Adolf Foehr

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Architect Adolf Foehr

Adolf Foehr (* 20th June 1880 in Nuremberg , † 7. October 1943 in Prague ) was a German-Czech architect and building officer in Prague, which many in the 1920s and 1930s, residential, commercial and office buildings in Prague and Northern Bohemia built Has. He was one of the most important and productive German-Bohemian architects in what was then Czechoslovakia .

Life

Adolf Foehr was the son of Otto Emil Foehr (born December 16, 1852 in Annaberg ; † January 31, 1924 in Berlin ) and his wife Else Foehr, b. Bell. He came to Prague with his parents via Annaberg when he was still a child. He studied at the German Technical University in Prague and at the School of Applied Arts in Prague with Friedrich Ohmann . From 1899 to 1902 he attended the master class at the arts and crafts school with Jan Kotěra and then continued his studies at the ETH Zurich . During his studies in Switzerland, he successfully took part in architecture competitions in Prague and won two first prizes. In 1908 he opened his architectural office in Prague-Holleschowitz .

The oldest known projects are buildings that he designed around 1910 in Art Nouveau style. Later he worked in a classicistic, puristic style . Its buildings are decorated with canopies , risalits and arches. Characteristic for the buildings by Foehr is the use of three-part windows and bay windows with a triangular floor plan as well as the use of noble materials, e.g. B. of brass , travertine or marble . In the 1930s he turned to the simplified forms of constructivism . However, his designs always retained a traditionalist character. In Prague he built a large number of buildings, including over 50 tenement houses as well as numerous bank and office buildings. He was particularly successful with German entrepreneurs and financial institutions. He became the “court architect” of the insurance companies “Donau” and “Securitas” and built for the Deutsche Agrar- und Industriebank and the Böhmische Union Bank. For the “Donau Allgemeine Versicherung AG” he built three buildings, the two Danube palaces in Spálená ul. And in Národní třída in Prague and the “Donauhof” in Reichenberg-Liberec.

The Brandeis department store in Expressionism style is reminiscent of Erich Mendelsohn's Rudolf Petersdorff department store in Wroclaw . Because of the relief with three peasants by Josef Malinský (1794) on the front of the house, which was taken over from the previous building, it is also known as the house "To the Three Peasants" (Dům U tří sedláků).

As an architect of the German minority, he was largely ignored by the Czech side. In 1926, for example, he won first prize in the competition to expand the Prague City Council, but his design was never implemented. In his late works Foehr tended to home style . He also built villas for prominent clients in Prague-Bubentsch (Bubeneč) (including for Bloch and Petschek ). The “Klein-Berlin” (Malý Berlín) apartment block, built between 1937 and 1939 in collaboration with the architect Franz Hruschka, combines modern constructivism with traditionalist elements.

Foehr was a member of the German Democratic Freedom Party and also worked as a local politician in Prague, from 1921 in the technical commission and the building commission, from 1924 as building officer, from 1927 in the city council and from 1929/30 to 1932 as city councilor of Greater Prague (after incorporation the suburbs of Karlín , Vinohrady , Smíchov , Žižkov , Nusle and Dejvice ). He was also a member of the Association of German Visual Artists in Bohemia , the Writers and Artists Association "Concordia" and the Schlaraffia Association in Prague. In 1930 he received the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria .

