Raimund Abraham

Raimund Johann Abraham ( born July 23, 1933, Lienz, East Tyrol, † March 4, 2010 in Los Angeles ) was an Austrian- American architect and professor of architecture.

Life

From 1952 to 1958 Raimund Abraham studied at the Technical University in Graz. After finishing his studies, he graduated in the next two years, further studies in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. Between 1960 and 1964 he worked as a freelance architect in Vienna, during which he held briefly in Africa, Mexico and the United States. From 1964 he was professor in the School of Design Rhode Iceland in Providence, United States. Four years later he worked until 1970 as director of the Center of Environmental Technology Institute in the same city. In 1971 he moved to New York where he worked as a professor of architecture at Pratt Institute. After that, he was a visiting lecturer in architecture at the Cooper Union for Advencement of Science and Art, but he made his own in 1971 and opened a studio for Architecture and Design in New York.

Since 1958, he has received numerous awards in international competitions. Abraham's daughter Una Katrina lives in Vienna where he runs a restaurant. He lived in Los Angeles and in Mazunte, Oaxaca state in Mexico.

After a teaching lecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture ( SCI - Arc ), the Guided by Abraham cars collided on the way home in Los Angeles with a bus. Abraham died later at the accident site.

Austrian Cultural Forum New York

Its probably the most spectacular building is the built in 2002 Austrian Cultural Forum in New York, which attracted international attention. In protest against the FPÖ government involvement he put in a symbolic act, shortly before the opening of this Cultural Forum 's Austrian citizenship down, but looked for it again at a naturalization.

Works (selection)

Awards

• 2005: Gold Medal for Service to the City of Vienna