ALFRED BERGER
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Born 1961 in Salzburg, Austria. Studies in architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the master school of Timo Penttilä. In 1987 he was awarded the Master Class Prize and graduated in 1989. In collaboration with Werner Krismer and Sepp Müller we won his first competition in 1990 for the Albert Schultz ice rink in Vienna-Donaustadt, which opened in 1995 on the occasion of the Ice Hockey World Championships and won the IAKS Silver Award. Between 2008 and 2011 the hall was refurbished into Austria’s largest, state-of-the-art ice sports center by Berger+Parkkinen Architects. Alfred Berger worked closely together with the professors Timo Penttilä and Massimiliano Fuksas as an assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna for four years. In 2012 he was a lecturer at the Technical University of Vienna. Since 1996 he has been a member of the Chamber of Architects and Chartered Engineering Consultants of Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. Since 2013 chairman of the Timo Penttilä Society; since 2015 member of the architecture advisory board of the Austrian Federal Real Estate Company (BIG), since 2017 chairman.
TIINA PARKKINEN
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Born 1965 in Vienna, Austria, Tiina Parkkinen was later raised in Finland. Her career path began with studies of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the Master’s School of Timo Penttilä. In 1994 Tiina Parkkinen received the Master Class Prize and graduated with distinctions. That same year she became a member of the Finnish Association of Architects. Since 1999 Tiina Parkkinen has been a member of the Chamber of Architects and Chartered Engineering Consultants of Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. Since 2015, Tiina Parkkinen has held the position of the Chairperson for the Alvar Aalto Society Austria.
