Living in a work of art


The City of Vienna is Europe's biggest landlord owning 220,000 flats (a quarter of all Viennese apartments). Fifty-two of them are found here on the corner of Kegelgasse/Löwengasse in Vienna's 3rd district.


Friedenreich Hundertwasser's famous public housing project was a reaction to the post-war housing blocks. No straight lines, individual window design, colour and trees on the roof were some of the ideas the Austrian architect, artist and environmentalist incorporated into his plans.