![]() Obviously buildings Wienzeile n✣8-40 Linka, despite their differentĭecor, is intended to be a set using effectively the situation in theĬorner of the street. Historicism characteristic of his early work and adherence to Viennese Secessionist movement The mature stage of the architect shows their final break with So he could develop his ideas to the extreme. Otto Wagner was the owner of the buildings in the Linke Wienzeile 38-40 2017)Īpartment Building in Linke Wienzeile and Köstlergasse 1 The bottom two floors are treated as a base with ironwork that extends Number 40 on the left, the so-called Majolica, was named after theįlowered tile which covers the magnificent facade. Time they were felt to be "hideous beyond measure."īuildings, side-by-side and of constant height and modulation, togetherįorm an unparalleled decorated Secessionist wall of dwellings and shops. 38Īnd 40, built near the center of Vienna, date from this period. The t wo apartment houses on Linke Wienzeile, no. Künsterhaus which had recommended him for these commissions and joined Wagner shocked the Vienna community when, in 1899, he left the His work on the Stadbahn and on the bridges and locks along the DanubeĬanal. Wagner's reputation was firmly established in Vienna on the basis of Fodor's Travel: Otto Wagner Houses (online Jan. Much so that their baroque-period neighbor is ignored. 38) that gloriously brighten the facades of the adjacent house-so Joseph Olbrich and Koloman Moser, who designed the ornate Jugendstil Window treatments meant to reflect the orderly layout of the apartmentsįor exterior decoration, he turned to his younger Secessionist cohorts Wagner banished classical decoration and introduced a newĪrchitectural simplicity, with flat exterior walls and plain, regular The grand old man of Viennese fin-de-siècle architecture, Otto Wagner.Ī good example of what Wagner was rebelling against can be seen nextĭoor, at Linke Wienzeile 42, where decorative enthusiasm has blossomed the latter better known as the " Majolica House"-designed (1898–99) by If rather ordinary, lot, but two stand out: Linke Wienzeile 38 and 40 The apartment houses that line the Wienzeile are an attractive, "Otto Wagner Vienna: Modernism and Art Nouveau." Vienna Unwrapped (online Jan. (Even the most functional items like nails look Wagner’s modernist and art nouveau pieces celebrate the beauty of He essentially brought the city into the 20th century. Otto Wagner: Austrian architect, furniture designer, interior decorator, artist and rebel Otto Wagner holds the key to Viennese Art NouveauĪrchitecture. The best are the Austrian Postal Savingsīank, villas, railway stations, and residential buildings to the mostīeautiful Art Nouveau were on the Danube. The trained architect, visual artist and brick layer shaped Vienna withĪ series of constructions. ![]() Otto Wagner (1841 to 1918) was one of the founding members of the revolutionary artists’ association Vienna Secession. Gilded stucco medallions done by Koloman Moser, another great Austrian Art Nouveau artist and painterīaroque Revival building across the street ![]() Note dual finial female figures at top of building (detail below:) The floors of the two buildings are misaligned but are joined by a "balcony column" The commercial groundįloor, large glass part, lightens the construction." - en.wikiarquitectura (online Jan. Surrounded externally with a narrow balcony. The areas devoted to stores and extending to the upper two floors "The two lower floors are used as a base, with a wrought iron comprising Otto Wagner himself lived in the building for a few years.Ĭorner shaped as a quarter of a circle, a then ground-breaking solution. Note the similarity of color on the balcony and on the front entrance Wagner moves away from relief ornaments and decorates the surface of the building with the weather-proof majolika tiles Overhanging eaves decorated with poppy flowers, green acanthus leaves. 2017)Īrt Nouveau vibrant, glazed colors on the " majolica" tiles. Junction between buildings on either side is managed by the use of a With lion heads in relief and an elaborate overhanging eave. The floral pattern from red to green toward to roof, finally capped The top with the green iron base, a gradual increase in complexity of There is a gradation of detail and color from the bottom to The influence of the shops up into the second floor with a narrowīalcony. ![]() "The bottom two floors are treated as a base with ironwork that extends
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