Haus der Kunst, building in Baden bei Wien, Austria

The Haus der Kunst is a two-storey cubic villa built in 1818/19 by Pietro Nobile for Josef von Hudelist at Kaiser-Franz-Ring 7 in Baden. Its gabled three-axis central risalit has round-arched doors in the rusticated ground floor and rectangular windows on balustraded parapets between pilasters above. The flanks show large pilaster-flanked openings with engaged columns and balustrades; the original forms survive.

The building was constructed in 1818/19 by architect Pietro Nobile for Josef von Hudelist following a Palladian classical style. After changing owners multiple times, serving briefly as a casino in 1914, military occupation during both world wars, and Soviet occupation after 1945, it was transformed into a cultural venue in 1956.

The name Haus der Kunst dates from 1956, when the painters' school renovated the run-down villa as a "Heim der Kunst"; its reading and event hall opened on 1 June 1957. Since then it has hosted exhibitions and concerts, and from 1986 courses of the Franz-Schubert-Institut have been held here.

The building is centrally located in Baden on Kaiser Franz Ring and is easily accessible on foot or by car. Visitors can explore exhibitions and events held on-site while gaining insight into local architectural and art history.

From 2001 to 2003, the building displayed a special exhibition called Koryphäum featuring life-sized realistic sculptures of famous people. This unique collection presented artworks that immersed visitors in an encounter with historical figures rendered in three dimensions.