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Vienna has produced outstanding buildings in all periods of architecture. Imperial splendor beckons just as much as state-of-the-art skyscrapers.

Architecture

Architecture in Vienna

Aida takes you to outstanding architecture of the past and present in Vienna.

Viertel Zwei: In the Zone

What do emerald green water, quirky skyscrapers, mirror finish surfaces, ...

Conference room in the Vienna International Centre

Vienna International Center: Border Crossers

Every day, some 5,000 people from 125 countries leave Austrian territory ...

Filmcasino, exterior view

Back to the Future

Vienna is historic through and through, but just like the city, the ...

Discover a jewel of Adolf Loos

Fans of Adolf Loos are in for a treat as our new weekly guided tour gets ...

Vienna, Modern

Visionary and fantastic, but also monumental and sometimes off-beam: ...

Church of St. Leopold in Lego

Build your own Vienna

There are many ways to take a bit of Vienna home with you. The artist Harald ...

Panoramic shot of the WU Campus

New campus of the University of Economics and Business

Internationally recognized architects designed the new campus of the Vienna ...

View of the Ringstrasse boulevard

Vienna's Ringstrasse

Vienna's Ringstrasse is 5.3 kilometers long. Long enough to provide space ...

The Secession Museum

Art Nouveau and Modernity

In addition to the familiar Gothic and Baroque buildings, Art Nouveau has a ...

An aerial view of urban development

Vienna is constantly evolving and doing so in grand style. The modern ...

Karl Marx Hof, exterior view, park

Social housing

In the 1920s, the city of Vienna began to build social housing for the ...

Werkbund Estate

Werkbund Estate

The Werkbund Estate combines the great architects of the pioneering age of ...

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Center

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Center

An apartment museum for a real Viennese pioneer: Architect Margarete ...

Architecture of Nobel Prize standard

Over the past three decades, Vienna has become the playground for ...

Bridge over the Danube Canal

Historic bridges and fountains

Vienna has more than 1,700 bridges – four times as many as Venice. Also ...

Strudlhofstiege (Strudlhof staircase) in the ninth district

On Vienna’s historic stairways

The viewing terrace of St. Stephen’s Cathedral is reached via 343 steps, ...

Modern architecture

Starting in the 1960s, Viennese post-war architecture has set new accents in ...

Architecture

Architecture in Vienna

Aida takes you to outstanding architecture of the past and present in Vienna.

Viertel Zwei: In the Zone

What do emerald green water, quirky skyscrapers, mirror finish surfaces, ...

Conference room in the Vienna International Centre

Vienna International Center: Border Crossers

Every day, some 5,000 people from 125 countries leave Austrian territory ...

Filmcasino, exterior view

Back to the Future

Vienna is historic through and through, but just like the city, the ...

Discover a jewel of Adolf Loos

Fans of Adolf Loos are in for a treat as our new weekly guided tour gets ...

Vienna, Modern

Visionary and fantastic, but also monumental and sometimes off-beam: ...

Church of St. Leopold in Lego

Build your own Vienna

There are many ways to take a bit of Vienna home with you. The artist Harald ...

Panoramic shot of the WU Campus

New campus of the University of Economics and Business

Internationally recognized architects designed the new campus of the Vienna ...

View of the Ringstrasse boulevard

Vienna's Ringstrasse

Vienna's Ringstrasse is 5.3 kilometers long. Long enough to provide space ...

The Secession Museum

Art Nouveau and Modernity

In addition to the familiar Gothic and Baroque buildings, Art Nouveau has a ...

An aerial view of urban development

Vienna is constantly evolving and doing so in grand style. The modern ...

Karl Marx Hof, exterior view, park

Social housing

In the 1920s, the city of Vienna began to build social housing for the ...

Werkbund Estate

Werkbund Estate

The Werkbund Estate combines the great architects of the pioneering age of ...

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Center

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Center

An apartment museum for a real Viennese pioneer: Architect Margarete ...

Architecture of Nobel Prize standard

Over the past three decades, Vienna has become the playground for ...

Bridge over the Danube Canal

Historic bridges and fountains

Vienna has more than 1,700 bridges – four times as many as Venice. Also ...

Strudlhofstiege (Strudlhof staircase) in the ninth district

On Vienna’s historic stairways

The viewing terrace of St. Stephen’s Cathedral is reached via 343 steps, ...

