Wolf D. Prix – IAAC Closing Lecture 2016

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Wolf D.Prix, Coop Himmelb(l)au, for the Closing Lecture of this year’s IAAC Lecture series 2015/16. After the welcome words of IAAC Academic Director Areti Markopoulou, the SCI-Arc Director Hernán Díaz Alonso introduced to a full-house audience Prof. Wolf D. Prix and his lecture The Himmelb(l)au Project.

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Wolf D. Prix is co-founder, Design Principal and CEO of Coop Himmelb(l)au. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, the Architectural Association of London as well as at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles. Amongst others, Wolf D. Prix is a member of the Österreichische Bundeskammer der Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulenten, the Bund Deutscher Architekten, Germany (BDA), the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Architectural Association Santa Clara, Cuba, and Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture (FAIA).

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Wolf D. Prix received numerous awards including the Great Austrian State Award and the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art. He is counted among the originators of the deconstructivist architecture movement.Coop Himmelb(l)au had its international breakthrough with the invitation to the exhibition Deconstructivist Architecture at MoMA New York in 1988. Over the years Wolf D. Prix/Coop Himmelb(l)au was awarded with numerous international architecture awards.

Coop Himmelb(l)au was founded in Vienna in 1968 and has since then been operating under the direction of CEO and design principal Wolf D. Prix in the fields of art, architecture, urban planning, and design. Another branch of the firm was opened in the United States in 1988 in Los Angeles. In numerous countries the team has realized museums, concert halls, science and office buildings as well as residential buildings. PresentlyCoop Himmelb(l)au is working on various projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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The IAAC Lecture Series will be back next October 2016. Check out the previous guest lecturers here.