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Otto Wagner is the most well known architect of Austria. As a teacher at the architectural school, he introduced the Art Nouveau/Secession style and diffused it to his pupils. His masterpieces are famous : the underground stations (particlarly those of Karlsplatz and Schonnbrunn), the houses in Linke Wienzeile, the central post office. His first designs melt eclectism and rationalism with large glass roofs and steel. Around 1900, he introduced Secession patterns and stressed on the building decoration. In the 1910, the decoration integrates itself in the building structure.
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Schutzenhaus : |
Postsparkasse: |
Villa Wagner I : |
Villa Wagner II : |
Secession building |
Villa Vojcik |
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This building wich was intended to be an exhibition building for the Secession movement is now a museum. It was completely destroyed during WWII and was rebuilt in the 1980ies. |
Anker Clock |
Glass Houses | ||
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These two houses have a strong Belgian influence . Josef Plecnik has also built numerous buildings in Prague. | |||
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Terminate this page with Adolf Loos seems logical as he
fought vigourosly the excesses of the Secession style (tattoed
buildings), the decoration of this building is much more rational : the
two parts (marble and glass versus plain cement) distinguish the two
functions of the building as an office and a flat. The house is just in
front of the Burgpalace, but the empror said he always closed his
curtains in order to avoid seeing it.
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