Gustav Peichl (18 March 1928 – 17 November 2019) was an Austrian

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Life

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna until 1953 and worked in the office of

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. To pay for architectural school, he drew caricatures under a pseudonym to protect his identity from the

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, which occupied Austria at the time. He first used the name Pei initially and later by the name under which he was best known, ''Ironimus''. He later drew cartoons for major newspapers such as ''

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'' and '' Die Presse''. He opened his own architectural firm in 1955. Peichl built the EFA Radio Satellite Station in Aflenz Austria. He was a member of the international jury that chose

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as the architect for the in Opéra Bastille in Paris, in 1983. He died 17 November 2019 at his home in Grinzing, Vienna, Austria.

Main works

* 1969–82

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, in Dornbirn, Eisenstadt, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Salzburg * 1985–92

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, Bonn, Germany * 1987–91 Extension building to the

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Museum, Frankfurt am Main * 1997–99 with Boris Podrecca and Rudolf F. Weber: Millennium Tower, Vienna * 2000–01 Caricature Museum, Krems

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1928 births 2019 deaths Austrian architects Austrian caricaturists Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Honorary Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Süddeutsche Zeitung people {{Austria-artist-stub