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Ortner, ManfredOrtner, Manfred, b. Linz (Upper Austria), Nov. 3, 1943, architect and designer; brother of Laurids Ortner. 1961-1967 studied painting and art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna; taught art until 1971. 1971-1987 member of the group Haus-Rucker-Co, 1985-1986 professor of design at the Technische Hochschule Eindhoven. 1987 established the architect´s office Ortner & Ortner in Düsseldorf, from 1990 in Vienna, from 1994 in Berlin. Since 1994 professor of design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Freie Hochschule Potsdam. Projects: Museumsquartier, Vienna, 1990-2001; Landeszentralbank, Potsdam, 1991-1997; ARD-Hauptstadtstudios (Capital City TV Studios), Berlin, 1995-1998; Saxon Provincial Library/State and University Library, Dresden, 1996-2001; Schiffbau-, Kultur- und Werkzentrum Schauspielhaus Zurich, 1996-2000; Workstation, Klagenfurt, 1997; Central Library, Vienna, 1998 (competition); Papestrasse railway station, Berlin, 1999 (competition). Literature: Haus-Rucker-Co. 1967-1983, 1983; D. Bogner (ed.), Haus-Rucker-Co. Denkräume - Stadträume, 1992; Ortner & Ortner Baukunst, edited by E. Schweiger, exhibition catalogue, Linz 1993.
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