Roland Rainer

(1910–2004) österrikisk arkitekt

Roland Rainer (Austria, 1910–2004) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Roland Rainer belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Roland Rainer was born in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and died in Vienna. Roland Rainer trained at TU Wien. Roland Rainer worked in Munich and Hanover. The awards include Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, City of Vienna Prize for Architecture, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, and honorary doctor of the Vienna Technical University. The students included Helmuth Frank, Klara Hautmann-Kiss, Roland Berreck, and Andreas Zangerl.

The best-known works include ‘ÖVB Arena’, ‘Wiener Stadthalle’, and ‘Friedrich-Ebert-Halle’. The catalogue has 2 buildings by Roland Rainer. The dated buildings span the years 1958–1964. The buildings are in Wien and Bremen. They are in 2 countries.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Fritz Wotruba, Walter Dejaco, Eero Saarinen, Viljo Revell, and Lota de Macedo Soares.

• Wiener Stadthalle
• Bremen Arena