Close to Marchfeld Canal at the northern periphery of Vienna and boasting an excellent view of undeveloped, open land, this housing project acquires special distinction through the sophisticated concepts applied by the architects. Modular-type split atriums create a wholly novel style of multilevel living. Good-neighbourly contacts are fostered by targeted community organising via interest groups.

• Bauzeit: 2007-2009
• PlanerIn: Walter Stelzhammer
• Client: Wien Süd
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Floridsdorf, tram 30/31, stop: Van-Swieten-Kaserne + 10 minutes walk
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

A research project conducted by the architects and commissioned by the Vienna Business Agency resulted in an innovative passive house concept for a university of applied sciences, labs and offices. One of the most ambitious office projects in Europe, the building successfully reduces its energy consumption by 80 percent and sets new standards with regard to resource conservation and sustainability.

• Bauzeit: 2008
• PlanerIn: POS architekten
• Client: WWFF
• Building type: Mixed use
• Reachability: S1/S2/S7/S9/S15 train, stop: Siemensstraße, bus 31A, stop: Giefinggasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

The housing estate behind the new SOS FamilenRAThaus – a family counselling centre – encircles a large, greened interior courtyard with friendly children’s playgrounds. Glazed bridges and corridors connect the varied, yet harmoniously balanced sections by the Cufer-Glück-Lainer teams and lead to a common rooftop swimming-pool. The sections designed by s&s and Kaufmann feature novel low-energy technology.

• Bauzeit: 2004-2007
• PlanerIn: Margarethe Cufer, Harry Glück, RLP Rüdiger Lainer + Partner
• Client: GESIBA
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: tram 26, stop: Hopfenggasse
• Foto: MA19

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

Since the 2001 Technology Amendment to Vienna’s Building Code, timber is admissible as a construction material for residential buildings. The 3 units on Mühlweg – the outcome of developer’s competitions – smoothly combine concrete structures, which are essential for fire protection and static design, and comprehensive use of timber for structural, interior-design and façade-cladding purposes.

• Bauzeit: 2005
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: tram 26, stop: Rußbergstraße
• Foto: Rupert Christanell