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Amt Macht Stadt
Erich Leischner and the Vienna Stadtbauamt

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien - Old hall
Exhibition: 16 June 1999 - 02 August 1999
Opening: Tuesday 15 June 1999, 7pm

As one of the most creative and versatile among the civil servant architects employed by the architectural department of the Vienna Stadtbauamt, Erich Franz Leischner ideally personifies the institution that shaped public architecture in Vienna with its highly qualified host of civil servants for a period of 90 years.

Aside from a considerable wealth of their own designs, particularly in the field of social, cultural, and technical infrastructure, an abundance of housing projects were realized according to blueprints fathered by the civil servant architects.

From their central position, the tenured architects contributed amply and across political rifts to defining the character and identity of Vienna’s cityscape, almost without ever being taken note of publicly. With a focus on the interim war period, this exhibition aims to document the character of this institution’s distinct architectural approach from the typological and historical points of view.

Opening
  • Dietmar Steiner, Director Architekturzentrum Wien
  • Gerhard Weber, Director of Vienna Stadtbauamt

    Curators: Erich Bernard, Barbara Feller, Peyrer-Heimstätt

    Catalogue: The exhibition prepared by Erich Bernard, Barbara Feller, and Karl Peyrer-Heimstätt will be accompanied by a catalogue with contributions by Friedrich Achleitner, Erich Bernard and Barbara Feller, Peter Eigner and Andreas Resch, and Jan Tabor. The catalogue will be presented during the event Tuesday Architecture 03 on June 29, 1999, 7:00 p.m.( ATS 380.- / EUR 27.61)

    Guided tours:
    Saturday, June 19, 1999, 3:00 p.m.
    Saturday, July 10, 1999, 3:00 p.m.
    Saturday, July 24, 1999, 3:00 p.m.

    Tuesday Architecture:
    03 - Tuesday, June 29, 1999, 7:00 p.m.
    04 - Tuesday, July 13, 1999, 7:00 p.m.

    Supported by:
    Stadtplanung Wien
    Wien Kultur
    Kunst Bundeskanzleramt
    Zumtobel Staff
    Arch+Ing W, NÖ, B
    Eternit
    Schindler AG


  • © Martin Gerlach, Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv 

    Current
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    Amt Macht Stadt
    The Vienna Stadtbauamt
    Biography

    Press Release:
    Amt Macht Stadt

     
     
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