The Krier Era in Vienna
An evening With Rob Krier
(in German)The Luxemburg architect and sculptor Robert Krier (born in 1938), professor at Vienna University of Technology since 1976, brought…
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Presentation Wed 25.02.2009
19:00-21:00
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Panel Discussion Wed 28.01.2009
19:00-21:00Best of Austria. Architecture 2006_2007
Book Presentation and Panel Discussion
(in German) Book PresentationDietmar Steiner, director of the Az WBarbara Feller, The Austrian Platform for Architectural Policy and Building CultureClaudia…
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Az W by Moonlight Mon 15.12.2008
Daily 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM, Wednesdays until 09:00 PMAll the Best. A Walk 2008
Begins: Dschungel Wien, 05:00 pm / Az W approx. 06:00 pm
Even gingerbread houses want designing. While the current exhibition 'Architektur beginnt im Kopf. The Making of Architecture' pursues the process…
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Party Wed 10.12.2008
19:00-21:00Az W's 15 Year Anniversary
The Architekturzentrum Wien celebrates its 15th birthday. Celebrate with us!
Follow-up to the opening of the GAU:DI European Student Competition.To celebrate the occasion, we invite you to visit our exhibitions,…
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Presentation Wed 10.12.2008
18:00-23:59GAU:DI. European student competition on sustainable architecture
A minimum leisure house for the 21st century
Speakers:Dietmar Steiner, Az W directorChristian Kühn - dean TU WienAndreas Claus Schnetzer and Gregor Pils, winners of the GAU:DI CompetitionMarie-Hélène…
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Symposium Wed 26.11.2008
16:00-21:00Architecture for New Learning — Building Schools with a Didactic Agenda?
An event in cooperation with the educational initiative Bildung GRENZLOS, by the Österreichischen Schulkompetenzzentrum (Austrian Centre for Educational Competence) and the Architekturzentrum Wien
Building on the historical roots of contemporary school architecture, the event pursues the question of why school space is often…
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Congress Sat 22.11.2008
11:00-19:0016th Vienna Architecture Congress
Architektur beginnt im Kopf. The Making of Architecture
The Congress is conducted in EnglishSchedule11:00 Opening: Dietmar Steiner, director Az W11:30 Elke Krasny, curator of the exhibition, Vienna: Field…
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Accompanying Programme Wed 19.11.2008
16:00-23:59Three Viennese Stations
Tour guide: Marion KuzmanyStation 1Visit to the studio of Hermann CzechStation 2A walk through Vienna:Kleines Café (H. Czech), American Bar…
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Symposium Fri 14.11.2008
10:00-19:00Wonderland Kick-Off-Event + Symposium "Getting specialized"
10am – 11am press conference11am – 1pm Wonderland Kick-Off Event / internal3pm – 7pm symposium 'Getting Specialized'Speakers: Anneke Bokern, Frank…
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Panel Discussion Wed 12.11.2008
19:00-21:00BIG Az W: Generation Render
With sketches and/or computer designs to the built reality
In EnglishLecturePaul Seletsky, Senior Manager Digital Design, SOM, New York Panel discussionPaul SeletskyHans Puchhammer, architect, ViennaDietmar Steiner, director Az WSandra…
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Lecture Wed 29.10.2008
19:00-21:00BALKAN production_02
In conversation with architects from Southeast Europe
A series of events organised by the Architekturzentrum Wien in collaboration with REHAUThe series BALKAN production is dedicated for the…
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Panel Discussion Wed 22.10.2008
19:00-21:00Networked Cultures
Presentation and panel discussion
With: Emiliano Gandolfi, curator of the main pavilion at the 11th Venice Architecture BiennaleMargarethe Makovec, , GrazDoris Burtscher, architect, founding…
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Lecture Wed 22.10.2008
Daily 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM, Wednesdays until 09:00 PMa_showcase 08: 150 Years of the Vienna Ring Road
150 years ago an international competition was held to develop the Glacis. The basis was an imperial edict ordering the…
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Panel Discussion Wed 08.10.2008
19:00-21:00Greenwashing, or Modern Architecture
Welcome address: Peter Maydl, Chair of the bAIK Ausschuss NachhaltigkeitStatements: Julia von Mende, architecture journalistChristian Pöhn, deputy head of MA…
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Long Night of the Museums at the Az W Sat 04.10.2008
18:00-01:00The Long Night of the Museums at the Az W 2008
This year once again the Az W is taking part in the "Long Night of the Museums", a museum event…
