The so-called "house without eyebrows" - famous building in Vienna, is one of the central buildings of the Viennese Modernism.

In 1909, the Jewish banker Leopold Goldstein hired Austrian architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933) to build a commercial building on Mihaelerplatts (next to the Imperial Palace in the city center) for your business. The project manager was appointed Ernst Epstein, a construction company engaged in Pittel & Brausewetter. The building was opened in 1911 and immediately caused a big scandal because of too simple facade. Above the windows of the building did not have the time for traditional stucco, known as cornices, making the building more spectacular and rich. Because of this, the Viennese society immediately nicknamed the creation of Adolf Loos' house without eyebrows. " The general public in one voice demanded the demolition of the building, and the Emperor Franz Joseph I refused to enter the imperial palace from the Mihaelerplatts, but would not see such an ugly house. They say he even became a curtain windows facing the "house without eyebrows."

Adolf Loos himself was opposed to any kind of architectural decorations, insisting that the crucial functionality of a building. "A house without eyebrows" became his trademark. Despite his radical views, Loos went to meet the requests of others and ennoble the facade, hanging flower boxes.

In 1947, the House recognized architectural monument and taken under protection. In 1960, the building housed a furniture store. In 1987, Raiffeisen Bank bought the building. Since 2002, in the "house without eyebrows" it is also a cultural organization "Zone Design Adolf Loos' Paolo Piva. It hosts international exhibitions, discussed world events in the field of design and architecture.