In
Reflection

“In Reflection” is an exploration of Günther Domenig’s work and influence. Five experts from the fields of architecture, art and science were invited for in-depth studies. Built on what is already known and what is missing, these texts bring new insights, for example concerning the canonical classification of Domenig’s work or his biography. A plurality of voices is given space: the texts published open up the field for further discussion within and beyond the spheres of architecture and create points of departure for further thought and research.

Contributions:

Matthias Boeckl (Architectural theorist and author):
Building: Expression of the Personal. Notes on the early Günther Domenig

Simone Egger (Cultural scientist):
On biography and architecture

Doris Lippitsch (Artist, Chief editor of QUER Magazin):
The stake through the marrow of ideology

Valerie Messini (Architect and curator):
H E F T — loaded emptiness. On the atmospheric potential of empty spaces

Hans Ulrich Reck (Cultural theorist und philosopher):
Monumentality, resistance, contradiction. On Günther Domenig

Objects

THE STAKE THROUGH THE MARROW OF IDEOLOGY // Doris Lippitsch

Domenig was an uncompromising spirit and an argumentative man, an irrepressible bundle of energy, a Graz superstar with charisma and humour, a spleen de Graz without any false modesty, a crosser of borders and an enfant terrible, a Klagenfurt Bua von der Mur with a Ferrari from the Marko stable, an…

The Heft is one of the most important buildings in Domenig’s oeuvre – without a doubt my favourite, since the Heft is so much more than just a building. “The place is magical, like Stonehenge,” one reads on nextroom.[1] It is an experience, a condition, an atmospheric entity. But first, Heft is a …

The articulation and thought process of Günther Domenig are based on an eclectic or, at times, even syncretic method or practice, as is the case with so many architects’ theories — although there are, of course, prominent exceptions, primarily Le Corbusier, earlier architects such as Laugier, Boullée…

Stipulations How can a life be described? What is to be said about a person? What characterises a biography? A life story depends on many different factors, stems from opportunities but also resistances that give rise to a career path within or result in exclusion from society. Each range of opport…

At the age of forty, Günther Domenig defined construction as a highly personal, potentially autobiographical medium of expression with his pioneering Z‑Bankfiliale in the Favoriten district of Vienna (1974−79). Following on from his early partnership with Eilfried Huth in Graz (1963−73), this was t…

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