Walter Zschokke

Walter Zschokke (born January 15, 1948 in Wildegg ; † February 5, 2009 in Vienna , Austria ) was a Swiss architect and architecture critic.

Life

Zschokke studied architecture at the ETH Zurich , was assistant to A. M. Vogt from 1977 to 1985 and received his doctorate in architectural history (work on the design of the Sustenpass road). From 1977 Zschokke worked at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at the ETH.

From 1985 he lived in Vienna and worked in the field of architecture as a designer, historian, critic, juror, curator and exhibition organizer. Initially employed in the office of the Hollein student Hermann Czech , from 1989 Zschokke had an independent studio with Walter Hans Michl . He was also an advisory board member for culture and science in Lower Austria and the arts section of the Federal Chancellery . At the Art University Linz he had a teaching position for theory and history of architecture . Zschokke was known as a connoisseur of Austrian architectural practice, and wrote for the spectrum of the press , in specialist journals and published several books for over 20 years .

On February 5, 2009 he succumbed to longstanding cancer in the General Hospital of the City of Vienna and was cremated in the Simmering fire hall .

Hall of the parish church St. Benedikt am Leberberg in Vienna

Realizations

Town house in Vienna new building
with Wolfgang Zehetner , Walter Michl: Parish Church of St. Benedikt am Leberberg in Vienna-Simmering
Residential building complex in Aarau

Publications

with Christian Menn : The road in the forgotten landscape - the Sustenpass , gta-Verlag, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-85676-077-6 .
with Friedrich Achleitner and Boris Podrecca : Boris Podrecca: Work 1980–1995 , Basel 1996, ISBN 3-7643-5441-0 ; Katja Steiner (Translated into English): Boston ISBN 0-8176-5441-0 .

Awards

Construction award for good building from the city of Aarau (CH)
2000, 2006 Culture Prize of the State of Lower Austria for Architecture
2005 Prize of the City of Vienna for Journalism

Literature and media

Bernhard Frodl, David Pasek: Interview with Walter Zschokke, a palaver , Architektur Sendung, Orange 94.0 , November 6, 2006.

Web links

Commons : Walter Zschokke - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Walter Zschokke in the catalog of the German National Library
Walter Zschokke . In: architektur im netz , nextroom.at.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Monika Gentner: In memoriam . In: Konstruktiv 272, p. 8 ( page, pdf , das Konstruktiv.at).
↑ cf. Walter Hans Michl . In: nextroom.at.
^ Parish center St. Benedict . In: nextroom.at.
↑ Liebeggerweg residential development, 5000 Aarau ( Memento from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , Bauatelier-Nater.ch.
↑ Walter Zschokke November 6, 2006 (with stream of the broadcast, on apalaver.com).

personal data
SURNAME	Zschokke, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wildegg
DATE OF DEATH	February 5, 2009
Place of death	Vienna , Austria

[In_memoriam-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Monika Gentner: In memoriam . In: Konstruktiv 272, p. 8 ( page, pdf , das Konstruktiv.at).

[2] . Walter Hans Michl . In: nextroom.at.

[3] Parish center St. Benedict . In: nextroom.at.

[4] Liebeggerweg residential development, 5000 Aarau ( Memento from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , Bauatelier-Nater.ch.

[5] Walter Zschokke November 6, 2006 (with stream of the broadcast, on apalaver.com).