Dietmar Steiner
Dietmar M. Steiner (born December 31, 1951 in Wels , Upper Austria ; † May 15, 2020 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architecture journalist , architecture historian and critic . From 1993 to 2016 he was director of the Architekturzentrum Wien .
Life
Dietmar Steiner studied architecture with Ernst Plischke and Gustav Peichl at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and in 1973 at the EAP master school. He worked for Friedrich Achleitner's archive “Austrian Architecture in the 20th Century”, and later with Rob Krier . From 1980 to 1982 Steiner was Secretary General of the Austrian Society for Architecture. Until the opening of his own architectural consultancy office in 1989, he taught at the chair for the history and theory of architecture at what was then the University of Applied Arts Vienna . From 1995 to 1999 he was editor for architecture of the international design magazine Domus in Milan, from 1993 managing director of the Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W).
Since 1997 he has been a member of the Advisory Committee of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. In 2002 he succeeded Hans Hollein as commissioner for the Austrian pavilion at the 8th Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2004 the City of Vienna awarded him the Silver Medal for Services to the State of Vienna . In 2006 he was elected President of the International Confederation of Architecture Museums / ICAM.
Steiner published numerous articles on the criticism and theory of the city and architecture as well as on building culture in Austrian and foreign media.
At the end of 2016 he retired as director of the Architekturzentrum Wien. Angelika Fitz succeeded him in this position.
Steiner died on May 15, 2020 as a result of heart surgery.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietmar Steiner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography of Dietmar Steiner (AzW)
- Entry on Dietmar Steiner in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Dietmar Steiner. In: arch INFORM .
- Entry by Dietmar Steiner on nextroom.at
- “The city has lost its dignity” , interview with Dietmar Steiner, brand eins , 9/2012
- DLF (Deutschlandfunk) cultural issues. Debates and documents of October 11, 2015: Model for social sustainability? - The special tradition of Viennese housing policy. Beatrix Novy in conversation with the director of the Vienna Architecture Center, Dietmar Steiner
Individual evidence
- ↑ Architectural theorist Dietmar Steiner died in Standard on May 15, 2020, accessed on May 15, 2020.
- ↑ “Kenner der Szene” , Baunetz.de, February 8, 2002
- ↑ Vienna Decoration of Honor for "Karl Kraus der Architekturkritik" , website of the City of Vienna, December 2, 2004, accessed on September 28, 2012.
- ^ "Dietmar Steiner becomes President of the World Association of Architecture Museums" , Baunetz.de, June 13, 2006
- ↑ Kurier , January 19, 2016, p. 25
- ^ Diepresse.com: Architekturzentrum Wien: Angelika Fitz becomes the new director . Article dated February 17, 2016, accessed February 17, 2016.
- ^ DerStandard.at: Dietmar Steiner: Indian, fatalist and rebel . Article dated December 31, 2016, accessed on January 2, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiner, Dietmar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steiner, Dietmar M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architectural historian, critic and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wels , Upper Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 2020 |
| Place of death | Vienna |