About this Event
100 years ago, in 1925, Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, then residing on the bel étage of the Schönborn-Batthyány Palace, commissioned Moravian born Jewish architect Paul Engelmann, a pupil of Adolf Loos, to design a home for her. Soon afterwards, her brother Ludwig Wittgenstein joined the project and quickly assumed leadership, fundamentally transforming the original plans. From 1925 to 1928, Palais Schönborn became the hub for the planning and subsequent construction of Palais Stonborough, now known as House Wittgenstein. Schönborn-Batthyány also played host to Margaret Stonborough's salon, with concerts, art collections and intellectual debates featuring leading figures of the time: Cambridge mathematician Frank Ramsey and the Rosé Quartet of Vienna Philharmonic musicians were among the guests. It was also the location of the first meeting of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Moritz Schlick, which paved the way for Wittgenstein's contact with the Vienna Circle and his return to philosophy in 1929 after the completion of ‘his house’.
To celebrate this landmark, and to launch an anniversary programme leading up to the centenary of Haus Wittgenstein in 2028, the Wittgenstein Initiative is delighted to announce WITTGENSTEIN WEEK, a series of expert talks and an exhibition of rarely-seen photographs, paintings and documents exploring the Wittgenstein's relationship with architecture and design. Wittgenstein Week will reflect and enrich our understanding of the unique cultural milieu of one of Europe’s most influential families.
21.10.25
🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Margaret Stonboroughs Wohnkonzepte in Berlin, Gmunden und Wien
Host: Ursula Prokop (Architekturhistorikerin)
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Preparing for the second coming: Ludwig Wittgenstein in Vienna 1925-1929
Host: Ray Monk (University of Southampton)
22.10.25
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Spatial Movement in Music and Architecture: Themes from Wittgenstein
Host: Alison Denham (St. Anne's College Oxford)
🕑: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Ludwig Wittgenstein: thinking through music, a lecture recital
Host: Inbal Guter
Info: Five original musical fragments exist in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Nachlass. These rare moments of musical reflection serve as an occasion to consider how Wittgenstein's philosophical thinking is related to music in a special lecture-recital that brings together live music and lively discourse.
23.10.25
🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Paul Engelmann in Olomouc, Vienna, and Tel Aviv
Host: Daniel Ziss
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Die Wittgenstein Villa in Neuwaldgegg
Host: Marie-Theres Arnbom
24.10.25
🕑: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Haus Wittgenstein: Vielfältige Dimensionen erforschen
Host: Workshop mit der Technischen Universität, Wien
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Das Palais Schönborn – Geburtsstätte einer architektonischen Ikone
Host: Ursula Prokop
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Emergence and status of an unknown jewel
Host: Bernhard Leitner
25.10.25
🕑: 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Workshop, Technische Universität, Wien
26.10.25
🕑: 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Tag der Offenen Tür / Open House
27.10.25
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
TBA
Host: Kjetil Trædal Thorsen (Founding Partner Snøhetta Oslo)
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Margaret Stonboroughs Musiksalon in Palais Schönborn
Host: Carmen Ottner (Musikwissenschaftlerin)
🕑: 06:30 PM - 06:40 PM
Die Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker
Host: Josef Hell (emer. Wiener Philharmoniker)
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Konzert Akademisten der Wiener Philharmoniker
Host: Katharina Auer – Violine
Info: J. Brahms: Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 1 in G-Dur, op. 78
J. Brahms: Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier Nr. 1 in e-Moll, op. 38
L.v. Beethoven: Klaviertrio, op. 121a „Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu“
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Palais Schönborn, 4 Renngasse, Wien, Austria
EUR 10.00 to EUR 60.00
