Frei Otto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frei Otto

German architect

Date of Birth: 31-May-1925

Place of Birth: Siegmar, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Mar-2015

Profession: architect, engineer, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Frei Paul Otto (German: ['f?a? '??to]; 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.