The case of the Wittgenstein House
An international symposium on preservation of modernist monuments
Buildings of classical modernism - resulting from an attitude of radical innovation and a denial of traditions- are (provided that…
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Symposium Fri 19.06.1998 – Sat 20.06.1998
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Presentation Tue 26.05.1998
19:00-21:00Josef Frank and the housing today
Book presentation and discussion
Although the architect Josef Frank is one of the most remarkable representatives of the Austrian modern architecture, until nowadays his…
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Lecture Wed 26.11.1997
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Lecture Fri 07.11.1997
18:30-00:00"What ever happened to Urbanism?"
The Pearl River Delta
lecture by: Rem Koolhaas"What ever happened to Urbanism ?"was the question, the Architekturzentrum Wien addressed to the Dutch architect Rem… -
Congress Fri 07.11.1997 – Sun 09.11.1997
Fifth Vienna Architecture Congress
HEARTS OF EUROPE - Bypasses, Implants and Magnets for the Cities
The Fifth Vienna Architecture Congress does not only intend to uncover the strategy behind the creation of a new city…
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Presentation Sat 25.10.1997 – Sat 01.11.1997
Jan Turnovsky
The Beauty of the Detail
Event - Book presentation - Minimal exhibitionJan Turnovsky was a highly committed and unorthodox assistant at the Institute for Housing… -
Presentation Thu 09.10.1997
19:00-21:00(un)planbar
WIEN, die letzten 10 Jahre
Visions of city architecture and what remains thereof:stunted realty - lush real estateBook PresentationWilhelm Kainrath>>Die Bandstadt<< - Vision of city… -
Congress Fri 15.11.1996 – Mon 18.11.1996
Fourth Vienna Architecture Congress
Agglomeration - European Sprawl
As an introduction to the 4th Vienna Architecture Congress, urban and regional planners from various Austrian universities as well as… -
Seminar Sat 17.08.1996 – Sun 08.09.1996
7th Viennese Seminar on Architecture
"Der Gürtel: city space - traffic zone"
opening: September 17, 1996, 7 p.m. 5 project groups with the architects:- Max Dudler, Berlin- Carlos Gomez de Llarena, Caracas-… -
Presentation Mon 03.06.1996 – Thu 31.12.1998
Visionaries in Exile
A cultural journey from Austria to America
CD-ROM Presentation Visionaries in Exile is the first CD-ROM production focusing on Modern Architecture. It recalls the history of twenty…
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Presentation Tue 19.03.1996
19:00-21:00BauArt 4 / "Regionalismus und das Fremde" (German only)
Buchpräsentation / Diavortrag
"Raum denken"Die vierte Nummer einer Schriftenreihe, deren Beiträge sich mit Architektur, Städtebau, Grafik, Design und Kunst befassen. Der Themenbogen der… -
Presentation Tue 19.12.1995
19:00-21:00"Heinz Tesar"
Book presentation
The presentation of the first volume of the series "Portraits of Austrian Architects" (Springer Verlag Wien New York), the presentation… -
Congress Thu 02.11.1995 – Sun 05.11.1995
Third Vienna Architecture Congress
Common Places - Conventional Thoughts in the CHAOS of EUROPE
opening: Thursday, November 2, 1995, 7:30 p.m. Scientists, experts, writers, and journalists diagnose a multi-facetted image of "general chaos" and… -
Lecture Mon 02.10.1995
19:00-21:00"The architecture of Herzog & de Meuron"
lecture by: Jacques Herzog
"The architecture of Herzog & de Meuron"The two architects from Basel have built significant and mysterious objects in the past… -
Symposium Fri 01.09.1995 – Sun 03.09.1995
"THE Public Space"
Symposium
opening: August 30, 1995, 7 p.m. Continuous attempts to organize the city as perfectly and functionally as possible has deteriorated… -
Seminar Sat 26.08.1995 – Sun 17.09.1995
6th Viennese Seminar on Architecture
"THE public space"
opening: September 26, 1995, 7 p.m. 6 project groups with the architects:- Mariano Bayón, Madrid, E- van Berkel, Amsterdam, NL-…
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Presentation Wed 28.06.1995
19:00-21:00Österreichische Architektur im 20. Jahrhundert
Book presentation -and summer fest
Volume III/2 on the 13th - 18th districts of Vienna, published by Residenz Verlag was presented to the public, and… -
Symposium Sat 25.02.1995 – Sun 26.02.1995
"Visionaries in Exiles"
Symposium
opening: February 25, 1995, 10 a.m. The symposium took place on the occasion of the exhibition with the same title… -
Congress Fri 04.11.1994 – Sun 06.11.1994
2nd Vienna Architecture Congress
European Architecture Today
opening: Thursday, November 04, 1994, 7:00 P.M. "There is New Architecture in Europe" was the title of the preface to… -
Presentation Mon 19.09.1994
19:00-21:00Architecture Examples Eternit
Book presentation
On the ocassion of the book presentation, the Eternit company handed over a cheque in the amount of 100.000,- Schilling… -
Seminar Sat 20.08.1994 – Sun 11.09.1994
5th Viennese Seminar on Architecture
"Architecture of the Empty Space - Landscape Architecture"
opening day: September 20, 1994, 7 p.m. The urban and peripheral open spaces of a city form part of the… -
Symposium Fri 01.07.1994 – Sun 10.07.1994
"BildRaum" - "Survey of New York"
Filmweek and Retrospective
opening: June 30, 1994, 7 p.m. The city seen through the eye of a camera: no focus on the city… -
Symposium Tue 26.04.1994
19:00-21:00"Architecture and Tourism"
Symposium
Through lectures and positive examples, this symposium focused upon the "historical conflict" between tourism and contemporary architecture. This event was… -
Symposium Wed 20.04.1994
19:00-21:00"City in Profile" - "The Long Night of City Planning"
Symposium
On the occasion of the presentation of the book "Stadt im Durchschnitt" with texts by Leopold Redl, a "moderated examination"… -
Congress Thu 11.11.1993 – Sun 14.11.1993
First Vienna Architecture Congress
European Architecture Today
Since the move of the 90-ies was a period of transition a panel of european experts will review past achievements… -
Symposium Wed 27.10.1993
19:00-21:00"West meets East"
Panel discussion
Panel discussion on the exhibition "West meets East"A confrontation of the states Vorarlberg and Burgenland. The topics were: urban sprawl,… -
Lecture Wed 06.10.1993
19:00-21:00"The backward oriented Utopia: Motor of Viennese progress in architecture?"
lecture by: Prof. Friedrich Achleitner
"The backward oriented Utopia: Motor of Viennese progress in architecture?"This lecture, opening the symposium "Fischer von Erlach and the Viennese… -
Symposium Wed 29.09.1993
19:00-21:00"Oaks & Arollas
Panel discussion
Panel discussion on the exhibition "Oaks & Arollas"For each of the two confrontations of states a panel discussion was organized… -
Seminar Sat 21.08.1993 – Sun 12.09.1993
4th Viennese Seminar on Architecture
"Living and Culture"
opening day: September 21, 1993, 7 p.m. In continuation of the themes of the 3rd Viennese Seminar on Architecture 1992,…