Wiener Gasometer
The Wiener Gasometer is a group of four red-brick gasholder houses built for Vienna’s municipal gas works, constructed from 1896 to 1899. From 1899 to 1984, each tower held a gasometer with a storage capacity of 90,000 cubic metres—about 3 million cubic feet—to supply the city with town gas. That system changed between 1969 and 1978, when Vienna moved from coal gas to natural gas. The four gasometers were then shut down, and only the brick exterior walls were preserved before the structures were given a second life. In 1995, the city invited redevelopment ideas for these protected monuments. The chosen designs by Jean Nouvel, Coop Himmelblau, Manfred Wehdorn, and Wilhelm Holzbauer were completed between 1999 and 2001, converting the towers into apartments, offices, and ground-floor shopping and entertainment. …
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