Tag: Herrengasse

  • Hochhaus Herrengasse

    It´s been some time since the Open House Wien weekend but there is still one building left: The Hochhaus Herrengasse! It´s a building I´ve known my whole life and probably dreamt about visiting it for most of the time. I wondered how it looked and how amazing the view must be.

    To be honest seen from Herrengasse it doesn´t look that spectacular and one wouldn´t see the real hight of it. To built a high-rise-buliding which doesn´t look like one may have been a typical austrian compromise. On its highest point there are 16 stories and it´s 52 metres high. Have a look at the mock-up:

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    Viennas very first high-rise-building was built in 1930/32 on the former area of the Palais Lichtenstein which had been demolished in 1913. Inside the Palais was the famous “Bösendorfer concert hall”, know for its amazing acoustics. The story goes people were crying and sobbing at last concert on May 2th 1913. Stefan Zweig even wrote about it in his memoirs:

    “Als die letzten Takte Beethovens verklangen, vom Rosé-Quartett herrlicher als jemals gespielt, verließ keiner seinen Platz. Wir lärmten und applaudierten, einige Frauen schluchzten vor Erregung, niemand wollte es wahrhaben, dass es ein Abschied war. Man verlöschte im Saal die Lichter, um uns zu verjagen. Keiner von den vier- oder fünfhundert der Fanatiker wich von seinem Platz.” Stefan Zweig “Die Welt von Gestern”

    World War I stopped the plans to built a hotel on this site, it remained a vacant lot until 1930. It not only was the first high-rise-building, it was also a first to design apartments for mostly singles from 20 square metres to 93 square metres.

    It was this urban and modern charm that attracted artists and free spirits to life there, like the actors Oscar Werner, Curd Jürgens, Paula Wessely or the german writer Daniel Kehlmann.

     

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    I´d love to life in this tiny apartment filled with lovely vintage furniture and this amazing view!
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    Have a look at all these amazing historic pictures from Hochhaus Herrengasse! From the building site to the apartments!

  • Above the roofs of Vienna

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    View from Hochhaus Herrengasse.

    I´ve dreamed about standing on the roof terasse of this building forever!

  • Palais Ferstel

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    Palais Ferstel is located between Freyung and Herrengasse, one of the oldest districts of Vienna, the Palais Quarter. The Palais was constructed between 1856 and 1860 by the young architect Heinrich von Ferstel. By its opening in 1860 it was known as Viennas most “up-to-date” building. It provided stylish ballrooms, salons, glass-covered courtyard and the perfect ambience for the Café Central, opened in 1870. Around 1900 it became the meeting point of academics and artists, the „Centralisten“. They used the café as their post address, their working space, their salon and their living room.  You´ll find Peter Altenberg still sitting in the café – or at least a life size figure of this famous guest.

    Today I´d like to take a stroll through the Palais Ferstel Passage – one of the most beautiful passages in Vienna! One of the places where time stands still!

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