Elsa Prochazka


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Professor

Birth City: Vienna

Birth Country: Austria

Resident City: Vienna

Resident Country: Austria

Sources: http://www.prochazka.at/


Specialties


Subject: Focus of work

Description: Public buildings, housing, office, industry, urban design, conceptual and design work for exhibitions, museum collection installations, design and crossover projects

Notes: Austria


Jobs


Employer: University of Kassel

Title: Professor of Design in Urban Context

City: Kassel

Country: Germany


Employer: University College London, Department of Architecture, The Bartlett

Title: Visiting Examiner

City: London

Country: England (U.K.)


Employer: University of Art and Industrial Design Linz

Title: Professor, Head of space&designstrategies

City: Linz

Country: Austria


Collaborators


Name: Werner Appelt

Project: various


Name: F. Eberhard Kneissel

Project: various


Apprenticeships


Institution: Prof. W. Holzbauer and Professor O. Uhl


Awards


Name: Oesterreichischer Museumpreis

Description: Austrian Museum Award


Name: Adolf-Loos-Preis

Description: Adolf Loos Prize


Name: Preis der Stadt Wien fuer Architektur

Description: City of Vienna Architectural Prize


Name: Aluminium-Architektur-Preis

Description: Aluminum Architecture Award


Name: Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien

Description: Silver Honor Award for Service to Vienna


Exhibitions


Title: Konfrontationen. Projeckte, Konzepte und Realisierungen junger Architeckten

Description: Confrontations. Projects, Ideas, and Works of Young Architects

Country: Austria

Notes: Austrian Society for Architecture


Title: Oesterreichische Architektur 1945 - 75

Description: Austrian Architecture 1945-1975

Country: Austria


Title: Austrian New Wave, IAUS N.Y.

Description: Exhibition and lecture tour in the U.S.A.

Country: United States


Title: Klassizismen und Klassiker

Description: Classicisms and the Classics

City: Karlsruhe

Country: Germany

Notes: Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe


Title: Wiener Wohnbau Wirklichkeiten

Description: The Present State of Viennese Dwellings

Country: Austria


Title: Biennale de Paris

City: Paris

Country: France


Title: Wien Moebel

Description: Viennese Furniture

Country: Austria

Notes: Wiener Sezession


Title: 13 Austrian Positions

Description: 5th Biennale di Venezia

City: Venice

Country: Italy


Title: Vienna Housing: Trends and Prototypes

City: Los Angeles

Country: United States

End Date: 1994

Notes: University of California, Los Angeles


Title: Hic Saxa Loqvvntvr, 8 Architekten, 8 Positionen

Description: at Galerie Aedes East

State: Berlin

Country: Germany

End Date: 1995


Title: Biennale di Venezia

Description: VI. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura

City: Venice

Country: Italy

End Date: 1996


Title: Une provocation constructive

Description: Architecture contemporaine au Vorarlberg

City: Paris

Country: France

End Date: 2003

Notes: at Institut francais d'architecture (IFA)


Notable Projects


Title: Project list for Prochazka

Description: available on her web site:

Url: http://www.prochazka.at/projects/index.html


Education


Institution: Technical University, Vienna

Department: Civil Engineering and Architecture


Institution: Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna

Department: Architecture

Degree: Masters of Architecture

Notes: Major Professor: E.A. Plischke


Licensing


License: Architect/Engineer

Organization: Austria


Professional Affiliations


Organization: Chamber of Civil Engineers in Austria


Organization: Austrian Architects Association


Organization: Wiener Secession (Vienna Secession)


Organization: Kuenstlerhaus Wien (Vienna House of Artists)


Organization: Architekturforum Oberoesterreich (Architectural Forum of Upper Austria)


Publications By


Title: Publication list by and about Prochazka on her web site:

Url: http://www.prochazka.at/publications/index.html


Publications About


Title: Elsa Prochazka - Architektin

Author: Author unlisted

Publication: Möbel Raum Design

Volume: 1

Date Published: 1990


Title: Architektinnen: Ideen, Projekte, Bauten (Women Architects)

Author: Dietrich, Verena

Publisher: Verlag W. Kohlhammer

City: Stuttgart

Country: Germany

Date Published: 1986


Title: Prochazka on her web site:

Author: Publication list by and about

Url: http://www.prochazka.at/publications/index.html