Ortner, Manfred#
Ortner, Manfred, b. Linz (Upper Austria), Nov. 3, 1943, architect and designer; brother of Laurids Ortner. 1961-1967 studied painting and art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna; taught art until 1971. 1971-1987 member of the group Haus-Rucker-Co, 1985-1986 professor of design at the Technische Hochschule Eindhoven. 1987 established the architect´s office Ortner & Ortner in Duesseldorf, from 1990 in Vienna, from 1994 in Berlin. Since 1994 professor of design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Freie Hochschule Potsdam.
Projects: Museumsquartier, Vienna, 1990-2001; Landeszentralbank,
Potsdam, 1991-1997; ARD-Hauptstadtstudios (Capital City TV Studios),
Berlin, 1995-1998; Saxon Provincial Library/State and University
Library, Dresden, 1996-2001; Schiffbau-, Kultur- und Werkzentrum
Schauspielhaus Zurich, 1996-2000; Workstation, Klagenfurt, 1997;
Central Library, Vienna, 1998 (competition); Papestrasse railway
station, Berlin, 1999 (competition).
Literature#
Haus-Rucker-Co. 1967-1983, 1983; D. Bogner (ed.), Haus-Rucker-Co. Denkraeume - Stadtraeume, 1992; Ortner & Ortner Baukunst, edited by E. Schweiger, exhibition catalogue, Linz 1993.