
Zvonko Turkali, 1958, is a German architect of Croatian-Hungarian descent. After his studies of architecture at the University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt, the State Academy of Fine Arts Staedelschule Frankfurt and Harvard University in Cambridge, USA, he worked as a research assistant at the RWTH Aachen and was visiting professor at the University Kassel. In 1988, he founded the architectural firm Turkali Architekten. Since 1998, Zvonko Turkali is a tenured professor at Leibniz University Hanover. As a member of architectural advisory boards, he has assisted and counseled many cities in regards to urban construction and architecture, i.e. Frankfurt, Regensburg, Biberbach, Mannheim, Freiburg, Luebeck and Karlsruhe and currently Konstanz and Linz / Austria. Zvonko Turkali was awarded the Christian-Heyden-Prize for building culture in 2006. From 2009 to 2012, he was chairman of the BDA (German Architects’ Association) of the State of Hesse. Further, he serves as a juror in numerous national and international competitions. Zvonko Turkali gives lectures in Germany as well as abroad.
since 2020 | Member of the Architectural Advisory Board of Konstanz Member and Chairman of the Climate Advisory Board of Linz (AT) |
since 2019 | Member of the Architectural Advisory Board of Linz (AT) |
2017 – 2021 | Member and Chairman of the Architectural Advisory Board of Karlsruhe |
2014 – 2020 | Member of the Architectural Advisory Board of Freiburg 2019 – 2020 Chairman |
2014 – 2016 | Member and Chairman of the Architectural Advisory Board of Mannheim |
2013 – 2018 | Member of the Architectural and World Heritage Advisory Board in Luebeck 2017 – 2018 Chairman |
2010 – 2012 | Member of the Architectural Advisory Board of Biberach a.d. Riss |
2009 – 2012 | Chairman of the German Architects’ Association BDA of the State of Hesse, Frankfurt am Main |
2007 – 2009 | Member of the Architectural Advisory Board in Karlsruhe |
2006 | Awarding of the Christian-Heyden-Prize for Building Culture, Guetersloh |
since 2004 | Professor at Leibniz University Hanover Institute for Building Design |
2002 – 2007 | Member of the Architectural Advisory Board in Regensburg 2005 – 2007 Chairman |
2001 – 2002 | ‘Reality and Future of Public Spaces’, Urban Design Symposium, Hanau Organization, Counseling and Presentation on behalf of the Magistrate of Hanau |
2000 | ‘Expo 2000 – Idea, Reality, Future’, International Symposium, Hanover Organization and Counseling on behalf of Expo-Gesellschaft |
1998 – 2004 | Professor at Leibniz University Hanover Institute for Design and Structure |
1996 – 2004 | Member on the Representatives’ Assembly Chamber of Architects and Town Planners of the State of Hesse, Frankfurt am Main Chairman of the Committee for Education and Training of the Academy of the Chamber of Architects and Town Planners of the State of Hesse |
1996 – 1998 | Visiting Professor at University Kassel Experimental Building Construction and Design |
1995 – 1999 | Member of the Executive Board of the BDA, Frankfurt am Main |
1993 – 2003 | Member of the Town Planning Advisory Board in Frankfurt am Main |
1990 | ‘Spaces’, Seminar of the Academy of the Chamber of Architects of the State of Hesse, Dessau Bauhaus Dessau Foundation |
1988 – 1992 | Research Assistant at the Rhine-Westphalian Polytechnic University Aachen Chair for Building Construction III, Prof. Vladimir Nikolic |
1988 | Foundation Turkali Architekten, Frankfurt am Main Master in Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge (US) |
1987 – 1988 | Teaching Assistant at Harvard University, Cambridge (US) Graduate School of Design – Studio Prof. Boris Podrecca |
1986 – 1988 | Architectural Studies at Harvard University, Cambridge (US) Graduate School of Design – Studios von: Prof. Elias Torres, Barcelona, Prof. David Chipperfield, London, Prof. Boris Podrecca, Vienna / Stuttgart |
1985 | Employee at Richard Meier and Partners, New York (US) |
1983 – 1985 | Degree Studies in Architecture at State Academy of Fine Arts Staedelschule, Frankfurt am Main Class of Prof. Guenter Bock and Prof. Peter Cook |
1983 | International Summer Academy Salzburg (AT) Class of Prof. Raimund Abraham, New York |
1978 – 1983 | Degree Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main |
1958 | Born in Vrdnik (YU) |
