Dialogue: Living Archive
Hermann Czech’s 90th Birthday
Just As Relevant As Ever
Hermann Czech at a book presentation
at the Az W, 2018.
© Photo: Az W
To mark Hermann Czech’s 90th birthday, we turn our attention to his multifaceted body of work and his lasting influence on architecture, urban planning and architectural theory.
As an architect, theoretician and sharp observer of everyday life, Czech has helped shape the building culture in Vienna over the decades. His work is characterised by a keen interest in context and an approach to design that inextricably links analysis to the final form. Together with the man himself, we look at selected projects, texts, photographs and books from Hermann Czech’s donation to the Az W Collection. Memories meet contemporary perspectives, showing why Czech remains one of the most significant voices in the architectural discourse today even at the age of 90.
With:
Bettina Götz, ARTEC Architekten
Gabriele Kaiser, architecture journalist
Wilfried Kuehn, Professor of Interior Design and Design, Vienna University of Technology
Eva Kuß, architect and architectural historian
Moderated by:
Sonja Pisarik & Monika Platzer, Az W