Stunning Modern Penthouse in Vienna

Stunning modern penthouse located in Vienna, Austria and designed by Elke Meissl and her partner & husband, Roman Delugan, as a rooftop addition for their family, but it feels more like a spaceship that has landed on the roof and will move to a new destination as soon as it gets what it wants.

A long white bar stretches down the center of the apartment and serves as both kitchen counter and visual continuity for the exterior. In the “relaxation zone,” a broad, pillow-laden platform—a kind of updated conversation pit—appears to be suspended between planes of glass.

Converging lines of sheer glass, sloping floors, and ceiling planes create the impression of multiple perspectives and vanishing points. Floor-to-ceiling glass walls enhance the illusion of total transparency. There are no interior walls except for those around the bedrooms. Most of the furniture is built-in and plays its part in the spatial continuum. Ramps lead up to the living zone, while the kitchen sits on a central plateau, which the architects refer to as their “culinary cockpit.”