The Wave, Wien
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See, the best things are always right under your nose...
Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG in Vienna was on the lookout for a new site for an expansion, and it ended up being right next door. The architect, Prof. Hans Hollein, was the one to enlighten the client. The result is an office space with an elegant, curved glass façade designed by glass specialists Petschenig glastec.
Plenty of imagination was actually needed to seize the opportunities offered by the site. The location is excellent: right in the centre of Vienna, at the eastern edge of the city park through which the river that gave the city the name flows, barely 800 metres from St. Stephen's Cathedral and well connected in terms of traffic. Beforehand, the site was actually merely the triangular-shaped remainder between the façade of a 62 m-high, 19-floor hotel built in 1972 and a Raffeisen Zentralbank Österreich (RZB) administration building characterised primarily by a ramp leading to the underground car park - and no more than that. But the renowned architect from Vienna, Prof. Hans Hollein, recognised the potential of the site. The first drafts already outlined the curved shape - and the name of the building was born: "The Wave".
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