Wolfgang Windbrechtinger
Wolfgang Windbrechtinger (born August 9, 1922 in Ramingstein (Salzburg); † September 12, 2011 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Wolfgang Windbrechtinger studied at the Technical University in Graz . Between 1956 and 1994 he was, together with his wife Traude Windbrechtinger, a freelance architect in Vienna. In 1963 he was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Architecture for the “Volksheuriger Bellevue” .
In 1965 Windbrechtinger was a founding member of the Austrian Society for Architecture and from 1965 to 1968 a board member of the Chamber of Engineers for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland . In the course of the construction work for the first line of the Vienna subway ( U1 ), he was responsible for the uncovering of the Virgil Chapel , which was rediscovered in 1973, and the design of the underground showroom. In 1974, together with Wilhelm Holzbauer , he planned the conversion of Kärntner Strasse in the center of Vienna between the State Opera and Stephansplatz into a pedestrian zone .
Works
(in collaboration with Traude Windbrechtinger)
- Volksheim Kapfenberg, 1958
- Kindergarten and settlement Böhlerwerk, 1959
- Korneuburg Kindergarten, 1962
- Restaurant Bellevue , Vienna, 1963 (demolished 1982)
- Vienna-Hietzing shopping center, 1964
- Kindergartens in Amstetten and Ober-Grafendorf (Lower Austria), 1968
- Wassermannweg housing estate, Vienna, 1992
- Projects for churches and urban planning
Awards
literature
- Hannes Doblhofer (Ed.): Windbrechtinger: Work, Idea, Lifestyle and Building Conception , on Traude and Wolfgang Windbrechtinger, collection of articles and catalog raisonné, Löcker Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85409-381-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Windbrechtinger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Der Standard : Architect Wolfgang Windbrechtinger passed away on September 16, 2011
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Windbrechtinger, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1922 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramingstein |
DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 2011 |
Place of death | Vienna |