With its glass body obliquely projecting from the southern façade und tapering downwards to a narrow point, this structure – probably the most spectacular of the three adjacent residential high-rises of the Wohnpark Alte Donau cluster – definitely embodies the architectural language of Coop Himmelblau and moreover meets mixed-use requirements by offering common spaces in the form of sky lobbies.

• Bauzeit: 1996-1998
• PlanerIn: Coop Himmelb(l)au
• Client: SEG
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U1-Alt Donau
• Gustav Peichl’s blue-and-white striped "obelisk" with its circular layout and the square cross-section of the NFOG Tower, modified by upper-storey projections, complement the Wohnpark Alte Donau trilogy
• Foto: Rupert Christanell