Wolf D. Prix

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Wolf Dieter Prix (born 13 December 1942) is an Austrian architect. In 1968 he co-founded the architects' cooperative Coop Himmelb(l)au, which has an international reputation as an important representative of deconstructivism. Prix was born on 13 December 1942 in Vienna. Wolf Prix's father was an architect; Wolf looked over his father's shoulder in the office. He went to the museum with him and asked: “Why don’t we finish the Tower of Babel?” The visit of the priory La Tourette (designed by Le Corbusier), located near Lyon, France, was his inspiration to study architecture. Wolf Prix studied at the Vienna University of Technology, the Architectural Association in London and the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, USA. In 1968 he founded the Viennese architects' cooperative Himmelb(l)au together with Helmut Swiczinsky and Michael Holzer. Since Holzer (1971) and Swiczinsky (2001) left the office, Prix is the only remaining founding partner of the office. He currently heads it as Design Principal and managing director.