With an average of 600,000 visitors every year, Swarovski Kristallwelten (Swarovski Crystal Worlds) has become one of Austria’s most visited tourist destinations since its opening in 1995. Three architectural firms,…
Located in East Europe, Hungary embodies the European charm and has the potential to impress one with its cultural heritage and breath-taking natural spots. With multiple environmental variations from mountains…
In the heart of the European continent, lies the epitome of architectural and cultural grandeur, Austria. A versatile artistic essence is experienced throughout the country owing to its location, which…
Most of Vienna’s best secular structures, including the Harach and Kinsky palaces, the Prince Eugene of Savoy winter house, and others, are designed in the Baroque style, which dominated Vienna’s…
Between all the landmarks and busy streets in megacities like Paris and London, Europe is home to some of the world’s picturesque villages, some persisting around for hundreds of years.…
In 1873, Budapest resulted from the union of three cities: Buda, Óbuda, and Pest. Seven years later, the Diet decided to construct a new, symbolic parliament building to symbolize the…
City Planning | Architecture of Vienna Tucked under the foothills of the Alps and the Carpathians with the river Danube cutting across this beautifully landscaped region, Vienna is the raw…
Rudolf Leopold was born in Vienna on March 1, 1925. Following WWII, he pursued a career in medicine at Vienna University, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1953. In addition…
“The buildings we inhabit and spend the majority of our lives in must be created with as much attention for natural preservation and energy efficiency as they do for comfort.”…
Whether you are a tourist or you are living in a big city, you can never appreciate the presence and quality of the public washrooms while visiting the public places.…
The notion of ‘museum’ as cultural institutions engulfs a varied set of emotions ranging from nostalgia, memory to being reminders of the conflicts, peace, innovations. It involves an experiential narrative…
Austrian architect and Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Hans Hollien designed multiple projects that greatly influenced the style of Modernist Viennese architecture that we are familiar with today. One of his…