Bieling Architekten is a German architecture firm located in

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, with another office in

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. Founded by Josef Bieling in 1955, the firm has projects throughout Germany. His son Thomas Bieling. a director since 2011, runs the company as a group of independent architects. Earlier names included Architekturbüro Josef Bieling, Bieling & Bieling Architekten, and Bieling & Bieling. They designed apartment buildings and offices, and became known for winning competitions for new quarters, such as Waidmarkt in

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and Wallhöfe in

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History

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In 1955, the architect Josef Bieling (1919–1981) founded the ''Architekturbüro Josef Bieling'' in his hometown

. He focused on the planning and building of churches in the dioceses of

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and

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. He built 35 new churches, among other sacred buildings, and restored and remodeled several others. He also engaged in the building of senior citizens’ homes, kindergartens, parish halls, hospitals, schools, hotels and private homes. The new churches have included St. Bonifatius and , both in Kassel,

Zu den heiligen Engeln Zu den heiligen Engeln (To the Holy Angels) is a Catholic parish and church in Hanover- Kirchrode, Lower Saxony, Germany. The church was built in 1964 on a design by Josef Bieling, and was remodeled in 2014. It is now the parish church of a larger ...

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, and the pilgrimage church in

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. His sons, Kurt Bieling (born 1951) and Thomas Bieling (born 1956), also studied architecture, at the

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. From 2011, Thomas Bieling has been the only director of the firm now called Bieling Architekten. The firm is known for large projects in several German cities, such as the restoration of the in

, and the new quarters Waidmarkt in

's , and Wallhöfe in

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Competitions

The office took part in several competitions for architecture and realization, and has received more than 100 awards at competitions, including: * 2006: ''Quartiersentwicklung Neustadt / Wallhöfe'' in

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* 2007: ''Wohn- und Gewerbequartier Waidmarkt'' in

* 2008: ''Geschäftshaus Große Packhofstraße'' in

* 2009: ''Geschäftshaus an der

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'' in

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* 2009: ' in

* 2010: ''Hybrid Houses'', model project of the exhibition

Awards

Bieling Architkten has received several awards: * 1994: : * 2001: ''Deutscher Fassadenpreis ...'' (recognition): new building ''Ambulantes Herzzentrum Kassel'' * 2002: : Crematory in Kassel''Ausgezeichnete Architektur. Deutscher Fassadenpreis 2002 für vorgehängte hinterlüftete Fassaden (VHF)''
/ref> * 2002: ''Vorbildliche Bauten in Hessen'': Home for several families (''Mehrfamilienhaus'') Barth in Kassel * 2003: Prize of the

Association of German Architects The Association of German Architects (German: ''Bund Deutscher Architekten'', BDA) is an association of architects founded in 1903 in Germany. It publishes the bimonthly magazine ''der architekt''. The BDA has over 5,000 members. In 1995, it fo ...

in Hesse (BDA Prize, Simon-Louis-du-Ry-Plakette: Entrance hall of the hospital Städtische Kliniken in Kassel, and an office building * 2003: BDA Prize: offices and stores (''Büro- und Geschäftshaus'') at the Friedrichsplatz in Kassel

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