Werner Sobek

German structural engineer.

Biographical Information

Name:	Werner Sobek
Born on	16 May 1953 in Aalen, Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Place(s) of activity:	schlaich bergermann partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Werner Sobek AG Werner Sobek New York Inc.
1974 - 1980	Studies structural engineering at the University of Stuttgart
1978 - 1980	Studies architecture at the University of Stuttgart.
1981	Award of the Friends of the University of Stuttgart for Excellent Scientific Work
1984	Engineer in the office of Skidmore Owings & Merril, Chicago and San Francisco, Illinois Institute of Technology
1987	Doctoral Dissertation: Concrete shells created on pneumatic form work. Doctoral Degree in engineering science
1987 - 1991	Engineer in the office of Schlaich, Bergermann & Partner, Stuttgart
1989	Hubert-Rüsch-Award for outstanding scientific work related to concrete structures
1991	German Award for Structural Engineering

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:

architect

designer

engineer

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Steffen, Simon / Zeller, Amelie / Böhm, Michael / Sawodny, Oliver / Blandini, Lucio / Sobek, Werner (2022): Actuation concepts for adaptive high-rise structures subjected to static wind loading. In: Engineering Structures, v. 267 (September 2022), pp. 114670.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114670
Sobek, Werner / Sawodny, Oliver / Bischoff, Manfred / Blandini, Lucio / Haase, Walter / Klett, Yves / Mahall, Mona / Weidner, Stefanie / Leistner, Philip / Maierhofer, Mathias / Park, Sumee / Reina, Guido / Tarín, Cristina (2021): Adaptive Hüllen und Strukturen. Aus den Arbeiten des Sonderforschungsbereiches 1244. In: Bautechnik, v. 98, n. 3 (March 2021), pp. 208-221.
https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202000107
Berger, Johannes / Gericke, Oliver / Feix, Jürgen / Sobek, Werner (2020): Actively bent concrete shells. In: Structural Concrete, v. 21, n. 6 (December 2020), pp. 2282-2292.
https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.201900505
Kelleter, Christian / Burghardt, Timon / Binz, Hansgeorg / Blandini, Lucio / Sobek, Werner (2020): Adaptive Concrete Beams Equipped With Integrated Fluidic Actuators. In: Frontiers in Built Environment, v. 6 (January 2020).
https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00091
Sobek, Werner (2017): Adaptive Gebäude – (R)evolution durch Anpassung. In: Bundesingenieurkammer (2017): Ingenieurbaukunst 2018. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 9783433032046, pp. 144-151.

Bechmann, Roland / Hagenmayer, Stephen / Winterstetter, Thomas (2018): Efficiency and beauty - steel structures by Werner Sobek. In: Steel Construction, v. 11, n. 2 (May 2018), pp. 125-132.
https://doi.org/10.1002/stco.201810022
Ehrendoktorwürde für Werner Sobek. In: Stahlbau, v. 78, n. 8 (August 2009), pp. 600-601.
https://doi.org/10.1002/stab.200990112
Fritz Leonhardt Preis 2015 an Werner Sobek. In: Stahlbau, v. 84, n. 4 (April 2015), pp. 296.
https://doi.org/10.1002/stab.201590033
von Graevenitz, Karoline (2015): Fritz-Leonhardt-Preis geht an Werner Sobek. In: Bauphysik, v. 37, n. 2 ( 2015), pp. 137.
https://doi.org/10.1002/bapi.201590016
Sobek, Werner (2005): Integrale Planung - ein Gespräch mit Werner Sobek. In: Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail, v. 45, n. 12 ( 2005), pp. 1416.