Krischanitz, Adolf#
b. Schwarzach (Salzburg), May 26, 1946, architect. 1970 with A. Hareiter und O. Kapfinger co-founder of the group of architects Missing Link. Long-serving board member of the Committee of the Austrian Society for Architecture, 1991-1995 President of the Vienna Secession, since 1992 lecturer at the Hochschule der Kuenste (College of Arts) in Berlin. His cooperation with the painter O. Putz inspired the vivid colours of his buildings.
Projects: Furniture design, residential buildings, housing
developments. Renovation of the Vienna housing scheme
Werkbundsiedlung, 1983, and the Vienna Secession, 1986; housing
development Pilotengasse, Vienna, 1987-1992; business and office
buildings Schillerpark, Linz, 1989-1994, and Steirerhof, Graz,
1989-1993; Neue-Welt School, Vienna, 1992-1994; Kunsthalle Krems,
1992-1995; residential complex Engilgasse, Vienna, 1992-1995: Haus
Sperl, Friedrichshof, 1995-1996.
Literature#
BAU WERKE A. K., 1990; 13 Austrian Positions - Biennale di Venezia 1991; D. Steiner, Siedlung Pilotengasse, 1992; K. Federle: Neue Welt Schule, 1994; A. K., 1994; A. K., architect, 1998.