High-tech glazing for the staircase and a wide buffer clearance shield the flats – accessed via catwalks – against traffic noise. Bold materials – e.g. tarpaulin used as staircase covering – and the fully transparent look of the long building row make for an avant-garde embodiment of 1990s housing construction in Vienna.

• Bauzeit: 1986-1991
• PlanerIn: Helmut Richter
• Client: Österreichisches Siedlungswerk
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Alt-Erlaa, bus 60A, stop: Carlbergergasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

As one of the first "modern-style" Asian eateries, Kiang I became THE 1980s cult restaurant and pioneered a design approach much in use 20 years later. The selection of materials – red lorry tarpaulin, plastic chairs, aluminium tables and plywood lining – combines with the glazed surfaces of the mirror-covered booths (which can be opened) to create a deliberately un-Viennese atmosphere.

• PlanerIn: Helmut Richter, Heidulf Gerngross
• Client: Thomas Kiang
• Building type: Hotel and restaurants
• Reachability: U1/U4 Schwedenplatz
• Accessibility: During business hours
• Foto: Rupert Christanell