Tony Fretton: Building for the visual arts

„A building for the visual arts must achieve several things. It should evolve its presence as a destination from its immediate and wider surroundings. It should be a place of character with a sense of welcome and comfort. And it should provide rooms to view art that combine the two previously mentioned qualities while being subtle but stimulating backgrounds in which any and all art looks its very best. Finally, it must provide the culture insights that only architecture can make. I will show how this can be achieved.“
Text: Tony Fretton

Wir freuen uns, fast auf den Tag genau 14 Jahre nach Tony Frettons legendärer ÖGFA Schindler-Lecture, den faszinierenden englischen Architekten erneut in Wien begrüßen zu können. Eine Gelegenheit, die kontinuierliche Entwicklung seiner Arbeit bis heute zu verfolgen. Ein Muss für alle, denen Frettons architektonisches Denken auf subtile Weise neue Wege geöffnet hat, mehr noch für alle, die sich seine Arbeit als Bereicherung für Wien wünschen.

Tony Fretton is a principal of Tony Fretton Architects with James McKinney, David Owen and Guy Derwent. Buildings designed and realised by the practice include the Lisson Gallery London, Red House Chelsea, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark, which was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize, the new British Embassy in Warsaw, Solid 11, a multi-purpose building in Amsterdam, and most recently two apartment towers in Antwerp Harbour and the City Hall of Deinze in Belgium.
www.tonyfretton.com

Mit Dank an das Architekturzentrum Wien für die Ermöglichung der Veranstaltung im Haus Beer