Karl Marx Hof, 12 Februar-Platz, 1190 Vienna, Austria

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Illustration by Andrew Cadey

With the 1918 collapse of the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary, the newly formed Austrian Republic was much reduced in size. Vienna drew tens of thousands of people from territories that fell outside the country’s new borders. This created a critical need for new housing, especially for workers, which the city’s Socialist government – during the “Red Vienna” period of 1918-34 – addressed with huge public housing and infrastructure projects.

Most famous is architect Karl Ehn's monumental Karl-Marx-Hof, a socialist utopian city within the city, complete with 1,400 apartments, kindergartens, communal washing rooms, playgrounds, and green spaces. Repeating red towers with flagpoles project proudly from the facade and soar over this otherwise upper-class neighbourhood in District 19 to the north of the city. By today’s standards the apartments are small, but many come with balconies and the area is lively and well maintained.

Limited first edition print run of 20

Illustration by Andrew Cadey

With the 1918 collapse of the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary, the newly formed Austrian Republic was much reduced in size. Vienna drew tens of thousands of people from territories that fell outside the country’s new borders. This created a critical need for new housing, especially for workers, which the city’s Socialist government – during the “Red Vienna” period of 1918-34 – addressed with huge public housing and infrastructure projects.

Most famous is architect Karl Ehn's monumental Karl-Marx-Hof, a socialist utopian city within the city, complete with 1,400 apartments, kindergartens, communal washing rooms, playgrounds, and green spaces. Repeating red towers with flagpoles project proudly from the facade and soar over this otherwise upper-class neighbourhood in District 19 to the north of the city. By today’s standards the apartments are small, but many come with balconies and the area is lively and well maintained.

Limited first edition print run of 20

Product Details

Print: Printed on 240gsm Alpha Cellulose paper with a clean white base and a smooth matt surface and acid free. (Titled, signed and numbered in pencil on the reverse)

Mount: High quality ‘ice white’ picture mount with precision cut bevelled edge and a card backing board with printed label. All card is acid free, conservation quality white core, ph neutral board 1.4mm thick

Frame: ‘Frosted black’ aluminium picture frame with a slimline 7.8 mm profile and float glass front. Sturdy MDF rear panel with torsion springs and sawtooth hanger.