Little Black Dress / AllesWirdGut Architektur

© Hertha Hurnaus

Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur
Location: , Austria
Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus

FK Austria Wien Training Academy / Franz Architekten + Atelier Mauch

© Stephan Wyckoff

Architects: Franz ZT gmbh +
Location: Vienna,
Project area: 2,630 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Stephan Wyckoff

Hauptbahnhof Campus Project / PPAG Architects

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Situated in Vienna, , PPAG Architects shared with us their winning competition entry for the campus project consisting of a kindergarten, primary and junior high school. Their design is based on the new and ambitious education guidelines of the city of Vienna. The project promotes a typological paradigm shift regarding the spatial articulation of classroom and interior-exterior activities across the entire campus.  More images and architects’ description after the break.

Intercity Vienna / SADAR + VUGA

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SADAR + VUGA’s competition entry for the Intercity of , is an urban redevelopment that stands as a symbol of quality architecture of the 21st century and one that uses the urban contextual history in its vision of the contemporary lifestyle.  The site of this mixed use urban development is near the new railway station, which makes Intercity a node for newly arriving visitors to see Vienna through the context of the new architecture.

More images and information on this project after the break.

Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom-Stilwerk / Ateliers Jean Nouvel

© Julien Lanoo

Opening its doors to the public in December 2010, ’s latest project, Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom-Stilwerk is comprised of a variety of uses.  Featuring a 5 star hotel with 182 bedrooms and suites, the mixed-use project also includes conference rooms, a fitness club, a restaurant with panoramic views on the 18th floor, retail trade area of 4,900 sqm and a public parking lot.

Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Location: Vienna,
Collaborators: Pipiloti Rist, Alain Bony, Henri Labiole, Patrick Blanc
Photographs: Julien Lanoo

Krautgarten / Caramel Architekten

© Hertha Hurnaus

Architects: Caramel Architekten
Location: ,
Client: Bauhilfe Gemeinnützige gmbh
Project area: 2,705 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2010
Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus

Wohngarten Sensengasse / Josef Weichenberger Architects

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Architects: Josef Weichenberger Architects
Location: ,
Project area: 3,050 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2009
Photographs: Lisa Rastl, Josef Weichenberger Architects

School of Nursing in the Kaiser Franz Joseph Hospital / lichtblau.wagner architekten

© Rupert Steiner

Architects: lichblau.wagner architekten
Location: ,
Project area: 7,990 sqm
Project year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Rupert Steiner

Media Architecture Biennale in Vienna

Media density is not congruent with urban density. Moreover it relentlessly expands seamlessly into suburban, rural, and rurban areas. Media Territories are describing the effects of independent densities with a surprising variety of stratifications hence challenging traditional categories. Features of public space like activism, consumerism, leisure, surveillance, to name just a few of the possible behaviors and plots are increasingly transforming Media Architecture.

The Media Architecture Biennale 2010 will link stakeholders willing to shape the evolution of Media Territories in Economy, Urbanism, Design, Arts and Architecture.

Media Architecture Biennale 2010 comprises an exhibition, a conference and workshops, which are closely coordinated. Some of the projects on exhibit are discussed in the context of the conference. Topics of the conference are illustrated by objects on exhibition. Events are planned so that they offer the best possible framework for the discussion of current topics, for getting to know each other and for the development of project ideas. It is planed to hold the event bi-annually in in the future.

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Andreasgasse / BWM Architekten und Partner

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Architects: BWM Architekten und Partner
Location: Mariahilfer Straße, Vienna.
Materials: , bricks, glass (no prefabricated products)
Total space 2,830 sqm
Total floor space 3,396 sqm
Finishing date: March 2009
Photos: Courtesy of BWM

Pallet House / Schnetzer Andreas Claus + Pils Gregor

With all the sustainable and recycled projects, it is always fun to feature one that incorporates a  material being used differently from its intended use, which we haven’t seen before.  Of course, we can discuss whether the repetition of a recycled element categorizes it as a piece of architecture, yet, no matter our standing on that, we should agree that the pallets’ new function provides a surprisingly nice touch on the home’s exterior (especially with respect to the night time images).  The home, entitled Pallet house is the creation of two students from the University of , and as the name suggests, reuses pallets to form a modular, energy efficient and affordable housing.   The idea stemmed from a competition back in 2008, which the duo took first for, and now the homes have been exhibited in several European cities including Venice, , Linz and Grenoble.  Currently in South Africa, the home costs 11USD per sq foot and could become a clever approach to low income housing.

More images after the break.

Bridge in Vienna / SOLID architecture

Architects: SOLID architecture
Location: ,
Project Team: Christine Horner, Christoph Hinterreitner
Structural Engineering: RWTplus ZT GmbH
Client: Österreichische Lotterien GmbH
Competition Year: 2008
Completion Year: 2009
Photographs: Günter Kresser

Vienna University Campus competition winners announced

Austria’s Federal Minister of Science and Research Johannes Hahn, City Councillor Rudolf Schicker (Department for Urban Development and Traffic) together with Vienna University and Budesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG), have just announced the winning projects that will build the new campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

The following projects were selected:

Zaha Hadid Architects – Zaha Hadid, Germany Library & Learning Center (LLC)
Hitoshi Abe Studio – Hitoshi Abe; Japan Department Building (O2)
Estudio Carme Pinos, Spain Department Building (W1)
NO.MAD Arquitectos – Eduardo Arroyo, Spain Executive Academy (W1-EA)
CRABstudio Architects – Peter Cook, England Department Building (W2)