Field of Study

Final semester presentationin the open studio room atAugasse, a person on the right in the picture is speaking standing, there are posters on the wall behind her, the audience is sitting in the middle, a large urban model can be seen in the foreground.

Diploma presentation in Semper Depot, a large, dark, open space with four pillars. In the foreground, one person stands at a table and talks about the project, which is projected onto the wall via beamer. To the left and right of the image are audience members.

Colourful threads of fabric hang from the ceiling, colourful posters with people on them hang on the wall, a person stands in the room and stretches towards the threads of fabric on the ceiling.

Different plans are displayed on a black wall, with corresponding architectural models in front of them on horizontal panels.

Exhibition view of the IKA's HITZE exhibition, various plans and drawings are mounted onto an almost room-high wooden scaffolding. An orange panel in the centre of the picture reads "can we find a balance between environmental care and stewardship?

A model of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna stands in front of a black background on a black table. The model consists of transparent and opaque plastic elements as well as wooden surrounding structures.

A group of about 20 people are standing on a green lawn in Helmut-Zilk-Park in 1100 Vienna, in the “Sonnwendviertel” urban development area, listening to two people talking about the building in the background.

In a metal framework, which is supported on trestles, there are different vessels filled with oil, which are connected to each other by tubes, as well as oil canisters.

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

6.10.2025

17:30

Opening: 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.

Exhibition opening

17:30

Six construction fence banners at the Favoriten roundabout

Art and Architecture
6.10.2025–31.3.2026

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

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

Field of Study

Upcoming Events

Opening: Shifting Grounds

Shifting Grounds

Admission

Admission Examinations

Chair

Office Architecture