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On the creation of the house

19.07.2011
11:59

Hundertwasser and Architecture

The Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser started out as a painter. Since the early 1950s, however, he increasingly became focused on architecture, writing manifestos and essays and undertaking demonstrations, in which for instance in 1958, he read out loud his ‘Mouldiness … Continue reading →

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21.06.2011
12:14

The History of the Hundertwasser House

In a letter dated November 30, 1977 to the incumbent mayor of Vienna, Leopold Gratz, the federal chancellor at the time, Bruno Kreisky, suggested that Hundertwasser be given the opportunity to realize his ideas in the field of architecture by … Continue reading →

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