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(Austria) Linking 'Old and New' in a Historical Architectural
Context - Contemporary use of Industrial Architecture Vienna, an
historic Central European metropolis, with approximately 1.6
million inhabitants, is a city whose development can be traced
back over a period of 2,000 years. This historical development
is still clearly visible in the urban texture, whose identity it
defines. The decision to revitalise the four vacant gasometers
in Vienna-Simmering was taken in the mid-1990's; a development
competition was organised in 1996 and won by the non-profit
developers GPA, SEG and Gesiba. Jean Nouvel, Coop Himmelb(l)au,
Manfred Wehdorn and Wilhelm Holzbauer