Helmut DIETRICH
Architekt Dipl.-Ing.
Helmut DIETRICH
geb. 1957, Mellau (A)
M: hd@dietrich.untertrifaller.com
Helmut Dietrich was born in 1957 in Mellau, Bregenzerwald, where he grew up as well. After graduating from high school he studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, where Ernst Hiesmayr, the famous architect and teacher, became his mentor. Helmut Dietrich worked for Paolo Piva in Biella. Piemont. while studying and in 1985, after graduating, he joined Piva´s studio in Venice. In 1986, he opened an architecture firm together with Hermann Kaufmann and Christian Lenz in Vorarlberg. Back then he began collaborating with
Dietrich | Untertrifaller won the competition in 1992 for expanding the Festspielhaus Bregenz. This was the first of many major projects that Dietrich | Untertrifaller architects have completed since 1993. Alter winning the competition for the Wiener Stadthalle, the architects opened their Vienna office 2004. In 2005 once the construction of the new ETH Sport Center in Zurich had been completed they opened another office in Swizerland, joining forces with Christof Stäheli.