Max Hummel (architect, 1875)

Max Hummel (born December 17, 1875 in Rastatt ; † January 22, 1939 in Darmstadt ) was a German architect and university professor .

Life

Max Hummel was born in 1875 as the son of the veterinarian Guido Hummel and his wife Katharina. Aydt was born in Rastatt. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Karlsruhe , a. a. as a student of Carl Schäfer and Josef Durm . From 1908 to 1922 he worked with Ernst Rothe (1875–1941) in the Hummel und Rothe architectural office in Kassel . In Kassel he was most recently a teacher at the state building trade school. On October 1, 1922, he was appointed to succeed Friedrich Pützer as Professor of Architecture and Building Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt . From 1924 to 1926 he was dean of the architecture department.

Max Hummel died unexpectedly in January 1939. He had been married to Marie Körner from Kassel since 1907.

Honors

Honorary doctorate (as Dr.-Ing.Eh )

Buildings and designs

1902: Competition design (motto "Goldwasser") for facades in Danzig (together with Brevot ; awarded a 1st prize)
1911–1914: City Hall Kassel (with Ernst Rothe)
before 1916: "Salzmannshausen" settlement in Kassel- Bettenhausen (with Ernst Rothe)
1923–1929: Residential buildings at the town hall in Kassel, Ebertstrasse, Kaiserstrasse, Hohenzollernstrasse, Wilhelmshöher Strasse, Sophie-Henschel-Platz
before 1927: Buildings on the main cemetery with crematorium in Kassel

literature

Hummel, Max . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 131 .
Christa Wolf, Marianne Viefhaus: Directory of professors at TH Darmstadt. Darmstadt 1977, p. 94.

Web links

Drawings and designs by Max Hummel in the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin

Individual evidence

↑ Yearbook of the Technical University of Darmstadt. Darmstadt 1980, p. 138.
↑ facade designs for Gdansk Brevot & Max Hummel at the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin
↑ Berliner Architekturwelt , 5th year 1902/1903, No. 9 (from December 1902), p. 323. (Note on the competition result) ( digital.zlb.de online )
↑ HJZ: Kassel residential buildings by Max Hummel. In: Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst , 13th year 1929, No. 3 ( urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-8718 ), pp. 89–95.
↑ Wasmuths MONTHLY FOR BUILDING ART , 11th year 1927, No. 9 ( urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-9464 ), p. 374. (Illustration)

personal data
SURNAME	Hummel, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 17, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rastatt
DATE OF DEATH	January 22, 1939
Place of death	Darmstadt

[1] Yearbook of the Technical University of Darmstadt. Darmstadt 1980, p. 138.

[2] facade designs for Gdansk Brevot & Max Hummel at the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin

[3] Berliner Architekturwelt , 5th year 1902/1903, No. 9 (from December 1902), p. 323. (Note on the competition result) ( digital.zlb.de online )

[4] HJZ: Kassel residential buildings by Max Hummel. In: Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst , 13th year 1929, No. 3 ( urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-8718 ), pp. 89–95.

[5] Wasmuths MONTHLY FOR BUILDING ART , 11th year 1927, No. 9 ( urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-9464 ), p. 374. (Illustration)