!!!Hollein, Hans

b. Vienna, March 30, 1934, architect. He studied at the Academy of 
Fine Arts in Vienna under C.  Holzmeister, at IIT Chicago and at the 
University of California, Berkeley. 1963/64 and 1966 guest professor 
at Washington University, 1967-1976 professor at the Academy of Fine 
Arts in Duesseldorf, since 1976 professor at the Hochschule fuer 
angewandte Kunst (now University of Applied Arts) in Vienna. One of 
the pioneers of postmodern architecture; his design is based on 
graphic-semantic, anti-typological and anti-structural forms. Defines 
architecture as contextual art, as research and comment. Sculptural 
elements appear in various forms in his buildings. Also designed 
exhibitions, e.g. "Die Tuerken vor Wien" (1983) and "Traum und 
Wirklichkeit" (1984). 1978-1990 Austrian Commissioner for Art, 
1991-1996 presided at the Architecture Biennale in Venice (Italy). 
Awards include the Grand Austrian State Prize 1983, the Pritzker 
Architecture Prize 1985 and the Austrian Decoration for Science and 
Art 1990.

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Projects: candle shop Retti, Vienna, 1964-1666; R. Feigen Gallery, New 
York, 1969; interior design for Siemens AG, Munich, 1970-1975; 
jeweller's shop Schullin I, 1972-1974, and II, 1984, in Vienna; 
primary school building in Koehlergasse, Vienna, 1979-1990; city villa 
Rauchstrasse, Berlin (IBA), 1983-1984; Austrian Tourist Office, 
Vienna, 1980; Municipal Museum Moenchengladbach, 1972-1982 (extension 
1996-1998); Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt am Main, 1983-1991; 
Haas-Haus, Vienna, 1985-1990; designs for Guggenheim-Museums in 
Salzburg (1990) and Vienna (1993-1994); Banco Santander (management 
offices), Madrid, 1988-1993; Erste Allgemeine Generali (provincial 
headquarters), Bregenz, 1987-1993; Shed-Halle at St. Poelten, 
1992-1996 (museum under construction); business premises Zumtobell, 
Vienna, 1995-1996; Interbank, Lima, 1996-2001; elementary school 
Donau-City, Vienna, 1997-1999; Generali-Tower, Vienna, 1997-2001; 
Austrian Embassy Berlin, 1997-2001; Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, 
USA, 1999-2001; Vulcania, Volcano Museum Auvergne, 1997-2002; Centrum 
Bank, Vaduz, 1997-2002.

!Literature
G. Pettena, H. H., 1987; F. Blohmensacht, H. H., 1989; A. 
Haller (ed.), H. H., exhibition catalogue, Historisches Museum der 
Stadt Wien, 1995; S. Kraemer, Die postmoderne Architekturlandschaft. 
Museumsprojekte von J. Stirling und H. H., 1998.


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