- Roland Rainer
Roland Rainer (
May 1 ,1910 -April 10 ,2004 ) was anAustria narchitect .Born in
Klagenfurt , Roland Rainer decided to become an architect when he was 18, so he studied at theVienna University of Technology . Histhesis was about theKarlsplatz inVienna . Then, he left Austria visitingthe Netherlands and theGerman Academy for Urban Design inBerlin . AfterWorld War II , he returned to Austria. He then wrote his first theoretical works, including his most famous one "Urban design prose".He was then called to several universities: the
Technical University of Berlin , the Technical University at Brunswick,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology , and theTechnical University of Munich . In 1953, Rainer became professor forhousing ,urban design , andland use planning at theUniversity of Hanover . In 1954, he became professor forstructural engineering at theGraz University of Technology , which forced him to commute betweenGraz andHanover . From 1954, Rainer led the Master School for Architecture at theAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna .From 1956 to 1962, one of his most significant works, the
Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, was built. OnJuly 1 ,1958 , Rainer was commissioned with the development of thezoning plan by the town council of Vienna. From 1987, Rainer was chairman of the curia forart of theAustrian Decoration for Art and Science . He was also a constant critic ofenvironmental destruction and bad constructions.References
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