Hannes Lintl Explained

Hannes Lintl (2 July 1924  - 13 June 2003) was an Austrian architect, best known for designing the Donauturm (Danube Tower, 1964), part of the Viennese skyline and a popular lookout point and tourist attraction.

Hannes-Lintl-Gasse, a street in Vienna’s twenty-second district, is named after him.

Timeline

• 1948 Academy of Applied Arts Vienna, awarded the Josef Hoffmann Prize
• 1952 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, studying under Prof. C. Holzmeister
• 1957 Receives his Ziviltechnikerbefugnis (licence) and opens his architectural firm
• 1966 Gold Medal for Architecture of the City of Vienna
• 1967 Appointment as Jordanian Consul General in Austria
• 1969 Awarded the title of Professor by Franz Jonas, the President of Austria
• 2000 Awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class^[1]
• Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
• Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence (Jordan) (Al Istiqlal)

Projects

This list includes finished projects with a total cost exceeding €10,900,000 (150 million schillings) each. ARGE stands for Arbeitsgemeinschaft, or "working group".

Schools and other educational institutions

• Höhere Technische Lehranstalt, Innsbruck
• Bundesgymnasium & Bundesrealgymnasium, Pichelmayergasse, Vienna
• Bundesrealgymnasium Leibnitz
• Bundesrealgymnasium Zwettl
• Bildungshaus Neuwaldegg, Vienna
• Medizintechnische Schule im AKH, Vienna
• Zentralberufsschule für KFZ-Mechanik, Scheydgasse, Vienna
• Addition to the Wirtschaftsförderungsinstitut, Währinger Gürtel, Vienna (ARGE)
• Volksschule und Sonderpädagogisches Zentrum, Hammerfestweg, Vienna

Office buildings

• Saudi Electricity Company, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Palais Grassalkovics, Wiener Fremdenverkehrsverband ("Vienna Tourism Association"), Obere Augartenstraße, Vienna
• Büro- und Wohnhaus, Obere Donaustraße 21, Vienna
• Zentralanstalt der Pensionsversicherung der Angestellten, Vienna (ARGE)
• Erweiterung Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Wiener Hauptstrasse, Vienna
• IBM, Lassallestraße, Vienna (ARGE)
• Bank Austria, Lassallestraße, Vienna (ARGE)
• Donau-Business-Center, Handelskai 388, Vienna
• Zürich Kosmos, Lassallestraße, Vienna

Hospitals, medical centres, and aged care facilities

• Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna (ARGE)
• Krankenhaus Zell am See, Salzburg
• Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik im AKH, Vienna
• AUVA Rehabilitationszentrum Weißer Hof, Klosterneuburg (ARGE)
• AUVA Rehabilitationszentrum Tobelbad, Styria (ARGE)
• Heim für betagte Menschen, Breitenfurterstraße, Vienna
• Seniorenwohnheim Wohnstift Augustinum, Kurpark Oberlaa, Vienna (ARGE)

Industrial buildings

• Three power stations for the Saudi Electric Company in Jeddah, Mecca and Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
• Siemens Werk für Elektronikfertigung, Weißgerberlände, Vienna
• Addition to the Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten, Vienna

Shopping centres

• Modezentrum Boecker, Vienna
• Generali Centre, Vienna (ARGE)
• Zentrum Simmering, Vienna
• Ringstraßen-Galerien, Kärntnerring, Vienna (ARGE)

Housing estates

• Wohnhausanlage Arsenal, Vienna
• Wohnhausanlage Oswald Redlich-Straße, Vienna
• Personalwohnhaus UKH Meidling, Vienna

Hotels

• Addition to the Zürserhof, Zürs am Arlberg
• Corso Grand Hotel, Kärntnerring, Vienna (ARGE)

Representative buildings

• Indonesian Embassy, Vienna
• Raghadan Palace, Amman, Jordan

Telecommunications buildings

• Television Production Centre, Amman, Jordan

Miscellaneous

• Donauturm, Vienna
• St. John's Beacon, Liverpool
• Baghdad Television Tower, Iraq (destroyed during war)
• Jakarta Bung Karno Tower, Indonesia (project abandoned)^[2]
• Montreal Television Tower, Canada (design only)
• Ausbildungs- und Einsatzzentrale des Einsatzkommandos COBRA, New Vienna

External links

• Lintl's architectural firm, now run by Christian Lintl

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reply to a parliamentary question . German . 1343 . 3 March 2013 .
2. Web site: Bung Karno Tower.