Vienna Opera House
Stuart Jacome Arch 211- M11 Prof. Khorsandi Blog Post Vienna Opera House The opera house was the first major building on the Vienna Ringstrasse commissioned by the Viennese "city expansion fund". Built in an impressive Neo-Renaissance style to demonstrate the emergence of its art, construction was started in 1861 and was completed in 1869 the plans for this structure were created by architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll . T he public was far from satisfied with the design of this focal point of the new Vienna; they believed it to be too grand, even if this is difficult to envision for any modern guest of the opera house. This hostile opinion was at partially due to the fact that the level of the Ringstraße was raised by one meter, giving the building a feel as if it was sinking. Throughout World War One the building remained unharmed, but unfortunately in the second World War due to bombing and fire the auditorium and stage wer...