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Frei Otto

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Also known as Frei Paul Otto, Otto, Frei, Otto, Frei Paul

German architect (1925-2015)

OverviewAI-generated

Frei Otto was a German male figure whose professional activity spanned from 1952 to 2006. Born on May 31, 1925, he passed away on March 9, 2015. His official website is freiotto.com.

In the context of music, he is associated with the genres of comedy and German music. Open Library records him as an author with twelve works, including *Abschied in Zermatt*, *Beim Wirt zum "Scharfen Eck"*, *Berliner Herbst*, *Bis sich Nacht in die Augen senkt*, and *Die Hintergründe der Jurakrise*. Crossref lists five works attributed to him.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1924
Works
12

Top works

  • Abschied in Zermatt
  • Beim Wirt zum "Scharfen Eck"
  • Berliner Herbst
  • Bis sich Nacht in die Augen senkt
  • Die Hintergründe der Jurakrise

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1948-07-22
comedygerman

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
9

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/FREI+OTTO">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Frei Paul Otto , ( 1925-05-31 ) 31 May 1925, Siegmar, Saxony , Germany
Died
9 March 2015 (2015-03-09) (aged 89), Leonberg , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Occupation
Architect

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Paul
Family name
Otto
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of death
Leonberg
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
roof
Conflict
World War II
Official website
www.freiotto.com
Work location
Munich
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Commons category
Frei Otto
date of birth
1925-05-31
date of death
2015-03-09
name in native language
Frei Otto
has works in the collection
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
start of work period
1952-01-01
end of work period
2006-01-01
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

Frei Paul Otto ( German: [fʁaɪ ˈʔɔtoː]; 31 May 1925 – 9 March 2015) was a German architect and structural engineer noted for his use of lightweight structures, in particular tensile and membrane structures, including the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Otto won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2006 and was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2015, shortly before his death.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frei Otto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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