Kunst Haus Wien – A Hundertwasser Designed Museum

Kunst Haus Wien © W. Simlinger/Wien Tourism

Kunst Haus Wien is a Viennese Museum Designed by Hundertwasser: Located in Vienna's third district is a Viennese museum that many visitors will find fascinating. Established in 1991, the Kunst Haus Wien was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a unique Austrian painter and architect. The Kunst Haus contains the Museum Hundertwasser - the world's only permanent collection of Hundertwasser's work - and a second exhibition area that hosts a regularly changing line-up of international … [Read more...]

Hundertwasserhaus – An Amazing Housing Block

Hundertwasserhaus

Hundertwasserhaus - Vienna's higgledy-piggledy apartment block:   Council housing blocks are not what you'd normally want to visit on any holiday sightseeing tours.  However, in Vienna, the Hundertwasserhaus is something quite extraordinary. Hundertwasserhaus was originally a dour council housing block.  Friedensreich Hundertwasser, an Austrian artist, wanted to prevent something ugly from going up in its place and so he designed Hundertwasserhaus.  He took no payment for the … [Read more...]