This remarkably attractive, longitudinal volume offering parking space for 230 buses was erected on the former site of the Leopoldau gasworks. Optimum daylight utilisation in the slanting concrete halls and a steel framing roof for the vehicles are among its both functional and aesthetic features.

• Bauzeit: 2004-2006
• PlanerIn: fasch&fuchs.architekten
• Client: Wiener Linien
• Building type: Traffic
• Reachability: tram 30/31, Station: Carabelligasse, bus 36A, stop: Carabelligasse/Ruthnergasse, 10 minutes walk
• Accessibility: Only from outside
• Foto: MA19

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

In this building, new technologies fuse architecture and research: the freestanding structure with its supple façade conveys the scientific competence on the inside to the world outside. An intelligent, energy-efficient membrane envelops the central office for research funding in Austria.

• Bauzeit: 2004-2006
• PlanerIn: M&S Architekten, HNP architects
• Client: BIG
• Building type: Office and government
• Reachability: tram 5, stop: Lazarettgasse, tram 37/38/40/41/42, stop: Währingerstraße
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The conversion and overall rehabilitation of the former Clima Villa Hotel (Ernst Hiesmayr, 1967) into a new residential complex is characterised both by an excellent location among vineyards and unobstructed view of Vienna and by the respect paid to the original architectural concepts. A representative lobby offers access to 20 loft-style flats; an indoor swimming-pool and wine cellar complete the classy ensemble.

• Bauzeit: 2004-2006
• PlanerIn: Hans Peter Petri
• Client: AIV Generali
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: tram D, stop: Nußdorf/Beethovengang, 10 minutes walk
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

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

The new housing estate in Auer-Welsbach-Strasse charms with innovative concepts, car-free green zones and flexible layout solutions proposed by the young architects/studios. Mostly done in concrete, the 6 low structures occupy a narrow plot set between small-scale peripheral estates and large-scale housing complexes.

• Bauzeit: 2005-2007
• PlanerIn: Nicole David, Schauer - Schläffer - Schmoeger, Klaus Stattmann, Sandrine von Klot, tnE Architects, Juri Troy
• Client: EBG
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Meidling-Philadelphiabrücke, bus 62A, stop: Kirchenfeldgasse, 5 minutes walk
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

Tillner&Willinger create an outstanding office building with boldly curving, elliptical lines for one of the most exciting hubs of the city, set above the Stadtbahn arches of Spittelau. The lightweight steel-glass structure contrasts with the massive viaducts and encompasses a sickle-shaped courtyard.

• Bauzeit: 2006-2008
• PlanerIn: Architekten Tillner & Willinger, RAHM Architekten
• Building type: Office and government
• Reachability: U4/U6 Spittelau
• Accessibility: Ground-floor restaurant during business hours
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The housing estate behind the new SOS FamilenRAThaus – a family counselling centre – encircles a large, greened interior courtyard with friendly children’s playgrounds. Glazed bridges and corridors connect the varied, yet harmoniously balanced sections by the Cufer-Glück-Lainer teams and lead to a common rooftop swimming-pool. The sections designed by s&s and Kaufmann feature novel low-energy technology.

• Bauzeit: 2004-2007
• PlanerIn: Margarethe Cufer, Harry Glück, RLP Rüdiger Lainer + Partner
• Client: GESIBA
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: tram 26, stop: Hopfenggasse
• Foto: MA19