Uhl, Ottokar#
b. Wolfsberg (Carinthia), March 2, 1931, architect. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under L. Welzenbacher. Since 1959 free-lance architect in Vienna. Applied ideas of the Second Vatican Council to ecclesiastic buildings such as the "Montage" Church at Kundratstrasse in Vienna (1963-1967) and the renovation of the Students´ Chapel in Vienna's 1st district, Ebendorferstrasse (1982, originally built 1957/58). From the end of the 1970s developed models for tenant participation in administering housing estates (residential building Fesstgasse, Vienna 16th district, 1977-1981). 1973 to 1994 university professor in Karlsruhe. Austrian state prize for architecture in 1963.
Further works#
religious buildings; high school in Voelkermarkt, 1970-1974. - Writings: Architektur von O. Wagner bis heute, 1966; L. Welzenbacher 1889-1955, Monographie, 1968 (with F. Achleitner); Kirchenbau als Prozess, 1969.Literature#
C. Lienhardt (ed.), O. U. Werk, Theorie, Perspektiven, 2000.