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Austrian Architecture: Future Proof?
Oxford Dictionaries defines the adjective “future-proof” as follows: ADJECTIVE (Of a product or system) unlikely to become obsolete[1]
There´s a long list of architectural projects in Austria that have sustained the centuries. What we call Austria in this text has changed a lot during that period and we prefer a rather loose definition that is not confined by national borders. After all, wonderland was created in in order to transgress borders and connect young architects throughout Europe. That being said, taking into account the 20th and 21st centuries of Austrian history of architecture, one evident question comes up: which designs and ideas have turned out to be “future proof”?
Questioning common practices
In , a young Austrian architect designed a temporary pavilion for a group of artists that split from the established and conservative artists´ association in order to promote their own idea of art. The city council of Vienna was the
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Raimund Abraham
Throughout a year career, Raimund Abraham created visionär projects and built works of architecture, in Europe and the United States. From , Abraham studied at the Technical University of graz, and in , he established a studio in Vienna, where he explored the depths and boundaries of architecture through building, drawing, and montage. Abraham's first book, the publication "Elementare Architektur" was made at a time of transition between architecture studies and practice. In this early volume on elemental structures, Abraham explores the built environment, absent aesthetic speculation, and determinations about design instead coming from the relative level of knowledge and also the desires of the builder. In , Abraham emigrated to the United States.
The work of Raimund Abraham has been exhibited widely at museums and galleries worldwide, including Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Museo Correr, Venice, Ital
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Abraham
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The Austrian architect RAIMUND ABRAHAM, bom in
in Lienz, Tyrol, has been living, working and teaching in the
U.S.A. since