Born in Cologne on the 24th of june 1953

Professional Occupation

since 2001	Head of the History of Architecture Department at the Institute of Art History, University of Cologne
2004 - 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015	Managing Director of the Institute of Art History, University of Cologne
1996 - 2001	C4-professorship in history of architecture, University of Dortmund
1984 - 1996	Lecturer on history of architecture at the Institute of Art History, University of Cologne
1982 - 1996	Occupation at theOffice for Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland (Amt für Denkmalpflege im Rheinland), Bonn/Brauweiler
until 1986	Research assistant in the Inventory department
1986 - 1996	Head of the Department of Building Research at the Rheinische Amt für Denkmalpflege

Education

1974 - 1982	Studied history, art history and Latin philology at the University of Cologne
17.12.1979	First state examination for teaching at grammar schools State Exam Thesis - Monography on the Bürgerspitalkirche in Braunau
1979 - 1982	Doctoral studies with a major in art history and minor subjects as ancient, medieval and modern history at the University of Cologne. Study visits to Prague, Vienna and Munich.
15.05.1982	Ph.D. thesis at the University of Cologne. Ph.D. Thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. G.Binding: Late Gothic three-pillar structures in Bavaria and Austria