Manfred Wehdorn

Manfred Wehdorn (born January 23, 1942 in Vienna ) is an Austrian architect .

Life

Manfred Wehdorn studied architecture at the Technical University of Vienna from 1960 to 1966 . In 1969 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on “The architectural monuments of the iron and steel industry in Austria. (A contribution to the research and maintenance of technical and economic buildings.) " . In 1979 he received his habilitation in the fields of monument preservation and industry .

From 1981 until his retirement in 2012, Wehdorn was a professor at the Vienna University of Technology and head of the Institute for Art History and Monument Preservation. He has been running his own architecture office in Vienna since 1973.

Activity in committees and organizations

• 1984–1998: Lecturer at the International School of Conservation of Monuments (ICCROM) in Rome
• 1985–1989: Chairman of the Industrial Heritage Working Group at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg
• 1986–1991: Chairman of the Monument Advisory Council for Austria
• since 1988: Member of the Vienna Old Town Conservation Fund
• 1991–1998: Chairman of the Advisory Board for Urban Planning and Urban Design for Vienna
• since 1998: Expert for questions of monument preservation in the European Commission in Brussels (representation Austria)
• 1999–2003: Member of the Senate of the Vienna University of Technology
• 2004–2012: Chairman of the newly founded Institute for Art History, Building Research and Monument Preservation at the Vienna University of Technology

Buildings

Gasometer C inside

The gasometer C

• 2011–2013: General renovation of the courtyard pavilion of the Hietzing underground station in Vienna
• 2007–2013: General renovation of the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna
• 2009–2010: Restoration of the piano nobile of the club house of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects in Eschenbachgasse in Vienna
• 2004: Kesselhaushof in the Hofburg in Vienna
• 2002: Reconstruction of the historic listed predator enclosure in the Schönbrunn Zoo
• 1999–2001: Reconstruction and new use of the gasometer in Vienna
• 1998–2003: Azerbaijan cultural heritage project ( Baku , Sheki , Nackichevan , Karabaglar )
• 1995–2001: Construction of the Museum Quarter in Vienna in the old Stallburg of the Hofburg.
• 1992–2004: Revitalization of Admont Abbey
• 1992–1997: Restoration of the redout halls of the Vienna Hofburg after a conflagration
• 1992–2000: Church of St. Charles Borromeo in the Vienna Central Cemetery
• 1990–1994: revitalization of the Palais Harrach (Freyung) in Vienna

Publications

• Architectural monuments of technology and industry in Austria , 1984, Volume 1 for Vienna - Lower Austria - Burgenland, ISBN 3-205-07202-2
• Architectural monuments of technology and industry in Austria , 1984, Volume 2 for Styria, ISBN 3-205-05202-1
• Vienna. A city guide through the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Springer, Vienna 2004.
• The historic center: UNESCO World Heritage Site. A documentation by Manfred Wehdorn. Springer, Vienna 2004.
• with Leopold Auer: The House, Court and State Archives. History - buildings - stocks. Vienna 2003.
• Building age plan Vienna-Inner City . freytag & berndt, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-7079-1379-8

Awards

• 1992: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
• 1999: Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna
• 2002: Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1952)

Web links

• Literature by and about Manfred Wehdorn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Wehdorn architectural office
• Project and work directory in the nextroom architecture database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Catalog list Austrian National Library
2. ↑ Catalog list Austrian National Library
3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)