Adolph Brunner

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(Gustav) Adolph Brunner (born June 15, 1837 in Riesbach , † October 24, 1909 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss architect of historicism . Together with his brother Fritz , he ran the architecture firm Adolph and Fritz Brunner in Zurich from 1865 to 1886 .

Education and career

The son of a Riesbach master carpenter attended the Zurich industrial school and sat in on an apprenticeship as a draftsman with Johann Caspar Wolff from 1855 to 1857 at the newly founded Federal Polytechnic with Gottfried Semper . He then continued his apprenticeship with Hans Rychner in Neuchâtel , before going to Paris from 1860 to 1863, where he worked for the Architecte du Département de la Seine, with Émile Boeswillwald , who was known for his monument protection work .

The common office of the brothers

Together with his brother Fritz, he founded what was probably the best-employed building construction company in Zurich at the time, which was able to erect most of the buildings in the newly emerging Bellerive district and also played a leading role in the construction of the lower Bahnhofstrasse.

From 1886

After his brother's death, Adolph continued to run the business on his own, he developed into a specialist in the construction and furnishing of bank buildings, in Zurich for example the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt , Kantonalbank, Eidgenössische Bank , Volksbank and Bank Leu & Cie, in La Chaux-de -Fund the Eidgenössische Bank, in Bern 1903 the Kantonalbank.

After falling from scaffolding in Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse in 1902, Brunner retired and moved to Lake Geneva, where he died in 1909.

Selection of works

1865-1886
  • Zum Schneggen , Zurich 1864–1866, (interior construction of theguild house plannedby Leonhard Zeugheer and Georg Lasius using parts of the previous society houses)
  • Late classicist houses , Zurich 1866–1869
  • Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern , Luzern 1868–1869 (conversions in the oldest luxury hotel in the city, originally by Melchior Berri )
  • Villa Meissenburg , Zug 1869–1870
  • Gymnasium Schulhaus Seefeld , Zurich 1871, demolished
  • Schindlergut , Zurich 1871, extensively rebuilt in 1914
  • Seidenhaus Rübel and Abegg , Zurich 1872
  • Schröder factory building , Zurich 1872
  • Riesbach parish hall , Zurich 1873
  • Zentralhof , Zurich 1873–1876, block development
  • Mühlebach Schoolhouse , Zurich 1874–1876
  • Apartment building , Zurich 1875
  • Villa Beutter , St. Gallen 1875
  • Villa Wartegg , Zurich 1875–1876, demolished in 1962
  • Kirchhofer House , St. Gallen 1876–1879, today a museum in the Kirchhoferhaus
  • Residence Zur Perle , St. Gallen 1876–1878
  • Zum Steg House , St. Gallen 1876–1879
  • Lendi & Eberhard apartment buildings , Zurich 1877
  • Blattner House , Zurich 1878
  • Hardmeier residential and commercial building , Zurich 1879
  • Inn on Uto-Kulm , Zurich 1879, extensively rebuilt
  • Kappelerhof , Zurich 1878–1888, block development based on a concept by Adolph and Fritz Brunner, execution by various architects, including Fraumünsterstr. 17 by Brunner
  • Villa Daheim , Zug 1879
  • Apartment buildings , Zurich 1880
  • Mühlebach gymnasium , Zurich 1880–1881, completely rebuilt
  • Villa Seeburger-Forrer , Zurich 1881
  • Kantonalbank , Zurich 1882
  • Double villa , Zurich 1884
from 1886
  • Villa Biedermann-Reinhart , Zurich 1886 (today Foundation EG Bührle Collection )
  • Villa Riesmatt , Zurich 1887–88
  • Villa Erika , Zurich 1887–88
  • Hotel Bellevue , Zurich 1889 (conversion of the original building, originally created by Leonhard Zeugheer until 1858, since then further converted)
  • Villa Abegg , Zurich 1890, demolished in 1971
  • Villa Mayer , Zurich 1890, completely rebuilt
  • Volksbank , Zurich 1893, (renovation) demolished in 1925
  • Eidgenössische Bank , Zurich 1894–1907, rebuilt or demolished 1965–1978
  • Schweizerische Kreditanstalt , Zurich 1898–1899 (conversion of the Neue Hauptpost to the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt)
  • Federal Bank , La-Chaux-de-Fonds 1900
  • Leuenbank , Zurich 1901, demolished 1966
  • Kantonalbank , Bern 1903 (conversion of the Gesellschaftshaus Museum (originally by Johann Caspar Wolff , 1866–1869))

literature

  • Anne Nagel: Brunner, Adolph and Fritz. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 100.
  • NN: Adolph Brunner (Nekrolog) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 54 , no. 19 , 1909, pp. 277 ( online ).

supporting documents

  1. ^ NN: Hôtel de la Banque Fédérale à la Chaux-de-Fonds . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 34 , no. 16 , 1899, pp. 154–156 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-21408 .
  2. ^ NN: Cantonal Bank in Bern . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 44 , no. 7 , 1904, pp. 83 ( online ).
  3. ^ NN: Adolf Brunner (Nekrolog) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 54 , no. 18 , 1909, pp. 260 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunner, Adolf; Brunner, Gustav Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Riesbach
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1909
Place of death Lausanne