Günther Domenig

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Günther Domenig (born July 6, 1934 in Klagenfurt ; † June 15, 2012 in Graz ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Domenig studied architecture from 1953 to 1959 at the Technical University of Graz . Even after completing his studies, Graz remained his main place of work. He taught at the Technical University (since 1980 as a university professor), at the same time many of his buildings were also realized in Graz.

From 1963 to 1975 he worked with Eilfried Huth . After that he worked mostly alone, some works were also created together with Hermann Eisenköck . In 1998 Günther Domenig, Hermann Eisenköck and Herfried Peyker founded Architektur Consult ZT GmbH, which he left in 2006.

Since 2003 Günther Domenig has mainly worked with Gerhard Wallner in the architects Domenig & Wallner ZT GmbH.

After his death Domenig was cremated in Graz and the urn was later buried in the grave of the Domenig family in Feldkirchen in Carinthia .

style

Domenig's architectural style has anticipated various architectural trends such as structuralism , brutalism and deconstructivism since the 1960s and, in some cases, decisively shaped them. His main work is assigned to deconstructivism and is located between expressionism and poststructuralism . Some works claim to be total works of art. This includes, above all, his personal magnum opus , the stone house in Steindorf on Lake Ossiacher See .

Projects and Realizations

gallery

  • Stone house in Steindorf am Ossiacher See

  • FunderMax Plant II (reconstruction in 1987)

  • T-Center Vienna

  • ReSoWi-Zentrum Graz - view from Heinrichstraße

  • ReSoWi-Zentrum Graz - distinctive central entrance area

  • Central savings bank in Favoritenstrasse, Vienna

  • Documentation center Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg- Dutzendteich

Awards

  • In the fall of 2014, the Domenig Gallery , relocated from the Vienna Domenig House (where it was open from 2008–2013) was set up in the former rooms of the Ankerbrot factory in Vienna 10 ( see here ) (Vienna 10th, Puchsbaumgasse 1c, stair 5.2, access also via Absberggasse 27). The gallery still belongs to the Favoriten Kulturverband, whose president is district chairwoman Hermine Mospointner , and is managed by Gertrud Hopf.

Publications

  • with Matthias Boeckl: Günther Domenig - Recent Work , Springer-Verlag Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-211-83876-7 .
  • Paolo Vincenzo Genovese, Günther Domenig. Lanci di masse diroccate , Testo & Immagine, Torino, 1998, ISBN 88-86498-53-5 .

Web links

Commons : Günther Domenig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kleinezeitung.at (November 1, 2013): Where Carinthian artists rest gently , accessed on April 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ Universalmuseum Joanneum: Graz Architecture Rationalists, aesthetes, gastric pit architects, democrats, media crats. Kunsthaus Graz, September 23, 2017, accessed on April 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ noever-design.com: Speech by Peter Noever on 3 May 2005 , accessed on July 6, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Domenig, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2012
Place of death Graz