Historic hall

BWM revitalised the Rathauskeller in Vienna’s historic City Hall, including its largely heritage-protected event spaces and the 110m-long corridor, restoring and emphasising the building’s original fabric. The Vienna City Hall is one of the most impressive buildings on Vienna’s renowned Ringstrasse. With its Neo-Gothic design, which was bold and original for its time, and its imposing tower, it rivalled the city’s major church buildings and became a symbol of the growing metropolis and the rising bourgeoisie – a kind of secular cathedral of the people. When it was built between 1872 and 1883, the ideologically conceived plans did not include a Ratskeller (cellar tavern). Historically, large city halls and mano... More