Wehdorn, Manfred#
Wehdorn, Manfred, b. Vienna, Jan. 23, 1942. Architect. 1966-1969 studied at the Vienna University of Technology, from 1981 university professor, from 1990 Head of the Department of Art History, Preservation of Monuments and Industrial Archeology. 1986-1991 chairman of the Austrian Monuments Advisory Board and from 1985-1989 chairman of the "Industrial Heritage" study group of the Council of Europe. 1991-1998 chairman of the advisory council for town-planning and conservation of Vienna. Since 1998 expert for issues concerning monument maintenance and protection at the European Commission in Brussels.
Works#
Revitalisations: Duernstein Palace; Neugebaeudekomplex, Vienna 11 (project); Kinsky Palace, Vienna; Harrach Palace, Vienna; Schoenbrunn Palace (reorganisation of visitor channelling and courtyard overhead construction); Redoutensaal tract of the Hofburg Imperial Palace after the fire 1992; gas holder, Vienna; Rossauer Barracks, Vienna; Museum Quarter, Vienna (with M. Ortner and L. Ortner); Admont abbey (entire complex and abbey museum). - Several exhibition constructions as well as industrial and church constructions. - Publications: Baudenkmaeler des Eisenhuettenwesens, 1977; Die Bautechnik der Wr. Ringstrasse, 1979; Baudenkmaeler der Technik und Industrie in Oesterreich, 1984ff.; Phoenix. Die Redoutensaele der Hofburg in Wien, 1999; 101 Restaurierungen in Wien, 2000.