German Steel Construction Engineering Prize 2015

The prize for the structural engineering category went to Mike Schlaich of Schlaich Bergermann & Partner from Berlin, who was recognised for his contribution to the roofing of the Wolfsburg Customer Centre. As is well known, the draft was produced by GRAFT, and the jury explicitly praised the close working relationship between the two offices. The structure’s “geometry virtually lacking in bending moments” enables a lightness that is at once both true and without ostentation in its design.