ARTEC Architekten

«Wichtig ist aber, dass die Gestalt des Gebauten aus dem Konzept entsteht und nicht entworfen wird: Design ist überflüssig.» ARTEC Architekten

In their concepts, buildings, and designs submitted for competitions, as well as in theory in their teaching, Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl investigate the relationship between architecture and the creation of high-quality urban environments. They give special attention typologies and structures, social aspects. Strong building concepts and their interplay with the urban context and the inhabitants' individual spatial demands are also of great importance in the work of their firm ARTEC Architekten. Ever since founding their firm in 1987, Götz and Manahl have contributed significantly to architectural discourse in Austria and abroad. Housing, a typology fundamentally shaping the city, is the core of their work.

This manifesto-like book introduces the reader to the thinking and visions of ARTEC Architekten. It features a vast selection of projects, built and unrealized ones, through images and floor plans and sections, alongside six programmatic essays by Götz and Manahl. The book's design demonstrates visually what the texts elaborate upon in theory: their attitude to architecture's core topics, their design methods, and their ongoing engagement with history and present of habitation.

ARTECT Architekten is one of Austria's leading contemporary architecture firms

Their buildings and projects as well as their writing and teaching are widely received

This is the first-ever monograph on their work, featuring rich previously unpublished material

Autorentext

Bettina Götz graduated from Technische Universität Graz and co-founded Vienna-based ARTECT Architekten in 1987. She also teaches as a Professor of Design and Construction at Berlin University of the Arts.

Goerg Driendl graduated from Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. He pursued various research projects, worked in experimental film and worked as driendl*steixner architects together with Gerhard Steixner 19841996 before establishing his own firm in Vienna in 1996.

Richard Manahl graduated from Technische Universität Graz and co-founded Vienna-based ARTECT Architekten in 1987. He has been a visiting professor at Università IUAV in Venice 2015 and at ENSA Paris Val de Seine in 2017.