<h1>German architect Oswald Mathias Ungers has died</h1>

Berlin - At the age of 81, German architect Oswald Mathias Ungers has passed away, who was one of the most significant figures in 20th-century architecture. Ungers succumbed to pneumonia on Sunday, his family members reported to the media today.
A native of the town of Kaisersesch in the German Rhineland, he studied architecture in Karlsruhe and over more than half a century designed dozens of buildings both at home and abroad. Among his most significant projects were primarily designs for public buildings, such as exhibition halls in Frankfurt am Main, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Hamburg, or the building of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremen. Recently, Ungers was involved in the designs for the reconstruction of Berlin's Pergamon Museum.
According to experts, Ungers was an original author who managed to create his work outside of all major artistic movements and schools. He drew inspiration from the works of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and Prussian builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and thanks to his fascination with basic geometric forms, his architectural language was unmistakable, writes the DPA agency.
To celebrate his 80th birthday, the Berlin National Gallery organized an exhibition titled "Kosmos der Architektur" (Cosmos of Architecture) this winter.