Raimund Abraham, 1933 - 2010

Raimund Abraham, one of the great architects of our time has died in Los Angeles. He was a powerful creative force in architecture and a dedicated teacher .

Raimund Abraham graduated in 1958 from the Technical University Graz, Austria. He taught as a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. In 1971 he moved to New York where he taught as an adjunct Professor at the Pratt Institute and at the Cooper Union New York.

Raimund Abraham died due to a car accident on March 4th in Downtown Los Angeles.

It is time to mourn our loss, but also to be grateful that such a unique soul lived among us (Lebeus Woods).

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This essay by Michael was published in the book "form defining strategies", a book about experimental architectural Design. Edited by Asterios Agkathidis, Markus Hudert und Gabi Schillig

Beyond doubt the use of digital technology in architecture led to a simplification of workflow, especially in the pragmatic execution of an elaborated design. On the other hand side these developments had resulted also to an absence of identification and readability. By intensive dealing