Roland Gnaiger

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Roland Gnaiger (born July 18, 1951 in Bregenz , Vorarlberg ) is an Austrian architect and emeritus university professor .

Life

Roland Gnaiger grew up in Bregenz and Bad Goisern . After graduating from the Higher Technical College in Krems , he studied from 1971 to 1977 with Ernst Plischke and Roland Rainer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and at the Technical University of Eindhoven . In 1979 he founded his own architecture office in Doren in the Bregenz Forest , which he relocated to Bregenz in the early 1990s. During this time he planned single-family houses, residential and leisure buildings, realized internationally published key buildings such as the school in Warth or the agricultural company Vetterhof in Lustenau and established himself as a key representative of Vorarlberg's architects .

Gnaiger became known to a broader public in the 1980s through his weekly program Plus-Minus (151 contributions) on the television program of Austrian radio . In it he dealt critically with building culture and thus helped Vorarlberg's contemporary architecture to attract increased attention among the population.

From 1996 to 2019 Gnaiger was professor and head of architecture training at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz . Under his leadership, programs were established there with the master’s degree in Überholz and the BASEhabitat workshop , which brought the university an international reputation.

Gnaiger was the initiator and chairman of the jury for the Austrian State Prize for Architecture and Sustainability . In addition, he was chairman of the advisory board of the Landluft association between 2000 and 2019 and during this time he headed the jury for the Baukulturgemeinde award .

Today Gnaiger is one of the most versatile and recognized architects in Austria. He realized numerous key buildings for the New Vorarlberger Building School and won the Austrian Builder Award four times . Through his numerous lectures, interviews, exhibition contributions and jury participation, he has also gained attention far beyond the architecture scene.

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Buildings (selection)

Texts and essays (selection)

Publications and Editing

  • 1993 Otto Kapfinger - school in Warth
  • 2002 Exhibition catalog Möbel für Alle (with Adolph Stiller)
  • 2012 Architecture at the Art University Linz: a report
  • 2015 Friedrich Achleitner - Friedrich Achleitner's look at Austria's architecture after 1945
  • 2016 Dietmar Steiner - Steiner's diary: on architecture since 1959

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 2005 Constructive provocation: New building in Vorarlberg (traveling exhibition; inter alia in Paris and Vienna )
  • 2018 Getting Things Done: Evolution of the Built Environment in Vorarlberg (traveling exhibition; including in Rio de Janeiro , Nancy and Tallinn )

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Roland Gnaiger. In: Nextroom.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  2. ^ Jutta Berger : Architectural criticism in regional television. In: The Standard. January 18, 2018, accessed April 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ überholz - University course for timber construction culture at the Art University Linz. Accessed April 2020 .
  4. ↑ BASEhabitat is a studio of the architecture department at the Art University Linz. Accessed April 2020 .
  5. ^ Art University Linz - top position in the CHE ranking. In: mein district.at. June 17, 2013, accessed April 2020 .
  6. ^ Otto Kapfinger : retirement of Roland Gnaiger. In: Vorarlberger Architekturinstitut. June 2019, accessed April 2020 .
  7. ↑ Baukulturgemeinde Prize. In: Landluft.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  8. ↑ "The work must be enjoyable". In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten. October 1, 2018, accessed April 2020 .
  9. ^ Jewish Museum Hohenems. In: Nextroom.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  10. ↑ Warth primary and secondary school. In: Nextroom.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  11. ↑ Biological farm "Vetterhof". In: Nextroom.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  12. ↑ Atrium House Dornbirn. In: Nextroom.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  13. ↑ Braike children's home. In: Nextroom.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  14. ↑ REKA holiday village. In: Nextroom.at. Accessed April 2020 .
  15. ↑ Roland Gnaiger: The region is a river or Jo Coenen in Styria. In: Landluft.at. March 1999, accessed April 2020 .
  16. ↑ Roland Gnaiger: Emancipates emotions - wood as a vehicle for building culture. In: forum-holzbau.com. May 2004, accessed April 2020 .
  17. ↑ Roland Gnaiger: Wide field and colorful meadows. In: University of Design Linz. October 2009, accessed April 2020 .
  18. ↑ Roland Gnaiger: Bringing houses into resonance. In: Landluft.at. May 2015, accessed April 2020 .
  19. ↑ Roland Gnaiger: Nothing is the essence. In: Nextroom.at. May 2016, accessed April 2020 .
  20. ↑ Roland Gnaiger: In unity with sun and stone. In: Fuel.com. June 2019, accessed April 2020 .
  21. ↑ Roland Gnaiger: Bring on the beauty! In: Nextroom.at. February 2020, accessed April 2020 .
  22. ^ Kunsthaus Bregenz (ed.): School in Warth . Hatje, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 978-3-7757-0446-5 .
  23. ↑ Roland Gnaiger, Adolph Stiller (ed.): Furniture for all . Pustet, Salzburg / Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7025-0446-X .
  24. ↑ Roland Gnaiger (ed.): The architecture at the Art University Linz: a report . University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz 2012.
  25. ^ Friedrich Achleitner : Friedrich Achleitner's view of Austria's architecture after 1945 . Ed .: Roland Gnaiger. Birkhäuser, Basel 2015, ISBN 978-3-0356-0280-7 .
  26. ↑ Dietmar Steiner : Steiner's diary: about architecture since 1959 . Ed .: Roland Gnaiger. Park Books, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-03860-032-9 .
  27. ↑ Constructive Provocation - New Building in Vorarlberg. In: Architekturzentrum Wien. Accessed April 2020 .
  28. ↑ Getting Things Done - Evolution of the Built Environment in Vorarlberg. Accessed April 2020 .
  29. ↑ In the Braike Nursery. In: miesarch.com. 2003, accessed April 2020 .
  30. ↑ Energy Globe Award - Roland Gnaiger receives the main prize. In: ORF.at. April 14, 2007, accessed April 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gnaiger, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz