Title & Author:

The "Glas House" 1933 : visionary architecture in Vienna and exile / edited by Caroline Wohlgemuth and Maximilian Eisenköck ; with photographs by Stefan Oláh.

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books, [2026]
©2026

Description:

193 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-189) and index.
The 'Glas House': A modern terraced house in Vienna / Caroline Wohlgemuth -- Albert Esch and the 'Garten Dr. Rezek': The melding of architecture and nature / Caroline Wohlgemuth -- A house from tomorrow: Visionary rooms, interior design, and furniture / Caroline Wohlgemuth -- The Villa Rezek and the Viennese modernism of the interwar period: Networks, architectures, memories / Maria Welzig -- Hans Glas -- The (un)forgotten architect: Vienna 1892 -- Lugano 1969 / Caroline Wohlgemuth -- Hans Glas in Calcutta (1938-1959): Exile and architectural work / Margit Franz -- The Rezek family: Expulsion and flight from Vienna / Caroline Wohlgemuth -- 'What really happened on March 13, 1938': Memories of a fifteen-year-old / Esther Rezek -- The Villa Rezek 1939-1953: Plunder and restitution / Caroline Wohlgemuth -- Walter Custer: Civil engineer and entrepreneur of Viennese modernism / Maximilian Eisenköck -- A tour through Villa Rezek: Rooms, passageways, perspectives -- The 'Glas House' today 25 photographs / Stefan Oláh -- The biography of the Villa Rezek: The house through the decades, 1932-2025 -- Hans Glas: Stages in the life of an architect.

Summary:

"When Hans Glas designed a villa in Pötzleinsdorf for the Jewish physician couple Anna and Philipp Rezek in the historically portentous year 1933, it was among Vienna's most visionary residences. Today, the architect Hans Glas, a student of Adolf Loos, has been largely forgotten in Austria. At that time, Vienna was an inspiring cultural metropolis with close ties between architecture, design, music, and literature, as well as philosophy, medicine, and psychoanalysis. The 'Glas house,' as the grandchildren of the family call the villa, perfectly embodies this unique synergy. -- Back cover.

ISBN:

9783038604464 English edition half cloth
3038604461

Subject:

Glas, Hans.
Rezek, Anna Homes and haunts.
Rezek, Philipp Homes and haunts.
Villa Rezek (Vienna, Austria)
Architecture, Domestic Austria Vienna.
Visionary architecture Austria Vienna.
Architecture visionnaire Autriche Vienne.
Vienna (Austria) Buildings, structures, etc.

Added entries:

Glas, Hans.
Wohlgemuth, Caroline, editor.
Eisenköck, Maximilian, editor.
Oláh, Stefan, 1971- photographer (expression)

Visionary architecture in Vienna and exile

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 324497
Call No.: 324497
Copy: 1
Status: Available