Gustav Peichl

The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is architecture, caricature and pictorial comedy. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tegel. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Positions recorded include rector. Works named in the authority record are Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Work by Gustav Peichl is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago. Distinctions recorded are Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna and City of Vienna Prize for Architecture.

• Name — Gustav Peichl • Born — 18 March 1928 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 17 November 2019 • Place of death — Grinzing, Vienna, Austria • Occupation — Architect • Illustration — Gustav Peichl museum roofscape

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna until 1953 and worked in the office of Roland Rainer. To pay for architectural school, he drew caricatures under a pseudonym to protect his identity from the Red Army, which occupied Austria at the time. He first used the name Pei initially and later by the name under which he was best known, Ironimus. He later drew cartoons for major newspapers such as Kurier, Express, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Die Presse. He opened his own architectural firm in 1955. Peichl built the EFA Radio Satellite Station in Aflenz Austria. He was a member of the international jury that chose Carlos Ott as the architect for the in Opéra Bastille in Paris, in 1983. He died 17 November 2019 at his home in Grinzing, Vienna, Austria.

• 1969–82 ORF regional studios, in Dornbirn, Eisenstadt, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Salzburg • 1985–92 Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany • 1987–91 Extension building to the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main • 1997–99 with Boris Podrecca and Rudolf F. Weber: Millennium Tower, Vienna • 2000–01 Caricature Museum, Krems