2023 | Zukunft Nord Greenville – Construction Site 12, Karlsruhe Area Development Böbingen an der Rems Ziegelei-Allee in Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main New construction of an Office Building with Parking Garage in Mühlacker New construction of a Day Clinic and Comfort Station Private Clinic Dr. Amelung, Königstein i. T. Wohnen am Park (Living by the Park), Drei-Ähren-Straße 2-18, Freiburg-Haslach Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), Heilbronn |
2022 | Big Apple, Erlangen Haid Park in Freiburg in Breisgau New Extension Building Otto-Hahn-School, Frankfurt Sparkasse Vorderpfalz, Speyer Residential Construction Wieslocher Strasse, Walldorf Annexbuilding Tower Y, Frankfurt Residential Area Betonwerk Wolf, Baienfurt Residential Construction Petershausen-West, Konstanz Sparkasse Vorderpfalz, Speyer New Construction of a six form entry Comprehensive School, Velbert Museum of Sepulchral Culture, Kassel Mainova – Solmsstrasse, Frankfurt Nestbau 4, Construction Site C 1-6, Freiburg Neue Mitte Nordsteimke, Wolfsburg Neulindenpark, Freiburg Römerstrasse, Weil am Rhein New Construction of a 8-Field Sports Hall – School Center Berliner Ring, Monheim 6-Lakes-Wedau – Quarter at Wasserturm, Duisburg Residential Quarter Elefantenweg, Freiburg BSR Südkreuz Berlin IGS Süd, Frankfurt Berufskolleg (Vocational School) Dinslaken, Kreis Wesel Schützenstraße, Munich Mobility 4.0, Krefeld |
2021 | Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe Südkreuz, Berlin New Center District, Ebelsberg New Construction of a Gascade Head Office, Kassel City Hall and Town Hall, Eschborn Höckle-Area, Mössingen Hotel Extension Eberbach Monastery, Eberbach Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin New Construction of a Primary School Location on Bregenzer Straße, Monheim New Construction of an Indoor Swimming Pool, Leinfelden New Construction of a Children and Youth Theatre, Frankfurt New Construction of a Fire Station, Borken Heiligkreuz District, Mainz Future Kurhaus, Bad Homburg New Office and Commercial Building Sparkasse, Mannheim Climate Protection Quarter Hohe Düne, Gifhorn School and Boarding House, Friedberg Solitaire Buildings Hoepfner Areal, Karlsruhe New Construction of a Disaster Control Center, Bitburg New Construction of the Parish Hall with Parish Office St. Michael, Kupferzell 1014 Fifth Avenue, New York High-rise building Schwarzwaldstrasse, Karlsruhe Sports Forum Berlin New Construction of a Primary School in Pfingsterfeld, Monheim |
2020 | Hafenpark Quarter, Frankfurt Area Ravelsberg, Konstanz New Construction of a Day Care Center, Reichelsheim Hasholzer Ground South, Monheim am Rhein Church Center and Childcare/Family Center, Hannover St. Ursula Schools, Freiburg-Wiehren New Construction Living Space for Students, Stuttgart New Urban Space B14, Stuttgart New Construction of the Rebstockbad, Frankfurt am Main New Construction of a Food Product Market, Karlsruhe Residential Block Uffhauser Straße, Freiburg New Construction of an Environmental Bank, Nürnberg Innovation Factory 2.0, Heilbronn |
2019 | JLU Giessen, New Seminar Building I, Giessen New Development of the Northern Muensterplatz, Mainz Beiersdorf Production Facility 1, Hamburg Facade Renovation of Leibniz University high-rise building, Hannover Redevelopment and Realignment of Mona Mare, Monheim District Freiham North, Munich Redevelopment of the Station Square South, Karlsruhe New Office Building at Grossmarkt, Karlsruhe Telekom Area, Konstanz Hörn Construction, Kiel |
2018 | Adorno High School with Gymnasium and Elementary School, Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt – Institute for Apiology, Oberursel New Construction of a "Stilwerk Hotel", Luebeck-Travemuende Construction Site 1 "Gluecksquartier", Mannheim "In den Sieben Stuecken", Hanover New Construction of a Service Center for Sparkasse, Weil am Rhein First Building Block for the LaDaDi 2020+ Master Plan, Darmstadt New Construction of the Fire House, Bad Soden New Construction of an IT-Campus Lidl, Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf Buchholz Green Nature. Close. Living., Hannover Old Velodrome Reichelsdorfer Keller, Nuremberg New Construction of a Concert Hall, Nuremberg The new Buddenbrookhouse, Lübeck Quarter Development Geniner Ufer, Lübeck Competition Master Planning Neureut-Center III, Karlsruhe Residential Quarter "Auf dem Baggersand", Lübeck Extension and Renovation of the Cultural Center Sojus 7, Monheim Catholic Parish St. Peter and Paul, Marburg |
