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The two issues on housing in Vienna at a discounted bundle price of only €45 instead of €56.
ARCH+ (single issue: €28)
Vienna – The End of Housing (as a Typology) (EN)
ARCH+ 260 (single issue: €28)
Wien/Roma – Agency for Better Living (DE/EN)
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ARCH+ Vienna: Housing—Vienna—Red Vienna. This triad, as unavoidable as it is redundant, is the knee-jerk injunction in architectural discourse whenever there is another desperate search for successful housing policy models. This reflexive response testifies to both the scarcity of such exemplary cases and the enduring power of the myth of Red Vienna. Nevertheless, the success of its housing model is not simply a myth: Above all, it is grounded in an astonishing continuity of municipal politics, which recognizes that housing is a societal responsibility that should not be solely entrusted to the market. Read more
ARCH+ 260:The imagined encounter between Vienna and Rome in the Austrian Pavilion reveals a range of possibilities that could lay the groundwork for a new European urban development policy—one that places commoning, migration, and social justice at the heart of urban design. Only in this space of tension and opportunity can the pursuit of a better life truly begin. This issue was created in close collaboration with curators Michael Obrist, Sabine Pollak, and Lorenzo Romito, whose exhibition Agency for Better Living will be presented in the Austrian Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. It serves as the catalog for their contribution. Read more