Hans Hollein

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Hans Hollein, (born March 30, 1934 in Vienna) is an Austrian architect.

Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1956, then attended the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1960. He has worked for various agencies in Sweden and in America before returning to Vienna, founding his own agency in 1964.

In 1985 Hollein won the Pritzker Prize.

In 1963/64 and 1966 Hollein was a guest professor in the Washington University in St. Louis. In 1967-76 he was professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. Since 1976 he was professor of the "Universität für angewandte Kunst" in Vienna.

[edit] Main works/galleries

• 1964-1965 : Retti candle shop, Vienna Photo
• 1972 : Schullin Jewellery shop, Vienna
• 1972-1982 : Abteiberg Museum Mönchengladbach
• 1983 : Rauchstrasse in Berlin
• 1987-1991 : Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main
• 1990 : Haas-Haus in Vienna
• 1992-2002 : Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, St. Pölten (Austria)
• 1996-2001 : Austrian Embassy in Berlin Photos
• 1997-2002 : Centrum Bank in Valduz (Austria) in collaboration with Bargetze+Partner
• 1997-2002 : Vulcania - European Centre of Vulcanology in Auvergne (France) Photos

• Albertina (Vienna)
• Hilton hotel, Vienna
• Interbank Headquarters in Lima
• Office blocks in Donaukanal, Vienna
• Guggenheim
• Ganztagsschule, Vienna
• Glass and Ceramics house, Teheran, Iran
• Feigen Gallery, New York

[edit] Prizes

• Reynolds Memorial Award 1966 and 1984
• Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis 1983
• Pritzker Prize 1985
• Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1990
• Ehrenmedaille der Bundeshauptstadt Wien in Gold

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Pritzker Prize gallery
• ARCHIGUIDE

v • d • e Pritzker Prize Laureates

Johnson (1979) • Barragán (1980) • Stirling (1981) • Roche (1982) • Pei (1983) • Meier (1984) • Hollein (1985) • Böhm (1986) • Tange (1987) • Bunshaft/Niemeyer (1988) • Gehry (1989) • Rossi (1990) • Venturi (1991) • Siza (1992) • Maki (1993) • Portzamparc (1994) • Ando (1995) • Moneo (1996) • Fehn (1997) • Piano (1998) • Foster (1999) • Koolhaas (2000) • Herzog & de Meuron (2001) • Murcutt (2002) • Utzon (2003) • Hadid (2004) • Mayne (2005) • Mendes da Rocha (2006) • Richard Rogers (2007)