Vienna

Roofing Wednesdays: Hundertwasser House

The Hundertwasser House is an apartment building in Vienna designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser who was considered an architectural rebel. His vision was of "free architecture for all," meaning without standards, specifications or straight lines — kind of like Dr. Seuss!

Roofing Wednesdays: St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna

St. Stephen's Cathedral is the "mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese" and is considered the most important religious building in Vienna. The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the cathedral stands on the ruins of two earlier churches and the roof is made up of 230,000 multi-colored and ornately patterned tiles.

Roofing Wednesdays: St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

St. Stephen's Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church in Vienna, is one of Austria's most famous attractions. This Gothic structure has a 137-meter-high spire and a beautiful, multi-colored tile roof (with 230,000 tiles), and it showcases eight centuries of architectural history!