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Field of Study

We believe that architecture is an intellectual construction of ideas tied to its socio-economic and political context. Architectural production needs to be alert and inquisitive, while at the same time innovative, inventive, and critical. Consequently, we educate and encourage our students to experiment with ideas through research, testing their projects’ credibility and viability through implementation in practice. If you are interested in architecture as a domain in which you exercise your intellectual capacity and tirelessly pursue arguments for a better world, where you insist on making a difference in how we inhabit the environment and are interested in dialogue and debate, the IKA at the Academy is the right choice. We are looking for the best students who are interested in investing in the future of architecture.

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Upcoming Events

  • Lilith Unverzagt: Draußen!

    Lecture by Lilith Unverzagt (atelier le balto, Berlin) as part of the IKA Lecture Series Winter 2025: Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices in Europe curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

    Fünfgeteiltes Bild aus verschiedenen Fotos, die Personen zeigen, die mit Ästen arbeiten bzw. diese schneiden oder graben.

  • Sarah Cowles: The Fertile Section

    Lecture by Sarah Cowles (Ruderal Studio, Tbilissi, Georgia) as part of the IKA Lecture Series Winter 2025: Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices in Europe curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

    Luftaufnahme, SW Photographie einer Landschaft mit bunten Markierungen

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    Transformation: reBuilding and reThinking the ‘Built Fabric’ Advocating for New Common Good(s)

    The 11th Forum Architectural Science aims to synthesise the recent debates on the transformation of the existing, the ‘built fabric’. At the same time, it poses the question of which new advocacies need to be formulated in order to negotiate the issues of social, ecological and aesthetic common good(s) in the context of transformation.

    Conference

    Various locations

    Art and Architecture

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    IKA Lecture Series Winter 2025

    Hands on — Urban Landscape Practices in Europe curated by Thilo Folkerts and Christina Condak.
    Lecture series at the Institute for Art and Architecture (IKA) in Winter Semester 2025/26.

    Lecture series

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    Room 211a

    Art and Architecture

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    Shifting Grounds

    Works by the Design Studio Platform Geography Landscape Cities at the Institute for Art and Architecture, in Summersemester 2025. The exhibition is part of the interim use program mittendrin.wien.

    Public exhibition

    Six construction fence banners at the Favoriten roundabout

    Art and Architecture

    Verkehrsknoten, grüne und gelbe Markierungen in der Wiese mit Autos im Hintergrund
Further Events

Institute for Art and Architecture

Admission

Chair

Univ.-Prof.in Dipl.-Ing.in Dr.in Ing.in Angelika Schnell
Mag.a Lisa Schmidt-Colinet (Deputy)
Doz. Mag. Christina Condak (Deputy)

Office Architecture

Schillerplatz 3, 2. floor, 213
1010 Vienna

Ulrike Auer
P +43 (1) 588 16-5101
u.auer@akbild.ac.at

Gabriele Mayer
P +43 (1) 588 16-5102
g.mayer@akbild.ac.at

Sabine Muhr
T +43 (1) 588 16-5101
s.muhr@akbild.ac.at

Office hours

Mon, Tue 10 – 12 h  and  13 – 16 h
Wed, Thur, Fri 10 – 12 h
Holidays: Mon – Fri 10 – 12 h