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If you were told that one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions was a block of council flats, and not one from the inter-war period when Rotes Wien spawned such monoliths as the Karl-Marx-Hof, then you would be forgiven for thinking that your leg was being pulled.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist and architect, who is either loved or loathed by the Austrians, was commissioned to design a "Gemeindebau" - or council tenement block in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The resulting Hundertwasserhaus has a near "Hansel and Gretel" appearance, being a multi-coloured, convention defying building to say the least. There are trees on the roof and there are irregularly shaped windows, pavements (deceptively flat!) and as with a lot of Hundertwasser's works, a large amount of Vitreo-ceramic tiling. The effect is certainly different, especially when seen from a distance surrounded by blandish Jugendstil blocks.
Because it is a tenement block, you cannot go inside, although there is a coffee shop next door, and there you can can information about the interiors. Purists will claim that Hundertwasser's creation is out of place, although it is well worth seeing even if you decide you don't like it. It is a little bit off the beaten track (on the N tram route) or five minutes walk from Rochusgasse U Bahn Station (U3) in Löwengasse. This is certainly something worth taking a look out, perhaps if you are returning from the Prater (home of the Riesenrad).
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Geradine 03.12.2000 20:36
Du hast gesagt. du hast Deutsch studiert, also schreibe ich auch in deutsch. Ich bin eigentlich ein Autor bei Ciao-Germany und wollte nur ein bißchen schauen, was hier si abgeht. Kannst ja auch mal bei uns rein schauen. Dort ist mein name auch Geradine. Liebe Grüße, Geradine
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