Publications

Yearbook of Architecture 24/25

edited by Deutscher Architektur Verlag.

Description by the editor: The Yearbook »Jahrbuch der Architektur« honours selected projects as ambassadors of contemporary building culture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The chapters »Culture & Infrastructure«, »Housing«, »Working« and »Education« document extraordinary buildings.

Special regard is given to the Design of Culture and Infrastructure Buildings as they are the Social Backbone of our cities and rural communities concerning identity-creating places.

The yearbook documents how architecture takes the role of social responsibility and activly co-designs future living together - ranging from resource-conserving buildings to inclusive liveable spaces and includes our project Kulturzentrum Mattersburg.

Hardcover, 288 pages, ISBN: 978-3-946154-82-2

HOLODECK architects works - BIRKHÄUSER publications

Our Monography is now available online and in selected bookstores as an especially significant handcrafted book.

Unfoldable to 100cm length, the bounded book offers simultaneous reading of plans and fotos.

No moving forwards and backwards to study all professional images to the different drawings (detail drawings, sections, groundfloor plans, site plan,...). Every project is presented from concept to detail-drawing. We hope you enjoy reading this edition.

BETON_ZEMENT 4_24  ARCHITEKTURIKONEN

As a discourse concerning the topic 'worth to be preserved an special' Gisela Gary as the editor in chief ask questions to Anna Wickenhauser (architect and Docomomo Austria), Wolfgang Salcher (preservation department) and Marlies Breuss (architect and scientist).

The specialist publication on concrete is available in selected bookshops and tobacconists.

Das neue Bauen (link). Sparsame Räume für die Zukunft

The new way of building. Economical spaces for the future

Exhibition in the Ringturm in Vienna starting on 10.04. until 07.06.2024 including our project austrian embassy bangkok besides other 50 selected national and international buildings by the curators Ernst Heiduk and Adolph Stiller.

Presented are buildings under the future relevant topic of energetic optimization for housing and working in the field of new construction, restructure and restoration.

NEW WAYS OF BUILDING - Economical spaces for the future

The publication to the exhibition, edited by Adoph Stiller, can be ordered at the publication house Müry Salzmann using ISBN 978-3-99014-259-2. 

About 50 national and international best practice projects have been selected to show exemplary buildings for the usage of minimal energy and even producing more than using.

Villa prototypes 2002-2008

villa magazine (link) is a print and digital magazine dedicated to iconic homes, individual houses and future prototypes worldwide.

We were invited to show embedded house, floating house, shift house and 22 tops on this international platform as future prototypes of housing on the border of a village to the countryside, respecting and integrating surrounding landscapes.

Global Design News online link

The team of Global Design News including Pavlos Amperiadis as publisher and Elena Sbokou as executive editor published online an article about our winning project Kulturzentrum Mattersburg in the International Architects Awards 2023.

The article can be read in the section architecture dated 25.10.2023 under posts.

HOLODECK architects works - BIRKHÄUSER Verlag Basel

After 4 years of intense work we are delighted to inform about the possibility to study 40 selected works of our studio during the past 25 years in our monograph, which includes 193 coloured and 62 black/white images as well as 374 drawings and sketches.

Projects are presented in two connected book parts with drawings from concept to detail and with large images either for single or parallel studying.

Texts from international personalities describing their attitude towards possible influences in philosophy, art, craftmenship, housing and urbanity.

The book with 526 pages is available in book stores ISBN:9783035626988 and online ISBN:783035627138.

More information please see Birkhäuser publication new releases 2023. Enjoy reading the book!

Best of Austria 2020_21

This publication, edited by the Architekturzentrum Wien Az W / Austrian architecture center Vienna, includes awarded and substantial architecture from Austria.

It is released every 2 years and includes the honored building 'austrian embassy bangkok', which gained high influence using holistic approach and renewable energy. ISBN 9783038603160

Densité et Mixité dans les Zones d'Activités

A publication of a study by 'Scope development Lausanne. Suisse' with projects of Switzerland (11), France (4), Belgium (3), Netherlands (2), Great Britain (1) and Austria (1) to sensitize public political players concerning mixture and densification of existing economical Zones.

Our project 'wirtschaftpark breitensee' serves as an exemplary successful densification and enhancement of long-established companies as well as new innovative economic sectors.

Future Architecture in Seoul

Exhibition duration 26.5. - 12.6.2022

The Architecture Design Institute of Korea (ADIK) invited us to give a contribution to the topic 'Future Architecture' presented through Video that will take place in the TOTAL MUSEUM in Seoul and in the web.

