Architect DI Oliver Steinbauer BSc

Key data

Company: STEINBAUER architektur+design
Place: Wiener Neustadt
I’ve worked here since: 2018
Web:

• Website
• facebook
• instagram

What I do:

I work on projects of varying scale – whether urban design competitions, designing a new building or detailing for a piece of furniture. I always try to accompany projects from the initial idea to completion and beyond.

Why I love my job:

I love the daily interaction with thoughtful floor plans, harmonious shapes, quality materials and the interplay of these many components to create a whole. In simple words, it’s simply the creative process of creating that I love so much.

Important skills in my job:

I think perseverance and staying true to yourself are the most important of all.

The greatest success in my career to date:

In recent years, I was able to experience how close success and defeat are to each other in our wonderful profession. After the 2nd place in the competition for the Austria Pavilion for the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, I was able to win the EU-wide realization competition for the revitalization of the listed “Magazin 2” by Peter Behrens, in Linz. A transformation of the almost windowless tobacco warehouse to a “glass palace of creativity”, which was recently completed after 4 years of intensive planning.

How I found my current job:

Self-employment was always one of my firm goals, even during my studies. I have always openly communicated this dream with every employment relationship, such as for “Marte.Marte Architekten” in Vorarlberg or “Kaltenbacher Architektur” in Lower Austria. Thus, the path to my current job was a long-term, well-considered process with many ups and downs.

What I learned for this job during my studies:

I have learned that good design requires more than just good verbal justification.

Job prospects in my field:

If you don’t try to be the best at everything and focus on what you particularly enjoy then every job opportunity is closer than you think.

I am:

• passionate about materials