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Architects with heart and soul Contemporary and intelligent architecture at its best: Austria’s hmA (Hann Mitterecker Architekten) architects constantly put the human in the focus of their architectural creations. Their architecture seeks to act as a background for different and changing stages of life and situations and thus, their architecture impresses with a distinctive timelessness and a design vocabulary reduced to the minimum. TEXT: NANE STEINHOFF I PHOTOS: PHILIPP KREIDL I ANDREAS BUCHBERGER I HMA ARCHITECTS
“Our formal design is unconditionally modern without being fashionable,”Wolfgang Hann, one of the two founders of hmA, notes. Located in the middle of Vienna’s city centre, hmA’s office is the place
where founders Wolfgang Hann and Georg Mitterecker, alongside 15 employees, bring their intelligent ideas to life. A true architectural general contractor, hmA offer their long-term experience and extensive knowhow in a variety of areas from property valuation to the turnkey handover. hmA’s special emphasis lies on designing and building new buildings, as well as in building revitalisation where hmA’s careful and meticulous planning manages to breathe new life into existing building structures.
facetted process. “Thus, we comprehensively listen, understand and grasp the motifs and needs of our clients and can achieve the set goals,” Mitterecker explains. He adds:“Our architecture isn’t an end in itself. Rather, projects with surplus value are the result of our work. We are architects with heart and soul and know that architecture is more than mere building.” Therefore, their architectural creations touch emotionally and intellectually and always keep the human in the focus of their implementation of ideas. Hann says: “We see architecture as a process in which we constantly develop ourselves. We are curious and don’t shy away from questioning because detours can increase knowledge.”hmA’s main emphasis is put on sustainability, individuality, as well as suitability. “Our solutions surprise in a positive way”
Portrait: hmA managers Georg Mitterecker (left) and Wolfgang Hann (right) – hmA Architekten
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With a special focus on strong client bonds, the architectural office perceives their contracting entities as partners in a multi-
“We are authentic and truly love what we do,”Mitterecker smiles. This work philosophy can be recognised in their vast portfo-