Hannes Lintl

Hannes Lintl (2 July 1924 – 13 June 2003) was an Austrian architect, best known for designing the Donauturm (Danube Tower, 1964), part of the Viennese skyline and a popular lookout point and tourist attraction.

Hannes-Lintl-Gasse, a street in Vienna’s twenty-second district, is named after him.

Timeline 1948 Academy of Applied Arts Vienna, awarded the Josef Hoffmann Prize 1952 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, studying under Prof. C. Holzmeister 1957 Receives his Ziviltechnikerbefugnis (licence) and opens his architectural firm 1966 Gold Medal for Architecture of the City of Vienna 1967 Appointment as Jordanian Consul General in Austria 1969 Awarded the title of Professor by Franz Jonas, the President of Austria 2000 Awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence (Jordan) (Al Istiqlal)

Projects This list includes finished projects with a total cost exceeding €10,900,000 (150 million schillings) each. ARGE stands for Arbeitsgemeinschaft, or "working group".

Schools and other educational institutions Höhere Technische Lehranstalt, Innsbruck Bundesgymnasium & Bundesrealgymnasium, Pichelmayergasse, Vienna Bundesrealgymnasium Leibnitz Bundesrealgymnasium Zwettl Bildungshaus Neuwaldegg, Vienna Medizintechnische Schule im AKH, Vienna Zentralberufsschule für KFZ-Mechanik, Scheydgasse, Vienna Addition to the Wirtschaftsförderungsinstitut, Währinger Gürtel, Vienna (ARGE) Volksschule und Sonderpädagogisches Zentrum, Hammerfestweg, Vienna

Office buildings Saudi Electricity Company, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Palais Grassalkovics, Wiener Fremdenverkehrsverband ("Vienna Tourism Association"), Obere Augartenstraße, Vienna Büro- und Wohnhaus, Obere Donaustraße 21, Vienna Zentralanstalt der Pensionsversicherung der Angestellten, Vienna (ARGE) Erweiterung Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Wiener Hauptstrasse, Vienna IBM, Lassallestraße, Vienna (ARGE) Bank Austria, Lassallestraße, Vienna (ARGE) Donau-Business-Center, Handelskai 388, Vienna Zürich Kosmos, Lassallestraße, Vienna

Hospitals, medical centres, and aged care facilities Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna (ARGE) Krankenhaus Zell am See, Salzburg Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik im AKH, Vienna AUVA Rehabilitationszentrum Weißer Hof, Klosterneuburg (ARGE) AUVA Rehabilitationszentrum Tobelbad, Styria (ARGE) Heim für betagte Menschen, Breitenfurterstraße, Vienna Seniorenwohnheim Wohnstift Augustinum, Kurpark Oberlaa, Vienna (ARGE)

Industrial buildings Three power stations for the Saudi Electric Company in Jeddah, Mecca and Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Siemens Werk für Elektronikfertigung, Weißgerberlände, Vienna Addition to the Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten, Vienna

Shopping centres Modezentrum Boecker, Vienna Generali Centre, Vienna (ARGE) Zentrum Simmering, Vienna Ringstraßen-Galerien, Kärntnerring, Vienna (ARGE)

Housing estates Wohnhausanlage Arsenal, Vienna Wohnhausanlage Oswald Redlich-Straße, Vienna Personalwohnhaus UKH Meidling, Vienna

Hotels Addition to the Zürserhof, Zürs am Arlberg Corso Grand Hotel, Kärntnerring, Vienna (ARGE)

Representative buildings Indonesian Embassy, Vienna Raghadan Palace, Amman, Jordan

Telecommunications buildings Television Production Centre, Amman, Jordan

Miscellaneous Donauturm, Vienna St. John's Beacon, Liverpool Baghdad Television Tower, Iraq (destroyed during war) Jakarta Bung Karno Tower, Indonesia (project abandoned) Montreal Television Tower, Canada (design only) Ausbildungs- und Einsatzzentrale des Einsatzkommandos COBRA, New Vienna