Adolf Krischanitz (born May 26, 1946) is an

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n-born

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Biography

Krischanitz was born in

Schwarzach im Pongau Schwarzach im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography It is located in the valley of the Salzach river, between the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Goldberg and Ankogel groups) in the ...

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

, Austria. He studied

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at the

Vienna University of Technology TU Wien (TUW; german: Technische Universität Wien; still known in English as the Vienna University of Technology from 1975–2014) is one of the major universities in Vienna, Austria. The university finds high international and domestic recogn ...

from 1965 to 1972.

Academic career

From 1974 through 1987 he was a lecturer at the

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...

, and from 1988 to 1989, a guest professor at the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

. Since 1992, he has been a professor of design and urban development at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universit ...

Professional career

Krischanitz has been a freelance architect in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

since 1979, the same year in which he co-founded the magazine ''UM BAU'' (About Building). He served as the chairman of the

Austrian Society for Architecture Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ...

in 1982, and from 1991 to 1995 he was president of the

Vienna Secession The Vienna Secession (german: Wiener Secession; also known as ''the Union of Austrian Artists'', or ''Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs'') is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austr ...

, a post first held by Gustav Klimt, one of the organization's co-founders. In 2004 he became a partner and managing director of the architecture firm Krischinatz & Frank.

Works

* 1992:

Kunsthalle Wien Kunsthalle Wien is the city of Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_of ...

''project space'', Vienna * 1992–95: Kunsthalle Krems, reconstruction of a former tobacco factory * 1992–96: Lauder Chabad Campus in Vienna * 2002–07:

Museum Rietberg The Rietberg Museum is a museum in Zürich, Switzerland, displaying Asian, African, American and Oceanian art. It is the only art museum focusing on non-European art and design in Switzerland, the third-largest museum in Zürich, and the largest t ...

, additional complex (in co-operation with Alfred Grazioli) * 2008: Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin Kunsthalle Berlin
Homepage Kunsthalle Berlin * 2008–10: 20er Haus in Vienna, reconstruction of the Austrian pavilion at the Expo 58 in Brussels

References

External links

Krischinatz & Frank corporate website (in German)
1946 births Living people People from St. Johann im Pongau District Austrian architects TU Wien alumni Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna {{Austria-architect-stub