Palais Chotek

The Palais Chotková located in the 9th district of Vienna Alsergrund, Währinger Straße 28,

History

The palace was built in the years 1871 to 1874 by Lothar Abel for Otto Graf Chotková as an elongated, one-story strictly historicist building in the style of the New Viennese Renaissance. Later the palace was increased and rents from 1891 to the company Friedrich Otto Schmidt, studio for antique furnishings, which it acquired in 1904 as permanent establishment. The company was one of the leading furniture designers of the period and worked with many renowned artists, among others, Adolf Loos. In 1945 the palace was badly damaged, but restored in the following years.

Description

The facade of the palace is divided by a two-axis central and two side projections. About a banded basement with cranked string course, the high French windows of the piano nobile with Konsolgesimsen and segment gable or Dreiecksgiebelverdachung raise. The windows on the top floor are accented by Sohlbankgesimse and grimace voussoirs. A parapet parapet, sometimes interrupted by balusters, completes the facade. In the lower ground floor two side portals flanked by fluted pilasters lead with volutes in the driveway. From there, a staircase with marble balustrade leads to the main floor. The dining room is also equipped with an original paneling and coffered ceiling of Friedrich Otto Schmidt. The former garden is almost completely installed and the side wings serve as workshops.