Education
Max Dudler studied at the Frankfurt Städelschule, a contemporary fine arts academy, where he was a student of Günter Bock, and later at the Academy of Arts in Berlin with Ludwig Leo. His first employment in 1981 brought him to O. M. Ungers, with whom and others he completed the exhibition hall 9 and the Galleria of Messe Frankfurt.
Career
He obtained his diploma in 1979. Dudler has held many teaching positions and had exhibitions both in Germany and Italy, for example, he was a faculty member at IUAV University of Venice 1989/1990. He was a lecturer at the summer academy of architecture in Herne (1989), Mantua (1990), Naples 1993 to 1995) and Vienna (1996).
From 1996 to 1999 he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Dortmund.
Since 2004 he has been a Professor for Architecture at the prestigious Art Academy in Düsseldorf together with Axel Schultes and Laurids Ortner. 1986–1989: BEWAG Substation, Berlin 1997–2004: Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (Building extensions), Berlin 1999–2000: The building of Deutschen Börse, Frankfurt 2005: Ritter Museum for Alfred Ritter GmbH & Company
Knight of the Order of the Garter, Waldenbuch near Stuttgart 2002–2005: Dioezesan Library, Münster 2003-2009: Skyscrapers Ensemble on Elmstreet, Frankfurt 2006–2009: Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum der Humboldt University of Berlin 2008-2012: New City Hall on Brother House Terrain, Reutlingen 2009: Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm-Zentrum library at Humboldt University of Berlin 2009–2011: Hambach Castle, Neustadt an der Weinstraße 2011: Visitor Centre, Heidelberg Castle 2014: Visitor Centre, Sparrenburg Castle, Bielefeld J.
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The main characteristic of Max Dudler"s architecture is a combination of strict Swiss minimalism and classical rationalism that is found both in the historical and contemporary architecture.