What a gift, was für ein Glück! In the festival’s 20th edition, its main venue is located in a high-rise office building designed by Harry Glück and situated at Hietzinger Kai 101 directly next to the Unter-St.-Veit subway station.
 
As the primary location for one of the most significant curated design events in Europe, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s Festival Headquarters takes on great importance also in its anniversary year: In addition to the carefully selected exhibitions, installations, and events that can be experienced here, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK with this architecturally remarkable interim use once again creates the opportunity to take a closer look at the special features of Vienna’s urban history and development – with free admission, a lot of personality, and a high quality of stay.
 
The former headquarters of the insurance company Allianz was built from 1974 to 1976 and offers visitors to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK not only diverse and spacious exhibition areas but also a number of curiosities: In and around the nine-story building, the festival makes use not only of former office spaces but also areas such as the old cafeteria with its front terrace and idyllic garden, a vehicle registration point, a kindergarten, and the bowling alleys in the basement.

As always, admission to the Festival Headquarters is free!
 
The building is being made available to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK by the family-run company  Kollitsch Invest.
 

Cocktail takes place in presence of the designers.