Hans Hollein

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Hans Hollein, 1976
Haas-Haus in Vienna, 1985-1990
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 1983-1991
Abteiberg Museum, Moenchengladbach, Germany, 1972-1982)
Car Building, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany, 2011

Hans Hollein (born 30 March 1934) is an Austrian architect and designer.

Hollein was born in Vienna, and received a diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1956. During 1959 he attended the Illinois Institute of Technology and then in 1960, the University of California located in Berkeley. Afterwards, he worked for various agencies in Sweden and the United States of America before returning to Vienna, founding his own agency in 1964. Since 2010 he is working with Christoph Monschein at the Hans Hollein & Partner ZT GmbH.

Hollein was a guest professor at Washington University in St. Louis on two separate occasions, the first period was from 1963-4 and the second during 1966. During this period he was also a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture. From 1967 to 76 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. Since 1976 he has been a professor at the The University of Applied Arts Vienna (German: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.

In 1985 Hollein was awarded the Pritzker Prize.

Hollein works mainly as an architect but has also established himself as a designer through his work for the Memphis Group and the Alessi Company.

Additionally, he staged various exhibitions, including for the Biennale in Venice. In 1980 he designed the stage for a production of Arthur Schnitzler's drama Komödie der Verführung (Comedy of Seduction) at Vienna's Burgtheater.

Main works

Interbank Headquarters, Lima, Peru
  • 1997-2002 : Centrum Bank in Vaduz (Principality of Liechtenstein) in collaboration with Bargetze+Partner
  • 1997-2002 : Vulcania - European Centre of Vulcanology in Auvergne (France) Photos
  • 2001-2003 : Albertina (Vienna) (museum)
  • 2004-2008 : Hilton hotel, Vienna
  • 1996-2000 : Interbank Headquarters, Lima, Peru
  • 1994-2000 : Generali Media Tower Donaukanal, Vienna
  • Guggenheim ('Museum im Mönchsberg'), Salzburg, Austria (planning 1989-)
  • Ganztagsschule, Vienna
  • 1977-1978 : Glass and Ceramics house, Teheran, Iran
  • 1967-1969 : Feigen Gallery, New York
  • 2006-2011 : Pezet 515, Lima
  • 2007: Sea Mio, Apartment-Towers,Taipei, Taiwan

Prizes

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

References

  1. ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 881. Retrieved 16 November 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1891. Retrieved 16 November 2012. 

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