Gallery · Lend, Graz, Styria
Kunsthaus Graz
Kunsthaus Graz
Kunsthaus Graz is the Universalmuseum Joanneum's house for international contemporary art on Lendkai in Graz, a biomorphic building by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier built for the European Capital of Culture 2003.
Why go
The Universalmuseum Joanneum runs Kunsthaus Graz as its house for international contemporary art, showing changing exhibitions. Its architecture page says Peter Cook and Colin Fournier designed it for the European Capital of Culture programme of 2003, on a lot between Lendkai and Mariahilferstraße opposite the historic centre, joined to the 'Eiserne Haus', a department store of 1846-48 whose listed façade was kept; Fournier called it the 'Friendly Alien'. Its architecture page says that in the evening the building communicates with its surroundings through the BIX media façade designed by realities:united. Graz Tourismus adds that a 40-metre glass gallery, the 'Needle', serves as a viewing platform. This record is the exhibition house, not the Joanneum as a whole.
Near Kunsthaus Graz
Monument
Graz Clock Tower
The Clock Tower (Uhrturm) is the former fortress tower on the Schlossberg above Graz's old town, with a wooden gallery, three bells and a clock whose large hands show the hours.
0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Graz Cathedral
Graz Cathedral is the late-Gothic court church that Emperor Frederick III built from 1438 in Graz's old town, the cathedral of the Catholic diocese of Graz-Seckau since 1786, beside the Mausoleum of Ferdinand II.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Park
Schlossberg Graz
The Schlossberg is the wooded hill above Graz's old town, the site of a former fortress, laid out as a public park with the Clock Tower, the Bell Tower and the remains of the fortifications.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Eggenberg Palace
Eggenberg Palace is the Baroque residence of the Eggenberg family in the west of Graz, begun in 1625 and run by the Universalmuseum Joanneum, with its state rooms, landscaped park and three museums.
3 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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