Name: Anatomie einer Metropole
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ISBN: 9783035629477

Um 1900 entstanden in Wien die ersten Eisenbetonbauten. Ihre Skelettkonstruktion ermöglichte weitgespannte Räume mit hoher Traglast und machte innovative Mehrzweckbauten möglich: Wohn- und Geschäftshäuser mit loftartigen Werkstrakten, integrierten Theatern und Kinos, Fabriken – sie waren die Schauplätze eines beschleunigten urbanen Lebens. Das Buch dokumentiert erstmals die bahnbrechende Entwicklung dieser neuen Bautechnologie, umgesetzt von wagemutigen Baumeistern, Ingenieuren, Architekten und entschlossenen Auftraggebern. Rund 90 analysierte Bauten – von bislang unbeachteten Gebäuden bis hin zu Ikonen der Wiener Architektur – illustrieren die räumliche Flexibilität und Bauqualität des Eisenbetons. Die Pionierjahre des Eisenbetons werfen ein neues Licht auf die Architektur Wiens um 1900. <UL> <LI>90 Bauten aus den Pionierjahren des Eisenbetons in Wien </LI> <LI>Von Wiener Ikonen bis zu unbekannten Baujuwelen </LI> <LI>Ausstellung im Wien Museum vom 22. Mai 2025 bis 28. September 2025 </LI></UL>

Vienna’s first reinforced concrete buildings were built around 1900. Their skeleton construction enabled wide-span spaces with high load-bearing capacity and made innovative multi-purpose buildings possible: residential and commercial buildings with loft-like wings, as well as theaters, cinemas, and factories. These were the scenes of accelerated urbanization. This book is the first to document the development of this pioneering building technology, implemented by master builders, designed by engineers and architects, and brought to fruition by determined clients. Around 90 buildings are analyzed in the book – from relatively unknown structures to icons of Viennese architecture – illustrating the spatial flexibility and construction quality of reinforced concrete and shedding new light on fin de siècle architecture in Vienna. <UL> <LI>90 buildings from the pioneering years of reinforced concrete construction in Vienna </LI> <LI>From Viennese icons to lesser-known architectural gems </LI> <LI>Exhibition at the Wien Museum from May 22 to September 28, 2025 </LI> </UL>

Wien Museum; Arthur Baron; Ernst Epstein; Josef Hoffmann; Adolf Loos; Otto Wagner; Stahlbeton; Wien 1900

Bauen mit Eisenbeton in Wien 1890–1914

Anatomie einer Metropole

Otto Kapfinger, Architekt, Autor und Publizist. Projektleiter des Forschungsproketes Anatomie einer Metropole.

Otto Kapfinger, architect, author and publicist. Project leader of the research project Anatomy of a Metropolis.

Vienna’s first reinforced concrete buildings were built around 1900. Their skeleton construction enabled wide-span spaces with high load-bearing capacity and made innovative multi-purpose buildings possible: residential and commercial buildings with loft-like wings, as well as theaters, cinemas, and factories. These were the scenes of accelerated urbanization. This book is the first to document the development of this pioneering building technology, implemented by master builders, designed by engineers and architects, and brought to fruition by determined clients. Around 90 buildings are analyzed in the book – from relatively unknown structures to icons of Viennese architecture – illustrating the spatial flexibility and construction quality of reinforced concrete and shedding new light on fin de siècle architecture in Vienna.   90 buildings from the pioneering years of reinforced concrete construction in Vienna  From Viennese icons to lesser-known architectural gems  Exhibition at the Wien Museum from May 22 to September 28, 2025  

Vienna’s first reinforced concrete buildings were built around 1900. Their skeleton construction enabled wide-span spaces with high load-bea

Anatomie einer Metropole

Bauen mit Eisenbeton in Wien 1890–1914

Edited by: Otto Kapfinger