[[ARCHITECTURE]] [[Buildings and [[Structures]]]] [[Construction]] [[Elementary]] [[Ossiach]] [[Urbanisme]] [[Vienna]] [[domenig]] [[günther]] [[wiki-architecture]] # Günther Domenig Günther Domenig (6 July 1934 – 15 June 2012) was an Austrian architect. Domenig was born in Klagenfurt, and studied architecture at the Graz University of Technology (1953–1959). After working as an architectural assistant, he set up in practice with Eilfried Huth (1963–1973), producing buildings in a brutalist vein. They designed buildings with exposed concrete that are among the outstanding examples of brutalism in Austria. Both the Pedagogical Academy Graz and the Oberwart Parish Church were commissioned by the Catholic Church. Another much-noticed design from this phase is the visionary and unbuildable Stadt Ragnitz project. Here, Huth and Domenig designed a megastructure that is similar to the projects of the so-called Metabolists and Archigram's projects. At the beginning of the 1970s, Huth and Domenig increasingly designed pop-art-architecture. Their temporary buildings for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich were colorful and had the rounded corners and playful geometries typical of pop art. The multi-purpose hall of the Institute of the Sisters of St. Francis in Graz is reminiscent of a tortoise shell and thus is organic architecture. Domenig's first internationally acclaimed completed work was the Z-bank in Vienna, which signalled a much more expressionistic, counter-modernist aesthetic. He is also known for his own concrete home, the Steinhaus at Lake Ossiach, on which he worked for more than 30 years. Since 2003, Günther Domenig has worked primarily with Gerhard Wallner. They founded the company Domenig & Wallner ZT GmbH. In addition to his practice, Domenig became a professor at the Graz University of Technology in 1980. He died at the age of 77 in Graz. Main works Together with Eilfried Huth 1963–68: Pedagogic Academy, Graz 1965–69: Parish centre, Oberwart 1967: Temporary pavilion for the Trigon 67 art exhibition, Graz 1970–72: Temporary pavilion for olympic swimming pool, Munich 1970–73: Temporary restaurant for the 1972 Summer Olympics, Munich 1973–77: Multi-purpose school hall, Graz As independent architect 1974–79: Zentralsparkasse bank, Vienna 1980–2008: Single family home Steinhaus, Steindorf 1983–84: Faculty buildings Lessingstraße, Steyrergasse, Technical University Graz 1987: Funder Factory (Funder Werk II), St. Veit 1990s: Zentralsparkasse building, modernization and new facade, Vienna 1992–93: Mursteg bridge, Graz 1993–94: Center am Kai office block, Graz 1993–95: GIG, Office building and manufacturing halls, Völkermarkt, Carinthia 1993–96: RESOWI-Zentrum (university building), Karl Franzens Universität, Graz 1994–96: Elementary school Simonsgasse, Rosenbergstrasse, Wien-Essling 1998–2000: Academy of the Arts, Münster 1998–2001: Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg 1999–2000: Hotel Augarten Schönaugasse, Graz 2002–04: T-Center (headquarters building), Vienna (with Hermann Eisenköck, Herfried Peyker) Decorations and awards 1967: Austrian builders award for Catholic Educational Academy in Graz (with Eilfried Huth) 1969: Grand Prix International d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme Cannes (with Eilfried Huth) 1975: Prix Europeen de la Construction Metallique 1981: Austrian builders prize for the Z-branch Favoriten in Vienna 1989: Austrian builders prize for the power plant in Frombork Unzmarkt 1995: Austrian builders award for the National Exhibition Carinthia: Grubenhunt und Ofensau 1995: Golden Medal of Honour of Vienna 1996: Award of Carinthia 1997: Austrian builders award for RESOWI centre in Graz 1998: Austrian builders award for the refurbishment of the City Theatre in Klagenfurt 2004: Grand Austrian State Prize for Architecture 2004: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class 2006: Austrian State Prize for Architecture and Austrian builders prize for the T-Center St. Marx Notes References Blundell Jones, Peter (1998). Dialogues in Time: new Graz architecture. Haus der Architektur Graz. ISBN 3-901174-36-2. "Architekt Günther Domenig verstorben". steiermark.ORF.at. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-16. External links Official website In memory of Günther Domenig (1934-2012)