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Cities are constantly changing. What often remains are the cellars as parts of buildings that exist underground, which are less exposed to the pressures of modernisation and …
After the success of Unbuildable Tatlin?!, a book is now available on Friedrich Kiesler’s visionary “Endless House”, which was only ever realized in the form of a model. It …
Karl Schwanzer, der 2018 einhundert Jahre alt geworden wäre, ist aus der Architektur- und Zeitgeschichte Österreichs nicht wegzudenken. Seine Bauten, etwa das …
Wie wohnt es sich im vielgelobten 1970er-Jahre-Architektenhaus? „Die Speisekammer ist gelungen ..." Was steckt hinter dem Fassadenwechsel der ehrwürdigen Bank? „Erst nach Herberts …
Large construction sites are not only an expression and driver of technical progress but also, as symbolic places, conveyors of political and cultural messages. In the wake of the …
Kolo Moser was one of the most important universal artists in fin-de-siècle Vienna and is one of the leading representatives of Art Nouveau. His oeuvre includes painting, graphics, …
In Unfolded—Paper in Design, Art, Architecture and Industry paper conquers the third dimension and demonstrates the undreamed-of possibilities it holds today for lightweight …
Jože Plecnik (1872–1957) studierte bei Otto Wagner in Wien. 1911 übernahm er den Lehrstuhl von Jan Kotera in Prag. Seine Wiener Bauten sind Landmarken, in Prag wurde er zum …
Stepped terraced houses as alternative The stepped terraced house is a type of building that meets modern housing requirements: it is economical and offers ample living space with …
Lines are thoughts that can be drawn and are often more precise than words. Only ideas that can be drawn can be translated into a design. 1D, the "first dimension," is thus the …