-
Categories
Popular Posts
- August 5, 2009 : Tropical Rainforest - 1,697 User Views
- July 11, 2009 : Viking Architecture - 697 User Views
- August 7, 2009 : Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres - Chartres, France - 555 User Views
- August 19, 2009 : Church on the Water – Japan - 508 User Views
- July 14, 2009 : The Schnabel House - Frank O. Gehry - 456 User Views
- July 30, 2009 : Nazca Lines - Peru - 449 User Views
- July 29, 2009 : Statue of Christ the Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 398 User Views
- August 7, 2009 : Pont Alexandre III - Paris, France - 348 User Views
- July 29, 2009 : Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut - France - 302 User Views
- August 6, 2009 : Neuschwanstein Castle - Bavaria, Germany - 298 User Views
-
-
Random Posts
- Cuba Nature Travel - Soroa Orchid Garden and Waterfall
- Jordan
- Ferrari Research Centre – Modena, Italy
- Giant Panda - Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- Berlin Potsdamer Platz
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Baghdad Kiosk at Topkapi Palace
- Vizcaya Bridge - Bilbao, Spain
- Monet and Impressionism
- The U.S. Capitol and White House - Washington D.C.
Popular Search Terms
Random Search Terms
Meta
Tag Archives: Vienna
Vienna Rooftop Modelling
Wolf D. Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky founded Coop Himmelbau in 1968. This is the project that put the Vienna-based architects on the architectural Deconstructivist map. The relatively small-scale commission came from Schuppich, Sporn, and Winischhofer. Share on Facebook
Posted in Architecture, Recent Posts
Tagged Architecture, Coop Himmelbau, Deconstructivist, Rooftop Modelling, Vienna
Leave a comment
Vienna Millennium Tower
At 663 feet, the Millennium Tower is the tallest building in Austria and one of the tallest in Europe – at least until the completion of the skyscrapers destined to redesign the City of London’s skyline. Since its construction in … Continue reading
Posted in Skyscrapers
Tagged Architecture, Austria, Europe, Modernism, Modernist, Skyscrapers, Vienna
Leave a comment
Vienna Twin Tower
Towering over a low-level business district, the Vienna Twin Tower is a triumph of the slender high rise in a city that prohibited the construction of skyscrapers until as recently as the early 1990s. It is located in a new … Continue reading
Posted in Skyscrapers
Tagged Architecture, Austria, Massimiliano Fuksas, Modernism, Skyscrapers, Vienna, Wien
Leave a comment
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station – Vienna
Otto Wagner’s twin pavilions for the Karlsplatz Station wielded great polemical force at the beginning of the 20th century, when there was a fascination with modes of transport and travel. At that time, architects and critics talked about the ‘representative’ … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Architecture, Austria, Great Buildings, Otto Wagner, Secession, Secession Movement, Vienna, Vienna Secession, Wien
Leave a comment
Vienna Secession Building
The motto that graces the portal of the Secession Building – ‘To the Time its Art, To Art its Freedom’ – can be understood as the rallying cry of the group of progressive artists who ‘seceded’ from the Austrian academy … Continue reading