This one-kilometre-long, relatively narrow “superblock" is emblematic of the Social Democratic housing estate of 1920s to 1930s Vienna. The elongated façade fronts of the monumental main volume hide numerous small and very small flats (originally, there were 1,382 for roughly 5,500 inhabitants). High archways open to a greened interior courtyard with former common facilities, such as a bathhouse and washhouse.

• Bauzeit: 1926-1930
• PlanerIn: Karl Ehn
• Client: Stadt Wien
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U4 Heiligenstadt
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The functional spatial concepts of a total of 70 houses – originally furnished – demonstrate innovative housing solutions within minimal spatial confines. An outstanding example of modernism, this model settlement designed by numerous international and local architects headed by Josef Frank resembles a counterweight to the superblocks of Vienna’s municipal housing programme. At the moment, the development is undergoing gradual rehabilitation.

• Bauzeit: 1930-1932
• PlanerIn: Josef Frank
• Client: Stadt Wien
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U4 Ober St.Veit, bus 54B, stop: Gobergasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The three architects/studios designed individual building types arranged as long and curving rows on the rectangular plot at the periphery of the 22nd municipal district Donaustadt. Special building designs for the head-ends of the rows and the extravagant colour scheme adopted by Adolf Krischanitz’s elements endow the estate with its incomparable visual appeal.
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• Bauzeit: 1989-1992
• PlanerIn: Adolf Krischanitz, Herzog & de Meuron, Steidle Architekten
• Client: Österreichisches Siedlungswerk
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U2 Aspernstraße, bus 97A, stop: Goldregengasse
• The chromatic concept for the sections designed by Adolf Krischanitz was developed by Oskar Putz; that for the sections by Herzog & de Meuron was created by Helmut Federle.
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The strikingly orange façade and high brick chimney of the former coffin factory, on whose site this housing project embodying a uniformly communal approach was erected, signal its uniqueness from afar: this “communal housing project” represents a successful model of intertwining the public and the private in a residential context.

• Bauzeit: 1994-1996
• PlanerIn: BKK-2
• Client: Verein für integrative Lebensgestaltung
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U3 Hütteldorferstraße, tram 49, stop: Breitensee
• Accessibility: Ground-floor restaurant during business hours, partly publicly accessible
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The two new blocks share one interior courtyard from where the uniqueness of their design becomes most clearly visible. Bright silkscreen prints of plant motifs on the loggia glazing of one block are reflected in the circular mirrors of its counterpart, adding a breath of fresh air to this gap between buildings in the 10th municipal district Favoriten.

• Bauzeit: 2003-2004
• PlanerIn: querkraft architekten
• Client: WBV-GPA
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U1 Reumannplatz, tram 6, stop: Quellenplatz
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

On the area formerly occupied by the Northern Railway Station, a new neighbourhood – mostly composed of subsidised housing – emerged in several stages around Rudolf Bednar Park, which was completed in 2007. The individual project stages were dedicated to different themes, such as “intercultural housing” or “housing for the young and the young-at-heart”. Individual sub-projects, e.g. “Wohnen mit uns” (Living with Us) or “Bike City”, moreover stand out due to their concepts – in this case, for self-determined housing and housing for urban cyclists. Many renowned Austrian and international architectural studios created designs for this venture, leading to the emergence of a modern and vibrant urban quarter. By 2030, dwellings for a total of 20,000 inhabitants will have been built here.

• Bauzeit: 2008
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U1 Vorgartenstraße
• Accessibility: The open-air zones are publicly accessible
• Foto: Christian Fürthner

The magenta glass parapets of the balconies on the south-western building façade provide a striking long side for adjoining Rudolf Bednar Park as well as, due to the ground-floor section resting atop stilts, a “gate” to the park. An unusual trait of the spatial concept for the flats is the development of a sort of “inside houses” extending across several levels and presenting a unique, individual face.

• Bauzeit: 2007-2009
• PlanerIn: PPAG
• Client: GESIBA
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U1 Vorgartenstraße
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The ground-floor zone of Bike City and its adjoining wing time2live is entirely dedicated to bike use, wellness and an attractive communal space opening into a spacious residential courtyard. Large lifts, wide corridors, bike garages on all floors as well as in front of flats are likewise part and parcel of the concept.

• Bauzeit: 2006-2008
• PlanerIn: königlarch architekten
• Client: GESIBA, BAI
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U1 Vorgartenstraße
• In 2003, an urbanistic idea competition with the motto “Living by the Park” was organised for the lot adjoining Rudolf Bednar Park. The architectural studio PPAG was awarded the project directly adjoining the park, while königlarch architekten was commissioned to design the adjacent Bike City.
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

On a former slaughterhouse site, this housing project and the park in which it is embedded form a new small city quarter in its own right. The structures rest atop stilts, which ensures airy permeability and creates a transition zone to the densely built-up urban area outside, while the transversal block and town villas are characterised by the three-dimensional façade structure of their vertical gardens.

• Bauzeit: 2008-2010
• PlanerIn: Elsa Prochazka
• Client: Österreichisches Siedlungswerk
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U3 Schlachthausgasse, tram 18, stop: Viehmarktgasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

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• Bauzeit: 2008-2009
• PlanerIn: querkraft architekten
• Client: Bauhilfe
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U3 Schlachthausgasse, tram 18, stop: Viehmarktgasse
• Foto: MA19

Condensed housing at the urban periphery is the leitmotif of this innovative model estate based on a master plan by Adolf Krischanitz. The special trait of this project lies in its close interaction with the construction industry and the advantages this has produced with respect to the building material technology of concrete as well as in its architectural-spatial quality, combined with high urbanistic condensation.

