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The Glas House: Vienna 1933. Banished Visions
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ISBN10: 3038604461
ISBN13: 9783038604464
Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)
Published: Mar 4 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.87 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
ISBN13: 9783038604464
Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)
Published: Mar 4 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.87 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
Uncovers the forgotten achievements of Viennese architect Hans Glas. When in 1933 Hans Glas designed the villa for physicians Annie and Philipp Rezek on Wilbrandtgasse in Vienna, in the Austrian capital's eighteenth district, it was one of the city's most visionary buildings of its kind. The Glas House, as the Rezek family called their home, is a quintessential example of modern architecture and the associated philosophy of living in 1930s Vienna. Viennese architect Hans Glas (1892-1969), a student of Adolf Loos, has today largely fallen into oblivion in Austria. The Glas House describes the Villa Rezek in detail, illustrated with numerous historical and new photographs by Stefan Oláh, plans, and historic documents. It also sheds light on entirely novel aspects of Vienna's architectural history of the 1930s and tells the stories of both the architect and his clients, all of whom were forced to emigrate due to their Jewish heritage following the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938.
The Rezek family fled to the US. Hans Glas went to Calcutta, where he was able to successfully continue his career as an architect. Forced emigrations like these not only implied human tragedies; 1938 also brought an abrupt end of the flourishing of Vienna's modern architecture and living culture. Yet Glas's ideas and design principles are more relevant today than ever.
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