Architekturzentrum Wien

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Architekturzentrum Wien
(Az W)
Data
place Vienna 7., Museumsquartier
Art
Architecture museum
opening 1993
management
Architectural Center Vienna Association, Angelika Fitz (Dir.), Karin Lux (CEO)
Website
Architekturzentrum Wien

The Architekturzentrum Wien ( Az W ), founded in 1993, has been located in Vienna's Museumsquartier since 2001 and is run as an exhibition, event and research center on the subject of architecture and building culture . The topics are architecture and urban planning of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Az W was headed from 1993 to 2016 by Dietmar Steiner , Director, and Karin Lux, Managing Director. Steiner retired at the end of 2016. Angelika Fitz followed him in 2017.

The Architekturzentrum Wien is financed by the Federal Chancellery of Austria and the City of Vienna, represented by Municipal Departments 7 (Culture) and 18 (Urban Development and Planning).

Exhibitions, events, databases

In the permanent exhibition a_schau. Austrian architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries , the Austrian building history from 1850 to the present is presented. The changing exhibitions show contemporary architecture and open up new perspectives on building history and future developments.

Architecture is presented “as a cultural discipline, everyday phenomenon and complex process” through events. This includes lectures on works, panel discussions, guided tours, children's workshops, publications as well as architecture congresses and symposia. The museum café and restaurant Corbaci has a striking interior design (design: Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal; tiled ceiling: Asiye Kolbai-Kafalier).

The documentation and research department of the Az W looks after a specialist library (reference library ) with around 32,000 publications, the online architecture database Architektur Archiv Austria , the online architectural dictionary Vienna 1770–1945 as well as an extensive archive and collection from the 20th and 21st centuries .

The Az W recorded around 72,000 visits in 2015. The exhibition “Vienna. The Pearl of the Reich - Planning for Hitler ”had 20,000 visits and was the most visited of 14 exhibitions.

history

The Architekturzentrum was founded in 1993 as a non-profit association . It was created on the basis of an initiative by the Republic of Austria and the City of Vienna. In addition to the Az W, Vienna City Planning also operates the Vienna Planning Workshop as a presentation center for urban and spatial planning.

In October 2001, after eight years of provisional exhibition operations, the Az W was given its permanent location in the Museum Quarter. Around 1000 m² of exhibition space is available there.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kurier , January 19, 2016, p. 25
  2. ^ Diepresse.com: Architekturzentrum Wien: Angelika Fitz becomes the new director . Article dated February 17, 2016, accessed February 17, 2016.
  3. CORBACI café-restaurant. Interior shots ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Online at Architekturzentrum Wien, accessed on September 4, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.azw.at
  4. ^ Library . Online at Architekturzentrum Wien, accessed on September 4, 2013.
  5. ^ Architects' Lexicon Vienna 1770 - 1945 . Online at the Architekturzentrum Wien.
  6. Reinhard Seiss: You are home to great buildings! ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Salzburger Nachrichten of October 28, 2006. Online at search.salzburg.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / search.salzburg.com
  7. Werner Rosenberger: "Difficult times and a year of transition" , in: daily newspaper Kurier , Vienna, January 19, 2016, p. 25
  8. Annual press conference 2013 . In: Press → Review. Architekturzentrum Wien, February 20, 2013, accessed on September 4, 2013 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 15 ″  N , 16 ° 21 ′ 28 ″  E