Glass Palace
The second construction project, the former data center of the City of Vienna, at Rathausstrasse 1, was completed for BUWOG in August 2017. In 3,450 operational hours, almost 74,000 kg of materials were dismantled and recycled. A turnover of 50,000 euros was generated.
Completion of dismantling
2017
Building owner
BUWOG GmbH
Specialist planning
Project participants
Effect achieved
- 3400 hours of employment / 10 people employed
- 0.3 tons for re-use
- 171 tons disposed of
- 73.9 tons recycled

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