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Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur
- Area: 5 m²
- Year: 2023
Vienna: The Latest Architecture and News
GOH Conversion Gösserhalle / AllesWirdGut Architektur
Social Housing in America: Architects Must Answer the Call
This article was originally published on Common Edge.
If you follow housing policy in America, you may have noticed a particular term cropping up a lot recently: social housing. Maybe you’ve read a longform academic article, live in a city that is codifying a social-housing policy like Seattle or Atlanta, or seen one of the recent mentions in The New York Times, highlighting U.S. and Viennese success stories. On the design front, Dezeen is running a social-housing revival series.
Vienna's Architectural Evolution: 21 Landmarks Spanning Baroque, Secession, and Contemporary Styles
Often referred to as the “City of Music,” Vienna stands as a living testament to architectural evolution across centuries. Bring together an array of styles, ranging from the grandeur of Baroque palaces to the innovative Art Nouveau designs and the Vienna Secession movement, visitors are drawn to the city for its architectural marvels. Vienna's eventful past is reflected in its architectural landscape, which has withstood wars, imperial expansions, and the changes of numerous artistic trends while managing to maintain its unique identity as a symbol of resilience and reinvention.
From Adolf Loos, whose radical ideas challenged the trends of his time, to Otto Wagner, a pioneer of Viennese Modernism, Vienna's architectural legacy continued to evolve. Fast-forwarding to contemporary times, Vienna's skyline bears the mark of internationally renowned architects like Zaha Hadid, whose fluid and futuristic designs push the boundaries of architecture. Hadid's work, including the Library and Learning Center at the University of Economics and Business, offers a dynamic contrast to the city's historic landscape. Moreover, firms like CRAB Studio, founded by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham, bring experimentalism to Vienna's architecture, infusing contemporary concepts into the urban fabric. These architects and firms contribute to Vienna's architectural richness, adding new chapters to its storied history while honoring its innovation and artistic legacy.
Housing for Single Parents / Clemens Kirsch Architektur
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Architects: Clemens Kirsch Architektur
- Area: 7100 m²
- Year: 2022
Villa Minimale / Clemens Kirsch Architektur
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Architects: Clemens Kirsch Architektur
- Area: 35 m²
- Year: 2023
Protest Architecture: DAM's Latest Exhibition Explores the Role of Architecture in Activist Movements
In terms of activism, disruption is a necessary element of effective protest. When acts of disruption spill into the public domain, they carve out spaces through blockades, defenses, and territorial claims, giving rise to ‘protest architecture.’ This concept is the focus of the exhibition organized by DAM – Deutsches Architekturmuseum and the MAK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna. Titled “Protest/Architecture. Barricades, Camps, Superglue,” the event showcases a collection of models, photographs, and films depicting the evolution of protest architecture around the world. The exhibition, curated by Oliver Elser with curatorial assistance and research by Anna-Maria Mayerhofer, is open from September 16, 2023, until January 14, 2024, at the DAM OSTEND in Frankfurt.
House Schmitten / Steiner Architecture
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Architects: Steiner Architecture
- Area: 120 m²
- Year: 2023
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Manufacturers: Artemide, Holzbau Lindner , Prehal Möbel, Sommerer
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Professionals: Quercraft GmbH, Herzog Bau Gmbh, Lautner Bauconsulting GmbH
Florasdorfer Spitz Building / Freimüller Söllinger Architektur + Studio Vlay Streeruwitz
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Architects: Freimüller Söllinger Architektur, Studio Vlay Streeruwitz
- Area: 25110 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Swisspearl, Felbermayer Fenster GmbH, Rauter Concrete Solutions
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Professionals: Carla Lo Landschaftsarchitektur, NASt, con.sens
World's Most Liveable Cities in 2023: Discover the Cities Offering the Highest Quality of Life
For the second consecutive year, Vienna is the world’s most liveable city according to The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2023 Global Liveability Index. Topping the ranking for the fourth time in five years, Vienna has excelled in stability, culture and entertainment, and reliable infrastructure. Copenhagen in Denmark maintained its second position while Melbourne and Sydney came in third and fourth position, rising to the top 5 where they previously had a consistent presence among the leading positions, before the pandemic.
Under the titles of Optimism and Instability, this year’s global index score has returned to pre-Covid-19 days, highlighting that the world has fully recovered from the pandemic. Ranking living conditions in 173 cities based on stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, the survey suggests that nowadays, “life in cities is a bit better than at any time in the past 15 years”, although Stability scores dropped on average in 2023, due to worldwide clashes, political disruptions, social protests, inflation, and wars.
School Campus DOS / SHIBUKAWA EDER Architects
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Architects: SHIBUKAWA EDER Architects
- Area: 17000 m²
- Year: 2022
Office Building Rathausstraße 1 / Schuberth und Schuberth + Stadler Prenn + Ostertag
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Architects: Ostertag, Schuberth und Schuberth, Stadler Prenn
- Area: 12000 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Apavisa, Fritz Hansen, Hansgrohe, Laufen, Admonter Parkett, +14
Wientalterrassen Residential Quarter / Berger+Parkkinen Architekten
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Architects: Berger+Parkkinen Architekten, Christoph Lechner & Partner
- Area: 30000 m²
- Year: 2022
Woody M Buildings Tivoligasse / Freimüller Söllinger Architektur
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Architects: Freimüller Söllinger Architektur
- Area: 10084 m²
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: Carla Lo Landschaftsplanung, RWT plus ZT GmbH, BPS Engineering
Villa M / Delugan Meissl Associated Architects
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Architects: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects
Mario Cucinella Architects To Shape Vienna's Skyline with Two Multifunctional Towers
Mario Cucinella Architects has started constructing two multifunctional towers to shape Vienna’s skyline. Situated in the 2nd district in Vienna, where a dynamic urban development “Viertel Zwei”, has been in the works for some time, the project consists of two highrises, both of different architectural languages and made for different purposes, together providing a complex urban image inserted into context.