Vienna Gasometers
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The Vienna Gasometers are four gasholder houses, built as part of the municipal gas works in Vienna, Austria. The original gasholder houses were constructed from 1896 to 1899. They are located in the 11th district, Simmering. They were used from 1899 to 1984 to house gas holders, also known as gasometers, each with a storage capacity of 90,000 meter square (3 million cu. ft.).
After the transition from
History
The Gasometers were built from 1896 to 1899 in the
The Vienna Gasometer was featured in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.[2]
Residential redevelopment
Vienna undertook a remodelling and revitalization of the protected monuments and in 1995 called for ideas for the new use of the structures. The chosen designs by the architects
On 30 October 2001 the mayor of Vienna attended the official grand opening of the Gasometers, although people had begun moving in as early as May 2001.[4]
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Gasometer A, inside -
Gasometer B, outside -
Gasometer C, inside -
Gasometer D, inside
Technical details
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| Full name | Planet.tt Bank Austria Halle |
|---|---|
| Former names | BA-CA Halle (2001-03) |
| Address | Guglgasse 8 A-1110 Vienna Austria |
| Owner | Stadt Wien |
| Operator | Planet Music & Media GmbH |
| Capacity | 4,200 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 5 February 1999 |
| Opened | 31 August 2001 |
| Renovated | 2005 |
| Website | |
| Venue Website | |
The four Gasometers structures each held a
Indoor facilities
Indoor facilities include a music hall, a movie theatre, a student dormitory, and a municipal archive. There are about 800 apartments, two thirds within the historic brick walls, with 1600 regular tenants, as well as about 70 student apartments.[6]
References
- ^ "Die Wiener Gasometer eine Zeitreise". gasometer-city.eu. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Die Wiener Gasometer eine Zeitreise". gasometer-city.eu. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "The Architecture of the Gasometers". Wiener-gasometer.at. Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "1999 Die Revitalisierung der Gasometer". Wiener-gasometer.at. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "Technik der Gasometer und des Gaswerks". Wiener-gasometer.at. Archived from the original on 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "2001 Die neuen Gasometer". Wiener-gasometer.at. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
