Wotruba Church

On a hill on Vienna's southern outskirts stands one of the most unusual churches of the twentieth century, designed by the sculptor Fritz Wotruba and finished in 1976. It is built from more than a hundred concrete blocks of different sizes, stacked in a seemingly random pile that reads as an abstract sculpture rather than a conventional building. Gaps between the blocks let daylight fall through in shifting patterns onto the bare interior. From its exposed site it commands a wide view over the city and vineyards, rewarding the trip out.