{"id":42029,"date":"2022-02-05T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=42029"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:51:23","slug":"architekturzentrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/architekturzentrum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Architekturzentrum Wien"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"#tickets-visitor-tips\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/azwtickets.jpg\" alt=\"High-rise buildings\" class=\"wp-image-74778\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As the home of Hoffmann, Wagner, Loos, and other towering personalities of modern architecture, you might expect Austria to have a suitable museum on the subject. And it does: the AZW or Architekturzentrum Wien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Museum of architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Permanent exhibition on architecture&#8217;s role within contemporary issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellent digital information on Austrian buildings and architects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Located inside Vienna&#8217;s MuseumsQuartier complex<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#tickets-visitor-tips\">What special exhibitions are on<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#design\">Architecture and design exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/mq\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4030\">The MuseumsQuartier<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"austrian-architecture-museum\">Austrian Architecture Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to the Architecture Museum \u00a9 Architekturzentrum Wien\" class=\"wp-image-42032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The main entrance to the Architecture Museum \u00a9 Architekturzentrum Wien, photograph: Lisa Rastl)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might describe the Architekturzentrum Wien as the fount of all architectural knowledge in Austria: a repository for records, a library, a research institution, and an exhibition centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The digital collections alone provide a remarkable resource when I research a building or architect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what does this museum of architecture have to offer the more causal visitor to Vienna?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main attraction for those dipping toes into Austrian architecture is the permanent exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hot Questions Cold Storage<\/em> manages the trick of showcasing Austria&#8217;s architectural past while looking to the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition does this by placing various objects from the AZM&#8217;s extensive collections in seven themed areas that each address a contemporary issue. Every section highlights architecture&#8217;s role in the context of the wider theme.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW_UNO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW_UNO.jpg\" alt=\"Model of the UNO city \u00a9 Architekturzentrum Wien\" class=\"wp-image-42033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW_UNO.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AZW_UNO-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Johann Staber, international offices and conference centre Vienna &#8220;UNO City&#8221;, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, Vienna, 1968\u20131987; presentation model in a gift box \u00a9 Architekturzentrum Wien, Collection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A congenial selection of around 400 items (models, furniture, films, photographs, newspaper cuttings and similar) within a diverse mix of display designs offers intriguing insights into architecture&#8217;s relationship with&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8230;a whole host of other disciplines, such as political economics, religion, and diplomacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8230;pressing issues of our time, such as sustainability, resource use, and gender equality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The individual exhibition elements themselves introduce you to a host of projects to pique your curiosity: red Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/social-housing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35479\">social housing projects<\/a>, for example, or the origin story of the UN headquarters complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result packs quite a punch for a small space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(And the kid in you can&#8217;t help but smile at the miniature models of some famous Viennese buildings constructed from toy bricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-visitor-tips\">Tickets, exhibitions &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, a standard adult ticket cost \u20ac12. All the text information in the permanent exhibition comes in both German and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special exhibitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The current schedule at the time of writing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global &#8211; Neutral: Austrian architects in Africa and Asia 1955-1989, a time of notable political upheaval (April 16th to October 5th, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another exhibition venue with a distinctly architectural flavour to it is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/architecture-exhibition-ringturm\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6148\">Ringturm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-the-azw\">How to get to the AZW<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For the MuseumsQuartier in general, see the travel tips at the bottom of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/mq\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4030\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Architekturzentrum lies at the northern end of the complex, just inside the entrance closest to the Volkstheater subway station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you go into the MQ via the main entrance, turn right and walk past the imposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mumok\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4046\">MUMOK<\/a> building and through the passageway into the next courtyard. The AZW is immediately on your left, with additional exhibition space on the opposite side of the courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azw.at\/de\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1i9IZX6LeUKth_5sm2EOO-SqQl8s\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the home of Hoffmann, Wagner, Loos, and other towering personalities of modern architecture, you might expect Austria to have a suitable museum on the subject. And it does: the AZW or Architekturzentrum Wien. 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