Donau City & DC Tower

Last Saturday evening, on my way home from a shopping mall, I passed by the modern buildings of Donau City and marvelled once again at the DC Tower. With its height of 250m it is a really tall building for Austrian standards... and in fact it is Austria's tallest skyscraper.

Design Gallery

The "stilwerk limited edition design gallery" presents selected objects of successful designers, architects and artists which work at the interface between art and design. The gallery is located in a modern building by French architect Jean Nouvel which was opened one year ago. For more pictures of the building please click here.

Nouvel Tower #3

For the moment that´s the last photo of the Jean Nouvel tower ;-) Normally, I don´t take pictures of escalators, but in this special case I had to make an exeption. Once again I love the light!

Nouvel Tower #2

That´s another ceiling painting by Pipilotti Rist in the new Jean Nouvel tower. You can see this ceiling from outside, I took this picture from the sidewalk.

Nouvel Tower #1

Another modern building on the banks of the Danube Canal is the newly constructed 75m high tower designed by French architect Jean Nouvel (click here for a photo I took last summer and here for a video about the building). It houses not only the luxury hotel Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom, but also restaurants, a bar and a design shopping center. In this photo you can see the entrance of the hotel and a colourful ceiling painting by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist.

Architecture Days

Today is the second day of the "Architekturtage" (Achitecture Days) which are taking place all over Austria for the fifth time. An extensive programme offers wide-ranging opportunities to experience architecture close-up: Open house days in architects´ offices and exciting buildings, specialist guided tours, excursions in town and country and beyond Austria´s borders, visits to construction sites, lectures, discussions, films, festivals and art events...

In this photo you can see one of the construction sites that can be visited: this high-rise building in Praterstraße, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, will soon house a 182 rooms luxury hotel.