Wolf Prix

Wolf Prix was born in 1942 and is an Austrian architect and vice president of the Vienna University of Applied Arts. Prix has studied further at the Technical University of Vienna, the London Institute of Architecture, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture and Technology in Los Angeles, USA. Since 1993, he has been a professor of architectural design in Austria. He has served multiple times as a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York and became a faculty member of the school in 1998. He constantly pursued academic achievements, thus entering a new academic hall, working at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and Technology in Los Angeles and serving as the President of the University of California, Los Angeles, Harvey Pelov. From 1999 to 2003, he served as the Research Director of Architecture, Industrial Design, Product Design, Fashion, and Stage Design at the Vienna University of Applied Arts. Since October 2003, Prix has become the Vice President and Director of the Department of Architecture at the Vienna University of Applied Arts. He is a member of the Austrian Senate of the Arts, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Advisory Committee on Architectural Culture, and architectural associations across Austria, Germany, Italy, Santa Clara\/Cuba, as well as the Royal Society of British Architects and the American Architectural Society. From 2000 to 2006, he was also a member of the board of directors of Austrian universities. In May 2009, Dr. Heinz Fischer, the President of the Austrian Federation, awarded him the Austrian Science and Art Medal in recognition of his highly innovative work. In his speech, he explored the relationship between architecture and contemporary politics in a very interesting way. Because both disciplines have a direct impact on personal and public life, building this bridge of connection is not farfetched.