Jürgen Hermann Mayer (born 1965 in Stuttgart) is a German architect and artist. He is the leader of the architecture
firm "J. MAYER H." in Berlin and calls himself Jürgen Mayer H.
J. MAYER H. was founded 1996 in Berlin. Since January 2014, when Andre Santer and Hans Schneider joined as partners in the firm, it has been called J. Mayer H. und Partner, Architekten. It focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication, and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings, to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology, and nature form the background for a new production of space.
Important works (selection)
Stadt.haus (Stadthalle Scharnhauser Park, Ostfildern), 2000–2002, exhibited in the Permanent Collection of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York, the Biennial in Venice 2004, Arsenale and the German pavilion
Architekturforum Aedes|Aedes Galerie und Architekturforum (ed.), Kristin Feireiss, Hans-Jürgen Commerell: J. Mayer H., surphase architecture. (exhibition catalogue). Aedes, Berlin 2002.
Cristina Steingräber (ed.): metropol parasol, Staatliche Museen Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-88609-519-3
Henry Urbach (ed.): J. Mayer H., Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2223-0
Neeraj Bhatia, Jürgen Mayer H. (ed.): arium, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7757-2540-8
Suh Kyong won (ed.): DD 19 Activators. DAMDI Architecture Publisher, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 89-91111-21-1
Berlinische Galerie (ed.): Rapport, 2011
Andres Lepik, Andre Santer (ed.): metropol parasol, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2837-9
J. Mayer H., Cristina Steingräber (ed.): Wirrwarr, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2837-9
J. Mayer H. (ed.): A.WAY, Trademark Publishing 2011, ISBN 978-3-9813228-5-9.
Wilko Hoffmann (ed.): Could Should Would, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7757-4053-1
Film
Jürgen Mayer H. Der Architekt der Kurven. (Alternativtitel: J. Mayer H. – Architektur als Abenteuer.) documentary film, Germany, 2011, 26 min., book and direction: Claudius Gehr, production: planetfilm, NDR, arte, first broadcast: 16 December 2012 by arte.
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References
^"Jürgen Mayer H. - Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction". www.holcimfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011.
^"Jürgen Mayer H. | MoMA".
^"TUM Jurgen Mayer H. lecture" (PDF).
^"Jürgen Mayer H. – Forecast". Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^"Hotel Park Inn Kraków już otwarty". Budowle.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^Sarpi Border Checkpoint by J. Mayer H Architects. auf: detail-online.com, 16. November 2011.
^WALKER, AMEENA (24 August 2016). "Times Square nods to racy past with X-shaped loungers". Curbed. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^"J. Mayer H". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
^Metropol Parasol – red dot award: product design, 2012 – red dot: best of the best auf: red-dot.org, 7. Juli 2012.