Modern architecture

Starting in the 1960s, Viennese post-war architecture has set new accents in ...

Tourist information as an architectural hotspot

The tourist information office on Albertinaplatz presents itself as an architectural synthesis of the arts in the heart of Vienna. All visitors to Vienna ...

Tourist Info

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

The Austrian Architecture Museum (Az W) is Austria's only architecture ...

Vienna’s best courtyards

There are countless beautiful courtyards hidden away behind many of the ...

Vienna’s main library

Main Public Library

One of the most fascinating facets of the Main Library of the City Libraries ...

The Uniqa Tower beside the Danube Canal

Architecture Guide (PDF)

20-page guide on new city districts and tours with map available to download

Campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business

Modern architecture

Modern skyscrapers and a university campus designed by international ...

Tourist information as an architectural hotspot

The tourist information office on Albertinaplatz presents itself as an architectural synthesis of the arts in the heart of Vienna. All visitors to Vienna ...

Tourist Info

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

The Austrian Architecture Museum (Az W) is Austria's only architecture ...

Vienna’s best courtyards

There are countless beautiful courtyards hidden away behind many of the ...

Vienna’s main library

Main Public Library

One of the most fascinating facets of the Main Library of the City Libraries ...

The Uniqa Tower beside the Danube Canal

Architecture Guide (PDF)

20-page guide on new city districts and tours with map available to download

Campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business

Modern architecture

Modern skyscrapers and a university campus designed by international ...

Design

Laura Karasinski, Portrait

Beauty and the Bigger Picture

Her style: omnipresent right now. Her mission: to bring beauty into our ...

chair exhibition

Exhibiting Design

Design has a long tradition in Vienna. A number of Vienna’s museums offer an ...

Vienna Now Design

Discovering design in Vienna - with VIENNA/NOW

VIDEO: Diverse and creative, exciting and colorful - design made in Vienna puts you in the mood for more ...

Design Forum in the MuseumsQuartier

Designforum Wien

Designforum Wien is a center for dialogue, responsibility, and mediation whose task it is to ponder design and its function in our time. The basis of ...

Tea service by Josef Hoffmann, 1928

Wiener Werkstätte

The declared objective of the "Wiener Werkstätte" (1903-1932) was to ...

Hotel room at 25hours Hotel close to MuseumsQuartier

A vintage way to stay the night

Vintage is in. Whether fashion, furniture or even hotels. Here come six ...

Laura Karasinski, Portrait

Beauty and the Bigger Picture

Her style: omnipresent right now. Her mission: to bring beauty into our ...

chair exhibition

Exhibiting Design

Design has a long tradition in Vienna. A number of Vienna’s museums offer an ...

Vienna Now Design

Discovering design in Vienna - with VIENNA/NOW

VIDEO: Diverse and creative, exciting and colorful - design made in Vienna ...

Design Forum in the MuseumsQuartier

Designforum Wien

Designforum Wien is a center for dialogue, responsibility, and mediation ...

Tea service by Josef Hoffmann, 1928

Wiener Werkstätte

The declared objective of the "Wiener Werkstätte" (1903-1932) was to ...

Hotel room at 25hours Hotel close to MuseumsQuartier

A vintage way to stay the night

Vintage is in. Whether fashion, furniture or even hotels. Here come six ...

Loos Bar

Experience design & gourmet

Big name architects including Adolf Loos, Matteo Thun, Sir Terence Conran, ...

Coffeehouse

Thonet and the Viennese coffeehouse

Thonet's Vienna coffee house chair is a design icon. The world-famous ...

Woman lying on outdoor furniture in the inner courtyard of the MuseumsQuartier

The famous MQ seating

The modern pieces of outdoor lounge furniture in the MuseumsQuartier are a ...

Wristwatch

Cube Clock for everyday use

The design of the Vienna Cube Clock, a symbol of the city, serves as a model ...

Experience design & gourmet

Big name architects including Adolf Loos, Matteo Thun, Sir Terence Conran, ...

Thonet and the Viennese coffeehouse

Thonet's Vienna coffee house chair is a design icon. The world-famous ...

Woman lying on outdoor furniture in the inner courtyard of the MuseumsQuartier

The famous MQ seating

The modern pieces of outdoor lounge furniture in the MuseumsQuartier are a ...

Cube Clock for everyday use

The design of the Vienna Cube Clock, a symbol of the city, serves as a model ...