OTTO WAGNER

BORN: 13 JULY 1841 IN PENZING

DIED: 11 APRIL 1918 IN VIENNA

NATIONALITY: AUSTRIAN
 OTTO WAGNER
• EDUCATION:
1857-1860 :- STUDIED AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN VIENNA
1860-1861 :-STUDIED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF
ARCHITECTURE IN BERLIN.

• PROFESSION:
IN 1894 HE WAS APPOINTED PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF A
SPECIAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE ACADEMY OF
FINE ARTS, VIENNA.
 OTTO WAGNER
HIS STYLES:-
• HIS EARLIEST PROJECTS WERE CLASSICAL IN
STYLES
• FROM 1893 HE TURNED AWAY FROM:- HISTORICISM
• WAGNER WAS VERY INTERESTED IN URBAN
PLANNING
• HIS DESIGNS WERE BASED ON FUNCTION,
MATERIAL, AND STRUCTURE AS THE BASES OF
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
• HIS DESIGNS COMBINED TECHNICAL AND
CONSTRUCTIONAL FUNCTIONALITY WITH HIGH
AESTHETIC CRITERIA.
 OTTO WAGNER
WORKS:-
• POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK ,VIENNA
• MAJOLICA HOUSE ,VIENNA
• DISPATCH OFFICES, VIENNA
• IN 1890 HE DESIGNED A NEW CITY PLAN FOR VIENNA, BUT
ONLY HIS URBAN RAIL NETWORK, THE STADTBAHN, WAS
BUILT.
IN 1896 HE PUBLISHED A TEXTBOOK ENTITLED MODERN
ARCHITECTURE IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED HIS IDEAS ABOUT
THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT.

FAMOUS QUOTE:-
SOMETHING IMPRACTIAL CANNOT BE BEAUTIFUL
 POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK
•
• LOCATION : VIENNA, AUSTRIA
DATE : 1904-06 & 1910-12
BUILDING TYPE : BANK
CONSTRUCTION
SYSTEM : CONCRETE AND GLASS

CLIMATE : TEMPERATE
STYLE : EARLY MODERN
 POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK
• THE BUILDING HOUSES THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE
ÖSTERREICHISCHE POSTSPARKASSE (P.S.K.) BANK.
• THE BUILDING IS REGARDED AS AN IMPORTANT EARLY WORK
OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
• THE ENTIRE FACADE IS COVERED WITH SQUARE MARBLE
PLATES.
• THESE ARE ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE BY
ALUMINUM RIVETS OR BOLTS.
• THE USE OF MARBLE ALSO MAKES THE MAINTENANCE AND
CLEANING OF THE FACADE VERY EASY AND INEXPENSIVE.
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK
MAIN HALL:-
*THE MAIN HALL IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
*THE HALL IS DESIGNED LIKE AN ATRIUM,
W WITH A LARGE GLASS SKYLIGHT

*THE MAIN HALL HAS ONLY GLASS AND

GLASS POLISHED STEEL AS
MATERIALS

*THE FLOOR OF THE MAIN HALL IS CONSTRUCTED OF GLASS TILES,

ALLOWING NATURAL LIGHT TO REACH FURTHER DOWN TO THE
FLOOR BELOW, WHERE THE POST OFFICE BOXES AND MAIL
SORTING ROOMS ARE LOCATED.
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK

exterior, facade

FRONT FACADE OF BANK EXTERNAL VIEW OF THE BANK

 MAJOLICA HOUSE
PROJECT : MAJOLICA HOUSE
ARCHITECT :WAGNER, OTTO
ADDRESS :LINKE WENTZVILLE 40, VIENNA
STYLE :CLASSICAL
DATE BUILT :1898-99
NO. FLOORS :6
EXTERIOR FINISH : CERAMIC TILE, IRON,
MATERIALS WOOD WINDOWS
CONSTRUCTION TYPE :MASONRY
SERVICES :SHOPS AT
STREET LEVEL
 MAJOLICA HOUSE
• NAMED AFTER THE WEATHER-PROOF, PAINTED CERAMIC FLORAL
DESIGNS ON ITS FAÇADE.
• MAJOLICA HOUSE HAS RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND
APARTMENTS ABOVE.
• THE BOTTOM TWO FLOORS ARE TREATED AS A BASE WITH
IRONWORK.
• THERE IS A GRADATION OF DETAIL AND COLOR FROM THE
BOTTOM TO THE TOP.
• TOP IS CAPPED WITH LION HEADS AND AN ELABORATE
OVERHANGING EAVE.
• THERE IS A TRADITIONAL USE OF ORNAMENTATION.
• DECORATED BALCONIES ARE MADE UP OF IRON.
WIEN MUSEUM KARLSPLATZ

PROJECT : WIEN MUSEUM

ARCHITECT : WAGNER, OTTO
ADDRESS : VIENNA
DATE BUILT :1914
NO. FLOORS :3
CONSTRUCTION TYPE :MASONRY
MATERIAL USED : IRON AND
WOOD
MARBLE ON EXTERIORS
 WIEN MUSEUM KARLSPLATZ
• IT COSISITS OF A FASCINATING MIXTURE OF ART AND
HISTORY ON THREE FLOORS, FROM THE NEOLITHIC AGE TO
THE MID-20TH CENTURY.
• THERE ARE ORIGINAL STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS AND
OUTSTANDING SCULPTURES
• IN MUSEUM WE CAN FIND WEAPONS AND ARMOUR, SELECTED
FURNITURE, CLOTHING AND SPLENDID WORKS OF APPLIED
ARTS, THE RECONSTRUCTED APARTMENT etc.
• IT HAS ONE PAVILLON WHICH IS USED FOR EXHIBITON
PURPOSE.
• THE MUSEUM HAS GAINED A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EVENT
FACILITY AND A CAFÉ.
 OTTO WAGNER
AWARDS:-
• FIRST ARCHITECT OF MODERN VIENNA
• FOUNDATION STONE OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE

BOOK:-
• MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN 1896

HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF WAGNER SCHOOL.