historic house in Vienna

Hundertwasser House

Also known as Hundertwasserhaus

A municipal housing block redesigned by Friedensreich Hundertwasser with uneven floors, tree tenants growing from windows, and a facade free of straight lines. The building is residential and cannot be entered, but the exterior is the point.

Vienna’s most photographed municipal apartment building, completed in 1985 after Chancellor Bruno Kreisky personally invited Friedensreich Hundertwasser to design it. The building has 53 apartments, 250 trees growing from its balconies and roof terraces, deliberately uneven floors, and a facade in colliding colors and mosaic tiles designed to reject every principle of architectural restraint. Hundertwasser took no fee. People live here; the interior is private. The Kunst Haus Wien museum across the street is the logical combination, holding Hundertwasser’s paintings and architectural designs. Exterior at Kegelgasse 36-38, 1030 Vienna. Check hundertwasser-haus.info for current information.

Type
historic house
Destination
Vienna
Cost
Paid entry
Founded
1985
Era
Contemporary
Address
Kegelgasse 36-38, 1030 Wien, 1030 Vienna
Coordinates
48.2058, 16.3966
Official website
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