Klaus Jan Philipp

Klaus Jan Philipp is a leading expert in the history of architecture, with a special focus on the 1960/70s. He is interested in systematic surveys on early digital planning, industrial construction and societal uses/reuses. In the field of critical iconology, he addresses material aesthetics and spatial concepts from late 1950s onward, dealing with wider contexts of technology, economics and politics.

Education and Degrees

• 1996 Habilitation, University of Stuttgart
• 1985 Dr. Phil., University of Marburg
• 1981 – 1985 Studies of History of Art, History and Archaeology, University of Marburg, Free University of Berlin

Professional Career

• 2008 – present Professor for History of Architecture, University of Stuttgart
• 2003 Professor for History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg (from 2006 on HafenCity University, Hamburg)
• 1997 Visiting Professor, University of Bonn, Institute for Art History

Collaborative Research Center

• SFB TRR 141: Biological Design and Integrative Structures – Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture