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Hans Hollein
Hans Hollein graduated from Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts architecture school and continued his studies in the United States, completing a master's degree at Berkeley in 1960.
Background & practice
Hans Hollein graduated from Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts architecture school and continued his studies in the United States, completing a master's degree at Berkeley in 1960. His work extended into art, furniture, writing and teaching. After practice experience in Sweden and the United States, he returned to Vienna. The official biography highlights the small Retti Candleshop commission, showing how a tightly constrained commercial interior could establish a distinctive architectural presence.
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