The Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna's Landstraße district was built from 1983 to 1985. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky proposed letting Friedensreich Hundertwasser build a housing project, and Vienna's mayor, Leopold Gratz, invited him to create an apartment building. The article does not name a client. Josef Krawina is credited as co-architect and Peter Pelikan as planner.
The roof is covered with earth and grass, and large trees grow from inside the rooms, with limbs extending through windows. Floors undulate. The building has 53 apartments, four offices, 16 private terraces, three communal terraces and about 250 trees and bushes. The article links it to Expressionist architecture and gives no dimensions.
After eight years of litigation, Austria's Supreme Court ruled on March 11, 2010 that Krawina is a co-creator entitled to an equal share of royalties. It remains an apartment house and one of Vienna's most visited buildings.
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