4 September 2018 When traveling from the South over Triester Strasse to the center of Vienna, architect Karl Schwanzer's 'The Philips House' - now PhilsPlace, looks like a futuristic play figure with open arms (map, satellite view). Austrian Architect Karl Schwanzer was born 100 years ago in 1918 and is probably best known for the BMW administration building and BMW museum in Munich or the extension of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The Philips House in Vienna is listed as historical monument and therefore specially protected. Since 2014, the building from 1964 was revitalized and in July 2018 opened as PhilsPlace. The former office spaces are now fully equipped apartments with interior design by Sans Souci Group architect and designer Lilo von Pretz who pays with iconic furniture like Arne Jacobsen's Drop Chair or the Topan Pendant Lamp by Verner Panton (both on view at the image below, left) and adaptable space solutions tribute to the free spirit of the 1960s era and Karl Schwanzer's work, as she points out in an interview on blog.phils.place. Together with Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner, Lilo von Pretz developed six different space concepts for 135 apartments on nine floors, from the third to the eleventh of the building. The apartments (31 - 47 square meters) of PhilsPlace can be used for long stays (over years) or booked via online check-in for several days. Services like the rent of vehicles or shopping for filling the kitchen fridge before arriving are offered by the team. Room service such as for breakfast is delivered by the in-house restaurant Vapiano. fig. from left: Classic Room. Right: View at PhilsPlace at Triester Strasse 64 at Wienerberg in Favoriten, the 10th district of Vienna. Photos: © PhilsPlace Management GmbH. |
