Star Architecture and the Urban Landscape: The Case of Vienna

Guinand, Sandra

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“…This new regulation of the urban territory caused central locations in the city to become particularly explosive and controversial terrains for striking new architecture. Over the last 20 years, the Viennese municipal government has repeatedly clashed with the UNESCO World Heritage Committee; the arguments reached their peak (to date) in July 2017 when the "Historic Centre of Vienna" was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in response to plans to build a 66-meter high-rise for luxury apartments near the Heumarkt (the "core zone" of the respective world heritage site; see Guinand, 2020). Against the background of these years-long conflicts, the municipal government, and planning authorities eventually began to focus their high-rise planning-if not consistently, then at least more than they had originally-on decentralized locations in the city, namely, in an area on the other side of the Danube, close to the UN headquarters and at a clear distance from the historic center.…”

Section: Vienna: High-rise Construction As a Symbol Of Regained Centr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, this understanding does seem to play an important role in the perception of high-rise construction in Vienna. It is not only (or even primarily) the vision of Vienna as a hub that makes vertical construction appear to be appropriate here; the city's supposed lack of contemporary structures also makes the trend towards verticalization a largely welcome development (Guinand, 2020).…”

Section: Vienna: High-rise Construction As a Symbol Of Regained Centr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Presenting case studies of Paris, London, and Vienna, the article focuses on three metropolises in which vertical building has caused particular unrest in recent years (Charney et al, 2022;Glauser, 2019;Guinand, 2020). Revealing contrasts between these cities become apparent here, particularly against the backdrop of certain shared traits.…”

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High-Rises and Urban Specificity: Politics of Vertical Construction in Paris, London, and Vienna

Glauser

2022

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High-rise buildings have been experiencing a significant boom worldwide over the past two decades. This is true not least for European cities, where church steeples, town hall towers, and chimneys were the main vertical accents in city centers for a long time. This article focuses on the construction of high-rise buildings as a “glocal” phenomenon. The vertical building type has spread around the world, but approaches to it are site-specific and inextricably entangled with local problems, modes of action, and discourses. Construction strategies and discussions about tall buildings are quite diverse even in Europe alone. Presenting case studies of Paris, London, and Vienna, this article looks at three metropolises in which vertical building has caused particular unrest in recent years and reveals enlightening contrasts between them. In exploring the question of how distinctions are made in these cities between desirable and quasi-illegitimate buildings, or “possible” and “impossible” locations, I analyze city-specific patterns relating to vertical construction. Special attention is paid to urban planning—the activities of those actors who are responsible for developing strategies and implementing and concretizing legal regulations. The discussion draws on a larger research project and is based on the grounded theory research perspective. The data pool includes a large number of published and unpublished documents as well as interviews with actors from the fields of urban planning, architecture, and historic preservation. From a theoretical point of view, the article draws on reflections on the “specificity of cities” and “glocalization” in urban research.

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Section: Vienna: High-rise Construction As a Symbol Of Regained Centr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vienna: High-rise Construction As a Symbol Of Regained Centr...mentioning

confidence: 99%