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Andreas Lechner
BornMay 1974 (age 50)
Graz, Austria
Occupation(s)Architect
author
academic
Academic background
EducationGraz University of Technology
Academic work
Notable worksThinking Design – Blueprint for an architecture of typology
Websiteandreaslechner.at

Andreas Lechner is an Austrian architect, author and academic. In 2020, he was awarded with the Gold Medal in the Best Book Design from all over the World competition by the Stiftung Buchkunst for his book, Thinking Design – Blueprint for an architecture of typology.[1][2][3][4]

Lechner was a university assistant at Graz University of Technology from 2007 to 2011, earning his doctorate in 2009 with a dissertation on commercial buildings in Tokyo. Subsequently, he held positions as an assistant professor and Post-Doc at the Università Iuav di Venezia and the Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole in Copenhagen from 2011 to 2017.[3][5] He published his habilitation thesis with Park Books in Zurich in 2018. In 2021, the book was published in a second revised and expanded German edition, as well as its inaugural English translation titled Thinking Design – Blueprint for an architecture of typology.[6][7][8]

Lechner is leading the research group, Counterintuitive Typologies,[9][10] he is a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan[11] and a voting member of the Graz Historic Town Expert Commission.[12]

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  1. ^ "Entwurf einer architektonischen Gebäudelehre". www.stiftung-buchkunst.de. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. ^ Lechner, Andreas. Thinking Design: Blueprint for an Architecture of Typology. Park Books.
  3. ^ a b "Andreas Lechner". Graz University of Technology. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  4. ^ Barac, Matthew (2013-07-02). "Pedagogy: Graz University of Technology, Austria". The Architectural Review. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  5. ^ "Andreas LECHNER - Counterintuitive Typologies". UCLouvain (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  6. ^ "ARCH - Andreas Lechner: Reflections on the Design of an Architectural Building Typology". www.tugraz.at. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  7. ^ "Thinking Design. blueprint for an architecture of typology | Andreas Lechner | 9783038602460 | PARK BOOKS". www.naibooksellers.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  8. ^ McEwan, Cameron (2022-08-24). "Peripheral monuments: book review of Thinking Design: Blueprint for an Architecture of Typology by Andreas Lechner". Journal of Architecture and Urbanism. 46 (1): 83–88. doi:10.3846/jau.2022.16904. ISSN 2029-7947.
  9. ^ "Andreas LECHNER - Counterintuitive Typologies". UCLouvain (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  10. ^ "About — www.Counterintuitivetypologies.com". counterintuitivetypologies.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  11. ^ "Scheda Docente". www4.ceda.polimi.it. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  12. ^ Meisterl, The arts Styria-Province of Styria, Nicole. "Historic Town Expert Commission". The arts Styria - Province of Styria. Retrieved 2024-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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