Himmelb(l)au

The architecture group Coop Himmelb(l)au is located in Vienna and consist of two main architects, Wolf Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky. The buildings they design are symmetrically unsymmetrical. They are twisted, edgy and at times just look odd. I like their way of building for two reasons, one: they are one of the only one's that break out of the square cliche of building and two: it's just fun looking at one of their buildings. One of the buildings they designed in cooperation with Guenther Domenig is actually located in my hometown of Steindorf in Austria. The building itself serves very little purpose. It, however, is constructed for sound, not aesthetics. The sounds reflecting off the walls and resonating within it are so great that it gets its most use for Jazz-festivals and Operas.