• Bauzeit: 2006-2007
• PlanerIn: Adolf Krischanitz, Steidle Architekten, Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten, Hermann Czech, Hans Kollhoff, Heinz Tesar, Diener & Diener Architekten, Peter Märkli, Max Dudler
• Client: Österreichisches Siedlungswerk, GSG
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U4 Hütteldorf, bus 149/153/249, stop: Josef-Ressel-Straße, 10 minutes walk
• Foto: MA19

After five years of citizen participation and planning processes, a highly urban/e housing estate at the periphery of Vienna emerged on the former site of a cable factory (Kabel- und Drahtwerke Aktiengesellschaft, KDAG) in the 12th municipal district Meidling. The diversity of the sections and development types proposed by 7 architectural studios harbours a wealth of different housing styles and an open-space and path system in tune with the surroundings.

• Bauzeit: 2006
• PlanerIn: M&S Architekten, Schwalm-Theiss & Gressenbauer, Hermann & Valentiny, pool Architektur, Martin Wurnig, Branimir Kljajic, Werkstatt Wien, Rainer Pirker, the POOR BOYs ENTERPRISE
• Client: Stadt Wien
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Tscherttegasse
• Accessibility: the open-air zones are publicly accessible, while restaurants/shops are accessible during business hours
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

Close to Marchfeld Canal at the northern periphery of Vienna and boasting an excellent view of undeveloped, open land, this housing project acquires special distinction through the sophisticated concepts applied by the architects. Modular-type split atriums create a wholly novel style of multilevel living. Good-neighbourly contacts are fostered by targeted community organising via interest groups.

• Bauzeit: 2007-2009
• PlanerIn: Walter Stelzhammer
• Client: Wien Süd
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Floridsdorf, tram 30/31, stop: Van-Swieten-Kaserne + 10 minutes walk
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

This residential development is dedicated to the overarching theme of intergenerational housing: 3 generations of architects created intelligent solutions to meet the needs of different life phases. The passive house “Wohnregal” by ARTEC acts as an acoustic barrier for the tranquil, village-type residential zone behind it. The uniform use of timber façades conveys a sense of cohesiveness despite the different architectural languages employed.

• Bauzeit: 2010-2011
• PlanerIn: Hermann Czech, Adolf Krischanitz, Werner Neuwirth
• Client: EBG
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U2 Stadlau
• Accessibility: Only from outside
• Foto: Christian Fürthner

The terraced building offers high-quality housing and open-space situations across all storeys. The range of available dwellings comprises single-person attic flats with large terraces, flexible (patchwork) family apartments whose living rooms allow for the partitioning-off of one or two temporary bedrooms if required, as well as an assisted living community for children without a family. The colour design harmonises the thus created diversity to instil a homogenous neighbourhood feeling with a unique identity.

• Bauzeit: 2009-2011
• PlanerIn: AllesWirdGut, feld72
• Client: EGW, ÖVW
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U2 Hardeggasse
• Accessibility: Only exterior visit possible
• Foto: Christian Fürthner

Since the 2001 Technology Amendment to Vienna’s Building Code, timber is admissible as a construction material for residential buildings. The 3 units on Mühlweg – the outcome of developer’s competitions – smoothly combine concrete structures, which are essential for fire protection and static design, and comprehensive use of timber for structural, interior-design and façade-cladding purposes.

• Bauzeit: 2005
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: tram 26, stop: Rußbergstraße
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

With this project composed of 250 flats in multipart blocks with projecting, spacious verandas, terraces and bays, the architect has created an alternative to closed linear blocks. Light incidence, visual links and optimised functionality are the formal key parameters of a housing project that offers high open space quality despite substantial condensation.

• Bauzeit: 2006-2008
• PlanerIn: RLP Rüdiger Lainer + Partner
• Client: Heimbau
• Building type: Mixed use
• Reachability: U4 Raumannplatz, tram 6, stop: Bernhardtstalgasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

Inter alia, a spacious residential quarter with a park and adjoining education campus was developed on one of Europe’s currently biggest construction sites around the new Vienna Main Station. Despite the presence of several developers, architects and landscape planners, it was possible to plan all open spaces as interlocking zones without fences, thereby ensuring an open and generous courtyard situation within the modern perimeter buildings. With its innovative educational and architectural concept, the education campus is considered one of the City of Vienna’s flagship schools.

• Bauzeit: 2012-2014
• PlanerIn: Albert Wimmer ZT GmbH
• Client: GESIBA, GSG Gesellschaft für Stadtentwicklung und Stadterneuerung
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U1 Keplerplatz
• Accessibility: The open-air zones are publicly accessible
• Foto: Christian Fürthner

With sincere dedication and commitment to the principles of ecological housing construction, the City of Vienna decided to build Europe’s largest passive house development near Belvedere Palace. The original master plan by Norman Foster submitted in 1999 was followed by an urbanistic ideas competition. The already implemented construction stage embodies the manifold formal languages of renowned architectural studios and landscape planners.

• Bauzeit: 2012
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: Tram 71, stop: St. Marx
• Accessibility: The open-air zones are publicly accessible
• Foto: Christian Fürthner

The aspern Vienna’s Urban Lakeside project is one of Europe’s biggest urban development ventures. On this former airfield, a new urban quarter offering 20,000 workplaces and housing for another 20,000 residents is to emerge until 2028. The centre of the Urban Lakeside is formed by a large lake set in the midst of a spacious park. Although the first residents will not move in before late 2014, the U2 Vienna Underground line was extended already in 2013 to this huge area, where identity-fostering activities take place regularly even before the arrival of the first Lakesiders.

• Bauzeit: 2014
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U2 Seestadt
• Accessibility: construction site
• Foto: Christian Fürthner