Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Architect, educator, and writer Andreas Lechner produces contextually sensitive, research-driven designs. Andreas holds both a PhD and Master of Architecture from TU Graz. Prior to founding Studio Andreas Lechner, he studied and worked with Pritzker Prize–winning architects Thom Mayne and Shigeru Ban, drawing on formative experiences in Los Angeles, Berlin, Vienna, and Tokyo. He currently serves as a tenured associate professor at TU Graz’s Faculty of Architecture.
An accomplished author, Andreas wrote the award-winning ‘Thinking Design: Blueprint for an Architecture of Typology’ (2021) based on his habilitation. He has also held visiting postdoctoral research positions at the Università Iuav di Venezia and the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. Beyond his studio, he lectures and teaches internationally, serves as a visiting professor at the Politecnico di Milano, and leads the research group Counterintuitive Typologies, supported by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency. He is co-editor of ‘GAM – Graz Architecture Magazine’ and a forthcoming special issue of ‘The Journal of Architecture’ published by the RIBA.
External positions
Visiting Scholar, Polytechnic University of Milan
1 Nov 2022 → 31 Mar 2023
Visiting Professor, Polytechnic University of Milan
Austrian Fields of Study 2012 (6-stellig)
- 201206 Designing
- 201207 Building typology
- 201201 History of architecture
- 201905 Building within existing structures
- 201203 Architectural theory
- 201215 Building cultural heritage
Keywords
- NA Architecture
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Architectural Affordances - Typologies of Umbau
Lechner, A., Postiglione, G., Serrazanetti, F. & Gold, M., 25 Mar 2025, 1 ed. Naples: Thymos Books. 311 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
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Atlas of Typological Affordances – Drawing Architectural Research
Lechner, A. & Postiglione, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Structure & infrastructure engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Counterintuitive Typologies – Re-assessing Hybridity in Architecture
Lechner, A. & Gold, M., 5 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) Forum Architekturwissenschaft, 7. Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, (Forum Architekturwissenschaft; vol. 7).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Introduction ("I see your true colors.")
Lechner, A., 2025, Colors: Diskursiv No. 2. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag, p. 8-10Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Affordances of Architectural Typology
Lechner, A. & Postiglione, G., 22 Dec 2024, Architectural Affordances - Typologies of Umbau. 1 ed. Naples: Thymos Books, p. 8-15Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Building Typologies and Continual Transformation - lecture at University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Architecture
Lechner, A. (Speaker)
6 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Science to science
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Guest critic E3 Stranger Theories at Architekturtheorie UIBK
Lechner, A. (Consultant)
22 Jan 2025Activity: Consultancy or evaluation › Project evaluation
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Genealogies of Affinity. Piranesi and Syncretic Architecture - Phd Defense by Giacomo Pala
Lechner, A. (Agent)
28 May 2025Activity: Examination or supervision › External examination
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Designmonat 2025 - Design Battle
Lechner, A. (Member of programme committee)
23 May 2025Activity: Participation in or organisation of › Competition (Participation in/Organisation of)
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CA²RE Milan Conference for Artistic and Architectural Research
Lechner, A. (Member of programme committee)
3 Apr 2025 → 5 Apr 2025Activity: Participation in or organisation of › Conference or symposium (Participation in/Organisation of)
Prizes
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Anschubfinanzierung 15. Ausschreibung
Lechner, A. (Recipient), 8 Jun 2021
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Goldmedaille - Die schönsten Bücher aus aller Welt
Lechner, A. (Recipient), 1 Mar 2020
Prize: Prizes / Medals / Awards
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Grazer Architekturforschung
Lechner, A. (Recipient), 1 Mar 2021
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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POLIMI DAStU Fellow 2022-23
Lechner, A. (Recipient), 1 Aug 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Press/Media
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PEDAGOGY: GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRIA
2/07/13
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Edges - Efficient in-situ concrete slabs using double-curved system formwork
Ferk, H. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Peters, S. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Schlicke, D. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Brandner, R. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Freytag, B. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Passer, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)) & Lechner, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI))
1/10/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Research project
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CBT - Counterintuitive Building Typologies
Trummer, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Lechner, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Passer, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Gold, M. (Co-Investigator (CoI)) & Lukic Azinovic, I. (Co-Investigator (CoI))
1/11/22 → 11/10/25
Project: Research project
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Gebäudelehre - Draft on an architectural building theory
Lechner, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI))
1/06/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research project
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ZERO MILE HUB - Smart City Bruck/Mur
Lechner, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)) & Hörmann, T. J. (Co-Investigator (CoI))
22/09/14 → 31/10/14
Project: Research project
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HF11-037_I live Graz - smart people create their smart city
Hauer, E. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Lechner, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Maydl, P. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Wall, J. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Löschnig, W. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Narodoslawsky, M. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Ferk, H. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Mach, T. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Hofbauer, C. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Hasewend, B. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Krall, E. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Passer, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Wakonig-Lüking, T. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Eichberger, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Fellendorf, M. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Breitwieser, H. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Bogensberger, M. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Fallast, K. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Gruber, G. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Cody, B. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Trajanoska, B. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Fuchs-Hanusch, D. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Fickert, L. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Pluta-Fürst, A. (Co-Investigator (CoI)), Schnitzer, H. (Principal Investigator (PI)) & Rainer, E. (Principal Investigator (PI))
2/04/11 → 30/06/12
Project: Research project