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

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 the covering of the Danube riverside motorway, this site, which originally had been singled out for the aborted Vienna-Budapest World’s Fair of 1995, was envisioned by the development company WED to become a new urban expansion area. Since 1998, intense construction activities include housing estates and office towers in this satellite centre efficiently linked to Vienna’s city by the U1 Underground line.

• Bauzeit: 1990-1999
• PlanerIn: Margarethe Cufer, Hans Hollein, Adolf Krischanitz, Hermann Czech, Arata Isozaki, Roman Delugan, Gustav Peichl, Heinz Neumann, Michael Loudon, Wilhelm Holzbauer
• Client: WED
• Building type: Urban planning
• Reachability: U1-Kaisermühlen - Vienna Int. Centre
• Accessibility: The open-air zones and churches are publicly accessible, the lobby of the Tech Gate Tower is publicly accessible, model of Donau City on 1st floor
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

As the first of its kind, the Kleines Café by Hermann Czech established a specific pub/café type that was later to be varied many times over. Covering only a minimal surface and extending over several levels, enriched by sophisticated details and mirror effects, recurring to elements of Vienna’s traditional coffeehouses and deftly reinterpreting them, the interior conveys the pleasant impression of a convivial, atmospheric, old-style café.

• Bauzeit: 1970
• PlanerIn: Hermann Czech
• Client: Hans Neuffer, Hanno Pöschl
• Building type: Hotel and restaurants
• Reachability: U1/U3 Stephansplatz
• Accessibility: During business hours
• Foto: Rupert Christanell