2017 | "Waidesgrund", Fulda Repurposing of Schuppen 3 at Europahafen, Bremen Residential and Office Tower, Bremen Sponsored Residential Construction Konsul-Smidt-Strasse, Bremen Residential Building at the Europahafen, Bremen New Construction and Renovation of the Civic Center St. Aegidius on Kirchplatz, Rehda-Wiedenbrueck High Rise 99 West, AFE-area, Frankfurt am Main New Creativity Center "Alter Schlachthof 57", Karlsruhe Heidelberg Convention Center (HDCC), Heidelberg High Rise Europa-Allee, Construction Site 43, Frankfurt am Main New Day Care Center Wilhelm-Busch-Strasse, Muehlheim Residential Quarter Steinberg, Langen New Residential Quarter Lauerhofer Field, Luebeck Extension of the Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Freiburg Weingarten New Construction for Leibniz School of Education, Hannover New Construction of a Three-Field Sports Hall and a Canteen, Bochum-Wattenscheid Extension of the Community Hall of the Evangelic-Lutheran Church Stiftsplatz, Einbeck Quarter Island Tip at the Harbor, Offenbach New Construction of the Interdenominational School, Elementary School and Kindergarten at the Technology Park, Karlsruhe New Construction and Extension of the Main Building of the High School Ratsgymnasium, Wolfsburg Extension of the Institute of Music, Osnabrueck Extension of the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck on Sedanstrasse, Osnabrueck New School Center, Monheim am Rhein New Office Building for the Municipal Works, Wuppertal Deutsche Bank Plot, Frankfurt am Main Realization Competition Head of the Jury |
2016 | New Elementary School Building Haselstauden, Dornbirn, Austria Administration Building of Lidl Services, Bad Wimpfen Development Area Dornberg, Muehltal District Nieder-Ramstatt New City District Lichtenreuth, Nuremberg Western Tip Rail Yard, Tuebingen New School Building for Staudinger Comprehensive School, Staudingen ”Sophie Scholl Quarter“, Monheim New Construction of a Fire and Rescue Station in Igstadt, Wiesbaden Administration Center, Eschwege Extension of the Elementary School Fuhrberg, Burgwedel Krueger Area Competition, Stein New Construction of the Technical City Hall, Mannheim Art Quarter KuQua Goettingen – New Construction of a Gallery Building, Goettingen Rennweg Triangle, Freiburg Pavilion at the Ring Road, Freiburg Hotel and Residential House for Student Living in Schwetzingerstadt, Mannheim Townhouse at the Park, Ettlingen Development of the former AfE Area, Frankfurt am Main New Office and Commercial Building on the Premises Opernplatz 2, Frankfurt am Main |
2015 | Katholische Stiftungsfachhochschule München, University of Applied Sciences (KSFH), Preysingstrasse, Munich Interior Renovation of the Evangelical Municipal Church Hockenheim New Construction of the Start Up Center “Alter Schlachthof”, Karlsruhe New Construction of the Business Development Center (BDC) on the Grounds of the MMT Campus (Mannheim Medical Technology), Mannheim Public School Central Altona, Hamburg Fire Station Reinbek, Reinbek Police Headquarters Southeastern Hesse, Offenbach Academy and Headquarters of the DFB (German Football Association), Frankfurt am Main Parish Hall & Pastoral Center, Balve Brunecker Strasse (former "Suedbahnhof" - southern Station Site), Nuremberg Outskirt Area Alt-Nied High-Rise Residential Building Construction Site 26 North in the Europa District Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main Linguistics and Cultural Studies / 3rd Stage of Construction, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Residential and Office Building between Pranner- and Salvatorstrasse, Munich Main Fire Station, Regensburg Berufskolleg (Vocational School) Campus Moers Muenchner Stadtmuseum, Munich Residential Construction Seelhorststrasse / Zeppelinstrasse in Hannover Am Rosenberg, Hofheim-Marxheim |
2014