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Panel Discussion Wed 03.09.2008
Daily 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM, Wednesdays until 09:00 PMThe Power of Display
a cooperation with schnittpunkt. Ausstellungstheorie & praxis
A dialogue with: Angelika Fitz (curator)Heidi Pretterhofer / arquitectos (exhibition architecture)Michael Rieper / MVD Austria (exhibition graphics)moderated by Kerstin Krenn…
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Lecture Wed 25.06.2008
Daily 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM, Wednesdays until 09:00 PMa_showcase 07: Summer Retreat
Luger & Maul in conversation with Ernst Anton Plischke
(in German)Haus Gamerith on Attersee by Ernst Anton Plischke is an Austrian Modern icon where the landscape and the architecture…
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Presentation Tue 17.06.2008
14:00-15:30Museum Online 2008
Award Ceremony
The award ceremony and the presentation of the resulting projects are being held on Tuesday 17.06.2008.2pm – 3.30pm welcome speech,…
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Opening Event Wed 11.06.2008
18:00-21:00Klangwolke Revival
in cooperation with LIVA/Brucknerhaus Linz
Following the opening ceremony, we commemorate an event at the first 'Linzer Klangwolke' (concept: Haupt/Leopoldseder), held during the International Bruckner…
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Panel Discussion Wed 04.06.2008
19:00-21:00The Viennese 'wohnen im grünen' Manifesto
Open spaces and parks in the city
Presentation and panel discussionThe planning of quality outdoor space is a prerequisite for a sustainable high standard of living in…
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Panel Discussion Thu 29.05.2008
19:00-21:00Discussion Competition for Housing Developers
Book presentation, exhibition and panel discussion
The publication of a book containing documentation of the Competition for Housing Developers in Vienna was initiated by the wohnfonds_wien…
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experiencing architecture Fri 16.05.2008 – Sat 17.05.2008
Architekturtage 2008
16 + 17 May 2008, Admission Free at the Az W
It is that time of year again, and for the fourth time the Architekturtage (Architecture Days) are being held all…
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Panel Discussion Wed 07.05.2008
19:00-21:00Planning Advice
Presentation and Panel Discussion
in german"I had a dream: Once upon a time there was a planning board that succeeded in establishing a productive…
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Day of the Open Door Thu 01.05.2008
10:00-19:001 May 2008 Day of the Open Door at the Az W
from 10am — admission free all day long!Opening hours exhibitions: 10am-7pmOn Thursday 1 May admission is free to the Az…
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Symposium Wed 16.04.2008
19:00-21:00BIG Az W: Renovating the Modern Heritage II
It is not just listed Classical Modern buildings that require extensive conservation measures, many far more recent buildings from the…
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Symposium Sat 12.04.2008
14:00-23:59Renovating the Modern Heritage I
A cooperation by the Architekturzentrum Wien with the Bundesdenkmalamt
Tel Aviv has over 4000 houses built in new functionalist style — an inexhaustible research arena for architecture historians and…
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Lecture Wed 26.03.2008
Daily 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM, Wednesdays until 09:00 PMa_showcase 06
Vienna 1938. Urban Planning under the Nazi Regime
Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Linz, Nuremberg... all cities that have strong ties to a history of town planning by Hitler's regime.…
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Party Wed 12.03.2008
19:00-21:00sundays excursions, again and again
brief statements — jubilee celebrations for 200 sundays tours
The sundays tours have been guiding participants to the most interesting architectural arenas, to new buildings along the current urban…
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Party Sat 02.02.2008
Wed-Sun. 2pm - 8pmAz West: Closing event + Concert: Ernst Molden
Closing event for the exhibition '1 Question, 10 Days, 5 Elements' at the Az West
Live concert by Ernst MoldenAddress: Az West, 35 – 37 Flachgasse, 1150 ViennaErnst Molden is an acknowledged expert with an…
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Lecture Wed 23.01.2008
19:00-21:00BALKAN production_01
in conversation with architects from southeast Europe
Lectures are being held in English.A series of events organised by the Architekturzentrum Wien in collaboration with REHAUBALKAN production, conceived…
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Panel Discussion Wed 16.01.2008
19:00-21:00The Bittersweet Life of an Architect?
