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Hans Hollein

1934 - 2014

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Hans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture. Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the inner city of Vienna. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Hollein is the 100th most popular architect (up from 111th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Austria and the 4th most popular Austrian Architect.

Hans Hollein is most famous for his architectural work, which is often noted for its lack of ornamentation and reliance on geometric shapes.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Hans Hollein ranks 100 out of 518Before him are Hector Guimard, Mnesikles, Gottfried Semper, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Bartolomeo Ammannati, and Luis Barragán. After him are Arata Isozaki, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Filarete, Toyo Ito, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Lúcio Costa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Hans Hollein ranks 74Before him are Bill Russell, Stanislav Shushkevich, Tassos Papadopoulos, Udo Jürgens, Ronald Wayne, and Raniero Cantalamessa. After him are Kenzo Ohashi, Diana Wynne Jones, Heng Samrin, Rudolf Schuster, Abimael Guzmán, and Yoshio Furukawa. Among people deceased in 2014, Hans Hollein ranks 58Before him are James Garner, Ken Takakura, Udo Jürgens, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Veljko Kadijević, and Gyula Grosics. After him are Louis Zamperini, Stephanie Kwolek, Dale T. Mortensen, Ernesto Laclau, Ernst Albrecht, and Richard Møller Nielsen.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hans Hollein ranks 278 out of 1,424Before him are Walter Kohn (1923), Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Clemens Krauss (1893), Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), and Walter Nowotny (1920). After him are Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Koloman Moser (1868), Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921), Paul Lazarsfeld (1901), Michael Hainisch (1858), and Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818).

Among ARCHITECTS In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Hans Hollein ranks 4Before him are Otto Wagner (1841), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), and Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656). After him are Ettore Sottsass (1917), Camillo Sitte (1843), Richard Neutra (1892), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Josef Frank (1885), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828).