Günther Domenig is one of the most important living architects of Europe. At the Ninth International Biennial of Venice in 2004, his NS documentation-centre at Nuremberg was awarded the best project of its category. His T-Mobile office building in Vienna, an eruptive, bursting-open building, attracted the same amount of international attention. His legendary "Steinhaus' (Stone House), a private, ideal project of an artist- and architect's house on the "Ossiachersee' (Ossiach Lake) in Carinthia, is long known to insider circles as one of the most consistent and elaborate demonstrative buildings of a dynamic conception of architecture. The book offers, for the first time, an overview of Domenig's built works of the past decades. From the furnishing of apartments to hotels, industrial- and office buildings, all the way to large projects like the "RESOWI-Centre' of the Graz University, which Domenig carries out with varying teams, the circle of his production spans across the total area of architecture. Distinct focal points can be found in buildings for education and health as well in artistic projects like stage set designs, design for exhibitions, and sculptural works. The possibilities of an expressive, sculptural architecture engaged Domenig since his beginning as an architect in the 60's, when he collaborated with Hans Hollein, Walter Pichler and Coop Himmelb(l)au, all pioneers of the post-functional building-era. Domenig's famous building for the Z-bank in Vienna, which looks back on a long career as a futuristic mark for the district Favoriten and which is now under historical protection, dates from this period. With a building for a canteen in Graz-Eggenberg, Domenig realised, at a very early stage, a shell-building which, in this era of computer design, unfolds with new prominence as a pioneer of current architectural conception. The book presents, in both English and German, essays and project descriptions of over 40 newer buildings of Domenig, including a comprehensive list of his oeuvre and is, as thus, the long awaited representative documentation of his work in review.
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