Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Roland Rainer (May 1, 1910 - April 10, 2004) was an Austrian architect.Born in Klagenfurt, Roland Rainer decided to become an architect when he was 18, so he studied at the Vienna University of Technology. His thesis was about the Karlsplatz in Vienna. Then, he left Austria visiting the Netherlands and the German Academy for Urban Design in Berlin. After World War II, he returned to Austria. He then wrote his first theoretical works, including his most famous one Urban design prose.