Hans Hollein

Hans Hollein (*1934) studied in Vienna, Chicago and Berkeley, taught at various international universities and has been a professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna since 1976 (emeritus since 2002). Hollein began his career at the interface between architecture, art and design. His utopian photomontages and small store fittings made him internationally famous in the 1960s. In addition to numerous museum buildings, Hollein also created furniture and product designs, as well as stage sets and exhibitions. Among others, he was awarded the German Architecture Prize (1983) and the Pritzker Prize (1985).