Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513 345 8400
Artist Details
Architect Victor Gruen was born in 1903 in Vienna, Austria. He studied architecture at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Known as a pioneer of shopping mall design, his notable works include Riverside Plaza, Riverside, CA (1957); Glendale Town Center, Indianapolis, IN (1958); South County Center, St. Louis, MO (1963); and Port Plaza Mall, Green Bay, WI (1977). Gruen died in 1980 in Vienna, Austria.
Bio updated as of 2023.