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Biografia

• La sua formazione è avvenuta attraverso la University of Technology di Vienna, the Architectural Association di Londra e al Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) di Los Angeles.
  Ha insegnato e insegna presso i seguenti istituti: University of Applied Arts di Vienna, Architectural Association di Londra, Harvard University di Cambridge, SCI-Arc di Los Angeles, Columbia University di New York City, University of California Los Angeles - UCLA.
  Dal 2006, è membro del Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) dell'American Institute of Architects (AIA). É commissario del contributo austriaco per la 10. Mostra Internazionale della Biennale di Venezia.
  
  Coop Himmelblau
  1968 - Nasce lo studio Coop Himmelb(l)au a Vienna
  1982 - Berlin Prize for Building Art
  1985 - Award of the Austrian Architectural Association
  1988 - Nasce lo studio Coop Himmelb(l)au a Los Angeles
  1988 - Award of the City of Vienna for Architecture
  1989 - Award of the State of Carinthia for "Superior Architecture"
  1989 - Honorary Membership in the League of German Architects
  1989 - Award of the State Carinthia for Superior Architecture, Austria; P.A. Award, New York
  1989/91 - P.A. Award
  1990 - Award of the Austrian Architectural Association
  1992 - Dutch National Steel Prize
  1992 - Erich-Schelling-Architecture Prize
  1992 - Constructa Prize. Award for European Industrial Architecture
  1993 - Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and the Allied Arts
  1996 - Architectural Prize of the "Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein"
  1996 - Prize of the Austrian Architectural Association
  1999 - Great Austrian State Award
  1999 - Prize of the Austrian Architectural Association
  1999 - Architectural Prize Concrete
  1999 - Award to the German Architecture Prize
  2000 - Nasce lo Coop Himmelb(l)au a Guadalajara
  2001 - Vincono l'European Steel Design Award
  2001 - Architectural Prize of the Austrian Cement Industry
  2001 - European Steel Design
  2002 - Gold Medal for merits to the federal state of Vienna
  2002 - Recognition Prize for Architecture in Lower Austria
  2004 - Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education
  2005 - American Architecture Award 2005
  2006 - Honorary Fellowship of the American Institut of Architects, New York
  2006 - International Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA, Londra
  
  Opere, Wolf Prix, Coop Himmelblau
  1983/89 - Open House (progetto), Malibu, CA, USA
  1983 - Apartment complex (progetto), Vienna, Austria
  1983/89: Ristrutturazione di un attico in Falkestrasse 6, Vienna, Austria
  1984/85: Atelier Baumann in Börseplatz 3 (progetto), con Fritz Mascher, Vienna, Austria
  1987 - Ampliamento del Ronacher Theater, Vienna, Austria
  1987 - Piano di Melun-Sénart, primo premio al concorso, Parigi, Francia
  1988/89 - Fabbrica Funder 3, con M. Pillhofer, St. Veit-Glan, Austria
  1990 - Mal Zeit, cucina, con M. Pauly, Ewe, Austria
  1991 - Progetto per l'area della Leipzigerstrasse a Berlino, con S. Welchenberger, Berlino, Germania 1993/95 - Padiglione Est del Museo di Groningen, Groningen, Olanda
  1993/95 - Centro Ricerche Seibersdorf, Seibersdorf, Austria
  1994/98 - SEG Apartment Tower, Wagramerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
  1995 - Progetto per Cloud n. 5, Uno Genf, sul piazzale della sede dell'ONU, Ginevra, Svizzera
  1996 - Progetto per la Biblioteca Nazionale Kansai-Kan, Seika-Cho, Giappone; Gasometer B, Vienna; COOP - Turm, Vienna
  1993/98: UFA Cinema Palace, Dresda, Germania
  1998 - The Havana Project, L'Avana, Cuba; FH Berliner Tor Erweiterung, Amburgo, Germania; Apartment Block Remise, Vienna
  2001 - Accor Suitehotel, Amburgo, Germania; Justizform Ost, Amburgo; Studentenapartments Berliner Tor, Amburgo
  2001/06 - Akron Art Museum, Ohio, Usa
  2001/06 - Bmw Welt, Munaco, Germania
  2001/08 - Musée des Confluences, Lyon, Francia
  2002 - Expo 02, 6° Esposizione Nazionale Svizzera, "Tre torri, icona di potere e libertà", Arteplage Biel
  2002/09 - House Of Music, Aalborg, Danimarca
  2002/03 - Great Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egitto
  2002/05 - Academy Of Fine Arts, Monaco, Germania
  2002/08 - Central Los Angeles Area High School #9, Los Angeles, California, Usa
  2002/09 - Busan Cinema Complex, Busan, Corea del Sud
  2003 - Opera House, Guangzhou, China
  2003/05 - Apartment And Office Building Schlachthausgasse, Vienna, Austria
  2003/11 - European Central Bank, Francoforte, Germania
  2006/09 - Jvc New Urban Entertainment Center, Guadalajara, Messico
  
