Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels
Austrian Cultural Forum
Ms.1990.041
8.8 Cubic Feet
28 panels; approx. 250 catalogs
1988
The Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels contains twenty-eight panels from a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Institute. The panels show photographs and architectural drawings by Austrian women architects from 1900-1987. Subjects include interior design, urban and landscape planning, apartment buildings, and cultural centers.
The materials in the collection are in German.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
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Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels, Ms1990-041, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels were donated to Special Collections in 1990 and 2006.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels was completed in July 2010.
Historical Note
The "Women Architects in Austria, 1900-1987" exhibit was a traveling exhibit curated in Vienna, Austria, and sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Institute.
The exhibit was also a part of "The Invisisible Partner, Third Symposium on Women in Design and Architecture," January 26-February 1, 1988, sponsored by the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Scope and Content
The collection contains 28 panels (2.5' x 4') with color and black and white photographs of structures and women architects, architectural drawings, and explanatory text in English and German. Also included are 5 packets of catalogs with approximately 50 catalogs per packet.
Subjects featured on the panels include: Interior design; surroundings; houses; apartment buildings; the fifties; urban and landscape planning; cultural centers; and industry and administration.
Women featured in the exhibit include: Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky; Anna Lulja Praun; Hertha Rottleuthner-Frauneder; Helen Koller-Buchwieser; Annemarie Obermann; Elisabeth Senn; Margarethe Heubacher-Sentobe; Renate Achtsnit; Karla Szyszkowitz-Kowalski; Christine Stigler; Eva Mang; Hedi Wachberger; Eva Maria Gruber; Heide Muhlfellner; Erika Lojen; Ilse Vana-Schiffmann; Meina Schellander; Maria Aubock; Franziska Ullmann; Ingrid Mayr; Ingrid Bauer; Anna Popelka; Barbara Aull; Martina Schoberl + Ursula Licka; Dietlind Erschen; Uta Krenn; Gerda Giebelhauser; Angelika Margesin; Elisabeth Schatzer; and Ortrun Lanznel.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Related Archival Material
The following architects featured in the exhibit also have materials in other IAWA collections:
- Maria Aubock Architectural Collection, Ms1996-007
- Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers, Ms1995-020
- Anna Lulja-Praun within the IAWA Small Collections, Ms2009-054
- Eva Mang-Frimmel within the IAWA Small Collections, Ms2009-054
- Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky within the IAWA Small Collections, Ms2009-054
Separated Materials
The book
New housing in Vienna, written and edited by Dietmar Steiner, translated by Meredith Schneeweiss, 1988 was placed in the Rare Book collection, NA7345.V6 N48 1988.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
History of Women in Architecture
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
Women -- History
Interior designsPanel 22Schools of architecture in ViennaPanel 24Schools of architecture in ViennaPanel 25Schools of architecture in ViennaPanel 26One family houses mainly in alpine regionsPanel 8Dwellings, social housingPanel 10City renovation; restoration of apartment buildingsPanel 12City renovation; utilization of industrial spacesPanel 13City planning; parks, squaresPanel 14City and landscape planningPanel 15HospitalsPanel 16Cultural sites, objects, room installationsPanel 17Schools, sports and leisure facilitiesPanel 18Interior designsPanel 21Technical University GrazPanel 27Technical University GrazPanel 28Margarete Scheutte-Lihotzky (workers' apartments), cooperation with Adolf Loos, Prof. Strnad (housing for low income families), world famous kitchen (Frankfurter Kueche)Panel 3Anna Luelja Praun (interior and furniture design, houses)Panel 41945-1960; First achievements after the war: power plant Kaprun (Lassmann), swimming pools (Rottleuthner), publisher's atelier (Koller-Buchwieser)Panel 51945-1960; First achievements after the war: power plant Kaprun (Lassmann), swimming pools (Rottleuthner), publisher's atelier (Koller-Buchwieser)Panel 6One family houses mainly in alpine regionsPanel 7One family houses mainly in alpine regionsPanel 9Dwellings, social housingPanel 11Coffee housesPanel 19Stores (recent designs)Panel 20Research projectsPanel 23Technical University GrazPanel 29Technical University InnsbruckPanel 30Loose catalogs1-3 (Loose catalogs)Loose catalogs1-3 (Loose catalogs)Loose catalogs1-3 (Loose catalogs)