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Indian Summer Afternoon
Werkbundsiedlung
13th District
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"Vienna’s Werkbundsiedlung,
a workers’ association housing complex,
is one of the few Werkbund ensembles
from the 1920s and 1930s
that remains intact."
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"Thirty-one renowned architects,
including Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos,
worked under the direction of Josef Frank
and constructed the modernist architectural complex in 1932."
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Quoted from
The World Monuments Fund
"Wiener Werkbundsiedlung"
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Photographed 6 October 2012
Images © by Merisi
Links:
-> Werkbundsiedlung Vienna 1932 - Wien Museum Exhibition
-> Josef Frank does not live here anymore
R e p o s t
Wow, it must have been quite something in it's day. I would never have guessed it was built as early the 30's.
ReplyDeleteLove these houses!
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