Hans Hollein

NAME : NIKHIL KRUSHNA NIKAM

YEAR : T.Y.B.ARCH
DIVISION
NIKHIL : B
SUBJECT : ELECTIVE
BIOGRAPHY

• Born in Vienna in 1934

• Studied at the Academy of

Graphic Arts in Vienna, the Illinois
Institute of Technology in Chicago
and the University of California at
Berkeley

• Established private practice in

Vienna in 1964

• From 1963 – 1976 has been

professor at Washington University
in St.Louis and Academy of Fine
Arts in Dusseldorf
• From 1976 he was professor of
"Universität für angewandte
Kunst“,Vienna

• In 1960s he was able to meet and

study with architects like Mies Van
der Rohe, FrankLloyd Wright and
Richard Neutra

• Awarded Pritzker Prize in 1985

PHILOSOPHY

• His architecture was based intimately on Vienna’s culture and also his
studies in America

• Post –Modern Architect

• Hollein actively criticized Functionalism through speeches, writings,

drawings and projects

• “ Everything is Architecture”

• Used this theory to defy the strict concept of Functionalism

PROJECTS

Retti Candle Shop, Vienna Schullin Jewellery Shop, Vienna

PROJECTS

Abteiberg Museum, Monchengladbach Museum fur Moderne Kunst,

Frankfurt
PROJECTS

Albertina, Vienna Haas Haus, Vienna

DESIGNS
EXHIBITIONS
RETTI CANDLE SHOP, VIENNA
RETTI CANDLE SHOP

• His first project after setting up his practice

• Was completed in 1966

• Situated in the shopping center in Vienna

• Winner of 1966 Reynolds Memorial Award even though it was one of the
smallest of the projects considered by the jury
• High-tech look is achieved by the
sheet aluminium façade

• With back to back ‘R’s for the

doorway

• “Attention is not drawn to the

shop by gaudy neon signs or large,
stuffed full shop windows but
through its architecture”

• Mechanical and lighting fixtures

are integral part of the design
Special display items
STORAGE+SALES SHOWROOM

Floor Plan
 • Customer is confronted directly
with the products for sale

• There are no counters acting as

barriers

• After passing through the

showroom he enters the
storage room, which also is the
sales area

• Polished and anodized

aluminium in the interior

Showroom
RETTI CANDLE SHOP

• Aluminium used because it is “a true material of our century”

• It is easy to work with, lightness allows large parts to be assembled, easily

transported and surface gives the required aesthetic appearence

• Its silver hue was used as the main theme of the design including
advertisements, silver shopping bags and wrapping paper
HAAS HAUS, VIENNA
HAAS HAUS

• Post Modern building

• Situated in Stephansplatz in Vienna

• Built overlooking the St. Stephens Cathedral

• Was completed in 1980

• The building houses retail, office and restaurant spaces

Controversial because it was in contrast to the surrounding historical
architecture of Vienna
HAAS HAUS

• Concrete frame with stone cladding and glass

• Blocks of marble jut out from building at odd angles

Gradual transition between stone and glass
Reflection of St. Stephens Cathedral
Ground Floor Plan
7th Floor Plan
HAAS HAUS

• 5 storey interior atrium with luxury stores

• 3 floors of offices

• Basements and roof for restaurants, mechanical equipments and storage

THANK YOU..!