One of the showpieces of Red Vienna: about 1,100 flats built 1925-1929 by Heinrich Schmid and Hermann Aichinger on a former barracks site, with a street curving through the estate under a great pointed arch and a run of concave and convex facades in sober Art Deco. Its old cinema hall has housed the Rabenhof Theater since 1990.
- Address
- Rabengasse / Baumgasse 29-41, 1030 Wien
- Hours
- Open-air: courtyards of a lived-in housing estate, visit by day and keep noise down
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 40 min
- Price
- Free (residential estate, courtyards open to walk through)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Walk in from Rabengasse and follow the curving inner street through the courtyards.
- In February 1934 the estate was taken by the army after a short fight; look for the plaque to resistance fighter Margarete (Grete) Jost.
- Check the Rabenhof Theater programme for an evening of Viennese cabaret in the same building.