buildings

Buildings in Prague

  • 1910–1911 Villa JUDr. V. Wostry No. 339, Prague-Bubeneč, Na Zátorce 10 / U Vorlíků 11 ⊙
  • after 1910 renovation of house no. 916 for the central bank of the German savings banks in Prague-Neustadt , Opletalova 11 ⊙
  • 1912 Chapel of the German Evangelical Cemetery, Prague-Strašnice ⊙
  • 1912 Reconstruction of the Allianz banking house, Prague New Town, Králodvorská 1081/16 and nám. Republiky 1081/7, together with Alfons Wertmüller (1852–1916) ⊙
  • 1912–1913 Former Administration building of Ringhoffer-Werke AG or Prager Maschinenbau AG No. 1292 at the Prague-Smichov train station , Křížová 25, now the Social Security Administration (ČSSZ) ⊙
  • Reconstruction of the commercial building No. 1653, Prague New Town, Hybernská 36 / Opletalova 40 ⊙
  • 1914–1915 Former Pension Association House No. 593, Prague New Town, Ve Smečkách 24 ⊙
  • 1921 Villa Bloch (now part of the Russian Embassy) in Prague-Bubeneč, Korunovační 473/34 ⊙
  • 1921–1922 Conversion of the Schellenberg Palace (Šelmberk) into the German Embassy, Prague-Lesser Town , No. 183, Thunovská ulice 18 ⊙
  • 1922 A block for the Prague People's Housing Association Prague-Holešovice , Bubenská 13–15, together with Theodor Bach ⊙
  • 1923–1925 Conversion of the Palais des Hložek von Žampach into the Austrian Embassy in Prague, Kanovnická 70/4 ⊙
  • 1926 Extension of the houses no. 1613 and 1617 for the German Agricultural Bank, Prague-Neustadt, Hybernská 38-40 ⊙
  • 1926–1927 Office building in District No. 619, now the Tax Office, Prague-New Town, Štěpánská 28-30 ⊙
  • 1926–1928 Cooperative office building No. 1163 with passage, Prague New Town, Těšnov 5 to 7 ⊙
  • 1926 Villa Graf in Prague-Bubeneč, Na Zátorce 605/23 ⊙
  • 1927 Villa Poláček (now Chilean Embassy) in Prague-Bubeneč, U Vorlíků 623/4 ⊙
  • 1927 Reconstruction of the Hans Petschek Villa No. 329, Prague-Bubeneč, Romaina Rollanda 4, originally built (1913) by Matěj Blecha (1861–1919) ⊙
  • 1927–1928 Danube Palace I (now Palác Purkyňova) No. 74, Prague New Town, Purkyňova 2 and Spálená 18, remodeling by Friedrich Feuerstein (1931) ⊙
  • 1928 Tenement house with studio in Prague-Holešovice, Bubenská 1376/39 (with triangular bay windows) ⊙
  • 1928–1930 Palace of the Securitas Insurance Company, Prague New Town, Vodičkova 681/18, now the seat of the Prague City Council ⊙
  • 1930 Danube Palace II (Palác Dunaj) No. 138, Old Town Prague , Národní třída 10 and Voršilská 14, the concept of the facade was taken over by Josef Havlíček (1899–1961), with the original paternoster from 1936 ⊙
  • 1930–1932 Brandeis (Brandejs) department store (also U Sedláků department store), Prague Old Town, Provaznická 394/12 and Havířská 397/4 ⊙
  • 1931 Philips Palace and Passage, Prague New Town, Karlovo nám. 325/7 and Václavská 314/16 ⊙
  • 1932 Long tenement house in Prague-Holešovice, Veverkova 1229/9 ⊙
  • 1935 Villa No. 1846, Prague-Dejvice , Sušická 19 ⊙
  • 1937 Tenement houses of the insurance company “Securitas” Prague-Vršovice , No. 1061-1063, Bulharská 23 and Tolstého 19-21 ⊙
  • 1937–1938 residential and commercial building No. 249, Prague-Smichov, Štefánikova 28-30 ⊙
  • 1937–1939 “Klein-Berlin” apartment block in Prague-Holešovice, No. 1334 and 1335, U Smaltovny 20-22, together with Franz Hruschka ⊙
  • 1939 Villa Hummelberg No. 206, Prague-Hlubočepy, Na Zlíchově 6 (Heimatstil) ⊙

Buildings outside of Prague

  • 1913 German school for the blind in Aussig, Ústí nad Labem -Klíše, Štefánikova 231/2 ⊙
  • 1913 Böhmische Union Bank - Linz branch , Landstr. 5, rebuilt by Josef Ertl (1935) ⊙
  • 1913 Bohemian Union Bank - Olomouc branch (now post office) No. 407, Olomouc , Horní náměstí 27 ⊙
  • 1921 Villa of the sugar manufacturer Bloch Libáň (Okres Jičín), Cukrovar 384 ⊙
  • 1921 Administration building of the Bohemian glossy fabric factory in Lobositz - Lovosice, Terezínská 488/73 ⊙
  • 1922 Villa of the director Müller in Lobositz - Lovosice , Terezínská 485/68 ⊙
  • 1924 German agricultural and industrial bank in Bilin - Bílina , Seifertova 108/18 ⊙
  • 1925–1926 Villa Anna and Louise Seidner in Iglau - Jihlava , třída Legionářů 1460/24 ⊙
  • 1926 The Mannesmann pipe works settlement in Komotau - Chomutov , Dukelská ⊙
  • 1927 Business Academy in Karlovy Vary , Bezručova 1312/17 ⊙
  • 1928 “Donauhof” (Palác Dunaj) office building of the Donau-Versicherung in Reichenberg (later Donau-Concordia Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG), Liberec -Perštýn, Soukenné náměstí 121 ⊙
  • 1930 Villa Jäger (now Hotel "Větrov") in Schönbach near Asch - Krásná 274 (Okres Cheb) ⊙
  • 1938–1939 Bohemian Union Bank - Bodenbach branch, Děčín -Podmokly, Plzeňská 79/1 ⊙

