Heinz Neumann (architect)
Heinz Neumann (born August 30, 1941 in Vienna ) is a Viennese architect . His architecture and engineering office Neumann + Partner is best known to the public for its office and high-rise buildings , most of which are in Vienna, but it also designs residential buildings and interior fittings.
Life
Neumann completed his architecture studies at the TU Vienna from 1960 to 1967 , during which time he worked for the Finnish architects Alvar Aalto and Erko Virkkunen, as well as the Swiss architect Jean Serrex. He then worked for Eugen Wörle's architecture office and, from 1968, for Karl Schwanzer . From 1969 to 1970 he was head of the construction and operational organization department at Ford's Vienna plant . Since obtaining his civil engineering license in 1973, he has been a freelancer. His office employs around 70 people. Every year around 20 to 25 projects are developed and planned, from high-rise buildings to furniture design. Neumann has been teaching at the Vienna University of Technology since 1999.
Awards
- 1993 Adolf Loos Architecture Prize from Raiffeisenlandesbank Vienna-Lower Austria for office buildings
- 1995 Otto Wagner Urban Development Award
- 1999 Pilgram Prize
- 2002 title of professor at the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
- 2006 Austrian builder award for the Uniqa Tower
- 2015 Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Buildings (selection)
- Uniqa Tower , Vienna. Neumann emerged as the winner of the competition among eight renowned European architecture firms organized by the client Uniqa Versicherungen AG for this building .
- First master plan for Donau City , a young part of the city in the 22nd district of Vienna Donaustadt (1999, together with Adolf Krischanitz ), as well as the Ares Tower there (1999/2001) and together with Hans Hollein the Saturn Tower (2003/2004)
- Euro Plaza , Vienna, Business Park on Wienerberg
- Design of the new Vienna West Station , with Eric Steiner (Neumann + Steiner ZT GmbH office)
- Fire station Kaisermühlen , Vienna, 22nd district, 1995
- Cooperation with Karl Schwanzer on the development of the BMW high-rise in Munich (nickname "four-cylinder").
- Printing house for the publishing house " The Whole Week "
- Kundratstrasse residential tower , Vienna
- Landesdienstleistungszentrum, Linz , with Eric Steiner (Neumann + Steiner ZT GmbH office)
- Revitalization of the Ringstrasse galleries , the Palais Corso and Grandhotel Corso (together with Prof. Georg Lippert and Prof. Wilhelm Holzbauer )
- "House of Research", together with Christian Mascha and Christian Seethaler
- Handelskai residential complex, with Eric Steiner (Neumann + Steiner GesnBr office)
- Generali Center
- Development of the Wien Mitte train station (2007–2013; joint project between the two architects Neumann + Steiner and Manfred Ortner & Laurids Ortner )
literature
- Ute Woltron (text) and Gerald Zugmann (photos), Uniqa Versicherungen AG (ed.): Uniqa-Tower a landmark for Vienna - a landmark in Vienna , HFP-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-200-00270-0
Web links
- Heinz Neumann (architect). In: arch INFORM .
- Website of the architectural office Neumann & Partner
- Buildings by Heinz Neumann in the nextroom database , with further links
Individual evidence
- ↑ EuropAcad ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. Heinz Neumann
- ^ APA: Wien Mitte: major project on the home straight ; OTS0094, Nov 8, 2012, 10:32 am
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neumann, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |