Wilhelm Holzbauer (3 September 1930 – 15 June 2019) was an Austrian architect, noted as a "pragmatic"
modernist
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. He was a student of
Clemens Holzmeister
Clemens Holzmeister (27 March 1886 – 12 June 1983) was a prominent Austrian architect and stage designer of the early twentieth century. The Austrian Academy of Fine Arts listed his life's work as containing 673 projects. He was the father of ...
at the
Vienna University of Technology
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between 1950 and 1953. In 1956–57, he studied at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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as a
Fulbright Scholar
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. From 1977 to 1998, he was professor at the
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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.
Österreich-Lexikon
retrieved 18 February 2013
Projects
Vorarlberger Landhaus 5.JPG, Landhaus in Bregenz (1975–81)
Image-Andromeda-Tower Vienna 2005.JPG, Andromeda Tower Vienna (1996–98)
Gasometer-d-by viennaphoto at.jpg, Gasometer D, Vienna (1999–2001)
LinzHbf.jpg, Linz Central Station
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(2001–05)
Tech Gate Tower Vienna from E on 2005-09-05.jpg, Tech Gate Tower, Vienna (2003–05)
References
Further reading
*Liesbeth Waechter-Bohm: ''Wilhelm Holzbauer: 50 Years of Architecture'', Springer Verlag, 2006
External links
Holzbauer and Partners
Austrian architects
1930 births
2019 deaths
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