  Bibliografia
  - Alvin Boyarsky, Michael Sorkin, Wolf Prix, Helmut Swiczinski, Coop Himmelblau: Blaubox, Architectural Association Publications, 1988
  - P. Johnson, W. D. Prix, E. O. Moss, Eric Owen Moss. Buildings and Projects, 1991
  - Wolf D. Prix, Architektur x Architektur x Architektur = Architektur3: Projekte der Meisterklasse Wolf D. Prix 1990 - 1995, 1995
  - H. Swiczinsky, W. D. Prix, Coop Himmelblau. Die Faszination der Stadt, 1996
  - W. D. Prix, Architektur x Architektur x Architektur = Architektur³ Projekte der Meisterklasse, 1996
  - W. D. Prix, H. Swiczinsky, COOP Himmelb(l)au, 1997
  - W. D. Prix, H. Swiczinsky, Coop Himmelblau. Six Projects for four Cities, 1997
  - H. Swiczinsky, W. D. Prix, P. Engelmann, Coop Himmelb(l)au - Get off of my cloud. Texte 1968 - 1996, 1997
  - W. D. Prix, G. J. Lischka, An die Grenzen der Architektur, 1997
  - Wolf D Prix, Prinz Eisenbeton 2: Projects '96 to '99, 2000
  - W. D. Prix, Prinz Eisenbeton 2: Projects 96 to 99, 2001
  - Wolf D. Prix, Prinz Eisenbeton 5: The Mexican Roof: 96¦ 13' W 16¦ 33' N, 2005
  - Thomas Kramer, Wolf D. Prix, Art over Barock: Young and Beautiful: 7 + 2, 2006
  - Wolf D. Prix, Form Raum Netz / Form Space Net: 10. Internationale Architektur Biennale Venedig.
  La Biennale di Venezia 2006.10th International Exhibition of Architecture. La Biennale di Venezia 2006
  - Coop Himmelblau, architecture is now, New York, Rizzoli, 1983
  - Prix: Wolf Prix in Perth 1987 [interview], in Architect, W.A.: the official journal of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, n.4, 1987
  - Wiener Brandstifter [interview], in Architektur & Wohnen, n. 4, 1988
  - Special feature: Coop Himmelblau 1968-1989, in Architecture and urbanism, n. 7, 1989
  - Sara S. Richardson, Coop Himmelblau: Wolf Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky : A Bibliography, 1989
  - Vienna vanguard: two young architects take deconstructivist design to the rooftops, in House & garden, n. 9, 1989
  - Coop Himmelblau: 6 projects for 4 cities. Darmstadt: Hausser, 1990
  - Coop Himmelblau: On the edge: interview with Wolf D. Prix, in Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Newsline, n. 1, 1990
  - COOP Himmelblau: Open House, Malibu, California, design: 1989-90; completion: 1991 (est.), in GA houses, n. 28, 1990
  - On the edge / Wolf Prix, in Architectural design, n. 9-10, 1990
  - Projects by Coop Himmelblau: AA exhibition Gallery & Bedford Square, 11 November-10 December 1988 [exhibition review], in AA files, n. 19, 1990
  - Interview: Wolf D. Prix, in Progressive architecture, n.9, 1991
  - The world according to Wolf Prix [interview], in L.A. architect, 1991
  - Coop Himmelblau: Jettitant und Zwerg Bumsti: Professor Prix im Gespräch mit Vera Purtscher [interview], in Architektur & Bauforum, n. 149, 1992
  - The Tower of Babel revisited / Wolf Prix, in Any, n. 0, 1993
  - Wolf Prix: where space ends and architecture begins, in Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Newsline, n. 2, 1993
  - Een gecontroleerde explosie: constructie Coop Himmelb(l)au in Architect, n. 1, 1995
  - Gegen die Ruderer in der Architekturgaleere [interview], in Architektur & Bauforum, n.176, 1995
  - Projekte der Meisterklasse Wolf D. Prix, 1990-1995, Springer, Vienna, 1995
  - Zen Fragen an zehn Architekten / Viktor Bucher, in Architektur & Bauforum, 1995
  - Architecture begins where space ends / Wolf D. Prix, in A + U: architecture and urbanism, n. 7, 1996 Körper
  - Raum Zeit: Andreas Ruby im Gespräch mit Wolf D. Prix, Coop Himmelb(l)au [interview], in Architektn. 3, 1996
  - La reconstrucción de Babel [interview] in Summa+ , n.24, 1997
  - Cesare De Sessa, Coop Himmelblau, Testo& Immagine, Torino, 1998
  - Ett lyckligt moln [interview, Wolf Prix] in Arkitektur: the Swedish review of architecture, n.1, 1999
  - Conversation: Zaha M. Hadid, Wolf Prix, and Bernard Tschumi in A + U: architecture and urbanism, n.7, 1998
  - "Erst jetzt beginnen wir, Architekten zu sein": 30 Jahre Coop Himmelb(l)au [interview] in Deutsche Bauzeitung, n.8, 1998
  - Shock of the new: the deconstructivist Open House pushed the architectural envelope in Architectural digest, n.5, 2004
  - Wolf Prix on Vienna in Oculus, n.8, 2001
  - Annie Spink Award, Split the difference in Architects' journal, n.22, 2004
  - Coop Himmelblau: Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China in GA document, n.79, 2004
  - Martina Kandeler-fritsch, Thomas Kramer, Get Off of My Cloud: Wolf D. Prix, CoopHimmelb (L)AU Texts 1968-2005, Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2006