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Hans Hollein / Peter Weibel [HG. | ED]
If you are a fan of Hans Hollein then we have the book for you. Edited by Peter Weibel, this large format book gives you a vivid and detailed look at the 1985 Pritzker Prize recipient’s work. Hollein, an…
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Competition: five copies of Hans Hollein’s monograph to be w
Competition: Dezeen and Austrian architect Hans Hollein have teamed up to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new monograph. (more…
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AD Classics: Haas Haus / Hans Hollein
The modern Hass Haus, designed by Hans Hollein, was controversial from its initiation in 1987. The intrusion of a contemporary glass and stone building was met with a resistance, much to do with its location in the shadow of…
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Hans Hollein, (born March 30, 1934 in Vienna) is an Austrian architect and designer.
Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1956, then attended the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1960. He has worked for various agencies in Sweden and in America before returning to Vienna, founding his own agency in 1964.
In 1985 Hollein was awarded the Pritzker Prize. In 1963/64 and 1966 Hollein was a guest professor in the Washington University in St. Louis. In 1967-76 he was professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. Since 1976 he was professor of the "Universität für angewandte Kunst" in Vienna.
Hollein works mainly as an architect, but has also established himself as a designer for the Memphis Group and Alessi. He also staged exhibitions, e. g. for the Biennale in Venice. In 1980 he designed the stage for a production of Arthur Schnitzler's drama Komödie der Verführung (Comedy of Seduction) at Vienna's Burgtheater.
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