Dea Ecker
2016 Appointment to the "Konvent der Baukultur 2016"
Since 2014
Offices in Heidelberg and Buchen/Odenwald
Since 2009
Juror at architectural competitions for education, administration, and church projects
2008
Guest critic for the IIT College of Architecture, Paris
2007
Inducted as a Fellow of the Association of German Architects (BDA)
08.01.2000
"Ecker Architekten" with Robert Piotrowski, emphasis on public and commercial buildings. Entered into the List of Architects of Baden-Württemberg, No. 14369
July 2000
Relocation of offices to Germany
1999-2000
Guest critic at the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago
1998
Founding of the architecture office "Piotrowski+Ecker" in Chicago, emphasis on commercial and office buildings, school and university buildings, and interior architecture
1997
Project architect at Nagle Hartray, Chicago; school and kindergarten buildings, interior design of the Goethe Institute in Chicago
1997
Senior Project Archiect at Holabird & Root in Chicago, for the design of a resort town (41 ha) in Cheju-Island, South Korea
1996-97
Graduate Fellowship, Teaching Assistant in the Graduate Studies design studios of Professor Jerry Horn
1995-96
Awarded two consecutive fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation for three semesters at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago; Master of Architecture
1993-95
Project Manager in the Leipzig branch of the Swiss firm Suter + Suter GmbH; commercial, office, and apartment buildings; competitions
1992-93
Invited competition for the city of Frankfurt-Bardaji for Enrique Bardaji-Alvarez, Madrid; focusing on the special consideration of historic buildings by Peter Behrens
1989-92
Staff architect at Franke+Gebhard, Karlsruhe/Berg, Germany; extensive student travels
1985-92
Study of architecture in Karlsruhe, Germany; Diplom - Ingenieurin
Robert Piotrowski
Since 2016 Patron for the INsider Award for Interior Architecture
Since 2014
Offices in Heidelberg and Buchen/Odenwald
2008
Inducted as a Fellow of the Association of German Interior Architects (BDIA)
2003
Droste Lecturer - "A Few Small Projects in Germany", a report to IIT in Paris
1987-2001
Guest Critic at the following schools of architecture:
Illinois Institute of Technology - 1994, 2003, 2007
University of Southern California Los Angeles - 1995, 2001
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - 1994, 1995
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1987
08.01.2000
"Ecker Architekten" with Robert Piotrowski, emphasis on public and commercial buildings. Entered into the List of Architects of Baden-Württemberg as Architect and Interior Architect, No. 83998
July 2000
Relocation of offices to Germany
1998
Founding of the architecture office "Piotrowski+Ecker" in Chicago, emphasis oncommercial and office buildings, school and university buildings, and interior architecture
1998
Senior project architect in the office Krueck + Sexton, Chicago
1995-2000
Professor for Design and Building Construction at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago; Director of the fifth and sixth semesters from 1998-2000
1993-97
Senior project architect and director of Interior Design in the architectural firm Holabird & Root, Chicago
1993
Docent for Special Programs, The Art Institute of Chicago
1988-93
Senior project architect in the office of Interior Architects Powell/Kleinschmidt, Chicago
1987
Studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, in an exchange program with Harvard University
1984-88
Studied architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "Master of Architecture"
1980-84
Studied architecture at the State Univeristy of New York at Buffalo, Bachelor of Professional Science in Architecture