Aedes Architecture Forum
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Architekturforum Aedes | |
| Established | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Location | Pfefferberg site, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Germany |
| Type | Architecture gallery |
| Director | Hans-Jürgen Commerell |
| Website | aedes-arc.de |
Aedes Architecture Forum is an architecture gallery in Berlin. Founded in 1980, it became Germany’s first private architecture gallery.
Aedes presents architectural visions, sustainable urban concepts, urban planning, and landscape architecture through exhibitions and publications. Throughout its history, the museum has held more than 350 exhibitions which have showcased the work of prominent architects and future Pritzker Prize laureates such as Zaha Hadid, Thom Mayne, Daniel Libeskind, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, and Diébédo Francis Kéré.
In addition to 10–16 exhibitions annually, the museum hosts symposia, lecture series, and discussion events which target both professionals and interested laypeople.
History
The “Galerie Aedes” was founded in 1980 on Grolmanstraße in Berlin by Kristin Feireiss and Helga Retzer, then head of the Berlin Artist Program of the DAAD.
On 3 June 1989, the gallery moved to the Stadtbahnbögen near Savignyplatz.
In 1995, Aedes opened a second location in the east of the city, founded by Kristin Feireiss (1942–2025) and Hans-Jürgen Commerell under the name "Aedes East" in the Hackesche Höfe in Berlin-Mitte, with the involvement of cultural theorist Ulla Giesler from 1996 onward.
The work of Aedes has received numerous awards. In 2001, Kristin Feireiss was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit (on ribbon) for her contributions to architectural communication and fostering international exchange.
Since June 2006, the Aedes Architecture Forum has been located at the Pfefferberg site in the district of Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.