25.06.2018

A virtual tour through the Hofburg

In architecture three-dimensional models have been common for centuries. A new 3D-model of the Hofburg Vienna has now been made using state-of-the-art digital tools and methods. It allows researchers to gain new insights into the specific history of this famous building. OeAW art historian Richard Kurdiovsky explains how this works.

[Translate to English:] © IKM/ÖAW
[Translate to English:] Rekonstruktion des baulichen Zustands der Wiener Hofburg um 1835, Blick von Südwesten. Miturheber/innen: Christian Benedik, Petra Kalousek, Hellmut Lorenz, Anna Mader-Kratky, Jochen Martz, Manuel Weinberger und Herbert Wittine; Visualisierung: © Herbert Wittine, Institut für Örtliche Raumplanung, TU Wien 2015