Gottfried Böhm

Neviges Pilgrimage Church, completed in 1968, is one of Böhm's most famous works. Its angular concrete form looks almost like a folded rock or tent, making it a landmark of postwar German church architecture.

Böhm won the 1986 Pritzker Prize for a body of work that combined architecture, sculpture, and urban context. He was especially known for expressive churches, civic buildings, and concrete forms.

Yes, his father Dominikus Böhm was also a major German church architect. Gottfried Böhm's wife Elisabeth and several of their sons also worked in architecture.

Böhm is best known for sculptural concrete, especially in churches such as Neviges. He also used brick, glass, and steel, but his concrete work became his strongest public signature.