The colour design by artist Gerwald Rockenschaub for the bay windows, loggias, balconies and canopies, which also convince with their interesting spatial positioning, is certainly the most striking element of the two city villas and rows of houses. Colourful and attractive, the plastic façade structure cheerfully complements the greened areas of this housing estate.

• Bauzeit: 2005-2006
• PlanerIn: Gert M. Mayr-Keber
• Client: BUWOG
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U3 Simmering, bus 73A, stop: Geringergasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

Parallel to the extension of the U3 Underground line to Simmering, a new sub-centre with shops, offices and flats was built in the vicinity of the Eastern Railway Station. The complex composed of two separate edifices – a 60-metre high-rise and a lower cube – creates a striking signal and revives the visual connections between the existing building stock and the Underground station.

• Bauzeit: 2000-2002
• PlanerIn: Blaich + Delugan Architekten
• Client: GSG Gesellschaft für Stadtentwicklung und Stadterneuerung, Wiener Stadtwerke Beteiligungsmanagement GmbH
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U3-Simmering
• Foto: Rupert Christanell