1865, 2015. (dedikált példány) [antikvár]

Preface Dissolving boundaries in favour of density: The essence of a city condensed on one street In many ways, Vienna's Ringstrasse is an impressive symbol for overcoming boundaries: The boulevard was built at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph and celebrated its festive opening in 1865; it broke down Vienna's former city limits and, by incorporating the surrounding villages into an extended urban entity, created the foundation for the establishment of a big city that became one of the large cultural and economic metropolises in Europe during the second half of the 19"" century. The Ringstrasse was populated both by representative buildings of the imperial court, the aristocracy and the upper classes as well as institutions of the democratic and middle class society, thus palpably breaking down social boundaries. Its combination of public and private buildings, deliberately placed next to each other, remains one of the most unique concepts of city planning in Europe today. The topographic and social "dissolution of boundaries" is joined by an artistic architectural implementation, made up of an intentional style mix that started early on and picks up on various architectural forms of past eras - a special variant of historicism that is known in art history as the "Ringstrassen style". The big urban planning project „Ringstrasse" attracted both national and international artistic talent. Builders