The Künstlerhaus rises at Karlsplatz as a substantial neo-Renaissance villa, built between eighteen sixty-five and eighteen sixty-eight. Its design, characterized by an Italian-inspired facade, was the work of architect August Weber.…
Vienna Secession Walk
Trace the birth of Viennese modernism through the bold, revolutionary architecture around Karlsplatz and the Wienzeile. You'll see Otto Wagner's elegant transit pavilions, the iconic golden-domed Secession building, and stunning floral facades that broke away from strict imperial styles.
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1. Artist House
2. Wien Museum Otto Wagner Pavillon Karlsplatz
The Otto Wagner Pavillon Karlsplatz is recognizable by its elegant white marble panels, iron frames, and distinctive apple-green paint, accented by gilded sunflower motifs. Built in eighteen ninety-eight and eighteen ninety-nine, these two…
3. Café Museum
The Café Museum is identifiable by the simple, gold-lettered sign on a white background above the entrance at the corner of Friedrichstraße and Operngasse. Opened in eighteen ninety-nine, the café occupies the ground floor of a building…
4. Secession
You can identify the Secession building by the sprawling, gilded sphere of metal laurel leaves that crowns its roof. Residents of Vienna famously nicknamed this intricate dome the golden cabbage. The structure itself consists of stark,…
5. Wienzeilenhäuser von Otto Wagner
The Wienzeilenhäuser consist of three apartment buildings constructed between eighteen ninety-eight and eighteen ninety-nine. They are distinguished by their bold departure from the historicist styles common in nineteenth-century Vienna,…
6. Kettenbrückengasse
Kettenbrückengasse serves as a border between the fourth and fifth districts of Vienna, recognizable by the line of Biedermeier-era buildings that define much of its historic character. The street was originally known as Lumpertgasse, but…