The Hundertwasser house "Waldspirale" ("Forest Spiral") was built in Darmstadt between 1998 and 2000.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the famous Austrian architect and painter, is widely renowned for his revolutionary, colourful architectural designs which incorporate irregular, organic forms, e.g. onion-shaped domes.
Natural features of the landscape are expressed in this building: the layers of sedimental rock found underneath the site are reflected on the facade in bands of ceramic tiles and coloured stucco.
The roof of the altogether 12 floors is formed by a garden of beech, maple, and lime trees.
The structure with 105 apartments wraps around a landscaped courtyard with a running stream.
Up in the turret at the southeast corner, there is a restaurant, including a cocktail bar.
Hundertwasser died in February 2000, a few months before the building was completed.
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