Wilhelm Holzbauer
Wilhelm Holzbauer (born September 3, 1930 in Itzling ; † June 15, 2019 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Wilhelm Holzbauer was born in Itzling (at that time still an independent municipality, from 1939 part of Salzburg ). He attended the Salzburg trade school from 1945 to 1949 and then studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the master class of Clemens Holzmeister . After joining “ Working Group 4 ” , Holzbauer studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge ( United States ) from 1956 to 1957 . He then taught as a visiting professor in Manitoba ( Canada ) and at Yale University in New Haven , United States, until 1959 .
In 1964 he finally opened an architectural office in Vienna, followed by another in Amsterdam in 1969 . Holzbauer continued his teaching activities between 1977 and 1998 as a professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna , from 1987 to 1991 he was also the rector .
From 1979 to 1989, Holzbauer enjoyed the small restaurant Mattes in Schönlaterngasse in Vienna, where the chefs Richard Hedrich, Reinhard Gerer and Walter Bauer cooked one after the other . It was the first award-winning restaurant in Vienna .
He had three children from his first marriage to Ursula Holzbauer and a daughter from his second marriage to the Japanese Mari Izumi-Holzbauer.
Holzbauer was one of the survivors of the sinking of the Andrea Doria , on whose board he went to the USA in 1956 with a Fulbright scholarship . Holzbauer's last studio was in the 6th district of Vienna, Mariahilf , Haydngasse 11–13.
Act
Architecture critics see Holzbauer as “a representative of a 'pragmatic' architecture with monumental symbolism, physiognomic conciseness and mannerist exaggeration”, Holzbauer sees himself as “a classic architect who always tries to adapt to the situation, nothing of the different currents of modernity and postmodernism and yet something of everything ”, in an architecture“ whose roots lie in a pragmatic attitude and not in an ideological one. ”
Holzbauer was able to quickly position itself in public with important orders for private and public clients. He significantly influenced the Viennese cityscape through his planning of the pedestrian zone in Kärntner Strasse as well as through the designs for the Vienna underground trains , which have also received international awards. Holzbauer repeatedly made a name for himself through interviews and other media appearances. The architecture competition for the renovation of the Kleiner Festspielhaus in Salzburg, which Holzbauer had already suggested over the years and had submitted plans for it, was also a topic of conversation . Holzbauer also referred to his familiarity with Holzmeister's ideas. After violent protests by Holzbauer, who came second in the competition, there was finally a collaboration with the winner, the working group Herman & Valentiny and Wimmer Zaic Architects, with Holzbauer.
In 1999, Holzbauer designed the set for the new production of Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow for the Vienna State Opera (directed by Andrei Şerban , conductor John Eliot Gardiner ), and he also helped to design the costumes.
Selected Works
- Parsch Parish Church of the Precious Blood , Salzburg, 1953–56 ( Working Group 4 , with Friedrich Kurrent , Johannes Spalt , Otto Leitner )
- College St. Josef Salzburg, 1961–64 (Working Group 4)
- Design for the Vienna U-Bahn , 1970–1973 ( U-Bahn architects , with H. Marschalek, G. Ladstätter, Bernd Gantar)
- Parish center Salzburg-St. Vitalis , construction until 1972
- Landhaus Bregenz , 1973, construction 1977 to 1981 (with others)
- Bildungshaus St. Virgil , Salzburg, construction until 1976
- Wohnhausanlage Living tomorrow , Vienna
- Amsterdam City Hall and Amsterdam Opera
- Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Salzburg , 1973–86 (University of Salzburg architects, with Stefan K. Hübner, Georg Ladstätter, Heinz Marschalek , Heinz Ekhart)
- Planning of the pedestrian zone in Kärntner Straße , 1974 (with Wolfgang Windbrechtinger )
- Office building complex (IBM) Vienna Lassallestrasse / Praterstern, Vienna
- Oesterreichische Nationalbank , Vienna
- Andromeda Tower , Vienna, construction 1996–98
- Memorial to all victims of the Battle of Stalingrad , Volgograd
- Festspielhaus Baden-Baden , construction until 1998
- Ringstrasse Galleries building complex , Kärntnerring Vienna
- Tech Gate Vienna (with Sepp Frank ), construction 1999–2005
- Gasometer D , Vienna, 1999–2001
- The 4 new halls of the Wiener Musikverein
- House for Mozart , renovation of the Kleiner Festspielhaus in Salzburg (together with Francois Valentiny , the competition winner), from 2006
Publications
- Holzbauer, Wilhelm: Buildings and Projects 1953–85 , 1985
- Holzbauer, Wilhelm: Buildings and Projects 1985–90 , 1990
- Achleitner, Friedrich, Holzbauer, Wilhelm: Buildings and Projects. Stuttgart 1995
- Holzbauer, Wilhelm: Works from the last 5 years of the past millennium. Exhibition catalog, University of Applied Arts. Vienna 2000
literature
- August Sarnitz (Ed.): Three Viennese architects: Wilhelm Holzbauer, Gustav Peichl , Roland Rainer , catalog for the exhibition: Three Viennese architects , 2nd, corrected edition. Edition Tusch, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-85063-148-6 .
Awards and honors
- 1952: Golden “Füger” medal
- 1954: Theodor Körner Prize
- 1959: State Prize at the Academy of Fine Arts
- 1967: Culture Prize of the City of Kapfenberg
- 1972: Prize of the City of Vienna for Architecture
- 1978: Gold Medal for Services to the City of Vienna
- 1983: RS Reynolds Memorial Award
- 1986: Prize of the State of Salzburg for Architecture
- 1986: Ring of honor of the capital Salzburg
- 1986: Honorary member of the American Institute of Architects
- 1991: Gold Medal of Honor from the City of Vienna
- 1996: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1997: Honorary membership in the Association of German Architects BDA
- 2000: Grand Austrian State Prize for Architecture
- 2005: Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Salzburg
- 2008: Great Merit of the State of Vorarlberg
Web links
- Entry on Wilhelm Holzbauer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Atelier Wilhelm Holzbauer ( Memento from November 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Holzbauer in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.holzbauer-partner.at/PARTNER/Holzbauer.aspx
- Wilhelm Holzbauer in the original sound in the online archive of the Austrian media library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b My district : My Salzburg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ Orf.at: Architect Wilhelm Holzbauer died . Article dated June 15, 2019, accessed June 15, 2019.
- ↑ profil.at: The chicken is plucked
- ^ Oe24.at: Architects private - that's how professionals live
- ↑ Profile: Contemporary History: All right! . Article dated July 22, 2006, accessed August 5, 2018.
- ^ Salzburger Nachrichten: Holzbauer: "This is an attack on the city" . Article dated May 31, 2012, accessed August 5, 2018.
- ^ Salzburger Nachrichten: "Zeitzeugen": Interview with architect Wilhelm Holzbauer . Article dated May 31, 2012, accessed August 5, 2018.
- ↑ Quote changed: “I would call myself one of the few classic architects. I always try to adapt to the situation, which has resulted in many different architectural structures. Today there are directions like postmodernism and minimalism. I am none of this and yet something of everything. ”Wilhelm Holzbauer, in: What does ... Wilhelm Holzbauer actually do . Interview. ECHO Salzburg online, August 5, 2011
- ↑ quoted from Ulrike Springer. From the avant-garde to architecture . In: RWR 4/2009, p. 18, section Pragmatic and monumental - Wilhelm Holzbauer ( online , austrians.org)
- ↑ these several other projects, see Projects , agu.at
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Holzbauer, Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Itzling |
DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 2019 |
Place of death | Vienna |