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  • Open House Vienna 2015

    Mark your calenders this weekend 82 buildings in Vienna open their doors again and it´s time to explore the city! Unfortunately I forgot to put it in my calender and I´m booked otherwise, but I will not make that mistake again 2016!

    There are maps and books available at Planungswerkstätte, Wien Museum, Architekturzentrum Wien and Stadtinformationszentrum Wien – get yours and start planing your tour!

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    Stunning view over the rooftops of Vienna at Hochhaus Herrengasse
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    Hochhaus Herrengasse
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    Kleine Beamtenstiege at Österreichische Postsparkasse

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  • 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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    St. Sephens
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    Hofburg
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    Rathaus

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    Have a look at all these amazing historic pictures from Hochhaus Herrengasse! From the building site to the apartments!

  • Palmenhaus

    Do you remember those beautiful girls and boys joining me at Burggarten in August? You saw the Palmenhaus (Palm House) in the background and today we´ll take a closer look.

    This stunning greenhouse was built during the Art Nouveau period in 1901 as part of the Hofburg Royal Palace, designed by Friedrich Ohmann. Today the left wing is used as the butterly house, the central part is a popular café and the right wing is normaly closed to the public and only used for special events and of course for housing plants.

    During the Open House Vien weekend it was possible to visit this part and as I walked by anyway I took the opportunity to visit this “true architectural gem”. And felt in love with all this beautiful little details.

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    There is always time for some coffee!
    There is always time for some coffee!