To visit Austria is to experience brilliant architecture in dramatic landscapes. Learn more about Austrian architectural styles.
Baroque: Italian Architects
In the Baroque period, princes and bishops bought architects in the same way as football clubs buy foreign players today, and building à la italianità was all the fashion.
See it here:
- Salzburg Cathedral
- Belvedere Palace in Vienna
- Mirabell Palace in Salzburg
- St. Florian Monastery in Upper Austria
- Hof Palace in Lower Austria
- Leopold Wing of the Hofburg in Vienna
Viennese Classicism
This era saw an expansion of cities throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the erection of grand buildings, boulevards, plazas, and squares.
See it here:
- The grand buildings along the Ringstraße (ring road) in Vienna
Art Nouveau (Jugendstil)
An artistic style that originated in Vienna and came to have a considerable influence on Europe and even America was Jugendstil a.k.a. Art Nouveau (1890–1910).
See it here:
- Secession in Vienna
- Residential buildings lining Vienna’s Naschmarkt
Modern Architecture
Austria has experienced a remarkable architectural awakening in the past decades, giving rise to fantastic futuristic buildings.
See it here:
- Kunsthaus Graz
- Lentos Museum and Ars Electronica Center in Linz
- Hypermodern government district in St. Pölten
Austria's westernmost province has become a centre for innovation as well as the source of a new style of wood architecture in Vorarlberg that has spread all over Europe, one that aims for a symbiosis with the surrounding landscape, with the history of the region, and with the identity of the region’s inhabitants.