The Wien City ship docking station is more than just a pier for ships. Rather, the building creates the missing link between vibrant Schwedenplatz square and the peaceful bank of Danube Canal and thus offers an urban site on the water with a surrounding promenade. The building serves as a canopy for the waiting area of the city cruise ships and the Twin City Liner to Bratislava. Inside the structure, there is a 2-level café/restaurant with a pleasant view of Danube Canal. The interior of the café was designed to recall the Italian espresso culture of the 1950s.

• Bauzeit: 2009-2010
• PlanerIn: fasch&fuchs.architekten
• Client: Wiener Donauraum Länden und Ufer Betriebs- und Entwicklungs-GmbH
• Building type: Traffic
• Reachability: U1/U4-Schwedenplatz
• Accessibility: During business hours
• Foto: Christian Fürthner

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