Best of Austria

Best of Austria

Architecture 2012_13

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An attractive survey of award-winning buildings by Austrian architects and realized projects by international architects in Austria in 2012–13.

 

 

Title Information

Edited by Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W)

1st edition

, 2014

Text English and German

Hardback

272 pages, 250 color and 20 b/w illustrations, 170 plans

22 x 29 cm

ISBN 978-3-906027-64-7

Content

Best of Austria is published biennially by Architekturzentrum Wien to present award-winning buildings in ten categories, such as living, tourism, culture, industry education etc., by Austrian architects and projects by foreign architects realized in Austria. Covered are all architecture prizes that have been awarded by public and private institutions or corporations in Austria.

The latest edition of Best of Austria features around 170 projects that were completed in 2012 and 2013. Each is presented with 2–3 images and a floor plan, section or elevation as well as brief descriptive texts. A critical essay on contemporary Austrian architecture and building culture, a comprehensive index of all featured projects and architectural firms, and information on all architecture awards round out this up-to-date survey of contemporary architecture and building culture in Austria.

 

Available volumes in the series:

Best of Austria: Architecture 2010_11

Best of Austria: Architecture 2014_15

Best of Austria: Architecture 2016_17

Best of Austria: Architecture 2018_19

Best of Austria. Architecture 2020_21

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Authors & Editors

Klaus-Jürgen Bauer

 1997 doctorate at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Since 1998 architectural office in Eisenstadt. Since 2000 lecturer at the TU Vienna. Member of various design committees, curator, author.

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Sonja Bettel

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Robert Fabach

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Barbara Feller

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Vera Grimmer

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Eva Guttmann

 is a freelance architecture publicist based in Graz and Vienna and an editor with Park Books.

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Manuela Hötzl

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Anne Isopp

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Gabriele Kaiser

 lives and works in Vienna as freelance architecture publicist, writer, and curator.

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Elke Krasny

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Marion Kuzmany

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Isabella Marboe

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Norbert Mayr

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Astrid Meyer-Hainisch

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Romana Ring

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Robert Temel

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Nicola Weber