Gerhard Garstenauer

Felsentherme in Bad Gastein

Gerhard Garstenauer (born January 22, 1925 in Fusch ; † November 22, 2016 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian architect .

Career

Garstenauer, born in 1925 in a small Austrian community, studied architecture with Siegfried Theiss from 1947 to 1952 at the Technical University of Vienna . From 1954 he worked as a freelance architect in Salzburg . In 1956 he participated in the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg by Konrad Wachsmann part. From 1973 to 1978 he taught at the University of Innsbruck . The Bad Gasteiner Felsenbad, built by him in the 1960s, is an example of an architecture made of rocks, concrete and glass inserted into a difficult topography.

Awards

• 1975: Architecture award of the state of Salzburg for the congress center in Bad Gastein
• 1995: Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Salzburg
• 2005: Ring of the City of Salzburg

Works

• 1958: ÖFAG Salzburg
• 1967–1968: Felsenbad Badgastein , Austrian builder award 1968
• 1970–1974: Bad Gastein Congress Center
• 1972–1974: Mercedes-Benz building in Salzburg
• 1976–1978: Garstenauer single-family home in Salzburg Aigen ( under monument protection since 2013 )
• 1977–1978: Sunbathing facility in Dorfgastein
• 1985–1992: Reconstruction of the Tuscany wing of the Salzburg Residence
• 1987: Residential complex at Fasaneriestraße in Salzburg
• 1996: Single-family house in Klosterneuburg
• 1999: Fenix ​​K + K Hotel in Prague

Publications

• Gerhard Garstenauer: Planning principles for high schools in Austria, new founding, finding of structural reform , Salzburg 1966, OCLC 614888634 .
• Gerhard Garstenauer: Architect and civil engineer: conflict or symbiosis of ideas , Welz, Salzburg 1973, OCLC 916721982 .
• Gerhard Garstenauer: Ideas for a city: Salzburg as an example , Galerie Welz, Salzburg 1980, ISBN 3-8534-9072-7 .
• Interventions. Architecture Center Vienna. , Pustet, Salzburg 2002, ISBN 978-3-7025-0418-2 .
• Architecture and Tyrol (AuT): Five Positions on Architecture - Constant Modern , Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3211991909 .

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Garstenauer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Gerhard Garstenauer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gerhard Garstenauer. In: arch INFORM .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Maik Novotny: The constructive alpinist: Architect Gerhard Garstenauer died. In: derStandard.at . November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Obituary notice of Gerhard Garstenauer. In: Salzburger Nachrichten. Retrieved November 25, 2016 .