Baumgarten Castle

The building is divided into three parts:

• The castle, built in 1779, was originally a residential building; later, the premises were used by SPÖ organizations.
• The ballroom was built in 1891/92 according to plans by Eugen Sehnal in the Historicist style and is used for balls, events, exhibitions, and sound recordings.
• The annex, built in the 1950s, housed a Konsum branch, a cinema, and a restaurant. All facilities are currently closed.

The Casino Baumgarten was built in 1779 as a castle by General Andreas Hadik von Futak. For some time, it was owned by the Princes of Esterházy before being converted into a casino in the 19th century and expanded with the large ballroom in 1891/92. Through a donation, the Casino Baumgarten came into the possession of the SPÖ. The current owner is the SPÖ-affiliated Association of Viennese Workers' Homes. In addition to the ballroom, an analog tube sound studio, located in the building and used for sound recordings by the company Preiser Records, is of significance.

In 2009, a discussion arose about the Casino, as water damage and other structural defects threatened the substance of the building. The hall was occupied over the summer of 2009.

After the end of the occupation, Preiser Records was able to move into the premises they had rented. An application for monument protection of the hall and the facade was submitted to the Federal Monuments Office by the Green Party.

After a renovation, the building has been primarily used for cultural events and sound recordings since summer 2010. In the first months, recordings by musicians such as Stefan Vladar, Angelika Kirchschlager, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin took place. Concerts have also taken place since then, with performances by John Paul Jones and pianist and actor John Tilbury (as part of a concert series curated by Patrick Pulsinger for Wien Modern), among others.