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| MARTIN LUTHER CHURCH IN HAINBURG, AUSTRIA, BY COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
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August 24, 2011
 In less than a year a protestant church was built in the centre of the Lower Austrian town Hainburg. The shape of the building is derived from that of a huge "table", with its entire roof construction resting on the legs of the "table" - four steel columns. Another key element is the ceiling of the prayer room: its design language has been developed from the shape of the curved roof of a neighboring Romanesque ossuary - the geometry of this century-old building is translated into a form, in line with the times, via today's digital instruments.
Like other projects of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU the roof elements of the church building were assembled in a shipyard. The implementation of the intricate geometries required specific technologies of metal-processing and manufacturing only available in shipbuilding industry. The reference to shipbuilding is at the same time also reminiscent of Le Corbusier who served as an important role model, not least because of his La Tourette monastery.
 Wolf D. Prix, Design Principal of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU received the "Komtur Cross in Silver of the Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria" on 29 June 2011 from the hands of the governor of Lower Austria Dr. Erwin Pröll during a ceremonial act in St. Pölten, Lower Austria.
"Wolf D. Prix is an internationally renowned architect who has set milestones and achieved a great lifework" said governor Pröll in his laudation. He also said thank you for his willingness to architecturally enrich Lower Austria.
"To have grown up in Lower Austria left a permanent impression on me" said Wolf D. Prix in his acceptance speech. "The distinction of the federal state Lower Austria is very exciting for me".
Prix had donated the design for the shortly completed Martin Luther Church Hainburg to his hometown.
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