Principal Veech Media Architecture GmbH - Vienna, Austria

1964: born in Chicago, USA,
1982-87: University of Cincinnati, USA. Received a diploma in Urban Design 1987.
1987-88: Architectural Association, London
1989: University of Applied Arts - Dept- of Industrial Design, Vienna
1993: Founded Veech Media Architecture in Vienna with Mascha Veech-Kosmatschof

VMA Current Activities:
2007: VMA exhibition planned at the Schusev Architecture Museum - Moscow.
2007: Exhibited in the Born House exhibition at the 2nd Moscow Art Biennale. The show is currently being shown at the the State Russian Museum - St. Petersburg.
2007: "Trans_Mission - Organic Solar Sculptures" book (published by Springer) in collaboration with Vadim Kosmatschof.
2007: Current exhibitions of the "Unfolding Square" project in the State Russian Museum - St. Petersburg, Landesmuseum Niederösterreich, and the "Urban Heart" National Center of Contemporary Art in collaboration with Vadim Kosmatschof
2006-2007: Participation in the exhibition "Square in Motion" at Musuem Ritter - Stuttgart in collaboration with Vadim Kosmatschof with a solar powered kinetic sculpture.
2007: Preparing a research workshop - LED Lighting / Parametric Architecture - at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna - Dept. of Architecture with Zaha M. Hadid in cooperation with Philips Austria.
2006: Keynote Speaker at the MEDIACITY - CONFERENCE - November 10-12, 2006
Bauhaus-University Weimar
2006: Presentation of VMA door handle design in cooperation with FSB - Germany; Nov. 9. 2006, Berlin
2006: Research on mobile media studio with integrated ambient and augmented technologies.

Teaching Positions:
2007: Appointed Senior Research Fellow at the Royal College of Art - London in the Department of Industrial Engineering concentrating on researching: Media, Ambient and Augmented Architecture.
2005-2006: Organized the "Deployable Structures" 3-part workshop at the University of Innsbruck Dept. of Architecture with Patrik Schumacher.
2005: Participated in the symposium "Ambient and Augmented Environments" at the Architectural Association - London.
2004- Currently part of an international team conducting research on "Ambient and Augmented Environments" with the Royal College of Art and Architectural Association - London.
Since 2004: guest lecturer of "Smart Technologies - Intelligent Buildings" at the Graz University of Technology.
1998-2001 Guest lecturer at the University of Technology - Vienna, Department of Architecture, Professor William Alsop.
Member of juries at the Architectural Association - DesignResearchLab, London; University of Applied Arts, Vienna; and the University of Technology - Graz.

Exhibitions & Symposiums:

2006: Fashion in Architecture Exhibition, Center for Architecture, New York, USA

2006: MIND 21 Symposium, University of Technology Graz, Austria

2006: PROMAX Symposium and Lecture for Media, Vienna, Austria

2006: Real & Virtual Studio Design for Television Symposium, Vienna, Austria

2006: Architecture Week - Vienna, Austria

2006: Artbox Mobile Competition, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Cork, Ireland

2005: TURN ON Architecture Festival 2005, Vienna, Austria

2005: ARCH Moscow, Exhibition and Symposium, Moscow, Russia.

2004: Digital Fabricators Exhibition, Design Centre, London, England

2004: Digital Fabricators Exhibition, Design Centre, Birmingham, England

2004: "The Art of Shopping" Symposium, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England

2003: Fashion in Architecture Exhibition, Gallery Deluxe, London, England

2003. Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design 2002; Loos Haus Vienna, Austria

2003: Space Condition - International Architecture Symposium curated by Roger Riewe at the University of Technology, Graz

2003: "It Works or Networks" Symposium; SCEI: Slovak Centre of European Integration, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slowakia

2003: Digital Scapes, 6/7 Gallery, Arena Congress Center, Verona, Itaiy

2003: "Landscapes of Desire" Symposium, Kultur Axe, Vienna, Austria

2003: "Humantec. Office space of the Future", Symposium, University of Technology Vienna

2002-2003 Latent Utopias - Experiments within Contemporary Architecture, Exhibition - Graz, Austria, curated by Zaha M. Hadid and Patrik Schumacher.

