Niklas Maak is a writer and arts editor at Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung. Maak studied art history, philosophy and architecture in Hamburg and Paris and completed his PhD on the work of Le Corbusier and Paul Valery in 1998. He went on to work as an art editor for Süddeutsche Zeitung before joining Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2001. For his essay, Maak has been awarded the George F. Kennan Prize (2009) and the Henri Nannen Prize (2012). His writing, typically discovering and tracing novel historical lineages in an incisive manner, comprises an important contribution to contemporary architectural and cultural issues. His lecture will address communal dwelling in our time with certain forms of urban depravity.
Maak is the author of two books: 'Der Architekt am Strand: Le Corbusier und das Geheimnis der Seeschnecke' (2010) and 'Fahrtenbuch. Roman eines Autos' (2011).
He has been guest professor in architectural history at the Frankfurt University as well as guest professor at the Städelschule Architectural Class.
Today
Ongoing
Water Cooler Talks 2025
Event, 8 – 9 February 2025
Rundgang 2025
Exhibition, 7 – 9 February 2025, 10:00–20:00
Trisha Donnelly
Lecture, 30 January 2025, 19:00
Kerstin Brätsch: Parasite Painting
Lecture, 28 January 2025, 19:00
Emma Enderby: Curating in and out of Place
Lecture, 14 January 2025, 19:00
Niklas Maak: Postfamilial Architecture. On the zombification of the city and new forms of communal dwelling
Lecture 5 June 2013, 19:00 Aula, Städelschule, Dürerstraße 10, 60596 Frankfurt am Main