Fourteen architecture practices from around the world will present their ideas of an architecture that turns towards future. Selected offices are JOHO Architecture from Seoul, HANNAH based in the US, Tonkin Liu from the UK, Unsangdong Architects und Wise Architecture in Seoul, MIIM from Taiwan and seven more studios from around the world. The studios will work on one of the four topics 'Materiality, Technology, Fluidity or Cycle.

alt bau neu  01.2022

Professional journal for renovation and restoration of buildings and monuments. Includes Kulturzentrum Mattersburg /Zentrum für Kultur und Forschung in Burgenland, which was realized by LIB as client and us as general planners, based on the Brutalismus architecture of Herwig Graf.

This Building now serves as Best Practice Restoration and Extension of a Brutalist Building in cooperation with the National Heritage Agency (BDA).

A view to a future city

The architecture filmseries

made of four parts, will be presented in the Bavarian Television BR on 10.and 17. November starting at 22.45h London time about smart urban densifications. 

Examples will be shown from Vienna, London, Paris, Seoul, Singapore and New York.

The film series includes our projects roof transformations and breitensee studios.

working environment. spaces of productivity.

Deutscher Architektur Verlag / Dennis Krause , ISBN 978-3-946154-53-2 in deutsch/englisch

This book shows innovative and future-orientated working environments. On one hand the wish for concentration and optimization of working processes and on the other hand the human being in the focus of architecture. Common to all projects is the pursue of holistic approach.

It includes our project 'austrian embassy bangkok'.

REVIEW '20

Exhibition about Student Works 2020 by the Institute of Architecture and Design in the Prechtlsaal. This exhibition gives an overview of the Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Organisation at Vienna University of Technology TU Wien. 

Our visiting professorship 2018_19 together with Kasetsart University in Bangkok followed the idea of an intercultural design studio without physical meetings with the title 'The Human Needs'. The project 're:think needs' has been showed in this exhibition next to the publication. 

HOME AUSTRIAN EDITION 10/2020

Spaces for Philosophers - an interview by Nina Prehofer with Marlies Breuss and Michael Ogertschnig about architecture not being just an object but an important space in the urban fabric and answers to design strategies without architectonical trivialisation and historicization, emphasizing on contemporary interpretation of traditional knowledge using innovative technics, respecting human needs for maximum light, sun and nature as well as transformation of existing structures. 

ARCHITECTURAL MODELMAKING / second edition by Nick Dunn 2020

This book focuses on the inspiring possibilities for creating three-dimensional, physical models of the built environment with all the different media and techniques that are now available. Through description of the use of different models in different contexts, the book provides a practical and effective guide to how and why models are used, in addition to what they are used for, and how they relate to architecture education.

It includes our projectmodels 'cliffhouse in tel aviv' and 'connected with MAX in valencia' as interesting examples.

BETONZEMENT 3_20   Kunst und Kultur

An article by Gisela Gary 'Ausgewogenheit im Anspruch' about the Austrian Embassy in Bangkok.

EUROPAS BESTE BAUTEN - Mies van der Rohe Award

The Architecture Centre of Vienna AzW shows 'Best European Buildings', the architecture show by Fundació Mies van der Rohe / Barcelona.

Prize Winning projects and Finalists of the European Union Contemporary Architecture Prize in partnership with Mies van der Rohe Award 2020 are presented from 30th of July until 12th of October 2020.

Our project austrian embassy bangkok was honored with very high quality but not awarded as it is located out of european borders.

Refers are made to the publication 'European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture' ISBN 978-84-9488-201-2 / acknowledgements.

The architecture series 'DRUNTER UND DRÜBER / AU DESSUS ET AU-DESSOUS / BELOW AND ABOVE'  by Sabine Reeh, Birgit Eckelt and Frieder Käsmann will be broadcasted on arte in 6 episodes in June (7.6., 14.6., 28.6.) and in July (5.7., 12.7., 19.7.) on Sundays aroung 11am. 

Densification in urban conglomerations is becoming very important because of shortage and price increase of the natural ressource 'land'. Politics should accelerate research projects and studies on this topic within architectural fields. Examples of rooftops in Seoul, New York, Rotterdam, Antwerpen, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg.. are shown in this case study. 

Next to projects by Coop Himmelblau and ppag two projects of our office 'roof transformations' / Schönburgstrasse and 'breitensee studios' / Goldschlagstrasse are part of this comprehensive series.

All episodes will be available in arte mediathek for one month after being broadcasted. 

Society now!

Architektur. Projekte und Positionen 2009-2019

Research Department in Building Construction and Design 2 at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien).

Edited by Michael Seidel and Gerhard Steixner.