| Conversion of the Catholic Church St. Laurentius to a Parish Hall, Schieder Educational Campus and Sports Park Freiham, Munich Administrative Building for the City of Ravensburg At the Marstall – Lot West, Hanover Exhibition Hall 7 (Messe Frankfurt), Frankfurt am Main Community Center Catholic Parish Holy Cross, Boennigheim Henri Dunant Area, Frankfurt am Main Reuse of the former EAD area, Darmstadt Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Kassel Albert Schweitzer School, Wiesbaden Museum Wiesbaden, Entrance and Front Yard Design, Wiesbaden Replacement School Center Southwest, Nuremberg Town Entry Rheinpromenade, Monheim am Rhein Doebele, Konstanz Gutleutmatten West, Freiburg Town Centre and Stoecken Market, Hanover Hans Thoma School, Oberursel Extension of the Museum Human and Nature to the Museum of Natural Sciences of Bavaria, Munich Estrel Tower, Berlin Quarter at the Kaiserstrasse, Guetersloh Parkstadt Unterliederbach, Frankfurt am Main Hoepfner Area, Karlsruhe |
2013 | Parish Hall Hausen, Frankfurt am Main Fire Service, Accommodation and Outdoor Units, Biberach an der Riss Hotel a-ja Resort, Travemuende Kulturcampus Plot 12, Frankfurt am Main Campus of the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Day Care Center "Paradies" and Event Hall, Walluf im Rheingau Theaterlabor for the Institute of Applied Theater Sciences, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen At the Rheinau Lake, Mannheim Architecture Prize 2013, Regensburg Museum of Bavarian History, Regensburg Extension Sonnenberg Clinic, Stuttgart Integrated School, Huerth Rhein-Main Halls, Wiesbaden Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge Arnulf Park, Munich Overall Concept Beaun Square and new Town House, Bensheim Music and Art School, Monheim am Rhein House of Common Learning – School and Community Center Gadamerplatz, Heidelberg |
2012 | Henninger Area, Frankfurt am Main District to the Power of Four, Mannheim B&B Hotel on Schwarzwaldstrasse, Karlsruhe Integrated All-Day School with After School Center St. Leonhard, Nuremberg IWZ – Partial New Construction Engineering Sciences Centre, Cologne Extension of Empress Augusta High School and Urban Design Extension of the Georgs Area, Cologne Central Station Forecourt, Rosenheim Extension Kreissparkasse, Biberach Westside Towers, Frankfurt am Main BDA Prize 2012, Berlin Art Gallery, Mannheim Orschel – Hagen South, Reutlingen Music Center, Bochum Restructuring of the "Faecherbad" into a Combination Bath, Karlsruhe Waldenser School, Moerfelden-Walldorf Renovation District House, Dieburg Living and Working at the Hospital Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main Riedberg "Residential Construction Niederurseler Hang", Frankfurt am Main Henninger Tower Area, Frankfurt am Main Garden Depot, Kassel Student Accomodation in the Cherisy Area, Konstanz Community Hall Resurrection Parish Praunheim, Frankfurt am Main Restructuring of the Sacred Heart Church – Roncalli Kindergarten, Hamm |
2011 | Elementary School, Bad Soden Elementary School and Daycare Centre Hafen, Offenbach am Main Rearrangement "Innerer Westen", Regensburg Redevelopment, Renovation and Extension of Hildegardis School, Hagen Office Building on Bockenheimer Landstrasse, Frankfurt am Main Historical Archive, Arts and Museum Library, Cologne Education Center, Cultural Hall and Extension of the Town Hall on "Neuer Markt", Ingelheim Campus "Philosophikum" Justus-Liebig University, Giessen European District Apartment Tower, Frankfurt am Main Area of the Deutsche Bank on Rossmarkt, Frankfurt am Main BDA max40 – Young Architects in the State of Hesse, Frankfurt am Main Documenta Center of Information and Communication, Kassel Students Center Cherisy-Strasse, Konstanz |
2010 | Design of High-Level Platforms for the Tram U5, Frankfurt am Main Extension of the University, Hildesheim Nursing Home for the Elderly, Muehltal New Concept for the Plenary Tract of the Lower Saxony Parliament, Hanover Revitalisation and New Building Zeppelin University, Fallenbrunnen Science Park Center, Kassel University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West, Bottrop University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West, Muehlheim an der Ruhr Parking Garage Coulinstrasse, Wiesbaden Helenenhoefe, Frankfurt am Main Redevelopment of the Holy Spirit Church, Olpe Replacement Building for the Bergische University, Wuppertal University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Giessen Fire Station, Munich |
2009 | Youth Hostel, Braunschweig Renovation of the Kleinmarkthalle, Frankfurt am Main Extension Frankfurt International School, Oberursel Medicum Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main University and State Library, Fulda Highschool, Youth Center, 3 Court Hall and Outdoor Area Riedberg, Frankfurt am Main Modernization and Renovation Clerc Seminary Leokonvikt, Paderborn |
