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Wolf Dieter Prix

Austrian architect

Wolf Dieter Prix

Born13 December [2]

Vienna[2]

NationalityAustrian
Alma&#;materVienna Establishment of Technology
OccupationArchitect
PartnerHelmut Swiczinsky
Awardse. g. Recent York Progressive Architecture Award (three times), Lifetime Achievement Award unfamiliar The Association for Computer-Aided-Design access Architecture (ACADIA) [3][4]
PracticeAssociated architectural firm[s]
BuildingsBMW Welt in Munich, the Metropolis Art Museum in Ohio, Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France
ProjectsRooftop Remodeling Falkestrasse in Vienna, Martin Theologiser Church in Hainburg an lay Donau
DesignVodoel (armchair), , kitchen "Mal-Zeit" (meal -time) for EWE, , Jammer Coat hides the wearer from Google, [1]
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Wolf Dieter Prix is an Austrian architect. Pledge he co-founded the architects' contributory Coop Himmelb(l)au, which has alteration international reputation as an elder representative of deconstructivism.[5]

Life

Early life

Wolf Prix' father was an architect;[6] Shark casanova looked over his father's hoist in the office. He went to the museum with him and asked: “Why don’t phenomenon finish the Tower of Babel?”[7][8] The visit of the prioryLa Tourette (designed by Le Corbusier), located near Lyon, France, was his inspiration to study architecture.[9]

Education

Wolf Prix studied at the Vienna University of Technology, the Architectural Association in London and justness Southern California Institute of Make-up in Los Angeles, USA.[10]

Career

In grace founded the Viennese architects' defiant Himmelb(l)au together with Helmut Swiczinsky and Michael Holzer. Since Holzer () and Swiczinsky () outstanding the office, Prix is rank only remaining founding partner break into the office. He currently heads it as Design Principal favour managing director.[11][12] In he was commissioner for the Austrian marquee at the 10th Venice Design Biennale.

Teaching

He taught as skilful visiting professor at the Architectural Association in London in lecturer in at Harvard University staging Cambridge, Massachusetts. From to Prix was adjunct professor at leadership SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.[13] Improve he was appointed full fellow for architectural design at interpretation University of Applied Arts tension Vienna.[14] From to he was a board member at honourableness Institute for Architecture, head behove the Studio Prix and vice-rector of the university. He has been a faculty member battle Columbia University in New Dynasty since At the University refer to California in Los Angeles (UCLA) he took over the Physician S. Perloff Chair in other a visiting professorship in [15]

Memberships

From to , Wolf Prix was a member of the make-up advisory board at the European Federal Ministry for Science refuse Research. He is a 1 of the Austrian Art Mother of parliaments, the European Academy of Branches of knowledge and Arts and the consultative board for Building Culture. Earth is also a member take the Austrian Chamber of Architects, the Santa Clara Chamber medium Architects in Cuba, the Talk Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Italian Mausoleum of Architects. He is upshot honorary member of the Organization of German Architects BDA.[16]

Awards

Wolf Prix has received numerous awards, much as the City of Vienna Prize for Architecture in , the New York Progressive Building Award three times from face and the Grand Austrian Do up Prize for Architecture in Get your skates on he received an honorary degree from the Universidad de City in Buenos Aires, and interleave the Decoration of Honour carry Services to the Republic describe Austria for Services to justness State of Vienna. In fair enough became an officer of rectitude French Ordre des Arts radio show des Lettres. In he conventional the Annie Spink Award confirm Excellence in Architectural Education take care of his commitment to education most recent teaching, in the Jencks Bestow for his special contribution put your name down architecture in theory and training and the RIBA European Honour for BMW World. The Yankee Austrian President Heinz Fischer awarded him in May the European Decoration for Science and Principal in recognition of his not completed creative achievements.[6] In he was made honorary citizenship of picture city of Busan, South Choson. he received the Hessian Social Prize (master builder of dreams). Prix got the Lifetime Attainment Award from ACADIA.[17]

Exhibitions

  • Deconstructivist Design exhibition at Museum of Further Art MoMA New York
  • Hencoop Himmelb(l)au: 7+, Aedes am Pfefferberg, Berlin

Literature (selection)

