Architect Day: Querkraft

June 08, 2010 from MarceloSeferin's blog

Querkraft shows a conceptual strength since the creation of the name until the last doodle at the sketch board. Since the foundation of the firm Jakob Dunkl, Gerd Erhartt and Peter Sappj manage this office and work with great projects in an architecture office that is currently considered the strongest in Vienna.

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten

Querkraft was founded in 1998 by four young architects graduated at the Technical University of Vienna that decided to work together. The name "querkraft" (sideways strength), is powerful and carries many different meanings for an office that counts with three architects and their teams, which are considered the strongest from all studios in Vienna. All of this quality can be noticed at their projects, from their first residential projects and alterations, to their most recent work.

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
GH Private Residence, Vienna, Austria. Photos: Hertha Hurnaus

The founders architects, that lead this big professional team are Jakob Dunkl, Gerd Erhartt and Peter Sappj. In 2004 the also founder architect Michael Zinner, moved to another city and changed his professional focus to teach architecture. Helmut Ritchter, contemporary architect from Austria, was a big influence for the professional life over at Querdraft, and they show admiration and respect for everything they learned with him.

SPS Private Residence, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus / Patricia Gapp / Bernhard Wolf

TWI Forecourt, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus

PEN Private Residence, Mauerbach, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus

TRE Operations Building, Grosshöflein, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus / Manfred Seidl / Image Industries

VIT Company Premises, Asperhofen, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus / Manfred Seidl

DRA Private Residence, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus

DOK Twin House, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus

LEE Apartment Building, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Hertha Hurnaus / Margherita Spiluttini / Rupert Steiner / Manfred Seidl

Adidas Brand Center, Herzogenaurach, Germany

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Gerhard Hagen

Private Residence, Feichtenbach, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten

Bunt Housing Complex, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Patricia Gapp

Roman Museum, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Lisa Rastl / Birgit and Peter Kainz / Hertha Hurnaus

Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Lisa Rastl / Christine Bärnthaler

KSM Apartment Building, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten
Photos: Lisa Rastl

OS3 Apartment Complex, Vienna, Austria

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten

GGS Residential Complex, Liverpool, UK

Architect Day: Querkraft Architekten

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My name is Marcelo Seferin, I'm an architect from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the chief architect at Seferin Arquitetura, an office that works with architecture, interior design and sustainability projects. You can check our work at http://www.seferin.com.br and you can follow me at twiiter http://www.twitter.com/mseferin.

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