Dietmar Feichtinger (born 18 November 1961 in

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) is an Austrian architect established since 1989 in

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Biography

After graduating in 1988 from the Technical University of Graz with honors, he moved to Paris in 1989 where he founded the studio Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes in 1994. Today, the firm has 35 employees. A wide range of buildings have been built by the company in Europe including schools, pools, office buildings and housing. Overall the firm has built a strong reputation for its inventive structures and its investigative approach in designing bridges. In 1998, he won the competition for the Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir over the

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, facing the

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. Inaugurated by Bertrand Delanoë on 13 July 2006, the bridge has a total length of 304 meters and a clear span of 190 meters and is the first of the 37 Parisian bridges to carry the name of a female personality. In 2002, Feichtinger won the competition for the new access bridge to

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, a monument classified world heritage by

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, with a total length of 1841 meters. The bridge opened to pedestrians in July 2014 and shuttles in December 2014. During high

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the Mount becomes an island again thanks to the global restoring operation of its maritime character that began in 1995 and is provided by the Syndicat Mixte Baie du Mont-Saint Michel. In 2014, Dietmar Feichtinger was elected permanent member of the Academy of Arts Berlin. Even though he claims not to be a 'bridge specialist', he is the architect of 13 bridges and footbridges built in Europe including the Three Country Bridge between France and Germany over the

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and the Passerelle de la Paix in

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that opened to the public in March 2014. Currently, the studio works on the Centre for Research in Neuroscience on the

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campus as part of the Paris-Saclay operation, one of the main projects of the

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, development project for the whole of the Paris metropolitan area. One of Dietmar Feichtinger's recent works is the walkway Aldilonda on the coastline of

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Awards

* 2020 EUMiesAward - Fundació Mies van der Rohe, nomination of School Center Gloggnitz, Austria * 2019 Prix de la conception lumière extérieure et paysager 2019, French Light Design Award for the Eiffeltower Project with Agence ON * 2017 Ingenieurbaupreis des Deutschen Stahlbaus, Engineering Award of German Steel Construction, Passerelle de la Paix, Lyon, France * 2015 Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award 2015, Nomination of the Jetty to Mont Saint-Michel * 2015 Equerre d'Argent, French Architecture Award, winner category 'Bridges' with the Jetty to Mont Saint-Michel * 2015 French Wood Construction Award, the Jetty to Mont Saint-Michel * 2014 Nominated permanent member of the Academy of Arts Berlin * 2012 Equerre d'Argent, French Architecture Award, special mention School Center Lucie Aubrac, Nanterre, France * 2011 Mies-van-der-Rohe Award 2011, nomination of 2 projects : Administration building voestalpine Linz and County Hospital, Klagenfurt, Austria * 2011 ZV Bauherrenpreis, Austria, 2011, County hospital, Klagenfurt, Austria * 2011 Ernst Plischke Preis 2011, awarded, Bilger-Breustedt Schoolgroup, Taufkirchen, Austria * 2011 EU Green Building Certification, Department hospital, Klagenfurt, Austria * 2011 Footbridge Award, Category Téchnique, Footbridge Valmy, La Défense – Paris, France * 2010 Best Office Award, Category International, Administration building voestalpine Linz, Austria * 2010 Plus Beaux Ouvrages de construction Métallique, Footbridges Braque, Miro et Chagall in Strasbourg, France * 2010 Prix DETAIL, nomination, Cooperate Identity, Administration building voestalpine Linz, Austria * 2009 Wood Award, Land of Upper Austria, Bilger-Breustedt School group, Taufkirchen, Austria * 2009 ZV Bauherrenpreis, Austria 2009, Bilger-Breustedt School group, Taufkirchen, Austria * 2009 DETAIL Award, Innovation Stahl, Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, Paris, France * 2008 German Bridge and Footbridge Award, Footbridge over the Rhine * 2008 Footbridge Award, Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir category aesthetics; Three Country Bridge, technical category * 2008 Hayden Medal, USA, Three Country Bridge * 2008 ECCS Award * 2008 German Award for steel construction, Three Country Bridge * 2007 Mies van der Rohe Award, nomination of 3 projects of the office * 2007 European Steel Design Award, Simone de Beauvoir footbridge * 2007 ZV Bauherrenpreis, Austria, University Camus Krems, Austria * 2007 Renault Future Traffic Award, Footbridge over the Rhine * 2007 Building of the year Museum footbridge * 2007 Architecture Award of the Land of Styria, Geramb-Rose, Cultural Center Weiz * 2006 Equerre d'argent, French architecture award for the Simone de Beauvoir Bridge, Paris * 2006 Architecture Award of the Land of Lower Austria * 2006 Award for the best building 2006, Shanghai Bridge

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, Germany * 2005 Nomination Equerre d'argent, French architecture award * 1998 Kunstpreis Berlin, career promotion award for architecture made by the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts)

Selection of completed projects

* Aldilonda Promenade over the sea, Citadelle of

, Belgium, completed 2020 * Extension of the

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train station, Belgium, completed 2019 * Security and Transparency: Fencing the

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "''La dame de fe ...

, Paris, France, completed 2018 * Headquarter Veolia Environment, Paris, France, completed 2016 * Headquarter Lille Métropole Habitat, Tourcoing, France, completed 2015 * Sportcenter Jules Ladoumègue, Paris, France, completed 2014 * Peace footbridge over the Rhone, Lyon, France, completed 2014 * Sport Center Hector Berlioz, Vincennes, France, completed 2013 * University of Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France, completed 2013 * School group Albert Camus, Coulaines, France, completed 2013 * School group Lucie Aubrac, Nanterre, France, completed 2012 * New City Center, commercial center, kindergarten and multiplex cinema, Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, completed 2012 * Footbridge Oude Dokken,

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, Belgium, completed 2012 * 77 housing units Eurgoate, 0 Energy, Vienne, Austria, completed 2012 * 70 housing units and kindergarten Lehen, Salzburg, Austria, completed 2012 * 93 housing units and retail space, Paris, France, completed 2012 * Moveable and fix footbridge, Willebroek, Belgium, completed 2012 * County Hospital of Carinthy, Klagenfurt, Austria, completed 2009 * Office Voestalpine, Linz, Austria, completed 2009 * Bilger-Breustedt School Group, Taufkirchen, Austria, completed 2009 * Three Footbridges – BRAQUE, CHAGALL, MIRO, Strasbourg, France, completed 2008 * Footbridge Valmy, Paris, La Défense, France, completed 2007 * Museum Footbridge, Hamburg, Germany, completed 2007 * Footbridge Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, France, completed 2006 * Shanghai Bridge, Hamburg, Germany, completed 2006 * Three-country Footbridge, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany , Huningue, France, completed 2006 * University Campus, Krems, Austria, completed 2005 * Cultural Center, Weiz, Austria, completed 2005 * Logistic center A1, Gennevilliers, France, completed 2005

Bibliography

Feichtinger Architectes "Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir Paris", AAM Editions, Brüssel 2007,

References

External links

Official web site of Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

Footbridge Simone-de-Beauvoir on City of Paris web site
* Dreiländerbrücke or Tri country bridge {{DEFAULTSORT:Feichtinger, Dietmar 1961 births Living people Austrian architects Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin