Dea Ecker
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Dea Ecker leads Ecker Architekten, an Architecture and Interior Design practice based in Buchen
, Germany
. Ecker's projects include the Corporate Headquarters for Holly Hunt, LTD in Chicago
, the town halls in Seckach
and in Rosenberg, a community center in Zimmern, the Sparkasse in Hettingen, and The House Dandelion Clock, a kindergarten for physically and mentally handicapped children in Buchen
.
in 1996, and the degree of Diplom-Ingenieur from the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
in 1991. Ecker was a recipient of two consecutive Fulbright Scholarship grants that allowed her to pursue post-graduate work in the United States. Prior to founding Ecker Architekten, with her partner, Robert Piotrowski in 1998, Ecker worked in the swiss-based bureau of Suter+Suter in Leipzig
, and with Holabird & Root in Chicago
.
Ecker was a teaching assistant at the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology during 1996-1997. She was a guest critic at IIT in 1999-2000 in Chicago, for the IIT Paris Program in 2008, and worked with students in an IIT design-build studio in the summer of 2009.
Buchen
Buchen is a town in Germany Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Odenwald low mountain range, 23 km northeast of Mosbach.-Geography:...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Ecker's projects include the Corporate Headquarters for Holly Hunt, LTD in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, the town halls in Seckach
Seckach
Seckach is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-References:...
and in Rosenberg, a community center in Zimmern, the Sparkasse in Hettingen, and The House Dandelion Clock, a kindergarten for physically and mentally handicapped children in Buchen
Buchen
Buchen is a town in Germany Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Odenwald low mountain range, 23 km northeast of Mosbach.-Geography:...
.
Biography
Ecker earned a Master of Architecture and Urban Planning from the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
in 1996, and the degree of Diplom-Ingenieur from the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
The Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences is an University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe. It is the largest university of applied sciences in the State of Baden-Württemberg offering both academic and professional higher education study programmes in engineering sciences, natural sciences,...
in 1991. Ecker was a recipient of two consecutive Fulbright Scholarship grants that allowed her to pursue post-graduate work in the United States. Prior to founding Ecker Architekten, with her partner, Robert Piotrowski in 1998, Ecker worked in the swiss-based bureau of Suter+Suter in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, and with Holabird & Root in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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Awards, honors, publications, and positions
The work of Ecker has been exhibited at The Chicago Architectural Club, in a traveling exhibit of Beispielhaftes Bauen from the Architectural Association of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany and in a traveling exhibit of new inductees to the Bund Deutscher Architekten. Executed projects have been featured in publications such as Detail, Informationdienst Holz, Glas, [ark], and AIT (Germany), PUU – wood/holz/bois (Finland), Interni (Russia), and Interior Design Magazine in the United States. She has received high honors for her work, including the award of Beispielhaftes Bauen for the Community Center in Zimmern and the Kindergarten Dandelion House in 2007, and the honor of Gutes Bauten from the Bund Deutscher Architekten for the Town Hall in Seckach and the Community Center in Zimmern in 2008. Ecker was inducted into the Bund Deutscher Architeckten (BDA) in 2008, and Ecker Architekten was a nominee for the Hugo Häring Preis in 2009. She has served repeatedly as a juror of architectural competitions in Germany.Ecker was a teaching assistant at the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology during 1996-1997. She was a guest critic at IIT in 1999-2000 in Chicago, for the IIT Paris Program in 2008, and worked with students in an IIT design-build studio in the summer of 2009.
External links
- Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture
- Fulbright Commission
- University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe
- Ecker Architekten
- Chicago Architectural Club
- BDIA - Bund Deutscher Innenarchitekten
- Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg
- Detail Magazine
- Informationdienst Holz
- Interni
- Baunetzwissen
- Beton.org
- Mimoa
- Notcot.org