ISBN 978-3-03860-178-4

Extract from the book by the editors : Global environmental changes and deep transformations in society demands ecological and democratic foundations in architecture and urbanization.

Sophisticated positions and a selection of varying student projects document the attempt to create awareness for the Possible.

ARCHITEKTUR AKTUELL 2020

architektur aktuell publishes a Special Edition 'ARCHITECTS' about the Austrian Contemporary Architecture and presents selected studios of all federal provinces. We appreciate an overview of this period and the presentation of two projects of our office.

BANGKOK DESIGN WEEK 1.2.-9.2.2020

The exhibition shows student teamworks  from european and thai students. The projects are a result of our visiting professorship during summer 2019 at the research department 'Hochbau Construction and Design' at Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with Kasetsart University Bangkok.

Exhibition Design: Suchon Mallikamarl

ARCHITEKTUR / WETTBEWERBE 347  6/2019

Creative, innovative and competitive

an article about Vienna as major economic location and our project 'wirtschaftspark breitensee' as perfectly working hub for innovative businesses and start ups. The building combines traditional 'Gründerzeit' architecture with innovative design. 

ARCHITEKTUR & BAU FORUM 12/2019

For a good climate

by DI Dr. Peter Holzer

An article about climate-relevant sustainability aspects that were included by us in the design of the austrian embassy. After a two year period of observation they can be defined as sucessfully applied and well established.

The building is defined as exemplary version for climate related design with high sensibility for the context.

THE HUMAN NEEDS

The publication of the book 'THE HUMAN NEEDS' with student works of our designstudio as cooperation between Kasetsart University Bangkok and Vienna Unviversity of Technology is printed.

OFFICE DESIGN

with projects by Miralles / Tagliabue, Nikken Sekkei, 3deluxe, amaa arquitectos, Gonzalo Mardones, Kim Seunghoy/Kywc architects, Mas Fernandez Arcquitectos Asociados, ares architecten, Taillandier Architectes Associés, Taller Abierto Estudio de Architectura...and our 'wirtschaftspark breitensee'

published by booq Publishing S.L. Barcelona , Loft verlag

ISBN 978-84-9936-150-5 (EN)

ISBN 978-84-9936-158-1 (ES)

THE WHOLE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURE

with the award for the austrian embassy in bangkok

Preface by Andrej Kuptez, CEO German Design Council

ISBN 978-3-946318-49-1 Band 1

EVIDENZEN DES EXPOSITORISCHEN

Edited by Andreas Schalhorn, Elke Anna Werner und Klaus Krüger about questions how knowledge, recognition and esthetic significance are created. Published as e-book ISBN:978-3-8394-4210-4 and Print ISBN:978-3-8376-4210-0 with references by Elke Anna Werner to our exhibition design Double Vision. Albrecht Dürer & William Kentridge as research laboratory at Kulturforum Berlin and at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.

Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 

European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture

ISBN 978-84-9488-201-2

Comment to the austrian embassy bangkok nomination under acknowledgements:

'The jury paid special attention to the project of the Austrian Embassy in Bangkok by HOLODECK architects. After confirming that the territory of an embassy belongs to the country where the building is built, it was not possible to accept it. We have considered that it should be kept in this publication because of its very high quality.'

The jury is represented by Dorte Mandrup, George Arbid, Angelika Fitz, Stefan Ghenciulescu, Kamiel Klaasse, Maria Langarita, Frank McDonald, Anna Rarmos, Ivan Blasi.

filming wirtschaftspark breitensee

our project 'wirtschaftspark breitensee' and roof transformations' are part of an international filmproject about densifying cities and which will be presented 2020 on arte.

publication of our'contemplative dialogues' workshop with students from thai universities with support of mentors from bangkok ISBN 978-616 7384221. presentation of selected work at TCDC Thailand Creative & Design Center in Bangkok.

architektur & bauforum 10/2018
'austrian embassy bangkok'

austrian embassy bangkok
best examples of architectural
design contests in europe

austrian embassy bangkok
HERZBLUT Band I

kulturzentrum mattersburg
architektur aktuell
nr.462 08.2018

austrian embassy bangkok
DOMUS WEB Editoriale Domus
The Austrian embassy dialogs with the local culture, Milano
domusweb.it

wirtschaftspark breitensee
design solutions for urban densification
braun
ISBN 978-3-03768-228-9

kulturzentrum mattersburg
architektur.planen.bauen.wirtschaft 2018
brutalism and contemporary building as a role model, vienna

austrian embassy bangkok
art4d
art&architecture magazine
thailand
01.2018