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The Austrian Phenomenon

Architektur Avantgarde Österreich 1956–1973

In the Austria of the wild 1960s, the visionary designs of architects and artists garnered international attention. Described as the "Austrian phenomenon," these projects and installations contained the concentrated creativity of the Austrian architectural neo-avant-garde between 1956 and 1973.

  • Authors: Raimund Abraham, Friedrich Achleitner, Fareed Armaly, Chantal Béret, Andrea Branzi, Johannes Cladders, Coop Himmelblau, Hermann Czech, Günther Domenig/Elfried Huth, Helmut Draxler, Franz Fehringer, Günther Feuerstein, Ernst Fischer, Robert Fleck, Kenneth Frampton, Heinz Frank, Bernhard Hafner, Werner Hofmann, Hans Hollein, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Rudolf Kohoutek, Alfred und Hedwig Kolleritsch, František Lesák, Bart Lootsma, Peter Matejka, Siegfried Mattl, Robert Menasse, Julius Mende, Missing Link, Paola Navone, Oswald Oberhuber, Bruno Orlandoni, Laurids Ortner, Hermann Painitz, Walter Pichler, Johannes Porsch, Markus Prachensky, Herbert Prader, Franco Raggi, Arnulf Rainer, Dieter Ronte, Haus-Rucker-Co, Gerhard Rühm, Constanze Ruhm, Joseph Rykwert, Salz der Erde, Georg Schöllhammer, Wilfried Skreiner, Friedrich St. Florian, Dietmar Steiner, Manfredo Tafuri, Team A, Mario Terzic, Ottokar Uhl, Anthony Vidler, Stanislaus von Moos, Barna von Sartory, Peter Weibel, Oswald Wiener, Robert Zeppel-Sperl, Zünd-Up
  • Edited by: Architekturzentrum Wien
  • Language: German / English

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Description

In Vienna, these avant-garde dreams came to be symbolized by Hans Hollein’s Retti Candle Shop and Hermann Czech’s many cafés and bars, which are still successful today, including the Kleines Café (Little Café), Wunderbar, and Salzamt. The best-known protagonists of this scene include Hans Hollein, Walter Pichler, Raimund Abraham, Coop Himmelblau, Haus-Rucker-Co, Missing Link, and others. The book is fully illustrated in color and consists of two parts. The first contains “Documentation” of important publications from the years 1958–1973 in international trade journals like Archigram, Domus, Architectural Record, and Casabella, in which the young architects sought attention for their programs. The second is “Reconstruction,” a cross-section of images and texts from publications on the “Austrian phenomenon,” elucidated and situated in the context of international architectural history by authors such as Friedrich Achleitner, Bart Lootsma, Stanislaus von Moos, Joseph Rykwert, Anthony Vidler, and others.

  • ISBN: 978-3-0346-0124-5
  • Published by: Birkhäuser
  • Place of publication: Basel - Berlin - Boston
  • Year of publication: 2009
  • Pages: 1324
  • Figures: 950 coloured and 950 b/w

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