Austrian facades - number 21
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station in Vienna is a well-known example of Jugendstil architecture. It was designed by Otto Wagner and Joseph Maria Olbrich and is made of a steel framework with marble slabs mounted on the exterior.
Architectural critic and poet, Friedrich Achleitner, commented on this station as follows "...In this station building Wagner reached a highpoint of his dialectic (in his planning of the Stadtbahn) between function and poetry, construction and decoration, whereby a severe rationalism engages in competition with an almost Secessionist kind of decoration."
The station was opened in 1899. When the Stadtbahn line was converted to U-Bahn in 1981, the original station was scheduled to be demolished. However, as a result of public outcry, it was decided to keep the station buildings. The building was disassembled, renovated, and then reassembled two metres higher than its original location after completion of U-Bahn construction.
Austrian facades - number 21
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station in Vienna is a well-known example of Jugendstil architecture. It was designed by Otto Wagner and Joseph Maria Olbrich and is made of a steel framework with marble slabs mounted on the exterior.
Architectural critic and poet, Friedrich Achleitner, commented on this station as follows "...In this station building Wagner reached a highpoint of his dialectic (in his planning of the Stadtbahn) between function and poetry, construction and decoration, whereby a severe rationalism engages in competition with an almost Secessionist kind of decoration."
The station was opened in 1899. When the Stadtbahn line was converted to U-Bahn in 1981, the original station was scheduled to be demolished. However, as a result of public outcry, it was decided to keep the station buildings. The building was disassembled, renovated, and then reassembled two metres higher than its original location after completion of U-Bahn construction.