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Thursday, 19.10.2023, 7 p.m.

Book presentation Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Architecture. Politics. Gender.

The Austrian Cultural Forum in New York (ACFNY) recently hosted an important book presentation.

The work in question constitutes the first extensive publication about Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky's life and work in the englisch language; edited by Dr. Bernadette Reinhold and Dr. Marcel Bois.

Now, the book was introduced in the United States in the form of an event, which included a panel discussion with the two editors. Said discussion was moderated by Dr. Stephanie Buhmann, Head of Visual Arts, Architecture and Design at the ACFNY.
Link to the ACFNY-Website.
 
On October 2 2023, the first presentation of the work took place at the Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Centre in Vienna. The original german edition was published in 2019.

Authors: Carla Aßmann, David Baum, Elisabeth Boeckl-Klamper, Marcel Bois, Helen Young Chang, Marie-Theres Deutsch, Burcu Dogramaci, S. E. Eisterer, Sebastian Engelmann, Thomas Flierl, Christoph Freyer, Juliet Kinchin, Manfred Mugrauer, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber, Monika Platzer, Claudia Quiring, Bernadette Reinhold, Günther Sandner, Karin Schneider, Antje Senarclens de Grancy, Änne Söll, Karin Zogmayer, Christine Zwingl
English Translation: Mark Wilch
 
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View into the apartment, September 2022, Photo: Bettina Frenzel
The sleeping niche with the restored wall hanging, September 2022, Photo: Bettina Frenzel
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in her apartment, 1981, Photo: Margherita Spiluttini