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Coop Himmelb(l)au (1968-) is an architectural design firm primarily located in Vienna, Austria and which now also maintains offices in Los Angeles, United States and Guadalajara, Mexico.
Coop Himmelblau was founded by Wolf Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky, and Michael Holzer and gained international acclaim alongside Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind with the 1988 exhibition, "Deconstructivist Architecture" at the Museum of Modern Art. Their work ranges from public projects to office and research fascilites, while they also explore theater and exhibition design.
The firm's name Himmelblau translates from German into English as 'heaven blue', Himmelbau translates to 'heaven construction'. The term Coop in the title is pronounced as is the business abbreviation for cooperative, co-op. Their projects are driven by critical theory, poetic transubstantiation of technology and the complex usage or programs that they house. The temporary, theoretical, and exhibition projects of their founding two decades have led to a highly original and productive stint of buildings in the 1990s and the early twenty-first century.
Selected projects
- Hotel - 55th Street & 8th Avenue, New York City (proposed)
- Los Angeles Area High School #9, California, USA (2002–2007)
- BMW World (BMW Welt) Munich, Germany (2001–2006)
- Great Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt (2002–2003)
- Arteplage in Biel/Bienne from Swiss Expo.02
- The Media Pavilion at the 6th International Architecture Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia (1995)
- UFA-Cinema Center in Dresden (1993–98)
- Groninger Museum, Groningen (city), Netherlands (1993–1994)
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1992/2002-2005)
- Gasometer, Vienna
Awards
- American Architecture Awards 2005
- The Chicago Athenaeum, Illinois
- Akron Art Museum, Ohio, USA (2001-2006)
- Annie Spink Award for excellence in architectural education, RIBA, London, UK, 2004
- Gold Medal for merits to the federal state of Vienna, Austria 2002
See also
External links
"Coop Himmelb(l)au"