Jan Svenungsson

Vienna Chimney Project (The Sixth Chimney) aborted



At the beginning of autumn 2000 it became clear that it was, after all, impossible to carry this project to a successful conclusion. It was a sad insight, because at this point all technical plans were prepared, a contractor had been chosen and the financing was on the table! Usually, when you get that far, there is nothing to stop you... But the intricacies of Vienna city planning politics in relation to the nearby construction of the new Museum Quarter proved a nut to hard to crack. This project had to stay on the drawing board. A few months later, there was a new project for the Sixth Chimney.