Spalt, Johannes#
Spalt, Johannes, b. Gmunden (Upper Austria), Sept. 29, 1920, architect. Studied with C. Holzmeister at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, 1945-1949 independent architect in Gmunden and Vienna, 1952-1964 member of the group of architects Arbeitsgruppe 4, since 1969 studio in Vienna (partly together with F. Kurrent); since 1973 director of the master class for Interior Design and Industrial Planning at the School of Applied Art, 1975-1979 Rector. Has designed buildings with his own characteristic detail; numerous exhibitions and furniture designs (inter alia for the furnishing house ´Wittmann´).
Works#
the church ´Salvatorkirche am Wienerfeld´, in the 10th District of Vienna, 1976-1979; Hotel Dorint, Salzburg, 1986-1989.Literature#
P. M. Bode and G. Peichl, Architektur aus Oe. seit 1960, 1980; F. Achleitner, Oe. Architektur im 20. Jh., 1980ff.; City Council of Vienna (ed.), Architektur in Wien, 1984; J. S., 1993; O. Kapfinger (ed.), J. S., Festschrift, 1999.