Architecture is now

Architektur ist Jetzt / Architecture is Now
Projekte, (Un)bauten, Aktionen, Statements, Zeichnungen, Texte. 1968 bis 1983.
Projects, (Un)buildings, Actions, Statements, Sketches, Commentaries. 1968 – 1983

“In my opinion, special attention should be paid to the work of Coop Himmelblau, founded in 1968 by the Viennese architects Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky, and Rainer Michael Holzer (who left the group in 1971). More uncompromising and more consistent than perhaps any other young European avant-garde group, Coop Himmelblau has ventured on its risky way for more than fifteen years. They have exposed the mechanism, so typical of both capitalistic and socialistic systems, whereby current architecture suppresses the emotional needs of the individual. They are constantly salting new and old wounds.” (Excerpt foreword Frank Werner)