Coop Himmelb(l)au

Coop Himmelb

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Coop Himmelb(l)au (A pun meaning Coop Sky Building and Coop Sky Blue) is an architecture, urban planning, design, and art firm founded by Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky, and Michael Holzer in Vienna, Austria in 1968. In 1988 a second studio was opened in Los Angeles. Further project offices are located in Frankfurt, Germany and Paris, France. COOP HIMMELB(L)AU employs between 50 and 150 people.

Selected projects[]

Museum „Paneum“ in Asten, Austria (2017)

• Rooftop Remodeling Falkestrasse, Vienna, Austria (1983–88)
• Academy of Fine Arts Munich (1992/2002–05)
• Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands (1993–94)
• Gasometer, Vienna, Austria (1999–2001)
• BMW Welt ("BMW World"), Munich, Germany (2001–07)^[1]
• Akron Art Museum addition (2007)
• High School for the Visual and Performing Arts with HMC Architects (Los Angeles Area High School #9, California, USA) (2002–08)
• Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea (2008–2011)^[2]
• Musikkens Hus in Aalborg, Denmark (2010–2014)
• The New European Central Bank in Frankfurt (2010–2014)
• Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France (completed 2014)
• Museum „Paneum“ in Asten, Austria (2010–2017)

Awards[]

• 2008 2008 RIBA European Award for BMW World
• 2005 American Architecture Awards
  • The Chicago Athenaeum, Illinois
    

    The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Akron Art Museum, Ohio, USA (2001-2006)
• 2004 for excellence in architectural education, RIBA, London, UK
• 2002 Gold Medal for merits to the federal state of Vienna, Austria
• 1992 Schelling Architecture Prize.^[3]

See also[]

• Deconstructivism

References[]

External links[]

• Official site
• Coop Himmelblau architectural models and drawings for five projects, 1983-1995, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Accession No. 2002.M.2. The five projects are: Open House, Malibu, California, 1983-circa 1990; Rooftop Office Remodeling, Vienna, 1983-1989; City Plan for Melun Sénart, France, 1987; Rehak House, Malibu, California, 1990-circa 1995; and Anselm Kiefer Studios, Buchen, Germany, 1990 and Barjac, France, 1992.

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