FRIEDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSER

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, (b. 15.XII.1928 born in Vienna, d. 19, II.2000) - Austrian painter, printmaker, sculptor, artist, environmental activist, known primarily for the implementation of the building. From 1948 he studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, which he abandoned after 3 months. His style is characterized by avoidance of regularity, symmetry or straight lines and right angles. Typical elements of his projects are windows of different shapes and sizes. Introduced into the buildings are green plants, including trees growing on roofs and in the recesses of the walls. He used bold color combinations. Very often unique design characteristics in the form of color columns, turrets and domes with golden mosaics and ceramic tiles. His work is sometimes regarded as a creative continuation of the Vienna Secession, shows a clear influence of Gaudy architecture.

Wiedeń,Hundertwasserhaus Hundertwasser is the name of a residential complex in Vienna, one of the most famous architectural works of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, built in the years by the architect Josef Krawinę. Concept creator is added to the plant designed object - on the terraces, balconies and other unexpected places, and the application of solutions, which escape from the straight lines and regularity. Hundertwasser House in Vienna is a tourist attraction, but you can not visit, not to disturb the residents. Hundertwasser took no payment for the design of the house.

Vienna, Hundertwasser House - façade

Garbage incinerator and heating plant in Spittelau, Vienna

Church of St. Barbara, the patron saint of miners in Bärnbach, Austria Built in 1948 and in 1988 in Decorated by F.Hundertwassera. Bell tower is topped with "onion, gilded dome." On the fronts are porticoes around the church, are symbols of all the major religions of the world.

Church in Bärnbach (Steiermark), Austria

Austrian fountain in Zell am See

"Kunsthaus" facade of the building in the Rogner Bad Bluamu, Austria, modeled after the Kunsthaus museum in Vienna, a Friedensreich Hundertwasser project.

Residential house in Plochingen, Germany

Ronald McDonald House in Grugapark, Essen, Germany, details

Uelzen Railway Station, Germany

Uelzen Railway Station, platform

Train station in Uelzen

Uelzen Railway Station, toilets

Residential building, Bad Soden near Frankfurt, Germany

Waldspirale - dwelling house in Darmstadt (Germany) The building is built on the plan of a "U" in the form of a rising ramp. The highest point reaches 12 floors.

Among the more than 1000 windows of the building, all of which are of different shape and size. Different shapes are also at the door handles and windows. Angles of the walls in dwellings are rounded, as well as the corners of the building

The building houses 105 apartments, underground parking, a café, bar and kiosk business. In the inner yard is a playground for children and a small artificial lake.

Luther-Melanchthon-Gymnasium in der Wittenberg, Germany

Martin Luther-Melanchthon-Gymnasium

Hundertwasser Kindertagesstätte (kindergarten - "lounge") Frankfurt am Main Heddernheim, Germany

Hundertwasser Kindertagesstätte, lawn on the roof

"Grüne Zitadelle" - The Green Citadel of Magdeburg, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany

Ronald McDonald House Foundation (Ronald McDonald Kindervallei) in Houthem (Netherlands)

Markthalle (Market Hall), Altenrhein, Switzerland

Hall public toilets in Kawakawa, New Zealand.

The public toilet in Kawakawa, New Zealand.

Waste Water Treatment Plant Maishima in Osaka, Japan

Quixote Winery Naba Valley,USA

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