ABSTRACT
In Vienna, functionalist planning was less radical than in other European cities. As if economic cycles showed respect for Schrammel's motto, Vienna has also enjoyed an unusually stable economy. The change from Fordist to post-Fordist production was much smoother than elsewhere. New construction since the Second World War was first aimed at making up for wartime destruction and then at increasing the amount of space per inhabitant. Many wartime gaps were closed with Emmentaler-Fassaden — unadorned infills with regular hole-like windows. They were unimaginative, but left the street grain intact. Hence the structure of the city did not change substantially from the early twentieth century. The historical city to date remains the major point of reference for new planning and design. Viennese planners, in contrast to their colleagues in Berlin or Glasgow, never seriously attempted to overwrite the existing structures with new visions.
