"There's a quality to a well-restored historic work of architecture that is unmatched-the marriage of early twentieth century materials where edges are refined, structure is updated, and surfaces are refinished with real consideration. Villa Rezek, built between 1933 and 1934 in Vienna for physician couple Anna and Philipp Rezek by the largely unknown Jewish Viennese architect Hans Glas, is one such example."
"That past is substantial: the forced flight of the Jewish Rezek family in 1938; postwar occupation by American military generals; partial destruction; and the eventual protection by the Federal Monuments Office in 2010. Newly reopened as a temporary museum in spring of 2025, Villa Rezek offers a rare, intimiate encounter with the modernist domestic life-rooms restored with original furniture, photographs, and plans, where even absences feel present."
Villa Rezek was built between 1933 and 1934 in Vienna for physician couple Anna and Philipp Rezek by Jewish Viennese architect Hans Glas. The house sits on Windmühlhöhe in Währing and exemplifies interwar Viennese Modernism with reinforced concrete, generous openings, clean lines, and expansive terraces. A 2020–2024 restoration by Maximilian Eisenköck Architektur treated the building as a layered document, using archival research, material analysis, and attention to chemical composition and traces of original use. The restoration returned rooms to their 1930s condition without erasing later history. Reopened as a temporary museum in spring 2025, rooms display original furniture, photographs, and plans, and the project reintroduces Hans Glas into Austria’s architectural lineage.
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