<h1>About the death of Günther Domenig</h1>

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Petr Šmídek
20.06.2012 14:00
Günther Domenig

He was able to bring Lebbeus's sketches to life. His architecture cut deep into the skin. The sharp edges of his buildings forged a path for the Austrian avant-garde of the 1960s. With an icy calm expression on his face, he succeeded in materializing radial ideas in a small Central European country.
     Last Friday, at the age of 77, one of Austria's most significant architects passed away in his Styrian home, whose distinctly sculptural work resonated with audiences far beyond Austria's borders.
     Günther Domenig studied architecture in the late 1950s in Graz. From the 1980s onwards, he became the most prominent figure at the technical university in Graz and significantly contributed to its current renown. Throughout his career, Domenig experimented with various architectural styles from structuralism, through brutalism to deconstructivism, which he remained faithful to and ranked alongside Coop Himmelb(l)au and other Austrian deconstructivists. His masterpiece includes his own family house "Steinhaus" in the Styrian village of Steindorf. His last wish was to rest in his homeland, which for him represented Steinhaus.

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