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140 BELLEVUE BY TRAUDE & WOLFGANG WINDBRECHTINGER Year 1963 Status Demolished Material Cardboard Modeling Clay Scale 1:200 Model maker Robert Anagnostopoulos The scale model is a reconstruction of the Bellevue restaurant by Traude and Wolfgang Windbrechtinger, which was designed and built between 1960 and 1963. The scale model of the building was made with access to only a handful of photos as well as a plan of the side view of the building. The building was located at Himmelstraße 150 in the 19th district of Vienna. The architects were commissioned by the municipality of Vienna to design a popular restaurant destination in the location of an old, destroyed castle. The building site was located on the Cobenzl, a mountain on the outskirts of Vienna with an ideal view of the city. Traude and Wolfgang Windbrechtinger designed a modern interpretation of the classical Viennese restaurants, known as the Heurige, which were owned by winegrowers and were located in the vineyards along the peripheries of the city. Using a scale much larger than the archetype they were drawing inspiration from, the architects added elements such as rooftop terraces, areas for relaxing, and courtyards. The building was made of exposed, white painted concrete, the floor was made of red clinker bricks and the ceiling was planked with natural pine wood. The building was demolished in 1982, which was due to mismanagement of the restaurant and the lack of understanding, on the part of the owners, of the architectural qualities of the building.1 1 Architekturzentrum Wien (Ed.) (2016): Architektur in Österreich im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Zürich: Park Books. 157.