Vienna Opera House
The Emperor of Austria, Franz Josef, was merely the age of twenty seven at the time when he decided to expand the city of Vienna, and in order to do so he held an international contest that was announced on the 30th of January in order to decide who would expand the inner city. Two architects came in first place and worked together in order to complete the Vienna Opera House, the first of the two was August Sicard von Sicardsburg, he designed the structure of the opera house. The second architect was Eduard van der Null, who designed the interior of the building. The construction began in 1861 and finished in 1869. This would be the first opera built in Vienna and although there were two architects working on the project, neither of the two architects survived to see the opening of the opera house. Eduard van der Null committed suicide and August Sicard von Sicardsburg died of a stroke soon after. The original structure of the building has been preserved since 1869. This original facad...