Book Description
From the Votivkirche and the Historicism of Vienna’s Ringstrasse via the secessionist movement and Jugendstil to the New Objectivity and Vienna’s Werkbund Housing Estate: 100 objects, approximately 400 coloured illustrations and five proposals for a delectable architectural tour. At last a sound art-historical guide to the architecture of Vienna from 1850 to 1930. Three generations of architects created Vienna’s most important buildings. First and foremost, Otto Wagner, who moved from historicism to become one of the leading secessionist architects, finally paving the way for the New Objectivity. A wide spectrum that not only covers the buildings of Wagner, Hoffmann and Loos, but also lesser known ones as well.


About the Author
BERTHA BLASCHKE. Born in Berlin in 1946. Studied psychology and sociology. Since 1966 an interest in architecture; novels and essays in specialist journals, in which she attempts to draw parallels between the disciplines architecture and psychology. LUISE LIPSCHITZ. Born in Brünn in 1963. Studied civil engineering in Prague and Dresden. Interest since 1995 in Vienna’s housing types; involvement in the preservation of old buildings and urban conservation.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Votivkirche and the historical Ringstrasse, from Secessionist Movement and Jugendstil, to the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) and Vienna's Werkbund Housing Estate, 100 objects, approximately 400 color illustrations, and five proposals for a delectable architectural tour-these are the ingredients of the first and most comprehensive art-historical guide to the architecture of Vienna from 1856 to 1932.