!!!Haerdtl, Oswald

Haerdtl, Oswald, b. Vienna, May 17, 1899, 
d. Vienna, Sept. 9, 1959, architect and university professor. 
1919-1921 studied at the School for Arts and Crafts in Vienna under O. 
 Strnad, 1922-1930 assistant to J.  Hoffmann, 1935-1959 head of a 
special course for architecture students. H.'s teaching and 
construction projects and his international connections (esp. Italy 
and France) helped the continuity of the classic Viennese Modern style 
during the post-war reconstruction-period. His exhibits (especially 
the Austrian pavilions at the world fairs in Brussels in 1935 and 
Paris in 1937) are marked by light, playfully elegant shapes.

!Works
Vienna: Confiserie Altmann & Kuehne, 1932 (with J. Hoffmann); 
Federal Chancellery (reconstruction after war damages), 1948; office 
buildings Mahlerstrasse 6, 1949; Espresso Arabia, 1950; office 
building Singerstrasse/Kaerntnerstrasse, 1953; Volksgarten-Tanzcafe, 
1954-1958; Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 1954-1959; Cafe 
Prueckel, 1955. - Haus Mierka, 1957 (Salzburg).

!Literature
Hochschule f. angew. Kunst (publ.), O. H., Vienna 
1978; A. Stiller, O. H. Architekt und Designer, 1899-1959, 2000.



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