Adolf Krischanitz (born 26 May 1946) is an

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Biography

Krischanitz was born in Schwarzach im Pongau,

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, Austria. He studied

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at the Vienna University of Technology from 1965 to 1972.

Academic career

From 1974 through 1987 he was a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and from 1988 to 1989, a guest professor at the

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. Since 1992, he has been a professor of design and urban development at the

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Professional career

Krischanitz has been a freelance architect in

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since 1979, the same year in which he co-founded the magazine ''UM BAU'' (About Building). He served as the chairman of the Austrian Society for Architecture in 1982, and from 1991 to 1995 he was president of the Vienna Secession, a post first held by Gustav Klimt, one of the organization's co-founders. In 2004 he became a partner and managing director of the architecture firm Krischinatz & Frank.

Works

* 1992: Kunsthalle Wien ''project space'', Vienna * 1992–95: Kunsthalle Krems, reconstruction of a former tobacco factory * 1992–96: Lauder Chabad Campus in Vienna * 2002–07: Museum Rietberg, additional complex (in co-operation with Alfred Grazioli) * 2008: Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin, later transferred to the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw * 2008–10: 20er Haus in Vienna, reconstruction of the Austrian pavilion at the

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in Brussels

References

External links

Krischinatz & Frank corporate website (in German)
1946 births Living people People from St. Johann im Pongau District Austrian architects TU Wien alumni Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts {{Austria-architect-stub