"There's a quality to a well-restored historic work of architecture that is unmatched-the marriage of early twentieth century materials where edges are refined with an updated structure and surfaces refinished with real consideration. Villa Rezek, built between 1933 and 1934 in Vienna for physician couple Anna and Philipp Rezek by the largely unknown Jewish Viennese architect Hans Glas, is one such example."
"Its recent restoration, undertaken between 2020 and 2024 by Maximilian Eisenköck Architektur, approaches the house as a layered document. The firm's research-driven approach combines archival study, material analysis, and the precise attention to building history, chemical composition, and traces of original use. This allowed the villa to be returned to its 1930s condition without erasing its past. That past is substantial: the forced flight of the Jewish Rezek family in 1938;"
Villa Rezek, built 1933–1934 in Vienna for Anna and Philipp Rezek by Hans Glas, exemplifies interwar Viennese Modernism with reinforced concrete, generous openings, clean lines, and expansive terraces. The house combines modernist formal clarity with humane domestic spaces. Between 2020 and 2024, Maximilian Eisenköck Architektur executed a research-driven restoration using archival study, material analysis, and attention to building history and chemical composition to return surfaces and structure to their 1930s condition while retaining traces of later use. The villa's layered history includes the Rezeks' forced flight in 1938, postwar military occupation, partial destruction, monument protection in 2010, and a 2025 reopening as a temporary museum displaying original furniture and plans.
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