Coop Himmelblau (Corporate Name)

Coop Himmelblau, architecture is now, 1983: t.p. (Coop Himmelblau) introd. (f. in 1968 in Vienna by a team of architects promoting conceptual architecture)

LC data base, 4-19-84 (hdg.: Coop Himmelblau)

Vienna Architecture Conference (1992 : Vienna, Austria). The end of architecture, 1993: p. 130 (Coop Himmelblau, founded by Wolf D. Prix, b. Vienna 1942 and Helmut Swiczinsky, b. Poland 1944; Frank Stepper, b. Stuttgart 1955, joined group 1991)

Paradise cage, c1996: t.p., etc. (Coop Himmelb(l)au)

Covering + exposing, 2000: t.p. (Coop Himmelb(l)au) p. 8 (Coop Himmelb(l)au: the letter l has been in brackets ... suggesting less dreaming (Himmelblau = sky blue) and more actual building (Himmelbau = sky building))

E-mail correspondence from Coop Himmelb(l)au Communication, May 17, 2001 (COOP HIMMELB(L)AU has never been just "COOP HIMMELB(L)AU"; in the Trade Directory COOP HIMMELB(L)AU is listed as "Coop Himmelblau, Prix & Swiczinsky Ges.m.b.H."; as artists, Wolf D. Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky are "COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky + Partner")