Majolikahaus, Art Nouveau residential building in Mariahilf, Vienna, Austria.
Majolikahaus is a residential building in Vienna covered with a striking ceramic facade of colorful tiles. The five floors contain apartments and shops on the ground level at Linke Wienzeile 40.
Architect Otto Wagner designed the building between 1898 and 1899 during the Vienna Secession movement. The structure emerged at a time when new architectural ideas were transforming the city.
The colorful ceramic tiles with flower designs shape how the building appears and show the artistic direction of the Vienna Secession. Residents and visitors experience daily this unusual blend of living space and artwork that has defined the neighborhood.
The building sits on a busy street and is easy to reach on foot. You can admire the ceramic facade from the street and explore the shops on the ground floor.
The floral ornament was drawn by Alois Ludwig, a pupil of Otto Wagner. It begins as pink swirls at the centre of the second floor, above the second balcony, and spreads upward, reaching its densest form on the top floor, where the window piers carry lion heads on eccentric gilded circles.
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