Studio

Pichler & Traupmann Architekten was founded by Christoph Pichler and Johann Traupmann in 1992 and since that time has been working on a variety of commissions. The work of Pichler & Traupmann is documented in numerous publications and has been awarded distinct prizes.

Christoph Pichler was born in 1964. He studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna and at Harvard University, USA. He is teaching at the Vienna and Graz Universities of Technology from 1992, first as a university assistant and since 1996 as a lecturer.

Johann Traupmann was born in 1958. He studied theology in Vienna and architecture at Vienna University of Applied Arts. He is teaching since 1992, first as a lecturer and from 2002 to 2024 as assistant professor at Vienna University of Applied Arts.

Partner since 2019

Bartosz Lewandowski was born in 1977. He studied architecture in Warsaw at the University of Technology and worked as architect in several offices in Poland. Since 2013 he is part of Pichler & Traupmann Architects first as design architect and later as team leader of our competition department.

Wolfgang Windt was born in 1982. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology and one year at Vienna University of Applied Arts (Studio Zaha Hadid). He started with Pichler & Traupmann Architects already during his studies in 2005 and is now responsible for the implementation of our projects.

Junior partner since 2024

Klemens Gabriel, born in 1988, studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology and has been working for Pichler & Traupmann Architekten since 2013. He has been working as a project manager since 2018 and has been responsible for GP internal controls since 2020.

Peter Grandits, born in 1989, studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology and has been working for Pichler & Traupmann Architekten since 2014. He has been a project manager since 2018 and is responsible for IT agendas within the office.

Resolution and simultaneity

are the aspiration and the goal of almost all our projects. Here, through the deposition of object-related statements, the concern is what space and the structures that generate it can achieve in the field of tension between apparent contradictions and opposites. It is not particularly important -whether such polarities are formulated in a brief or already exist or whether they are deliberately positioned antipodes. The important thing is the potential of the in-between, which we work on as a field of tension and which we view as the motor of a complex transformation process. (Pichler & Traupmann)

Whenever things become particularly challenging

when clients make the highest demands …

when what is called for in the brief seem almost impossible to achieve …

when sites require the most sensitive kind of insertion …

we develop complex, surprising, bespoke and diverse answers:

No two projects are the same – and yet we approach each one with the same kind of curiosity, élan and passion. Life is complex – why should architecture be any different?

Our goal

Is to find partners who want more than just a pragmatic solution, with whom we can develop exciting, complex architectural projects. Through our images and models we offer an approach that is clearly emotional but we also wish to appeal to people who are willing to engage us in a complex debate , who, perhaps thanks to our systemic thinking, find themselves able to take a step ahead. Those who get more than they had expected, more than just the spaces listed in a schedule of accommodation.

Our doors are always open. We are an international team with ideas and influences from a variety of cultures.

We belong to the pioneers of the „Building Information Modelling“ and are working successfully with BIM since 2013. Whether with OPEN or CLOSED BIM, we find the most efficient planing method for all work phases, in-house or within the cooperative colaboration with our project partners.

Our office is our lab. We are working thoroughgoingly, optimistically and with a small range of standards. And together we achieve more.

Recognition

Year	Type	Contest	Project
2025	Österreichischer Betonpreis 2025	Winner, Cat. Education/Administration	Future Art Lab
2024	ICONIC AWARDS 2024	Winner - Innovative Architecture	Future Art Lab
2024	Architecture Master Prize 2024	Honorable Mention, Cat. Other	Wien Kanal Headquarters
2024	Archello Award 2024	Longlist, Cat. Hotel Building of the Year	Extension "Wohnothek am Ratschen"
2023	Staatspreis Architektur 2023	Future Art Lab of the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts	Future Art Lab
2023	Architecture MasterPrize Award 2023 - Honorable Mention (Category: Interior Design – Workplaces Interior)	Aist Business Center	Aist Business Center
2023	Bauherr:innenpreis 2023	Nomination	Extension "Wohnothek am Ratschen"
2023	Architizer A+Award 2023	Finalist in the Category Hotels&Resorts	Extension "Wohnothek am Ratschen"
2022	Modern Furniture + Lighting Award 2022	Standing Table "one4two"	-
2022	FIABCI Prix d'Excellence 2022	Winner Category "Spezialimmobilien"	Future Art Lab
2021	BUILT DESIGN AWARDS 2021	Honorable Mention (Educational Category)	Future Art Lab
2021	ARCHITECTURE MASTERPRIZE	2021 Architectural Design Award - Best of Best	Future Art Lab
2021	Nomination	Bauherrenpreis 2021	Future Art Lab
2021	THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD 2021	THE CHICAGO ATHENAEUM	Future Art Lab
2021	gebaut 2020	Stadt Wien – Architektur und Stadtgestaltung	Future Art Lab
2021	Architizer A+Awards 21	Special Mention for the PLUS > CONCEPTS > Architecture +Learning category	Future Art Lab
2019	WINNER 2019	DNA Paris Design Awards (Category: Commercial and Offices)	ÖAMTC Headquarters
2018	Honorable Mention	The Architecture Master Prize (Category: Mixed Use)	ÖAMTC Headquarters
2023	Publikation	ARCHITECTS_architektur.aktuell Pichler & Traupmann Architekten ZT GmbH WB RLB Klagenfurt, Aist Business Center, Campus Güssing	Aist Business Center
2023	Publikation	Hot Questions_Cold Storage Architektur aus Österreich - Die Schausammlung des AzW BIM, NO BIM 2021_DAS RAIQA - Quartier Innsbruck Mitte Hg. Angelika Fitz, Monika Platzer, Architekturzentrum Wien	The RAIQA
2022	Publikation	BEST OF AUSTRIA Architektur_architecture 2020_21 Future Art Lab Wien Hg. Architekturzentrum Wien	Future Art Lab
2022	Publikation	Monografie Pichler & Traupmann Architekten Spannung im Raum \| Tension in Space Hg. Matthias Boeckl, Eva Guttmann Park Books AG, Zürich	30 Years pxt
2022	Publikation	IMMOkurier Preisgekrönte Projekte FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Future Art Lab - Gewinner Kategorie Spezialimmobilien Hg. Kurier Zeitungsverlag und Druckerein GmbH	Future Art Lab
2022	Publikation	PARNASS 01 Architekturlandschaft Burgenland FH Campus Pinkafeld PARNASS Verlag GmbH Wien	Pinkafeld University of Applied Sciences
2021	Publication	AIT 5.2021 Warten auf das Publikum \| Wien Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch GmbH	Future Art Lab
2021	Publication	architekturzeitung.com Future Art Lab von Pichler und Traupmann Architekten April 22	Future Art Lab
2021	Publication	ASB 220 Projekty Hotel Hafenturm Ed. JAGA GROUP, s.r.o. February	Linz Hafenturm
2020	Publication	architektur.aktuell 12 Future Art Lab at Vienna Music University Ed. Architektur Aktuell GmbH Vienna December	Future Art Lab