Garstenauer One Hundred

The interior of a dome-like metal structure with large triangular windows offers a view of a lushly planted hillside landscape.

Architect • Creator • Thinker 17.10.2025 until 20.2.2026

Salzburg Museum – Gastspiel (Guest Appearance)

About the exhibition

Gerhard Garstenauer (1925–2016) undoubtedly ranks high on any list of Austria’s most important architects, at least when it comes to the second half of the twentieth century. And even though his architectural work, with a few exceptions, is limited to the city and province of Salzburg, his work has been and continues to be recognised nationally and internationally as outstanding.

An exhibition wall incorporating wooden elements displays a 1968 architectural sketch of the Felsenbad Bad Gastein alongside a red information panel.
Ausstellungsansicht © Salzburg Museum/Maurice Rigaud

2025 marks the 100th anniversary of Gerhard Garstenauer’s birth – an occasion that alone warrants a comprehensive tribute. This is even more urgent in view of the current state of his architectural legacy, which is worrying in some respects. Fortunately, Garstenauer’s extensive estate has been accessible at Salzburg Museum since 2010, where it is being digitally recorded and catalogued, making it available for in-depth scholarly research.

In 2024, a scholarly symposium took place, the contributions and findings of which will be incorporated into an exhibition that Salzburg Museum is showing as a visiting exhibition at the Initiative Architektur.

Curated by
Leon Beu , Peter Lechner , Erich Steiner und Peter Husty
A look inside the exhibition
In the foreground, a metallic geodesic structure is captured out of focus, while behind it stands a wooden exhibition wall featuring photographs and texts, including items dedicated to the "Cabins of the Stubnerkogel Cable Car". An architectural model depicting a building with terraces and an adjacent pool is placed beneath a transparent display case. A bright, expansive exhibition space displays wooden display cases, grid walls with documents, and hanging colored banners with inscriptions such as "INDUSTRIE" and "ÖFFENTLICH". An exhibition wall displays technical drawings and sketches of cable car cabins, alongside a photograph of a cable car set against a cloudy sky. An original metal and glass cable car cabin is displayed as an exhibit on a wooden plinth inside an exhibition room. A large wooden exhibition wall is populated with numerous photographs, plans, and texts, in front of which stands a smaller wooden table holding a display case. Several framed slides and magnifying viewers lie on a bright surface. A close-up view of an exhibition panel shows a circular city map of Salzburg with colored markings alongside a portion of a project list.

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