An empirical study leads behind the scenes in the life of an architect
Architects have always grumbled, although to date there have never been any exact figures on their actual living and working…
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Lecture Wed 09.01.2008
Daily 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM, Wednesdays until 09:00 PMa_showcase 05: Heilige Zeiten — Church Building Today
Otto Häuselmayer and Heinz Tesar speak on the history behind the completion of the churches featured following a brief guided…
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Az W by Moonlight Mon 17.12.2007
daily 10am-7pmAll The Best. A Walk 2007
Supplementary Programme "Heilige Zeiten"
As part of the annual 'All The Best' advent stroll the Az W is showing its seasonally appropriate and sensitive…
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Panel Discussion Wed 12.12.2007
19:00-21:00Panel Discussion: Viennese church building after 1945 — from Rudolf Schwarz to Heinz Tesar
In cooperation with Vienna University of Technology art history department / model makingOpeningDietmar Steiner, Director Az W The PanelAnn Katrin…
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Symposium Fri 30.11.2007
15:00-19:00Modelling Space
10 Years of Kiesler Stiftung Wien
Friedrich Kiesler's interventions can be read as models for universal visions that the architect, designer and theorist transferred to both…
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Congress Sat 24.11.2007
13:00-21:0015th Vienna Architecture Congress
Chinaproduction
The aim of the 15th Vienna Architecture Kongress is to reflect as comprehensive an image of current 'Chinaproduction' as possible,…
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Panel Discussion Wed 14.11.2007
19:00-21:00Eastmodern
Panel Discussion
introductory addresses:Hertha Hurnaus, photographer Benjamin Konrad, architect Maik Novotny, architectthe panel:Henrieta Moravčíková, architectGeorg Schöllhammer, architecture theoristJan Tabor, architecture theoristAdolph Stiller,…
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Presentation Fri 09.11.2007
17:00-23:59Award Ceremony: Clients' Award 2007
of the Austrian Architects Association
Award CeremonyWelcome address: Hannes Pflaum, President of the Az WAwards presented by: Hans Hollein, President of the Austrian Architects AssociationModerated…
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Presentation Mon 05.11.2007
19:00-21:00Award Ceremony: Otto Wagner Städtebaupreis 2007
Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening
venue: Postal Savings Bank / Grosser Kassensaal, 2 Georg Coch-Platz, 1010 ViennaWelcome address: Stephan Koren, Managing Director Österreichische PostsparkasseIntroduction: Dietmar…
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Panel Discussion Wed 17.10.2007
19:00-21:00Helmut Richter Panel Discussion
Uncompromised architecture - combating mediocrity
PanelJakob Dunkl – querkraft architektenGerd Erhartt – querkraft architektenMichael Hofstätter – PAUHOFLothar Heinrich – Vasko & PartnerAndreas Gerner – gerner°gerner…
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Panel Discussion Wed 10.10.2007
19:00-21:00Green Building
Energy efficient buildings beyond residential developments
The panelTheodor Zillner, Haus der Zukunft (BMVIT) Günter Lang, GF IG Passivhaus Christian Mascha, Mascha & Seethaler (Haus der Forschung)Brian…
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Lecture Wed 10.10.2007
Daily 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM, Wednesdays until 09:00 PMa_showcase 04: 100 Years Theiss & Jaksch / Schwalm-Theiss & Gressenbauer
The Continuity of a Viennese Architects Practice
GuestsGeorg Schwalm-Theiss, architectElke Krasny, architecture theorist and curator Presenter: Gabriele KaiserThe oldest Viennese architects practice continually in existence is celebrating…
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Long Night of the Museums at the Az W Sat 06.10.2007
18:00-23:59The Long Night of the Museums at the Az W 2007
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Lecture Thu 04.10.2007
20:00-23:59Lecture David Chipperfield
Otto Wagner Städtebaupreis 2007
Within the general context of the jury assessments for the fifth Otto Wagner Urban Planning Prize, the chairperson of the…
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Lecture Wed 25.07.2007
18:00-23:59a_showcase 03: The Frankfurt Kitchen
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, the first woman to qualify as an architect in Austria, was called to take up office at the…
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Panel Discussion Wed 11.07.2007
19:00-21:00Aspern Airfield Master Plan
Discussion in German, unfortunately there is no English translation.Panel guests:Johannes Fiedler, architect and town planner, GrazChristian Kühn, architecture critic, ViennaBernd…
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Panel Discussion Wed 13.06.2007
19:00-21:00virtual dschungle 6: e-motion @ e-home?
A panel discussion for cineastes
Discussion in German, unfortunately there is no English translation.The Az W is showing utopias on film relating to the term…
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Symposium Sat 02.06.2007
11:00-23:59CANCELLED: Debates on Tour
Supermodernity – A Dutch Export Article?
The symposium "Debates on Tour" has been cancelled for organisational resasons.We ask for your understanding!In the 1990s considerable international attention…
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Presentation Wed 23.05.2007
19:00-21:00[film]show: Walter Pichler – The Sculptor
Film portrait
The film Walter Pichler – Der Bildhauer is a portrait of an exceptional artist, whose sculpture can no longer be…
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Symposium Tue 15.05.2007
18:00-23:59Symposium Young Blood EXPORT
Central European Position
Architectural studios operating all over the world have created a global architecture where shapes, technologies and functions are completely changing…