Helene Koller-Buchwieser

Helene Koller-Buchwieser (born November 26, 1912 in Vienna or Linz , † 2008 ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

As the daughter of the architect and builder Bruno Buchwieser senior , Helene Koller-Buchwieser studied at the Technical University in Vienna before working in her father's company from 1937 to 1938. From 1938 to 1939 she was an architect in the Kunsthistorisches Museum , after which she worked again in her father's company from 1939 to 1945. From 1945 she worked as a freelance architect who created churches, residential and commercial buildings. Among other things, she was involved in the reconstruction of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna , and she also took on monument conservation work.

The architect is buried at the cemetery in her long home town, Hinterbrühl.

Works (selection)

Former parish church of Maria vom Mount Carmel

Parish Church Kittsee (1948–1952)

Parish Church Neumargareten , Vienna- Meidling (1952)
Former parish church Maria vom Berge Karmel , Vienna- Favoriten (strongly modified restoration of the original structure by Hans Prutscher , 1958)
St. Josef Monastery Church, Vienna-Favoriten (1962)
Parish Church Kittsee (1948–1952)
The funeral hall in her home town of Hinterbrühl

literature

Ute Georgeacopol-Winischhofer: Koller-Buchwieser, Helene. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 396-399.

Web links

Commons : Helene Koller-Buchwieser - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Helene Koller-Buchwieser in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Norbert Rodt: Church buildings in Vienna 1945–1975. Order, construction and expenditure of the Church of Vienna. Wiener Domverlag, Vienna 1976, p. 481.
↑ Helene Koller-Buchwieser passed away. Web presence of vienna.at, accessed on July 2, 2015 .
↑ Bruno Buchwieser. Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945, accessed on July 22, 2015 .
↑ See main article and the explanation there regarding the establishment period
↑ Cemetery Hinterbrühl cemetery in the architectural landscape of Lower Austria, accessed on February 1, 2016

personal data
SURNAME	Koller-Buchwieser, Helene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	2008

[Rodt-1] Norbert Rodt: Church buildings in Vienna 1945–1975. Order, construction and expenditure of the Church of Vienna. Wiener Domverlag, Vienna 1976, p. 481.

[2] Helene Koller-Buchwieser passed away. Web presence of vienna.at, accessed on July 2, 2015 .

[3] Bruno Buchwieser. Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945, accessed on July 22, 2015 .

[4] See main article and the explanation there regarding the establishment period

[5] Cemetery Hinterbrühl cemetery in the architectural landscape of Lower Austria, accessed on February 1, 2016