drafts

  • 1915 crematorium in Trautenau- Trutnov
  • 1924 Higher Technical College and Trade School in Tetschen-Bodenbach - Děčín-Podmokly, Slovanská 55
  • 1925 hospital in Asch - Aš
  • 1926 Extension to the Prague City Hall, U Radnice
  • 1926 Stadtbad in Weipert - Vejprty
  • 1929 Town Hall in Gablonz - Jablonec nad Nisou , Mirové nám.
  • 1929 German credit institution in Gablonz - Jablonec nad Nisou
  • 1929 Vocational training school in Teplice - Teplice
  • 1929 Invalid settlement in Prague-Karlín
  • 1932/32 Prague stock exchange in Prague, Wilsonova

Gallery of his buildings

  • Cemetery chapel in Prague Strašnice

  • Former Bohemian Union Bank in Linz

  • Former Bohemian Union Bank in Olomouc

  • Former Allianz Bank in Prague, nám. Republiky

  • Commercial building in Prague, Hybernská

  • Administration building of the Prager Maschinenbau AG in Prague-Smíchov

  • Danube Palace I (Palác Purkyňova) in Prague, Spálená

  • Danube Palace II (Palác Dunaj) in Prague, Národní třída

  • Danube Palace (Donauhof) in Reichenberg

  • Palace of Insurance Securitas in Prague, Vodičkova

  • Brandeis Department Store, also U Sedláků House in Prague

  • Commercial building of the cooperatives in Prague, Těšnov

  • Former Villa Bloch, now part of the Russian Embassy

  • Former Philips House in Prague, Karlovo nám.

  • Villa in Prague-Dejvice, Sušická

literature

  • Lukeš, Zdeněk: Settling the debt: German-speaking architects in Prague 1900–1938 (Splátka dluhu: Praha a její německy hovořící architekti 1900–1938). Praha: Fraktály Publishers, 2002, 217 pp. ISBN 80-86627-04-7 . Chapter Adolf Foehr, pp. 42–52
  • Vlček, Pavel: Encyklopedie architektů, stavitelů, zedníků a kamíků v Čechách (Encyclopedia of Architects, Builders, Masons and Stonemasons in Bohemia). Praha: Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-200-0969-8 . Chapter Adolf Foehr, pp. 178–179 (Czech.)
  • Zeman, Jaroslav: Palác Dunaj - První výšková budova v Liberci a její tvůrce (The Danube Palace - the first high-rise in Liberec and its creator), pp. 6–22 in “Památky Libereckého Kraje 2010–2011”, Národní Památkový Ústav, 2011. 193 pp., ISBN 978-80-904852-3-5 , see [1]
  • Buildings and designs from twenty-five years, architect Adolf Foehr, Prague, 1934.

Web links

Commons : Adolf Foehr  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ÖBl - Foehr, Adolf (accessed on 14 December 2018)
  2. ↑ arch-INFORM (accessed December 14, 2018)
  3. ↑ arch-Pavouk (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  4. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Liberec-Reichenberg (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  5. ↑ Zeman (2011), pp. 6–22 (Czech)
  6. ↑ Pražský deník - In the footsteps of the German Prague architect Adolf Foehr (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  7. ↑ Functional toy shop with 3 farmers (accessed December 14, 2018)
  8. ↑ Adolf Foehr - Prague architect of the German minority (Czech) (accessed on December 14, 2018)
  9. ^ Lukeš (2002), p. 42
  10. ↑ ASB portal: Klein-Berlin in Prag (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  11. ↑ Palác Purkyňova (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  12. ↑ Adolf Foehr - Palác Dunaj (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  13. ↑ Zeitgeist acquires Donau-Palast (accessed on December 21, 2018)
  14. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Ústí-Aussig (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  15. ^ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Litoměřice-Leitmeritz Glanzstoff-Fabrik (Czech) (accessed on December 14, 2018)
  16. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Litoměřice-Leitmeritz: Villa Müller (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  17. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Teplice-Teplitz Agricultural and Industrial Bank Bilin (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  18. ↑ Villa Seidner in Villa in Jihlava (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  19. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Liberec-Reichenberg: Donauhof (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  20. ^ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Děčín-Tetschen: Unionbank (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  21. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Děčín -Tetschen: Draft trading school (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  22. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Jablonec-Gablonz: Design Town Hall (Czech) (accessed December 14, 2018)
  23. ↑ Architecture in Northern Bohemia: Jablonec-Gablonz: Draft Kreditanstalt (Czech) (accessed on December 14, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Foehr, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Bohemian architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1943
Place of death Prague