Hans Hollein

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Hans Hollein, (born March 30, 1934 in Vienna) is an Austrian architect.

Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1956, then attended the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1960. He has worked for various agencies in Sweden and in America before returning to Vienna, founding his own agency in 1964.

In 1985 Hollein won the Pritzker Prize.

In 1963/64 and 1966 Hollein was a guest professor in the Washington University in St. Louis. In 1967-76 he was professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. Since 1976 he was professor of the "Universität für angewandte Kunst" in Vienna.

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1964-1965 : Retti candle shop, Vienna Photo
1972 : Schullin Jewellery shop, Vienna
1972-1982 : Abteiberg Museum Mönchengladbach
1983 : Rauchstrasse in Berlin
1987-1991 : Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main
1990 : Haas-Haus in Vienna
1992-2002 : Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, St. Pölten (Austria)
1996-2001 : Austrian Embassy in Berlin Photos
1997-2002 : Centrum Bank in Valduz (Austria) in collaboration with Bargetze+Partner
1997-2002 : Vulcania - European Centre of Vulcanology in Auvergne (France) Photos