Vienna International Centre
| Vienna International Centre | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office, conference, used by approx. 5000 employees of international organizations |
| Location | Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria |
| Coordinates | 48°14′05″N 16°25′01″E / 48.23472°N 16.41694°E |
| Current tenants | United Nations Office at Vienna |
| Construction started | 1973 |
| Completed | 1979 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 28 (building A) |
| Floor area | 230,000 m2 (2,480,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Johann Staber |
| Website | |
| unvienna.org | |
The Vienna International Centre (VIC) is the campus and building complex hosting the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV; in German: Büro der Vereinten Nationen in Wien). It is colloquially also known as UNO City.
The VIC, designed by Austrian architect Johann Staber, was built between 1973 and 1979 just north of the river Danube. The initial idea of setting up an international organization in Vienna came from the Chancellor of Austria Dr. Bruno Kreisky.
Six Y-shaped office towers surround a cylindrical conference building for a total floor area of 230,000 square metres. The highest tower stands 127 metres tall, enclosing 28 floors.
About 5,000 people work at the VIC, which also offers catering and shopping facilities (see Commissary below) and a post office (postal code 1400 Wien). Two banks (Bank Austria, Bawag PSK and United Nations Federal Credit Union offices), travel agents and other commercial services have offices on the premises.
The VIC is an extraterritorial area, exempt from the jurisdiction of local law.
Complementing the early 2000s asbestos removal works in the VIC, a new conference building, previously designated “C2”, now termed “M Building”, was constructed over the existing parking deck near the southern perimeter of the campus, and put into service in 2009.
The M building hosted all conferences during the renovation of the C building (previously the main conference facility) from 2009-2013. Both M and C buildings are now being used for meetings. Very large conferences can be accommodated in the neighbouring Austria Center Vienna (ACV), a separate conference and exhibition centre with a capacity of 6,000, which is with the VIC campus part of the UNO-City. The ACV has an indoor link to the VIC buildings. It is guarded by United Nations security personnel, since the VIC has exterritorial status; the ACV does not.
A major UN site along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, the VIC hosts several organizations:
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