From Decay to Design: Adaptive Reuse of a Modernist Landmark in Graz, Austria| INNOCAD Architecture hitecture

Balancing heritage preservation with contemporary hospitality design, INNOCAD Architecture rebirths a historic modernist landmark in Graz, Austria. Since its origins in 1829, the Thalia in Graz has embodied the spirit of entertainment—circus, theatre, cinema, even a 1990s club. Its 1956 redesign by Austrian architect Rudolf Vorderegger left the city with a rare surviving modernist building. Yet, despite its cultural weight, decades of disuse and the restrictions of monument protection left the venue decaying. The recent refurbishment in 2024 set out to resolve this tension: how to respect heritage while reinstating function. INNOCAD Architecture, in close collaboration with the Federal Monuments […]