▁Jugend st il ▁architecture . ▁These ▁buildings ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁The ▁Vienna ▁Sec ession , ▁as ▁they ▁followed ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁art istic ▁styles ▁of ▁that ▁movement . ▁They ▁were ▁designed ▁by ▁Otto ▁Wagner , ▁advis er ▁to ▁the ▁Transport ▁Commission ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁and ▁Joseph ▁Maria ▁Ol br ich ▁and ▁are , ▁unlike ▁the ▁other ▁Stadt bahn ▁stations , ▁made ▁of ▁a ▁steel ▁framework ▁with ▁mar ble ▁sl abs ▁mounted ▁on ▁the ▁exterior . ▁These ▁stations ▁allowed ▁Otto ▁Wagner ▁to ▁achieve ▁his ▁goal ▁of ▁creating ▁two ▁modern ▁axes ▁of ▁architecture ▁in ▁a ▁city ▁that ▁was ▁becoming ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁modern ▁cities ▁of ▁its ▁time . ▁These ▁buildings ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁most ▁modern ▁monument ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁city . ▁Arch itect ural ▁critic ▁and ▁poet ▁Friedrich ▁Ach le it ner ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁Stadt bahn ▁stations ▁as ▁follows ▁"... In ▁these ▁two ▁station ▁buildings ▁Wagner ▁reached ▁a ▁high point ▁of ▁his ▁dialect ic ▁( in ▁his ▁planning ▁of ▁the ▁Stadt bahn ) ▁between ▁function ▁and ▁poetry , ▁construction ▁and ▁decor ation , ▁where by ▁a ▁severe ▁rational ism ▁eng ages ▁in ▁competition ▁with ▁an ▁almost ▁Sec ession ist ▁kind ▁of ▁decor ation ." ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁station ▁was ▁opened ▁as ▁Akadem i estra ße ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 . ▁When ▁the ▁Stadt bahn ▁line ▁was ▁converted ▁to ▁U - B ahn ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁original ▁station ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁be ▁demol ished . ▁ ▁However , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁public ▁out c ry