German star architect Helmut Jahn dies at 81
A champion of sustainability, Jahn left behind a legacy of buildings in the US and Germany. DW takes a look back at his career.
An early start in the US
Born in 1940, Jahn studied architecture in Munich and moved to Chicago, Illinois to study with modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1966, but landed a job with well-known architect Charles Murphy. By the 1980s, he had become a star in the business and eventually ran the firm.
Favorite materials
The architect is best known for his work with steel and glass. "We wanted to build buildings that combined solid architecture and engineering. A building has to be utilitarian and not just aesthetically pleasing," he told DW in an interview in 2015. This image shows his Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4 building in Warsaw, Poland.
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