OLBRICH VIENNA SECESSION BUILDING WINDOWS

Johann von Herbeck, the founder of the Vienna Singverein, was born here in 1831.ġ0. The Secession Building clearly influenced the ornamentation of this structure on Fleischmarkt.

Apartment building with shops on Fleischmarkt 14įerdinand Dehm & Franz Olbricht, 1898-1899

OLBRICH VIENNA SECESSION BUILDING WINDOWS

The plant carpet is especially dense between the windows of the upper floor.ĩ. The floral ornaments that extend over the entire façade were designed by Otto Wagner’s student Alois Ludwig. The tiles are weather-proof and can be easily cleaned. The façade of this famous building is decorated with majolica tiles produced in the Wienerberger factory. Its corner solution is spectacular as well. It is decorated with the golden ornaments by Koloman Moser and the sculptures on the roof are by Othmar Schimkowitz. This building and the Majolikahaus next to it with their flat and colourful façade ornamentation are a decisive breakaway from the architecture of Historisism. The Emperor used the pavilion only twice. Unlike the other Stadtbahn stations, it has a Baroque-influenced dome, which makes it look slightly more conservative than, for example, the station located at Karlsplatz. The Stadbahn station was built on Wagner’s initiative for Emperor Franz Joseph I and his entourage. Today, one of the pavilions serves as an exhibition space, the other one is used as a café. The floral ornaments are the work of Joseph Maria Olbrich. They are very rationalist buildings, even though much more heavily ornamented than all the other stations. These pavilions are, unlike the other stations of the Stadbahn, made of steel framework with marble slabs mounted on the exterior.

It consists of two pavilions lying opposite to one another at Karlsplatz.

This station, originally named after Akademiestraße, is the most outstanding of the historical stations of Vienna. This station, named after a chain bridge that crossed the Wien River since 1828-1830, opened in 1899 among the other stations of the Wiener Stadbahn. This is one of the few preserved stations of the Wiener Stadtbahn. It is also one of the best works of Otto Wagner. It is, as a whole, a major example of late-Historicist and early-Art Nouveau architecture in the city. The Wiener Stadtbahn, the public transportation system of Vienna, operated since 1898. The adjoining buildings and the lock are thought to be the work of Sigmund Taussig. The Schemerlbrücke is named after an Austrian official who designed the first plans to regulate the Danube in 1810. The Secessionist administration building has a roof platform that served as an observation post. It is adorned with imposing columns topped with lions made of bronze by Rudolf Meyr. Because of the prominent location of the weir, it was designed by Wagner as particularly impressive, as a gate to the city. The weir, the Schemerlbrücke and the administration building are the works of Otto Wagner. They help maintain sufficient amount of water in the canal so that ships could pass it, and they protect the canal from floods and ice. They were constructed with the purpose of transforming the Donaukanal into a winter harbour. These works of hydraulic engineering are located at the point where the Donaukanal leaves the Danube. Nussdorf weir, the Schemerlbrücke, and administration building The building is also home to Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze.Ģ. The entrance doors were designed by Georg Klimt, the gorgons above the doors are the work of Othmar Schimkowitz, and the six owls on the side façades are by Koloman Moser. It was also the title of the magazine of the movement.

Under the dome there is the motto of the Secession in golden letters: ‘Der Zeit ihre Kunst, der Kunst ihre Freiheit’ (‘To every age its art, to every art its freedom.’) The other motto, ‘Ver Sacrum’ (‘Holy Spring’), is located next to the bronze entrance doors. Ever since, the white-golden colour pattern has been seen as a trademark of the Vienna Secession. The building stands out for its circular dome made of golden leaves of bronze dominating over the clean white walls. Secession means the seceding of a group of rebel artists from the long-established fine art institution. The Secession Building is an exhibition hall that was constructed as an architectural manifesto for the Vienna Secession.

Olbrich vienna secession building