Architecture Guide Vienna

With its world-famous buildings such as the Gothic St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Baroque Hofburg Palace and the magnificent buildings of the Ringstrasse, the Danube metropolis of Vienna has for years been one of the most liveable cities in the world. Secession style and modernism, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos and Josef Frank have left their mark on this historic cityscape just as much as the spectacular new buildings of the international and Austrian crowd of architects are currently doing. But not only outstanding solitaires, also the urban development projects on the city's large infrastructure wastelands such as the former airfield in Aspern or the disused railway stations are definitely worth seeing and experiencing. The same goes for the beginnings of Viennese housing: the social buildings of Red Vienna and the Vienna Werkbundsiedlung. Urban planners, architects and filmmakers have gone in search of traces for this architectural guide. They have tracked down over 200 projects, put together tours and give tips on films, books, coffee houses and sausage stands so that every visitor can be inspired by Vienna's quality of life.