Point of interest
Hundertwasserhaus
in Vienna, Austria
Friedensreich Hundertwasser's playful, riotously coloured apartment building — wavy lines, planted roofs and not a straight wall in sight.
Where it is
At the corner of Kegelgasse and Löwengasse in the 3rd district of Landstrasse, east of the centre.
Address: 36-38 Kegelgasse, 1030 Vienna
What it is
The colourful façade with irregular windows, undulating floors and planted roofs and terraces makes the house one of Vienna's most photographed buildings. The interior is not open to the public; opposite, the Hundertwasser Village with shops and a café invites a stop. The nearby KunstHausWien displays the artist's work.
History
The municipal apartment building was constructed between 1983 and 1985 to ideas by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who rejected rigid forms and conformity in architecture. It was conceived as a lived-in counter-model to functionalist city architecture and remains an ordinary residential building today.