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    Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect born in 1934. He studied architecture in Vienna, Chicago, and Berkeley. He established his private practice in Vienna in 1964 and taught at universities in St. Louis, Dusseldorf, and Vienna. Two of his notable early projects were the Retti Candle Shop in Vienna, known for its aluminum facade, and the controversial Haas Haus in Vienna, which featured jutting marble and a reflection of a nearby cathedral. Hollein was considered a pioneer of postmodern architecture.

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    Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect born in 1934. He studied architecture in Vienna, Chicago, and Berkeley. He established his private practice in Vienna in 1964 and taught at universities in St. Louis, Dusseldorf, and Vienna. Two of his notable early projects were the Retti Candle Shop in Vienna, known for its aluminum facade, and the controversial Haas Haus in Vienna, which featured jutting marble and a reflection of a nearby cathedral. Hollein was considered a pioneer of postmodern architecture.

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    Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect born in 1934. He studied architecture in Vienna, Chicago, and Berkeley. He established his private practice in Vienna in 1964 and taught at universities in St. Louis, Dusseldorf, and Vienna. Two of his notable early projects were the Retti Candle Shop in Vienna, known for its aluminum facade, and the controversial Haas Haus in Vienna, which featured jutting marble and a reflection of a nearby cathedral. Hollein was considered a pioneer of postmodern architecture.

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    Hans Hollein

    NAME : NIKHIL KRUSHNA NIKAM


    YEAR : T.Y.B.ARCH
    DIVISION
    NIKHIL : B
    SUBJECT : ELECTIVE
    BIOGRAPHY

    • Born in Vienna in 1934

    • Studied at the Academy of


    Graphic Arts in Vienna, the Illinois
    Institute of Technology in Chicago
    and the University of California at
    Berkeley

    • Established private practice in


    Vienna in 1964

    • From 1963 – 1976 has been


    professor at Washington University
    in St.Louis and Academy of Fine
    Arts in Dusseldorf
    • From 1976 he was professor of
    "Universität für angewandte
    Kunst“,Vienna

    • In 1960s he was able to meet and


    study with architects like Mies Van
    der Rohe, FrankLloyd Wright and
    Richard Neutra

    • Awarded Pritzker Prize in 1985


    PHILOSOPHY

    • His architecture was based intimately on Vienna’s culture and also his
    studies in America

    • Post –Modern Architect

    • Hollein actively criticized Functionalism through speeches, writings,


    drawings and projects

    • “ Everything is Architecture”

    • Used this theory to defy the strict concept of Functionalism


    PROJECTS

    Retti Candle Shop, Vienna Schullin Jewellery Shop, Vienna


    PROJECTS

    Abteiberg Museum, Monchengladbach Museum fur Moderne Kunst,


    Frankfurt
    PROJECTS

    Albertina, Vienna Haas Haus, Vienna


    DESIGNS
    EXHIBITIONS
    RETTI CANDLE SHOP, VIENNA
    RETTI CANDLE SHOP

    • His first project after setting up his practice

    • Was completed in 1966

    • Situated in the shopping center in Vienna

    • Winner of 1966 Reynolds Memorial Award even though it was one of the
    smallest of the projects considered by the jury
    • High-tech look is achieved by the
    sheet aluminium façade

    • With back to back ‘R’s for the


    doorway

    • “Attention is not drawn to the


    shop by gaudy neon signs or large,
    stuffed full shop windows but
    through its architecture”

    • Mechanical and lighting fixtures


    are integral part of the design
    Special display items
    STORAGE+SALES SHOWROOM

    Floor Plan
    • Customer is confronted directly
    with the products for sale

    • There are no counters acting as


    barriers

    • After passing through the


    showroom he enters the
    storage room, which also is the
    sales area

    • Polished and anodized


    aluminium in the interior

    Showroom
    RETTI CANDLE SHOP

    • Aluminium used because it is “a true material of our century”

    • It is easy to work with, lightness allows large parts to be assembled, easily


    transported and surface gives the required aesthetic appearence

    • Its silver hue was used as the main theme of the design including
    advertisements, silver shopping bags and wrapping paper
    HAAS HAUS, VIENNA
    HAAS HAUS

    • Post Modern building

    • Situated in Stephansplatz in Vienna

    • Built overlooking the St. Stephens Cathedral

    • Was completed in 1980

    • The building houses retail, office and restaurant spaces


    Controversial because it was in contrast to the surrounding historical
    architecture of Vienna
    HAAS HAUS

    • Concrete frame with stone cladding and glass

    • Blocks of marble jut out from building at odd angles


    Gradual transition between stone and glass
    Reflection of St. Stephens Cathedral
    Ground Floor Plan
    7th Floor Plan
    HAAS HAUS

    • 5 storey interior atrium with luxury stores

    • 3 floors of offices

    • Basements and roof for restaurants, mechanical equipments and storage


    THANK YOU..!

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