Wolf D. Prix Book order

Coop Himmelb(l)au: Dalian International Conference Center represents an architectural monograph, covering the new Conference Centre from the first concept sketch to the final building.

The Mexican Roof Revisited is a sequel volume to the book “The Mexican Roof” (out of print). The former book documented a student’s project of Wolf D. Prix’s class at the University of applied Arts in Vienna. In “The Mexican Roof Revisited” contributors and new fellows met again under the shelter of the roof and discussed the conferences motto SUSTAINABILITY VS AESTHETICS. The book contains a visual essay on the roof and it’s construction as well as a complete documentation of the discussion between Raimund Abraham, Rozana Montiel, Wolf D. Prix, Carl Pruscha, Mauricio Rocha, Michael Rotondi. Additionally a conversation between Wolf D. Prix and Günter Feuerstein, moderated by Wojciech Czaja will be featured.

Das Thema der Biennale 2006 in Venedig von Richard Burdett lautete: Meta-Cities. Der österreichische Kommissär und Autor Wolf D. Prix – Mastermind von Coop Himmelb(l)au und Professor für Architektur an der Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien – definiert Raum, Form und Netzwerk als die drei relevanten Aspekte einer Stadt. Diese Aspekte ordnete er drei Architekten zu und analysiert sie anhand folgender Werke: „Raum“ - Friedrich Kieslers „Raumstadt“, „Form“ - Hans Holleins „Flugzeugträger“ und „Netzwerk“ - Gregor Eichingers „Trialto“. Prix thematisiert nicht nur die Architektur, sondern vielmehr deren interaktives Potenzial für urbanes Leben.

Coop Himmelb(l)au was founded in 1968 in Vienna, Austria, by Wolf D. Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky, and has been working steadily since in the fields of architecture, urbanism, design and art. Among the architectural projects that have helped to develop the firm's international reputation are the roof extension on Falkestrasse in Vienna and the UFA cinemas in Dresden. Its most recent undertakings include the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt/Main, the JVC New Urban Entertainment Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, and a crop of new buildings in China. Those currently under construction include the Akron Art Museum in Ohio and the BMW entertainment center in Munich. Texts play a prominent role in the creativity of this distinguished pair of architects, and Get Off of My Cloud brings together a representative selection of their plans, aphorisms, interviews, statements, critiques, speeches and lectures. The collection offers unequaled insights into the theoretical and artistic content of Coop Himmelb(l)au's extensive oeuvre.

Stadtplanerische Projekte von Coop Himmelblau bis 1990. Siehe auch bei Coop Himmelblau, Faszination der Stadt, ISBN 3-927902-14-4