DOI Heft:
No. 124 (June, 1907)
DOI Artikel:Levetus, A. S.: The architectural and decorative work of Baron Krauss
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28251#0312
F. Ton Krauss, Architect
broad lines of silver running perpendicularly the
full length, with a kind of fretwork border.
Simplicity, again, is the keynote in the Fish-
market Hall and Milk Depot, which also belong to
Baron Krauss’s achievements. The former is a
scheme of blue and white, and stands out ex-
tremely well from the celebrated Naschmarkt,
which serves as a kind of background. The hall
is lined throughout with white glazed tiles,
bordered with blue ones, and thus the whole
building can be easily washed from top to bottom.
The milk depot or station is at present unique
in Vienna, though every district of the city has its
“ special ” shop, where the poor mothers bring
their infants at regular intervals to be examined,
weighed and measured. '1 hey receive a certain
quantity of sterilised milk every day, so that
their infants may be properly fed. The exterior is
white and blue. The socle is of green stone with
a layer of green granite ; the upper part of the
building is painted white and rough-cast alter-
nately. The lines are blue, while four Della
Robbia babies ornament the front facade. The
interior is also white and blue, the furniture
being white enamelled and upholstered in blue.
The distribution of the rooms is a happy one.
Naturally here, where every available space has its
use, and where it was absolutely necessary that the
cost was kept as low as possible, more than ordinary
care had to be taken—there has been no squander-
ing in any form. The large hall where the mothers
wait, and which is heated with hot air in cold
weather, has already proved too small for the
purpose. At the lower end is the counter where
the milk is delivered to the mothers; at the upper
one, a tiny room for the matron. The ground-
floor has rooms for sterilising and examining
the milk, a scullery, and other offices. The walls
and furniture throughout are washable, a most
important thing from a hygienic point of view.
Of the sanitorium and mansions which Krauss
has planned, I do not wish to speak here.
Unfortunately everybody lives in flats, for land is
very dear, and it is still the fashion in Vienna to
LIBRARY DESIGNED BY F. VON KRAUSS
INLAID EBONY FURNITURE WITH COPPER FITTINGS, GREY VELVET UPHOLSTERY
298
broad lines of silver running perpendicularly the
full length, with a kind of fretwork border.
Simplicity, again, is the keynote in the Fish-
market Hall and Milk Depot, which also belong to
Baron Krauss’s achievements. The former is a
scheme of blue and white, and stands out ex-
tremely well from the celebrated Naschmarkt,
which serves as a kind of background. The hall
is lined throughout with white glazed tiles,
bordered with blue ones, and thus the whole
building can be easily washed from top to bottom.
The milk depot or station is at present unique
in Vienna, though every district of the city has its
“ special ” shop, where the poor mothers bring
their infants at regular intervals to be examined,
weighed and measured. '1 hey receive a certain
quantity of sterilised milk every day, so that
their infants may be properly fed. The exterior is
white and blue. The socle is of green stone with
a layer of green granite ; the upper part of the
building is painted white and rough-cast alter-
nately. The lines are blue, while four Della
Robbia babies ornament the front facade. The
interior is also white and blue, the furniture
being white enamelled and upholstered in blue.
The distribution of the rooms is a happy one.
Naturally here, where every available space has its
use, and where it was absolutely necessary that the
cost was kept as low as possible, more than ordinary
care had to be taken—there has been no squander-
ing in any form. The large hall where the mothers
wait, and which is heated with hot air in cold
weather, has already proved too small for the
purpose. At the lower end is the counter where
the milk is delivered to the mothers; at the upper
one, a tiny room for the matron. The ground-
floor has rooms for sterilising and examining
the milk, a scullery, and other offices. The walls
and furniture throughout are washable, a most
important thing from a hygienic point of view.
Of the sanitorium and mansions which Krauss
has planned, I do not wish to speak here.
Unfortunately everybody lives in flats, for land is
very dear, and it is still the fashion in Vienna to
LIBRARY DESIGNED BY F. VON KRAUSS
INLAID EBONY FURNITURE WITH COPPER FITTINGS, GREY VELVET UPHOLSTERY
298