2002: "Set-Design and Media Design" - Symposium Eyes and Ears Academy, Cologne, Germany

2002: WINK Augmented Environments Conference, Barbican Center, London, England

2002: Global Tools Installation, Gallery Otso Helsinki, Finland

2001: Global Tools Installation, Kuenstlerhaus Vienna, Austria

2001: "Televisions - Kunst sieht fern", Exhibition Design, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria

2000: Making It Exhibition and Symposium, Vienna, Austria

Publications:
2007
Material Connexion 2 by Andrew Dent, George Beleyerian and Bradley Quinn, Thames and Hudson; New York, USA

2006
Architectural Design, Nov. 2006; New York USA

From functional specialisation to sustainable complexity - Polytechnic Institute - Milan, Prof. Gabriella Padovano

Architektur and Bau Forum - VMA Portrait; Austria

AXIS Magazine - VMA Projects; England

BLEND - Fashion Magazine - VMA Projects; Holland

2005
10x10x2, curated by Zaha Hadid, Phaidon Publishers; New York, USA

Dissappearing Architecture - Georg Flachbart, Peter Weibel; Springer Publishers, New York

Interior Digest Moscow - VMA Portrait; Russia

ARCH MOSCOW - Exhibition Catalogue; Russia

2004
Techno Textiles by Marie O´Mahony - Thames&Hudson; England

Space Condition - International Architecture Symposium edited by Roger Riewe, Springer Publishers

Architektur and Bau Forum - "Ist virtuelle Architektur Tot"; Austria

Der Standard - 13.03.2004 - Architektur, zur besten Sendezeit im Bild; Austria

FORM - 03.2004 - "Materiallen in Blick"; Germany

Prototypo: 009 - 05.2004 - VMA Portrait - VMA & ORF; Portugal

Extra Dienst - 20.02.2004 - VMA Portrait - "Architektur als Medium"; Austria

2003
Fashion in Architecture by Bradley Quinn - Berg Publishers; England

Frame 33 - 07.2003 - VMA Portrait - "The Newsmakers"; Holland

MARU Design - 12.2003 - VMA Portrait - "Organic Space, Dynamic Architecture and Human Communication"; South Korea

AU - Architecture and Urbanism- "Latent Utopias"; Brazil

Innovation - from experimentation to realisation - VMA Portrait, NewArch 07; England

La Repubblica - VMA Portrait - Arhitetti Mediali; Itlay

Chill Out by Ana Canizares; Spain

Desino Interior - 05.2003 - Latent Utopias; Spain

Messe & Event - 06.2003 - VMA Portrait - "Visionäre Designkonzepte made in Vienna"; Austria

2002
Der Standard - 30.04.2002 - ORF Newsroom; Austria

Die Presse - 03.05.2002 - "ORF Raumschiff"; Austria

Die Presse - 30.04.2002 - ORF Newsroom; Austria

Die Presse Spectrum - 02.02.2002, VMA Portrait - "Ablaufdaten inklusive"; Austria

Arhcitektur and Bau Forum - 05.2002, VMA Portrait - "Architektur als Medium"; Austria

Licht und Architektur, VMA Portrait - "Bühne frei für Licht"; Germany

2001
Umbau - 07.2001, VMA Portrait - "Making It" Exhibition; Austria

2000
Glas - 06.2000 - VMA Projects; Germany

Best Seller - VMA Portrait, 06.2000; Austria

1997
Arhcitektur and Bau Forum - VMA Portrait - "On-Screen Architecture"; Austria

Awards:

Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design 2003
Joseph Binder Award in Gold
Project: Zeit im Bild (Newsroom)

Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design 2003
Joseph Binder Award Honorable Mention
Project: Televisions - Kunst sieht fern Ausstellungsdesign
Kunsthalle Wien, Österreich 2001

2003 PROMAX Europe Award in Silber
Best Studio Design
Project: Zeit im Bild (Newsroom)

2002 Eyes + Ears of Europe Award in Gold
Best Studio Design
Project: Zeit im Bild (Newsroom)

2002 Eyes + Ears of Europe Award in Gold
Innovation in News Design
Project: Zeit im Bild

Contact Address:

Veech Media Architecture GmbH
Rudolfsplatz 6/2
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 315 5349-0
Fax: +43 1 315 5349-9
Email: office@veech-vma.com
www.veech-vma.com