Purin, Hans#
b. Bregenz (Vorarlberg), Jan. 3, 1933, architect. Apprenticed to a bricklayer in Bregenz, 1956-1959 studied architecture under R. Rainer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. 1980 lectureship at the University of Innsbruck. Since 1984 office in Bregenz, member of the Group of Vorarlberg Architects. Played a major role in the development of regional architecture, using wooden buildings in Vorarlberg.
Works#
Vorarlberg: redesigned the Bregenz-Mehrerau collegiate church, 1961-1964; town house estates in Halde, Bludenz, 1965-1967 and Langenerstrasse, Kennelbach, 1974-1975; residential complex Lustenauerstrasse, Hohenems, 1991-1992 (with H. Kuess). - numerous detached houses, renovation and alteration of residential and church buildings.Literature#
R. Luger and others, Althauserneuerung in Vbg., 1980; Architektur in Vbg., exhibition catalogue, Bregenz 1983.