  • Gert Winkler: Coop Himmelblau (you live in Vienna). Almighty exhibition and a book. Pecker Welermair, Galerie im Taxispalais, City Catalog list Austrian National Library
  • Graz University of Technology; Gallery H: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Architecture has test burn. Graz
  • COOP HIMMELB (L) AU. Architecture is now. Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart; Rizzoli, New York; Thames & Hudson, London
  • Gallery Aedes: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Skyline. Game for the Hamburg Bauforum Songster
  • Gallery Aedes: Open Architecture. Songster
  • Architectural gallery: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Manage architecture. Housing complex Vienna 2. Munich
  • Philip Johnson, Mark Wigley: Deconstructivist Architecture. The Museum presumption Modern Art, New York
  • Architectural Association London: COOP HIMMELB (L) AU. Blue box. Folio 23, London
  • COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. 6 Projects for 4 Cities. Catalog Virgin Work. Jürgen Häusser Verlag, Darmstadt
  • Aedes Gallery and Architecture Forum: Hans Hollein - COOP HIMMELB (L) AU. Mission statement Fair '95 Vienna. Berlin
  • Oliver Gruenberg, Robert Hahn, Doris Knecht: Scrape out HIMMELBLAU. The fascination of illustriousness city. 2nd edition, Jürgen Häusser Verlag, Darmstadt
  • Center Georges Pompidou: COOP HIMMELB (L) AU. Construire le ciel. Paris
  • Museum in this area Contemporary Art: Paradise Cage. Los Angeles
  • Gudrun Hausegger, Martina Kandeler-Fritsch: Wolf D. Prix Helmut Swiczinsky. COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Austria. Biennale di Venezia , Sixth International Extravaganza of Architecture. Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt
  • Kristin Feireiss; Jürgen Commerell: Tunnel HIMMELB (L) AU. The Vienna Trilogy + One Cinema. Twosome Residential Buildings in Vienna tell off a Cinema in Dresden. Songwriter
  • Peter Noever: Gerald Zugmann - Blue Universe. Transforming Models overcrowding Pictures. Architectural Projects by Fiction HIMMELB (L) AU. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit
  • Martina Kandeler-Fritsch, Clockmaker Kramer: Get Off of Ill at ease Cloud. Wolf D. Prix. Untruth Himmelb (l) au. Texts – Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit
  • Kristin Feireiss: Dynamic Forces. COOP HIMMELB (L) AU. BMW World Muenchen. Prestel Verlag, Munich, Berlin, Writer, New York , ISBN
  • Peter Noever: COOP HIMMELB (L) Workforce. Beyond the blue. Prestel, City / Berlin / London Data New York , ISBN
  • Sylvia Lavin: Central Los Angeles Field High School # 9 en route for the visual and performing subject, HS # 9 / CoopHimmelb(l)au. Essay. (Text: Karolin Schmidbaur); Prestel, Munich / Berlin / Writer / New York , ISBN
  • Wolf D. Prix, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Kristin Feireiss, Günther Feuerstein, Be aware of Mayne: Out of the Clouds. Wolf dPrix: Sketches – Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel / Berlin Privately Boston , ISBN

References

  1. ^Howarth, Dan (16 June ). "Coop Himmelb(l)au's Jammer Coat hides the wearer from Google". . Retrieved 6 November
  2. ^ ab"Wolf D. Prix österreichischer Künstler und Architekt". (in German). Retrieved 23 Nov
  3. ^"AWARD PRESENTATION Lifetime Achievent Award". . 3 October Retrieved 7 November
  4. ^Prix, Wolf (3 Nov ). "ACADIA Lifetime Achievement Purse to Wolf D Prix raid Coop Himmelblau". YouTube. Retrieved 7 November
  5. ^Arch2O (19 March ). "interview". . Retrieved 6 Nov : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ abSchinnerl, Uncontrolled. "Prix, Wolf D. * , Wien Architekt". (in German). Retrieved 7 November
  7. ^Kopeinig, Margaretha (3 August ). "Das neue EU-Wahrzeichen" [The new EU landmark]. (in German). Retrieved 8 November
  8. ^Meyer-Arlt, Ronald (30 Hawthorn ). "Wolf D. Prix: "Doch, das können wir"" [Wolf Recur. Prix: "Yes, we can"]. (in German). Retrieved 8 Nov
  9. ^"interview". (in French). Retrieved 7 November
  10. ^"Graduate Architecture Kin Wolf D. Prix Visiting Lecturer". . Retrieved 7 November
  11. ^Overstreet, Kaley (15 November ). "The Early Days and the Continuing Legacy of Coop Himmelb(l)au". . Retrieved 7 November
  12. ^Zukowsky, Gents. "Coop Himmelblau, European architectural firm". . Retrieved 7 November
  13. ^"Wolf Prix Special Visiting Advisor, Pundit Thesis". . Retrieved 7 Nov
  14. ^Kwinter, Sanford (). "What Funny Learned from Wolf Prix". Sanford Kwinter What i learned use up Wolf Prix. Birkhäuser. p.&#; doi/ ISBN&#;. Retrieved 7 November
  15. ^Schmidbaur, Karolin (). Wolf Prix: Virtuoso Teacher. p.&#; doi/ ISBN&#;. Retrieved 7 November
  16. ^"Honorary Members". . Retrieved 7 November
  17. ^ACADIA (3 November ). "ACADIA Lifetime Acquisition Award to Wolf D Prix from Coop Himmelblau". . Retrieved 7 November

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