The so-called "House without eyebrows" - a famous building in Vienna, is considered 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 Michaelerplatz (next to the Imperial Palace, in the centre of the city) for your business. The project Manager has been appointed Ernst Epstein, and were engaged in building the company 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 were not traditional for that time of molding, so-called curtain rods, make the building more spectacular and rich. Because of this, the Viennese society immediately dubbed 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 Michaelerplatz, but would not see such an ugly house. They say he even became the curtain of the window facing the "house without eyebrows".

Himself Adolf Loos was an opponent of any kind of architectural decorations, insisting that crucial has only the functionality of the building. "House without eyebrows" became his trademark. Despite his radical views, Loos went to meet the requests of others and ennobled facade, hanging flower boxes.

In 1947 the house was recognized as an architectural monument and placed under guard. In 1960, the building housed a furniture store. In 1987, Raiffeisen Bank bought the building. Since 2002, the "House without eyebrows" is also cultural organization a Area of the design of Adolf Loos" Paolo Piva. There are international exhibitions, discusses world events in the field of design and architecture.