A Graphical View Of A Vienna`s Skyline With The Famous Ankerhaus Building On The Right, Vienna Wien, Austria Österreich Stock Photography

The Ankerhaus on Graben Street went up in 1894 - 1895 to a design by the great architect, Otto Wagner. With the new construction, Wagner created a pioneering multi-functional building with shop space on the lower floor, room for offices and apartments, and a rooftop studio or workshop. That rooftop space proved an attractive proposition to the artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who once had a studio up there. The Anker Insurance Company commissioned the building from where the name came.