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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Vienna, Wien, Austriaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1927-1930 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorEhn, Karlen_US
dc.date1927-1930en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-25T16:15:20Z
dc.date.available2013-07-25T16:15:20Z
dc.date.issued1927-1930en_US
dc.identifier226428en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2254en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/134212
dc.descriptionView of the apartments and balconies, street façade; Karl Marx-Hof was built between 1927 and 1930 by city planner Karl Ehn, a follower of Otto Wagner. It held 1,382 apartments (with a size of 30-60 m² each). Only 18.5% of the 1,000 metres long, 156,000 m² large area was built up, with the rest of the area developed into play areas and gardens. Designed for a population of about 5,000. The spartan space standards and equipment of the individual dwellings were offset by the generous provision of communal facilities such as crèches, kindergartens, laundry and drying rooms, and shared services such as direct heating. At over one kilometre in length (1100m, 0.68 mile) and spanning four Straßenbahn (tram) stops, Karl Marx-Hof holds the distinction of being the longest single (contiguous) residential building in the world. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 5/12/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumbrick and painted stucco; steel; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjecthigh-density municipal housingen_US
dc.subjectGemeindebautenen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.subjectArt Decoen_US
dc.titleKarl Marx-Hofen_US
dc.title.alternativeKarl Marx Hofen_US
dc.title.alternativeHeiligenstädter Hofen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-EK-KM-B6en_US
vra.culturalContextAustrianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypehousing projecten_US
vra.worktypemixed-use developmenten_US
dc.contributor.displayKarl Ehn (Austrian architect, 1884-1957)en_US


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