Anton Schweighofer
Anton Schweighofer (born November 17, 1930 in Ayancık , Sinop Province , Turkey ; † December 20, 2019 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Anton Schweighofer studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Clemens Holzmeister and graduated in 1954. This was followed by practical years in Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. From 1959 to 1964 there was a partnership with the architect Rupert Falkner (* 1930). Schweighofer's projects include kindergartens, schools, universities, homes, hospitals, housing, theaters and cultural centers and urban development. From 1977 he was the successor to Karl Schwanzer o. Univ.-Professor at the Institute for Building Science and Design (today: Institute for Architecture and Design) at the Technical University of Vienna . His urn was buried at the cemetery in St. Andrä-Wölker .
Awards
- 2004 Culture Prize of the State of Lower Austria for Architecture
Realizations
- 1966: Mercedes-Benz administration building in Vienna
- 1966: Kindergarten in Taegu , South Korea
- Kindergarten in Wierter
- 1969–1974: City of the Child in Vienna- Penzing , social pedagogical concept: Maria Jacobi
- 1969: Children's Village in New Delhi
- 1970: Institute building of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna
- with Rupert Falkner: 1971–1974: Pavilion C of the Neurological Hospital Rosenhügel in Vienna
Exhibitions
- 1992: Buenos Aires Biennale
- 1993: World Congress Chicago
literature
- with Rupert Falkner : Family-friendly living . Research work
- with Christian Kühn (ed.): Anton Schweighofer - the silent radical: buildings, projects, concepts . Springer Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-211-83343-9 .
- Bodo Hell , Hilde Langthaler, Michael Guttenbrunner : Zeitrisse - Thoughts on Anton Schweighofer's city of children . Austrian Literature Forum Weißenkirchen in the Wachau 2006, ISBN 3-900860-31-9 .
- Gerhard Weissenbacher : Built in Hietzing - architecture and history of a Viennese district . Holzhausen Vienna 1998, Volume I Realization of the Neurological Hospital Rosenhügel p. 284f, Volume II Short biography of Anton Schweighofer p. 497f, ISBN 3-900518-93-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Anton Schweighofer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anton Schweighofer. In: arch INFORM .
Individual evidence
- ↑ “City of the Child” architect Schweighofer dead
- ^ Anton Schweighofer Architekturzentrum Wien. awz.at, December 20, 2019, accessed on December 20, 2019 .
- ^ Anton Schweighofer. In: funeral-dussmann. December 20, 2019, accessed August 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Austrian Society for Architecture Bauvisite with Anton Schweighofer in the city of the child June 20, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweighofer, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th November 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ayancık , Sinop Province , Turkey |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th December 2019 |
| Place of death | Vienna |