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KNIZE & Comp

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KNIZE & Comp. is a famous Viennese haberdasher. The company was founded in 1858 by the Czech Josef Schneider KNIZE. The current shop at Graben 13 was designed by architect Adolf Loos and has remained almost unchanged. From 1992 to 1993, the architect and designer Paolo Piva renovated the first floor and the historic Loos Salons. KNIZE is renowned for his famous clients. Among them Oskar Kokoschka, Marilyn Monroe, and Kurt Tucholsky. Marlene Dietrich was fitted with tailcoats for her stage shows, and Josephine Baker with ski pants. Billy Wilder visited the house during his last stay in Vienna. Customers were also Maurice Chevalier and Laurence Olivier, Willi Forst and Fritz Lang.

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Vienna 2015

 

21er Haus

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Entrance to the so-called 21er Haus (pavement)

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Vienna 2015

The House 21 is a modernist style steel and glass building designed by Austrian architect Karl Schwanzer (1918–1975). Originally constructed as the Austrian pavilion or temporary showroom for the Expo 58 in Brussels, it was later transferred to Vienna to house the Museum of the 20th Century. Between 1979 and 2001, the building also acted as a depository for contemporary art works. From 2009 to 2011, it was remodeled by the architect Adolf Krischanitz and consequently renamed House 21. The museum is a branch of the Belvedere Museum, focusing on Austrian art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and its embedding in an international context.

21er Haus
Schweizergarten
Arsenalstraße 1
1030 Wien