Roland Rainer

Roland Rainer (1 May 1910 – 10 April 2004) was an Austrian architect.

Born in Klagenfurt, Roland Rainer decided to become an architect when he was 18, so he studied at the Vienna University of Technology. His thesis was about the Karlsplatz in Vienna. Then, he left Austria visiting the Netherlands and the German Academy for Urban Design in Berlin. After World 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 the Technical University of Munich. In 1953, Rainer became professor for housing, urban design, and land use planning at the University of Hanover. In 1954, he became professor for structural engineering at the Graz University of Technology, which forced him to commute between Graz and Hanover. From 1954, Rainer led the Master School for Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

From 1956 to 1962, one of his most significant works, the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, was built. On July 1, 1958, Rainer was commissioned with the development of the zoning plan by the town council of Vienna. From 1987, Rainer was chairman of the curia for art of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art. He was also a constant critic of environmental destruction and bad constructions. In 1967 he took part in the international competition of urbanist concept for Bratislava-Petrzalka district in Slovakia.^[1]

Honours and awards

1954: City of Vienna Prize for Architecture
1962: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art
1962: Grand Austrian State Prize for Architecture
1969: Austrian Bauherrenpreis for "garden village" development at Puchenau, in Linz
1973: Honorary Member ("Honorary Fellow") of the American Institute of Architects
1979: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
1985: Honorary Ring of the City of Vienna
2000: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria^[2]
2006: Austrian Bauherrenpreis for the Roland-Rainer-Siedlung garden city development in St. Pölten (posthumously)

References

^ Tkacikova, Lucia (2012-06-15). "Bratislava je laboratoriom panelakov". SME. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1355. Retrieved 22 November 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

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External links

Puchenau II Garden City

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[1] Tkacikova, Lucia (2012-06-15). "Bratislava je laboratoriom panelakov". SME. Retrieved 15 June 2012.

[2] "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1355. Retrieved 22 November 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

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