Roland Rainer 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.

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  • Roland Rainer 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 Art and Science. He was also a constant critic of environmental destruction and bad constructions.
  • Roland Rainer war ein österreichischer Architekt.
  • Roland Rainer, architekt austriacki. Studiował architekturę w Wyższej Szkole Technicznej w Wiedniu, następnie także za granicą. Po II wojnie światowej powrócił do Austrii. Był wybitnym pedagogiem, związanym z uczelniami krajowymi i zagranicznymi, m. in. Uniwersytetem Technicznym w Berlinie, Wyższą Szkołą Techniczną w Braunschweig, Politechnikami w Hajfie i Monachium. Pracował także dla Politechniki w Grazu i Hannowerze oraz wiedeńskiej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych. Na początku lat 60. pracował przez kilka lat jako główny planista miejski Wiednia. Był laureatem wielu nagród z dziedziny architektury oraz odznaczeń i wyróżnień państwowych; autor książek i prac teoretycznych. Projekty architektoniczne: Stadthalle w Bremie Wiener Stadthalle (Wiedeń) ORF-Zentrum w Wiedniu Friedrich-Ebert-Halle w Ludwigshafen Gartenstadt, Puchenau koło Linzu Akademiehof w Wiedniu Solar City w Linzu
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  • Roland Rainer 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.
  • Roland Rainer war ein österreichischer Architekt.
  • Roland Rainer, architekt austriacki. Studiował architekturę w Wyższej Szkole Technicznej w Wiedniu, następnie także za granicą. Po II wojnie światowej powrócił do Austrii. Był wybitnym pedagogiem, związanym z uczelniami krajowymi i zagranicznymi, m. in. Uniwersytetem Technicznym w Berlinie, Wyższą Szkołą Techniczną w Braunschweig, Politechnikami w Hajfie i Monachium. Pracował także dla Politechniki w Grazu i Hannowerze oraz wiedeńskiej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych.
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  • Roland Rainer
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