Rogner, Robert#

b. Aich (municipality of Velden am Woerther See, Carinthia), May 10, 1941, building contractor. After training as a mason worked abroad, returned to Austria in 1966; 1968 founded the company Rogner Austria in Villach and a chain of hotels in 1967. Specializes in the revitalization of old buildings (e.g. Hotel Biedermeier-Suennhof, Vienna; Hotel National, Moscow) and in the planning and construction of holiday villages and thermal spas. 1989 construction of the Austrian village in the Armenian region hit by earthquakes. Europa-Nostra Prize for successful revitalization 1981, awarded Bau-Oscar 1991.