You would hardly notice the Altstadt Vienna in the city’s Seventh district from the street. The hotel’s reception is located on the first floor and the rooms are distributed over the other floors and in the individual apartments of the 19th century building. There are no standardized floor plans but in return guests get 4 m-high ceilings and reassuringly creaky old oak parquet floors.
It was 25 years ago that art aficionado Otto Wiesenthal opened the hotel in the Spittelberg quarter. The concept of a home for friends and guests has grown over the years and taken over more and more space. It now counts 58 rooms, suites and apartments. Additional apartments were gradually rented and neighbouring houses built into. The individual rooms are all designed by artists, architects or designers — many of them friends of the owner’s family.
Every room is different and has a personal touch. Instead of interchangeable standard interiors a multi-faceted private cosmos that is unintentionally eclectic has emerged: A Bösendorfer grand piano stands in one room, another has been turned into a private cinema, there’s also a large roof terrace that dialogues with the city. Matteo Thun and Dietrich Untertrifaller, design duo Polka and fashion designer Lena Hoschek have all designed rooms, among others. The most recently completed enhancements include meticulously balanced interiors by Adolf Krischanitz, Lilli Hollein and Gregor Eichinger.
It was 25 years ago that art aficionado Otto Wiesenthal opened the hotel in the Spittelberg quarter. The concept of a home for friends and guests has grown over the years and taken over more and more space. It now counts 58 rooms, suites and apartments. Additional apartments were gradually rented and neighbouring houses built into. The individual rooms are all designed by artists, architects or designers — many of them friends of the owner’s family.
Every room is different and has a personal touch. Instead of interchangeable standard interiors a multi-faceted private cosmos that is unintentionally eclectic has emerged: A Bösendorfer grand piano stands in one room, another has been turned into a private cinema, there’s also a large roof terrace that dialogues with the city. Matteo Thun and Dietrich Untertrifaller, design duo Polka and fashion designer Lena Hoschek have all designed rooms, among others. The most recently completed enhancements include meticulously balanced interiors by Adolf Krischanitz, Lilli Hollein and Gregor Eichinger.