03XX Forschung als Fortschreibung von Selbstnarrativen?

The Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) remained professionally and politically active well into old age. Nevertheless, scholarly research on her life and work has largely focused on the period before 1945, particularly on two relatively short phases: her early professional years in Red Vienna (1920–1925) and her work for the New Frankfurt public housing programme (1926–1930). This article examines how this narrowed representation of Schütte-Lihotzky’s life came into being and argues that she herself played a significant role in shaping it. Beginning in the 1970s, through her publications and media presence, she actively contributed to the construction of the image that still dominates scholarly discourse today. The article traces the development and influence of this autobiographical narrative and highlights the resulting blind spots in the existing body of research on Schütte-Lihotzky.