Gregor Eichinger

Gregor Eichinger (* 1956 in Wels , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian architect and designer .

Life

In 1980 he helped found the Eichinger or Knechtl office together with Christian Knechtl until 2005.

He has been the design principal and CEO of eichinger offices since 2005 .

Eichinger is a member of the Association of German Architects .

Teaching activities

• Vienna University of Technology , visiting professor 1993
• University of Applied Arts Vienna , teaching position since 1998
• Visiting Professor at SCI-Arc Los Angeles, California
• Visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 2004–2010
• Professor of Architecture and Design at the ETH Zurich 2004–2010
• International visiting professor at the PBSA Düsseldorf
• ADBK Munich Professor and Full Professor of the Chair for Design and Space since 2013

Prizes and awards

• State Prize for Experimental Trends in Architecture, Federal Chancellery
• Architecture Prize of the City of Vienna
• Client award from the Central Association of Architects
• Red Dot Design Award
• Good Design Award
• the golden coffee pot
• Lower Austrian timber construction award Haus Birkensee

Realizations (selection)

• Seliger showroom
• Conversion of the Vienna Metro Cinema
• Omicron , The Body
• Mochoritsch, Griffen, Carinthia
• Tavern Lugeck
• Wein & Co, at the Naschmarkt
• Café Ansari
• Restaurant in the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna
• song
• Flower power
• Wrenkh
• Helmut Lang , Tokyo
• Villa G, Provence
• Atelier Wakolbinger

Design (selection)

• Glass series for Lobmeyr
• Oscars Tableware - Collection
• Lilith furniture series, Braun Lockenhaus
• Cake jar, Viennese silver manufacturer
• The Keeper jewelry series
• Accessories BOF
• New edition of the Roland Rainer town hall chair

Eichinger is the godfather of the Ankeruhr in Vienna, from the hour of Prinz Eugen 10h00-11h00

Exhibitions (selection)

• MAK Vienna , The Great Coffee House Experiment 2011
• MAK Vienna, Firing Cells - About Having A Moment
• MAK Vienna, The Shape Of The Café To Come
• Design Now Austria - design exhibition on tour
• Prodomo - Restless The Project

Publications

• Eichinger or Knechtl, projects from 25 years, Passagen Verlag Vienna
• Touch Me, Lars Müller Publishers Zurich
• The Great Viennese Coffee House Experiment , MAK & departure Vienna

Web links

• Homepage eichinger offices
• Touch me
• The great Viennese coffee house experiment, publication
• nextroom.at - Gregor Eichinger