Zacherlhaus — Attraction in Vienna

Astonishingly beautiful. Literally time-less elegance. Build it today, and it would still be a gorgeously modern building. The fact that so many passers-by, especially tourists, don't seem to appreciate it (look around and see them staring uncomprehendingly at you while you're staring at the building), speaks volumes about contemporary popular taste.

Also worth considering, the architect to whom Zacherl entrusted this commission - Jože Plečnik (1872 - 1957) - was barely 30 years old, and yet there is nothing you could add or remove from his creation. Later on, Plečnik was invited by the Czechoslovak president Masaryk to build entire sections of the palace Gardens at Hradčany; and of course most of post-1930 Ljubljana bears his...

Zacherlhaus je stanovanjsko-poslovna stavba, ki jo je zasnoval Jože Plečnik in je bila zgrajena med letoma 1903 in 1905 v 1. okrožju Dunaja, osrednjem okrožju Innere Stadt. Gradnjo je naročil Johann Evangelist Zacherl, sin industrijskega magnata Johanna Zacherla, ki je zgradil Zacherlfabrik. Stavba v neposredni soseščini katedrale sv. Štefana je ena ključnih v opusu Jožeta Plečnika, ki se je v prvih letih 20. stoletja postopoma osvobajal naukov svojega učitelja Otta Wagnerja in estetike dunajske secesije, obrat v mediteransko občuten smisel za plastične vrednote pa utemeljil na študiju antike. Za realizacijo drzno zasnovane dunajske stavbe, ki vzbuja pozornost z granitno oblogo pročelja, je zaslužen naročnik Johann Evangelist Zacherl, premožen in za umetnost navdušen podjetnik, s katerim je takrat še mladi Plečnik gojil iskreno prijateljstvo. Zacherlova hiša velja za eno najpomembnejših zgradb zgodnjega 20. stoletja na Dunaju, z rešitvami, neobičajnimi za dunajsko tradicijo, je napovedala obdobje skeletnih gradenj z obešenimi fasadami, v Plečnikovem opusu pa šteje za...

Often overlooked, the Zacherlhaus is one of the most architecturally interesting buildings in Vienna. Designed in 1903 by Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, it is a beautiful example of Art Nouveau transitioning into Art Deco. It is pretty to look at from the outside, but make sure to look at the...