This list includes all architectural projects realized by
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection ...
including new buildings, alterations and design of buildings.
Hundertwasser started to work as an architect at the age of 55 already having a reputation as a painter. According to the views of the artist, every person is entitled to decorate his house. Hundertwasser's architecture differs from
functionalism and
rationalism
In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification".Lacey, A.R. (1996), ''A Dictionary of Philosophy ...
typical of the 20th century, by his use of bright colors, decorations, distorted lines and the desire to be in harmony with nature. Hundertwasser believed that only a few buildings are "healthy." He made numerous restructuring and renewal of residential and functional buildings and had a reputation as "the doctor of architecture" because he treated buildings by decorating them in order to diminish the
visual pollution of the environment. The largest architectural project of Friedensreich Hundertwasser is the hotel complex Rogner
Bad Blumau in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, completed in 1997.
Bibliography
* Pierre Restany: Die Macht der Kunst, Hundertwasser. Der Maler-König mit den fünf Häuten.
Taschen
Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen.
History
The company began as Taschen Comics, ...
, Köln 1998, .
* Wieland Schmied: Hundertwasser 1928-2000. Persönlichkeit, Leben, Werk. Taschen, Köln 2009, .
* Hundertwasser Architektur – Für ein natur- und menschengerechteres Bauen. Köln: Taschen, 2006.
External links
{{Commons category, Buildings by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
www.hundertwasser.at
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