Known for his unusual building proposals, Tschapeller’s large-scale projects include the BVA 1, 2, and 3 series for the Vienna headquarters of the Austrian Insurance Fund for Public Employees; the design for the construction of a hotel in the Schwarzenberg Palace Garden in Vienna; and the European Cultural Centre between the Palatine Chapel and the city hall in Aachen, Germany. ​​​​​The administrative building of the municipal authority in Murau, Austria (2002) and the St. Joseph House (2007) embody some of his quintessential ideas.

Wolfgang Tschapeller was initially trained as a carpenter and studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Tschapeller has taught as a visiting professor at Cornell University, the University of Art and Design in Linz, Austria, and the State University of New York in Buffalo, as well as other academic institutions.