summertour 1

A classical stroll leads from the MQ via the Hofburg straight through the middle of the First District to Judenplatz, and then on to finish up in the cool interior of the Jewish Museum. The tour is for all those visitors to and residents of Vienna who would like to have a sense of the city’s hidden details, with a focus on examples of contemporary implants in historic substance.

– Museumsquartier – MQ: Fischer v. Erlach, 1723; L. Mayer, 1850; Ortner & Ortner, M. Wehdorn, 2001
– Hofburg: J. E. Fischer v. Erlach, J. L. v. Hildebrandt, G. Semper, C. Hasenauer and others, from 1279
– House on Michaelerplatz: Adolf Loos, 1910; design of the square: Hans Hollein, 199X
– Artaria House: Max Fabiani, 1910
– Retti, former candlemaker’s shop: Hans Hollein, 196X
– Schullin I & II, jeweller’s: Hans Hollein, 1972, 1981
– Knize, bespoke tailor: Adolf Loos, 1910
– Zacherl House: Josef Plecnik, 1905
– Redesign of Judenplatz: Jabornegg & Pálffy, 2000; Holocaust memorial: R. Whiteread
– Jewish Museum: Jabornegg & Pálffy, 2000

Meeting at 2.45pm at the Az W Shop / walk / ends at 6pm, Judenplatz

Tickets (incl. guided tour and admission to the museum at Judenplatz) available from the Az W-Shop € 16.- (students € 11.50)

Tour guide: Johanna Grützbauch