Rupert Falkner
Rupert Falkner (born February 5, 1930 in Linz ) is an Austrian architect and draftsman.
Life
After graduating from the Federal Trade School in Linz , Rupert Falkner worked at the Linz City Planning Office and in the Lassy architectural office. He then studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Clemens Holzmeister , of which he was also a collaborator.
From 1960 Falkner worked as a freelance architect in Vienna and planned numerous residential and public buildings for Vienna. One of his most important works is the New Town Hall in Linz, which he planned together with Anton Fürtler . He also had an office in Steyr .
Falkner is also active in the field of architecture research and studies, for example on the subject of family-friendly living and workplace-integrated housing of the future.
Realizations
- 1960–1962 Housing estate Sandleiten- / Starkenburggasse, Vienna 16, together with Lukas Matthias Lang and Peter Philipp Czernin
- 1969–1972 Residential complex at Hameaustraße 19, Vienna 19
- 1970–1973 Rodaun School, Vienna 23
- 1971–1974 Rosenhügel Hospital Pavilion, Vienna 13th
- 1973–1974 Retirement home Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung, Vienna 10
- 1975–1976 Housing complex Hetzendorfer Strasse 100–104, Vienna 23
- 1979–1983 Karl-Wrba-Hof , Vienna 10, together with Ernst Irsigler, Matthäus Jiszda, Franz Kaminsky, Stefan Karabiberoff, Werner Schröfl, Helmut Schultmeyer, Hedy Wachberger and Gunter Wratzfeld
- 1975–1984 Hammerschmidtgasse residential complex, Vienna 19
- 1980–1985 New Town Hall (Linz) , Hauptstrasse 1–5, together with Anton Fürtler
- 1984–1985 residential complex on Vorgartenstrasse, Vienna 2, together with Norbert Ullreich, Ernst Hoffmann, Gábor Egyed
- 1991–1995 Meiselmarkt, Vienna 15
- Petrol station Josef-Meinrad-Platz, Vienna 1
- New arrival hall at Vienna International Airport
Unrealized drafts
- Linz Opera House on the Urfahraner bridgehead opposite the New Town Hall (around 1985)
Awards
literature
- Helmut Weihsmann: Built in Vienna. Lexicon of 20th Century Viennese Architects. Vienna: Promedia 2005. S. 84f.
- Rupert Falkner: Buildings and drafts. Work report 1960-1987. Vienna: Architektur und Baufachverlag 1987
- Rupert Falkner: Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna. Neilreichgasse project. Vienna: ARGE Sahulkastraße 1980
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Falkner, Rupert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |