HoHo Vienna - the world's first wooden skyscraper

Vienna is preparing to build a wooden high-rise building, which will be the first of its kind in the world. The building will have 24 floors and will rise to 84 meters. The investment by the Kerbler Group amounts to 65 million euros. "HoHo" will be located in one of the largest urban development projects in Europe, in the newly created district of Seestadt Aspern. The high-rise will offer apartments, a hotel, offices, and shops, as well as a restaurant and sauna under one roof. It will be situated by a lake, not far from the metro station.

The facade of the building is intended to resemble tree bark. The interiors of the apartments and offices will also have wooden surfaces. The hybrid building, built to passive energy standards, will stand on a plot of land of nearly 4,000 m².

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Architecture and project: Rüdiger Lainer + Partner ZT GmbH, Arch. Univ.Prof. DI Rüdiger Lainer
Project of load-bearing structures, building physics, and construction technology: RWT+ZT GmbH, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Richard Woschitz
Fire protection project: Kunz - the innovative fire protection planners, Bmstr. Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Kunz, MSc
Total gross area: 25,000 m²
Leasable area: 19,500 m²
Land area: 3,920 m²
Type of building: wooden high-rise building with innovative timber construction technology
Floors: 24
Height: 84 m
Start of construction: estimated autumn 2015
Completion: planned construction period of 2 years
Investment: around 65 million euros