| Vienna International Centre | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office, conference, used by approx. 5001 employees of international organizations |
| Location | Donaustadt,Vienna,Austria |
| Coordinates | 48°14′05″N16°25′01″E / 48.23472°N 16.41694°E /48.23472; 16.41694 |
| 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 |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access |  Kaisermühlen |
| Website | |
| unvienna.org | |
TheVienna International Centre (VIC) is the campus and building complex hosting theUnited Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV; inAustrian German:Büro der Vereinten Nationen in Wien). The complex encompassing the Vienna International Centre and the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) convention center is colloquially known asUNO City.[1]
The VIC, designed by Austrian architect Johann Staber, was built between 1973 and 1979 just north of the riverDanube.The initial idea of setting up an international organization in Vienna came from theChancellor 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 ("A Building") stands 127 metres tall, enclosing 28 floors. These office towers were among the first modern skyscrapers to be built in Austria.
About 5,000 people work at the VIC, which also offers catering and shopping facilities (seeCommissary below) and apost office (postal code 1400 Wien). Two banks (Bank Austria,BAWAG P.S.K. andUnited Nations Federal Credit Union offices),travel agents and other commercial services have offices on the premises.
Complementing the early 2000sasbestos 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.[1]
The M building hosted all conferences during the renovation of the C building (previously the main conference facility) from 2009 to 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 has an indoor link to the VIC buildings.
The VIC is served byKaisermühlen-VIC station on line U1 of theVienna U-Bahn (underground railway). The UN Vienna Visitors Service offers guided tours of the VIC for the general public Monday-Friday.
A major UN site along withNew York,Geneva andNairobi, the VIC hosts several organizations:
The VIC is guarded by United Nations security personnel"United Nations Office at Vienna – Security and Safety Service (SSS)". United Nations. Retrieved2024-10-25..
Five other notable international organizations headquartered in Vienna, theOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), theOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), theOPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), theInternational Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) and theInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), occupy facilities outside the VIC.
The Vienna International Centre offers shopping opportunities to its staff, and the staff of Permanent Missions and other international organizations based in Vienna. TheCommissary, so named after similar facilities for U.S. military personnel at various duty stations, offers an international selection of foodstuffs and household items, thus catering to expatriate employees (and selected family members) who may purchase familiar items that are not readily available in the host country Austria. The store is run by theIAEA on anon-profit basis.
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