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Univ.Prof. Arch. Mag.arch. Juri Troy was appointed as University Professor for Wood construction and design in urban areas at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Architecture and Design, opens an external URL in a new window (E253) at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning., opens an external URL in a new window

Juri Troy comes from Bregenz in Vorarlberg. After training in stonemasonry and building construction in Vorarlberg and studying architecture at the University of Innsbruck and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Juri Troy founded his own architectural office in Vienna in 2003, which has been officially known as Juri Troy Architects, opens an external URL in a new window with offices in Vienna and Bregenz since 2011. He was then a board member of the Vorarlberg Professional Association of Visual Artists, a member of the Art Commission of the State of Vorarlberg and a board member of the Austrian Society for Architecture,, opens an external URL in a new window as well as a member of the advisory board for the wood magazine, opens an external URL in a new window. From 2020-23 he held a professorship for climate-friendly and resource-saving architecture at the HFT Stuttgart, opens an external URL in a new window. He also worked as a lecturer at the TU Wien several times. His projects have been honored with, among others, the Austrian Builder's Prize, the International Chicago Athenaeum Award, the Green Good Design Award, the EU's 40 under 40 Award, the Greenbuilding FrankfurtRheinMain Award, as well as numerous timber construction awards.

Juri Troy's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Building Construction and Design 1, opens an external URL in a new window, where he deals with the topic of timber construction.

[Website Juri Troy - Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning, opens an external URL in a new window]

Juri Troy's professorship is a so-called "endowed professorship" and is supported by funds from the Forest Fund, an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management (News Article, opens an external URL in a new window) and is carried out as part of the Think.Wood , opens an external URL in a new windowprogram of the Austrian Wood Initiative.