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Rudolf Schwarz is one of the most important architects of German post-war architecture. In Austria he erected two buildings, the churches St. Florian in Vienna…

opening: Wednesday, November 25th, 1998, 6:00 p.m. The Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture was created in 1987 by the European Commission,…

Virtual real-estate is working on architecture with using almost purely digital instruments. Apart from developing programmes to demonstrate architecture via 3D-renderings the ten-headed team increasingly…

After the congresses on “Urbanisation” of the last few years the 6th Viennese Architecture Congress lays its focus on the various aspects of housing. It…

Federal depot of furnishings – Renovation and extension The purchase of an adjacent factory and a Biedermeierhouse made it possible to present the public with…

The Architekturzentrum Wien and the Austrian Savings Bank are organising the “Otto Wagner prize for Urban Planning” for the second time. It is intended to…

“Building palaces for children is pulling down prison walls” Several stages are going to lead to new children’s day-homes. Within the School Building Programme 2000…

Otto WagnerFormer official building of the Austrian imperial and royal Länderbank in the Hohenstaufengasse, 1882 – 84 In the summer of 1882, the architect Otto…

Moravian America–Shoe Town Zlin, 1927-1932 The journey goes to the industrial town of Zlin, where within five years (1927-1932) the slippers manufacturer Thomás Batá built…

Opening: Tuesday, September 22, 1998, 7 p.m. The book S, M, L, XL, the publicistic monument of the architecture debate in the 90`s, is the…

José Luis Mateo has a leading position among contemporary Spanish architects. For years he influenced the international architectural debate as the editor of the architectural…

This informative round trip is leading right into the middle of the heart of a self made housing area, but also points out this nuisence…

“Space, that has to be crossed through, in order to get from one place of privacy to the other.” ” 1 ” U6-line stations, viaducts…

The housing estate as a manifesto: – Josef Hoffmann– André Lurçat– Oskar Wlach– Julius Jirasek– Ernst A. Plischke– Hugo Häring– Oswald Haerdtl– Ernst Lichtblau– Richard…

The “Architekturzentrum Wien” is celebrating At the fifth anniversary of the “Architekturzentrum Wien” the future of the presence of architecture will be celebrated and symbolized…

C A N C E L L E D ! This self-help movement, which emerged from the misery after the fall of the monarchy, demands…

Buildings of classical modernism – resulting from an attitude of radical innovation and a denial of traditions- are (provided that they survived the disregard and…

opening: Tuesday, June 09, 1998, 7 p.m. With the exhibition “We home builders – Home building in Austria since 1945” the Architekturzentrum Wien focuses on…

Housing estate “Erzherzog Karlstadt”Masterplan: Gustav Peichl / Martin KohlbauerVisit of the project parts of– Paul Katzberger, Karin Bily– Michael Loudon– Martin Kohlbauer– ARCA– NFOG Residential…

Although the architect Josef Frank is one of the most remarkable representatives of the Austrian modern architecture, until nowadays his work has been appreciated by…