1956 Born in Aachen, Germany
1975 Abitur, Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium Aachen
1976 - 84 Studies of Architecture at the University 'RWTH-Aachen', Germany
1983 Intern. Summer Academy Salzburg, Austria
Studies with Prof.Vittorio Lampugnani
1984 'Dipl.Ing. in Architecture' at the RWTH-Aachen
1984 - 86 Postgraduate studies with Prof. Peter Cook at 'Städelschule',
Academy of Fine Arts, Frankfurt, Germany
1985 Intern. Summer Academy Salzburg, Austria Prof. P. Cook, Prof. J. Hejduk
1987 'Meisterschüler' of Prof.P.Cook
1987 'Architekt AKNW', 'Architekt BDB'
1987 Own architectural practice in Düsseldorf, Germany
1987 Combined with workshop 'MAX 1.2.' in Boston and Los Angeles
1987 Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting critic
1989 Participation at the Symposium 'Relationships between music and architectur', Cloister Eberbach with DAM German Architecture Museum
1990 Guest lecturer and teacher at UCLA, Los Angeles
1991 - 95 Lecturer at 'Bartlett', School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UCL, London
1992 Workshop and Lecture at the Bergische Universität, Wuppertal
1993 Guestcritics at the GHK Kassel
1993 Guestcritics at the University of North London
1994 UCLA Los Angeles, Visiting critic
1995 Lecture at the Hochschule Bremen
1995 Lecture at the GHK Kassel
1995 - 96 Guestprofessor Städelschule Frankfurt

1989 - 92 running the competition department of Overdiek, Petzinka und Partner, Düsseldorf
1992 - 93 running the competition department of JSK, Perkins & Will, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Chikago
1993 - 95 Giese Bohne + Partner, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Leipzig, member of Designers International E.E.I.C.
1995 – 97 in FFNS + Giese Bohne, Düsseldorf, Berlin, member of Designers International E.E.I.C.
1997 Foundation of POS 4, architectural practice in Düsseldorf

working on publications of relationships between music and architecture

working on computerbased lecture series

several lectures, guestcritics

AEDES, Berlin
Scala, Kopenhagen
Galeri ROM, Oslo
Cooper Union, New York
AA, London
DAM German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt
Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin
Galerie Fenster, Frankfurt
Gallery Imagination, London
Galeria del Mopu, Madrid
Kapitel III, Frankfurt.

Recently published by 'bauwelt', Berlin; 'AD', London; 'a+u', Tokyo; 'Transition', New York; 'LA Architecture', Los Angeles, 'Nieuwe Weelde', Rotterdam, 'FAZ',Frankfurt, 'FR', Frankfurt; 'Designers West', Los Angeles; 'Arkitekten', Copenhagen; 'assemblage', Cambridge, 'Artaurea', Ulm; 'art', Frankfurt; Violated Perfection, Rizzoli N.Y.; Europan 2, Madrid; Fenster zur Architektur, Frankfurt; Academy Editions, London.

1987 Second prize; Central Glass International Design Competition 1987, with Dagmar Richter ( MAX 1.)
1987 Mention; Los Angeles Prize International Competition 1987 with Dagmar Richter
1990 First Prize; Businesspark Grafenberg in Düsseldorf 1990 with OPP
1990 First prize; Housing development in Wuppertal 1990 with OPP
1990 First prize; Refurbishment of Pesch interior design in Cologne 1990 with OPP
1990 First prize; 'Bast emporium' in Neuss with OPP
1990 2.stage: 'East Meets West', Tbilisi
1991 First prize; Warehouse 'Robotron' in Leipzig with OPP
1991 Mention; Europan 1991„Living in the City“
1991 First prize: 'City-tower' Düsseldorf, with OPP
1992 Third prize: 'Köln- Bonn airport', with JSK
1992 Berlin Schönefeld airport, with JSK
1992 Second prize: Mercedes-Benz headquarter Düsseldorf, with JSK
1993 First Price: CCF Congress Center Frankfurt, with JSK
1993 Third Price: IKB Industriebank Düsseldorf, with JSK
1993 First Price: Kronprinz - Galerie, Stuttgart, with G+B
1993 Special Mention: Zeche Arenberg Fortsetzung, with G+B
1994 Second Price: Feldschlösschen Brauerei, Dresden, with G B + Partner
1994 Special Mention: Büro- und Kommunikationszentrum Hebel, Malsch with G B + Partner
1994 First Price: Superspace-Working, 9th Membrane Design Competition 1994, Tokio with Dagmar Richter
1995 First Price: Bundesallee Berlin in G B + Partner
1995 First Price: Living in the City Leverkusen in FFNS Giese Bohne
1996 First Price: Geschäftsgebäude in FFM in FFNS Giese Bohne
1997 First Price: Businesspark Essen Bredeney in FFNS Giese Bohne
1996 First Price: CocaCola Headquarter, Essen in FFNS Giese Bohne
1997 First Price: Intelligentes Bürogebäude Düsseldorf in FFNS Giese Bohne
1997 First Price: Junges Wohnen, EXPO 2000 Siedlung in FFNS Giese Bohne

Berlin III
with Dagmar Richter, in Berlin - Denkmal oder Denkmodell ?
Architektonische Entwürfe für den Aufbruch in das 21.Jahrhundert
herausgegeben von Kristin Feireiss, Berlin 1988, Verlag Ernst & Sohn

a+u, 90:02
with Dagmar Richter in Architecture and Urbanism No.233, Published by Yoshio Yoshida, Editor Toshio Nakamura, Tokyo

City-sign
with OPP, in architektur & wirtschaft, J 234/ 1991 Wiesbaden

Konzeptionen
recent work of OPP, Düsseldorf 1991

Tower at the Landtag
with OPP, Düsseldorf 1991

Reading Los Angeles
Dagmar Richter, in assemblage, MIT Press Cambridge 1991

Düsseldorf X-Ray
in Polis, Zeitschrift für Architektur, Stadtplanung und Denkmalpflege, Wuppertal 1992

Crossing the boundaries
in Fenster zur Architektur, Index Frankfurt 1992

in Theory + Experimentation
an Intellectual Extravaganza, by Andreas Papadakis, Academy Editions, London, mit Dagmar Richter

FFNS Giese Bohne
Düsseldorf 1995

Urban Renewal „Reflections on a European City“
Designers International E.E.I.G.

and various other publications