Friedrich Achleitner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Achleitner

Poet, architecture critic

Date of Birth: 23-May-1930

Place of Birth: Schalchen, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 27-Mar-2019

Profession: writer, architect, poet, art historian, architectural historian

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Friedrich Achleitner (23 May 1930 – 27 March 2019) was an Austrian poet and architecture critic.
As a member of the Wiener Gruppe, he wrote concrete poems and experimental literature.
His magnum opus is a multi-volume documentation of 20th-century Austrian architecture.
Written over several decades, Achleitner made a personal visit to each building described.
He was a professor of the history and theory of architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.