Hans Hollein | |
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 Hollein in 1976 | |
| Born | 30 March 1934 (1934-03-30) |
| Died | 24 April 2014 (2014-04-25) (aged 80) Vienna, Austria |
| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna |
| Occupation | Architect |
Hans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrianarchitect anddesigner[1] and key figure ofpostmodern architecture.[2] Some of his most notable works are theHaas House and theAlbertina extension in the inner city ofVienna.[3]
Hollein was born inVienna, and graduated in 1956 from theAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna,[4] where he studied in the master class ofClemens Holzmeister.[5] During 1959 he attended theIllinois Institute of Technology and then in 1960, theUniversity of California, Berkeley, where he completed his Master of Architecture degree.[6] During these years he metMies van der Rohe,Frank Lloyd Wright andRichard Neutra.[6] In 1963 he exhibited,Architecture, along withWalter Pichler atGalerie nächst St. Stephan in St Stephen Vienna, highlighting their ideas forutopian architecture.[7] Afterwards, he worked for various architectural firms inSweden and theUnited States before returning to Vienna, founding his own office in 1964.[1]
Hollein's early works were small scale designs, such as the Retti candle shop in Vienna, which notably featured a facade constructed of anodized aluminum.[8]
In 1972, Hollein designed a series of glasses for the American Optical Corps.[8]
Hollein was a guest professor atWashington University in St. Louis on two separate occasions, the first being 1963–64 and the second in 1966. During this period he was also a visiting professor at theYale School of Architecture. He was a professor at theKunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1967 and 1976, after which he became a professor at theUniversity of Applied Arts Vienna.[9]
Hollein worked mainly as an architect but also established himself as a designer through his work for theMemphis Group[5] and theAlessi Company. Additionally, he contributed to various exhibitions, including an architectural facade for theStrada Novissima inThe Presence of the Past exhibition at the 1980Venice Biennale.[4] In 1980 he designed the stage for a production ofArthur Schnitzler's dramaKomödie der Verführung (Comedy of Seduction) at Vienna'sBurgtheater.[4] In 1985 Hollein was awarded thePritzker Prize.[1]
Hollein achieved international fame with his winningcompetition designs for theAbteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach (1972–82) and an underground Guggenheim Museum branch in Salzburg (1989). The later hasn't been built, but his ideas for an underground museum still materialised in theVulcania European Centre of Vulcanology in Auvergne in France (1997–2002).[1]
Starting from the late 1990s, Hollein designed large-scale projects, including bank headquarters in Lichtenstein, Spain and Peru.[1] Starting from 2010 he worked with Ulf Kotz and Christoph Monschein at the Hans Hollein & Partner ZT GmbH.[9]
Hollein died on 24 April 2014 in Vienna, after a long illness, at the age of 80.[1]
His sonMax Hollein is the Director of theMetropolitan Museum of Art inNew York City. Previously he was Director and CEO of theFine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the umbrella organization of the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor Museum. He is the former Director of theStädel Museum, theLiebieghaus and theSchirn Kunsthalle inFrankfurt am Main, Germany.
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