Tesar, Heinz#
b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), June 16, 1939, architect. Studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under R. Rainer, worked for W. Holzbauer; since 1973 independent architect in Vienna; extended the Austrian architectural manifestation of "classical modernism". Lecturer at various American and European universities.
Works#
Residential buildings Einsiedlergasse, 5th district of Vienna, 1976-1983 and 1985-1988; parish church and parish house Leopoldskron, Salzburg, from 1978; housing estate Biberhaufenweg, 22nd district of Vienna, 1981-1985 (with O. Haeuselmayer and C. Pruscha); headquarters of the fire brigade, Perchtoldsdorf, 1981-1983; office building Schoemer, Klosterneuburg, 1985-1987; day centre for children Wienerberggruende, Vienna, 1990; Stadttheater/Stadtkino (theatre and cinema) and museum, Hallein, 1994; Taschenberg Residenz, Dresden, 1995; museum housing the Essl collection, Klosterneuburg, 1998-1999; Donaucity church, Vienna 1999-2000.Literature#
F. Achleitner, Oe. Architektur im 20. Jh., 1980ff.; Magistrat der Stadt Wien (ed.), Architektur im 20. Jh., 1984; Baujahre. Oe. Architektur 1967-1991, 1992; L. Waechter-Boehm (ed.), H. T., 1995.