At its inaugural meeting on 3 July 2026, the 14th General Assembly of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects re-elected architect and town planner Prof. Lydia Haack as President of the Chamber, thereby placing its trust in her for a further five years. Landscape architect and town planner Franz Damm was also elected Vice-President for the second time; he had once again stood as the lead candidate on our ‘Landscape Architects bdla’ list. In addition, architect Doris Lackerbauer was elected Vice-President.
In addition to the President and the two Vice-Presidents, the following were elected to the eleven-member Chamber Executive Committee for the next five years:
- Michaela Ausfelder, architect and town planner
- Bianca Caspari, architect
- Thomas Eckert, architect and town planner
- Thomas Felkner, architect
- Alexandra Heese, architect
- Rainer Post, architect
- Julia Schneider, interior designer
- Lavinia Wagner, architect
Advisory member for urban planning: Kristina Vogelsang, urban planner
Advisory member representing junior members: Antonia Rieß
The Bavarian Chamber of Architects represents, by virtue of its statutory mandate, the professional interests of around 26,000 architects, interior designers, landscape architects and town planners.
This includes ensuring the quality of the profession’s services, as well as promoting building culture and the necessary consumer protection.
The Executive Board was elected by the 14th Representatives’ Assembly of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects, which comprises the 125 representatives elected in spring 2026. These representatives were elected by the Chamber’s members for the forthcoming five-year term of office. The eleven seats on the Executive Board are allocated in accordance with the strength of the lists in the Assembly of Representatives, using the Hare–Niemeyer method. The President and the two Vice-Presidents are elected in separate ballots. The elected junior members take part in the meetings of the Assembly of Representatives in an advisory capacity; in addition, a representative of the next generation of architects will now, for the first time, serve on the Executive Board in an advisory capacity with immediate effect.
Representatives of the ‘Landscape Architects bdla’ list (from left to right): Bernd Rohloff, Franz Damm, Nicole M. Meier, Sonja Klaus, Thomas Dill, Mechthild von Puttkamer, Markus Schäf, Doris Grabner, Ursula Hochrein. Photo: © Florian Dilg
In the current legislative period, bdla Bavaria is represented in the Assembly of Representatives by 13 seats, making it the second-strongest list in terms of votes. The elected representatives from our ‘Landscape Architects bdla’ list are:
- Ursula Hochrein
- Doris Grabner
- Franz Damm
- Katja Aufermann
- Dr Johannes Gnädinger
- Nicole M. Meier
- Bernd Rohloff
- Sarah Janowski
- Markus Schäf
- Tilman Latz
- Sonja Klaus
- Thomas Dill
- Mechthild von Puttkammer
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