2008 | Renovation of the Student Accomodation Complex Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Area of the former Heinrich-Lanz Hospital, Mannheim University Campus North, Kassel Extension Oberursel High School, Oberursel Information Pavillon for the Construction Site of the Tram, Karlsruhe Urban Rearrangement in the Area of Frankfurter Berg, Frankfurt am Main Extension Martin-Luther School, Rimbach im Odenwald |
2007 | Renovation and Extension Wattenscheid-Mitte Lower Secondary School, Bochum Vocational School FOS/BOS, Aschaffenburg Philipp Reis School, Friedrichsdorf Konrad Lorenz School, Usingen Conversion Great Lakes Area, Konstanz New Indoor Swimming Pool and Renovation Outdoor Swimming Pool, Oberursel Design of the new Block RDK8 (Rhine Port Steam Power Plant RDK), Karlsruhe |
2006 | Headquarter Sparkasse Emsland, Meppen Counseling Center Sparkasse Emsland, Meppen |
2005 | Porsche Museum, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen German Natural Stone Prize 2005, Wuerzburg DEG Building, Cologne Eichengrund Elementary School, Ruesselsheim Culture and Conference Center, Game and Festival Hall, Worms Familiy-Wellness Center, Frielendorf Elementary School Pruefening, Regensburg Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge at the Mozart Tower, Darmstadt |
2004 | Educational Sciences, Linguistic Sciences and Business, University Kassel, Kassel Freedom Square, Hanau Well on the Dernsch Terrain, Wiesbaden Kelterei Hessische Staatsweingüter, Kloster Eberbach, Eltville im Rheingau Burgstrasse, Oldenburg Exchange Association of the German Book Trade, Frankfurt am Main Social City Frankfurt-Unterliederbach, Frankfurt am Main Extension of Hoelderlin Elementary School, Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe |
2003 | Campus Westend, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Central Area Bockenheim of the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Finanzamt, Papenburg Headquarter BASS GmbH, Niederstetten Continental Teves Development Building, Frankfurt am Main |
2002 | Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Extension of the "Ernst-von-Huelsen-Haus" Museum, Marburg Frankensteiner Hof, Frankfurt am Main |
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2000 | Science Centre, Wolfsburg |
1999 | Volksbank, Haltern |
1997 | Volksbank Headquarter, Borken |
2016 | Freedom of the Architect |
2015 | Our Project: Firm Owners and Project Managers report Why Buildings look to the front and back, the left and right |
2014 | Time, Place and other Constellations A civil Conversation or The Risk to repeat what`s being said Hedgehogs and Foxes. About Individuality and collective Behavior in Architecture About Competitions and the Freedom of the Architect |
2013 | Old Buildings haven't always been old and new Buildings won't always be new. Urban Construction as a long-term Matter Mobility and Movement in an immobile Discipline ‘Current Status of Architectural Teaching – A critical Survey’ and ‘Credit-Point-Hunting or Space for critical Thinking?’ |
2012 | New Constructions in historic Contexts Architectural Advisory Boards, Communication and Building Culture |
2011 | Basic Trainings for Competitions Historic City Center Planning and Architectural Competition – an aligned Mixture between the Old and the New? The Responsability of Juries in Competitions |
2010 | Addressing Architectural Advisory Boards |
2009 | Basic Training for Competitions -Rules of the Game, Tips and Background Information Participation in the Series of Lectures University of Kassel |
2008 | Modern Construction in World Heritage Cities based on Experiences as a Member of the Architectural Advisory Board Lecture in the course of the Architectural Week A4 Regensburg |
2003 | Architectural Circle Regensburg |
2002 | Keynote Lecture Darmstadt University of Technology |
1999 | Keynote Lecture Lecture |
1997 | Keynote Lecture Keynote Lecture Keynote Lecture |
1996 | The Detail of Architecture Keynote Lecture |
1995 | Program und Process Keynote Lecture |
1994 | Keynote Lecture Bonds and Coditions |
1993 | Construction and Architecture University of Kaiserslautern |
1992 | Keynote Lecture Keynote Lecture |
1990 | Keynote Lecture Bauhaus Dessau |
1989 | Keynote Lecture Academy of Fine Arts Berlin |