“People would call our family apartment saying the Haus shouldn’t be built and that my father should jump off the roof,” Hollein remembers.
Two of her father’s designs-the Haas Haus, a postmodern 1990 building with a mirrored façade reflecting the Stephansdom, and the Albertina’s Soravia Wing, with a sweeping overhang cantilevered off one of the capital’s most revered museums-remain controversial with the Viennese. The festival’s director, Lilli Hollein, daughter of architect Hans Hollein, knows firsthand about challenging the city’s conventions. Such tradition-twisting synergies are a major focus of the annual Vienna Design Week, held each fall.
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Wiener Silber has partnered with Wurm, for example, on a sugar bowl shaped like an overinflated Porsche, while Lobmeyr commissioned Dessi to create a series of carafes and drinking glasses as well as a chandelier. The china company also has a sleek flagship in the city center where one can buy pieces from the brand’s collaboration with Dessi, its first new dinner service in 40 years, among other wares.Īlso in the heart of the city are boutiques from the renowned silver firm Wiener Silber Manufactur and the preeminent glassmaker Lobmeyr, which have similarly embraced local talent.
Adjacent to the Karmeliterviertel is the Augarten, a Baroque park that’s home to the exhibition space for TBA21: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary-founded by influential art patron and collector Francesca von Hapsburg-as well as Augarten Wien, Europe’s second-oldest porcelain factory, which offers guided tours.
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