Departments of Law and Central Administration

Location: Vienna, Austria
Type: Education 
Client: Wirtschafts University
Design: Sir Peter Cook - CRAB
Area: 20,000 m2 
Phase: RIBA 2-7

The result of a three-stage competition, the two buildings intertwine with the cheerful rounded corners of the coffee shop (at the tip of the Administration building) and the students’ common room (at the corner of the Law building) to greet the visitor. A series of terraced garden-decks form the roof of the Law Library and connect the open spaces of the central court of the University with the Prater Gardens. There are passages under the body of the building that reinforce this connection.