This tour explores the iconic Vienna Werkbund housing estate, including an interior visit to the Rietveld-Haus, and offers a glimpse of the neighboring prefabricated housing estate designed by Carl Auböck and Roland Rainer.
 

This architectural walking tour takes participants to remarkable buildings by Josef Frank and Adolf Loos in the Vienna Werkbund housing estate. Under Frank’s overall direction, forty different types of single-family homes were created here in collaboration with 31 architects. A highlight of the tour is a visit to the Rietveld-Haus, which was revitalized by Silja Tillner in 2022. Afterward, the group will head to the neighboring Veitingergasse, where a model housing development based on a prefabricated construction concept with modular building services designed by Carl Auböck and Roland Rainer was built in the 1950s.

Program:

Werkbund Housing Estate (Josef Hoffmann, Josef Frank, Anton Brenner, Walter Loos, Clemens Holzmeister, André Lurçat, Oskar Wlach, Ernst Plischke, Josef Wenzel, Oswald Haerdtl, Ernst Lichtblau, Richard Neutra, Adolf Loos, Heinrich Kulka, Gerrit Rietveld, Max Fellerer, Otto Breuer, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, et al. 1930–32)
Rietveld-Haus (Renovation: Tillner and Willinger, 2022)
Veitingergasse Prefabricated Housing Development (Carl Auböck and Roland Rainer, 1952–54)
 

A binding reservation must be made in advance at viennadesignweek.at/booking
Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the start 
Language: German, English summary upon request
Tickets (incl. admission to Rietveld-Haus, excl. fees): adults € 30, students € 23, up to 18 years € 20, Kulturpass holders € 15
The Rietveld-Haus is not suitable for visiting with children.
Maximum 20 people