Schillerpark complex
| Schillerpark complex | ||
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| Basic data | ||
| Location: |
Linz , Austria
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| Total area: | 15,000 m² | |
| Owner : | 51.8% Ernst Kirchmayr, 48.2% Maria Pfeiffer |
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| Transport links | ||
| Tram : |
 1 2 3
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| Other: | Landstrasse, Rainerstrasse, Langgasse, Auerspergerstrasse | |
| Parking spaces : | 159 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Construction time : | 1979-1982 | |
| Architects : |
Artur Perotti planning association Perotti & Greifeneder & Partner and Kaut & Reiter |
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| Architectural style : | Internationalism / Structuralism | |
| Building material : | Reinforced concrete , glass | |
| Construction: | Reinforced concrete skeleton construction with glass facade | |
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 54.4 " N , 14 ° 17 ′ 26.3" E
The Schillerpark complex is a building complex in Linz , Upper Austria . It is located on Landstrasse, known as the shopping mile, in the center of the city. Since its completion in 1982, the complex has included a shopping arcade as well as a casino and a hotel. With its architecture typical of the post-war period, the building is a cultural monument of the city of Linz.
development
The Schiller Complex was built between 1979 and 1982. The architect was Artur Perotti , who designed some of the buildings in Linz that were typical of the post-war period. The complex includes the Casino Linz and the Hotel Schillerpark , both of which opened in 1982. Since then, the building complex has been rebuilt several times, including a. by expanding the casino in 1995. The redesign of the entire shopping complex took about eleven months and was completed in October 1998. The renovated business arcade was reopened on November 30, 1998 by the then mayor Franz Dobusch , Leo Wallner , the former general director of Casinos Austria AG , and the then general director of Wiener Städtische Versicherung , Siegfried Sellitsch . The newly designed forecourt, which was co-financed by the insurance company, was handed over to the city of Linz and the casino fountain in front of the building was unveiled. In 2013 the Trend Hotel Austria am Schillerpark was also completely renovated.
In 2013, Ernst Kirchmayr, operator of PlusCity and Lentia City , bought the building complex from the previous owner of the Verkehrsbüro Group . It has signed a lease agreement for the hotel with Kirchmayr for a further 15 years in order to concentrate on the core business, the hotel industry.
architecture
The building is a reinforced concrete frame structure divided into monumental cubes with a gridded, mirrored facade. The hotel wing and casino wing, both ten-story, are closed by a lower connecting wing to form a complex, in front of which an entrance area with an octagonal glass tower still extends to the Schillerpark. To the south of the hotel tower is another wing that carries the hotel's roof-topped wellness area to the block.
The building complex is a typical example of the structuralistically shaped late internationalism of the 1970s and 80s with a commitment to a timeless and placeless urbanity.
use
In addition to the casino ( Casinos Austria ) and the hotel (now an Austria Trend Hotel of the Verkehrsbüro Hotellerie ), the building complex at Schillerpark has three themed restaurants ( Morgenstund ' , Restaurant Tafelspitz , Restaurant Primo Piano ), the Casino Restaurant Rouge & Noir , the Casino Bar and the Schiller’s café-bar .
Shops from various sectors are housed in the Schillerpark shopping arcade. These include the Osteria am Schillerpark , Ruefa travel agency , the Institute for Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging am Schillerpark , Vitalakademie .
Web links
- Web presence on casinos.at ( Memento from March 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Hotel Schillerpark , website at austria-trend.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b New partnership: Ernst Kirchmayr buys Schillerpark property - Verkehrsbüro Group rents hotel , APA press release. No. OTS0060, August 9, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ Hotel Schillerpark - business and office building , in cultural monuments of the city of Linz , website of the city of Linz. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ a b Austrian Federal Monuments Office, Department for Monument Research (Ed.): Austrian Art Topography Volume L The profane architectural and art monuments of the city of Linz, The Landstrasse - upper and lower suburbs , p. OA
- ^ Artur Perotti ( Memento from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the city of Linz. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ Press release from Wiener Städtische: Opening of the business passage Schillerpark . November 26, 1998. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ APA press release: Austria Trend Hotel Schillerpark shines in new splendor . No. OTS0130, October 9, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2014.