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Post-Colonial Material Ecologies: A Workshop in Cameroon

What does the term "situatedness" mean? How can materiality be rethought? Students from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, KU Leuven, and IBA Nkongsamba collaborated with a team from Cameroon on the architectural approach for an interdisciplinary art space.

Abschlusspräsentation der Workshop-Arbeiten. Bild: Département Cinéma et Audiovisuel, IBA - Université de Douala à Nkongsamba

Golden Lion of the Venice Architecture Biennale for Andrea Faraguna

The pavillion 'Heatwave' of the Kingdom of Bahrain, curated by Faraguna, wins the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Andrea Faraguna held a teaching position as Professor in the platform ADP/CMT at IKA during the study year 2024/25.

Pavillion of the Kingdom of Bahrain curated by Andrea Faraguna. Photo: Andrea Avezzu.

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Rundgang 2025 am IKA, Foto: eSeL.at - Lorenz Seidler

Admission Exam Master in Architecture for the study year 2025/2026

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Ambivalences of Modernity: Conference about Architect and City Planner Roland Rainer

On November 22 and 23, 2024, a conference will take place in cooperation between the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Architekturzentrum Wien.How did modernist architecture interact with political systems? And how can biographical gaps in architectural archives be explained and filled? An FWF research project investigated both questions using the example of Roland Rainer. The symposium will present the results for discussion.

Roland Rainer, "Wie groß ist eine aus ebenerdigen Häusern bestehende Stadt?", in: Die gegliederte und aufgelockerte Stadt, 1957

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Online registration and upload at: www.akbild.ac.at/admission from February 1st until February 29^th2024

Modell auf einem Tisch und ein Stuhl davor

David Lieberman receives Visiting Professorship in Architectural Design

His Visiting Professorship will be located at the platform ADP Analog Digital Production at the Institute for Art and Architecture in the academic year 2022/23.

Admission Examination Master in Architecture for study year 2022/2023

Online Registration 19.04. – 06.05.2022

Master in Architektur für das Studienjahr 2022/2023 Zulassungsprüfung

Die Akademie trauert um Andreas (Phoenix) Hofer

In tiefer Trauer müssen wir den viel zu frühen Tod unseres langjährigen Kollegen, Mitarbeiters, Lehrers und Freund Andreas (Phoenix) Hofer bekannt geben.

Entrance examination Master in Architecture for study year 2021|2022

Entrance examination Master in Architecture: April – July 2021
Online Registration: 19.04. – 07.05.2021

Michael Hirschbichler erhält Gastprofessur für Architekturentwurf am Institut für Kunst und Architektur

Seine Gastprofessur wird im Sommersemester 2021 an der Plattform ADP Analoge Digitale Produktion angesiedelt sein.

European Prize for Architecture für Wolfgang Tschapeller

Wir gratuieren Wolfgang Tschapeller, Institutsleiter und Professor am Institut für Kunst und Architektur, ADP Analoge Digitale Produktion, zur Auszeichnung. Jährlich wird dieser Preis an lebende Architekten vergeben, deren Arbeit die "höchsten Ideale der europäischen Zivilisation widerspiegelt und eine Vision, Engagement und einen tiefen Respekt für die Menschheit und die soziale und physische Umwelt verkörpert".

USELESSNESS: humankind’s most valuable tool?

A new book edited by Michelle Howard and Luciano Parodi, published by De Gruyter, Berlin 2020

ISBN: 978-3-11-067981-6

Entrance examination Bachelor in Architecture for study year 2020|2021

Due to CORVID-19, this year the entire admission procedure at the Institute of Art and Architecture will exceptionally be handled with digital portfolios and the talks will be held using video conferencing tools. Important: all appointment schedules will be maintained!

Online Registration: 18.05. – 05.06.2020

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Entrance examination Master in Architecture for study year 2020|2021

Due to CORVID-19, this year the entire admission procedure at the Institute of Art and Architecture will exceptionally be handled with digital portfolios and the talks will be held using video conferencing tools. Important: all appointment schedules will be maintained!

Online Registration: 27.04. – 15.05.2020

www.akbild.ac.at/ika