Lorenshof
The Lorenshof is an urban residential complex of the municipality of Vienna, built 1927-28 according to plans by the Austrian architect Otto Prutscher . It is located at Längenfeldgasse 14-18 in Vienna-Meidling and is bordered by Klährgasse and Arndtstraße.
description
Architect Otto Prutscher, a student of Josef Hoffmann , created the plans for this community building, which was built in 1927-28. It is one of the numerous social housing structures built at the time with the help of the housing tax, as they were typical for Red Vienna . The facility offers space for 146 apartments. The two corner designs are particularly striking. The residential building is structured by polygonal bay windows, terrace protrusions and groups of pointed arches. At the corners and at the entrance there are sculptures of playing children, in the courtyard there is a sculpture depicting a reading woman with a child, created by Rudolf Schmidt in 1930 .
The building was named after the folk singer, poet and composer Carl Lorens (1851–1909), who wrote many popular Viennese songs and who lived in Meidling for many years.
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Memorial plaque for Carl Lorens in the Lorenshof
Bottom corner
Upper corner
Building sculpture Child playing
Building sculpture Child playing
Building sculpture Child playing
Plastic by Rudolf Schmidt
literature
- Hans Hautmann , Rudolf Hautmann : The municipal housing of the Red Vienna 1919-1934. Schönbrunn, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-8536-40631-0 .
Web links
- Municipal housing Lorenshof in the digital cultural property register of the City of Vienna (PDF file)
- Lorenshof. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 59 ″ N , 16 ° 20 ′ 13 ″ E