Architecture & Modern History

<p>Vienna is usually associated with Baroque and the Ringstrasse. This category collects what came afterward – and what often tells you more about the city.</p>
<p>The Hundertwasserhaus is the best-known residential building in Vienna and is still lived in today; you view it from the outside. The Gasometers are four gas holders from the 19th century that were converted into apartments and an event hall in the 1990s – one of the best-known conversion projects in Europe.</p>
<p>Modern Vienna is represented by the DC Tower, the tallest building in Austria, and the UNO-City (Vienna International Centre), one of the four headquarters of the United Nations.</p>
<p>Weightier are the sites of 20th-century history: the flak tower in the Augarten, for which no convincing solution has been found to this day, and the Palace of Justice, where the First Republic began to fall apart in 1927. The Architekturzentrum Wien (Architecture Center Vienna) provides the context.</p>
<p>It's striking how much of this costs nothing. The Hundertwasserhaus, the Gasometers, the flak tower and the Palace of Justice are viewed from the outside or in their publicly accessible areas; you only need tickets for observation decks and guided tours.</p>
<p>If you're interested in Art Nouveau (Jugendstil), in Vienna you'll find it above all in the work of Otto Wagner: besides the Church am Steinhof, there are the Stadtbahn stations along the Gürtel and at Karlsplatz, the Majolikahaus façade on the Wienzeile and the Postsparkasse (Postal Savings Bank) in the city center.</p>

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About Architecture & Modern History in Vienna

Vienna is usually associated with Baroque and the Ringstrasse. This category collects what came afterward – and what often tells you more about the city.

The Hundertwasserhaus is the best-known residential building in Vienna and is still lived in today; you view it from the outside. The Gasometers are four gas holders from the 19th century that were converted into apartments and an event hall in the 1990s – one of the best-known conversion projects in Europe.

Modern Vienna is represented by the DC Tower, the tallest building in Austria, and the UNO-City (Vienna International Centre), one of the four headquarters of the United Nations.

Weightier are the sites of 20th-century history: the flak tower in the Augarten, for which no convincing solution has been found to this day, and the Palace of Justice, where the First Republic began to fall apart in 1927. The Architekturzentrum Wien (Architecture Center Vienna) provides the context.

It's striking how much of this costs nothing. The Hundertwasserhaus, the Gasometers, the flak tower and the Palace of Justice are viewed from the outside or in their publicly accessible areas; you only need tickets for observation decks and guided tours.

If you're interested in Art Nouveau (Jugendstil), in Vienna you'll find it above all in the work of Otto Wagner: besides the Church am Steinhof, there are the Stadtbahn stations along the Gürtel and at Karlsplatz, the Majolikahaus façade on the Wienzeile and the Postsparkasse (Postal Savings Bank) in the city center.

Frequently asked questions

No, the Hundertwasserhaus is an inhabited Gemeindebau (municipal housing), and the apartments are not open to visitors. You view the façade from the outside, and that's what it's really about. Opposite is the Hundertwasser Village with shops and a café, which follows the same design approach and is open to visitors.

Yes, there are guided tours of the Vienna International Centre, which must be booked in advance. Because it's international territory, you need a valid photo ID, and there's an airport-style security check. Dates and languages vary – check what's available before you go.

Otto Wagner shaped the cityscape like no other architect. His Church am Steinhof in the 14th district (Penzing) is considered one of the most important religious buildings of modernism. Add to that the Stadtbahn stations along the Gürtel and at Karlsplatz, the Majolikahaus façade on the Wienzeile and the Postsparkasse in the city center.