hagen Municipal Hall, Germany

1975
Promotional Prize for Young Artists in the
Land North Rhine-Westphalia in the
Field of Urban Planning and Architecture