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184 HAUS ZANKEL BY KONRAD FREY Year 1985 Status Modified Material Paper Foamboard Glue Scale 1:100 Model maker Irnes Faktic Konrad Frey was born in 1934 in Vienna. As well as studying architecture at the Technical University of Graz, Frey also studied chemistry in Graz and the US. While living in London, Frey worked for Arup Associates from 1968 to 1973. Frey founded his first architecture office with Florian Beigel in 1971. He returned to Graz in 1974 and later started his own architecture practice in 1985.1 In 1976, Karl Zankel commissioned Frey to design a house near Geneva for his family. Due to its complexity and technical innovations, such as its solar heating, the house took nine years to design and build. The main facade of the house faces the south and the roof is sloped in order to collect more sunlight, similar to a greenhouse. The building is entered from the north, through a central, three storey high glass entrance hall. Rooms used by the family, such as the living room, the dining room and the kitchen, are located on the east side of the ground floor. The rooms for the guests are on the west side. The private rooms, such as the bedrooms, study rooms and bathrooms, are on the upper floors.2 1 Blundell Jones, Peter (1998): Dialogues in Time: New Graz Architecture. Graz: Haus der Architektur. 356. 2 Wagner, Anselm; Böck, Ingrid (Ed.) (2013): Konrad Frey: Haus Zankel. Experiment Solararchitektur. Berlin: Jovis Verlag. 78-91.