Adolph and Fritz Brunner
Adolph and Fritz Brunner was a Zurich architectural office of historicism that existed from 1865 to 1886. It was run jointly by the brothers Adolph (1837–1909) and Fritz (1839–1886).
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The brothers, sons of a master carpenter from Riesbach , went through an almost parallel school and professional training with a time lag. In addition to the neo-renaissance character of Semper , their buildings are mainly characterized by the French academic tradition, which influenced them with Hans Rychner and especially Émile Boeswillwald .
The office was one of the busiest architecture firms in Zurich at the time and had its regional focus in Zurich, Bern and Zug. In addition to villas, it was also involved in the expansion of the lower Bahnhofstrasse , the new construction of the Kratzquartier in Zurich, with a number of commercial buildings during the major construction period , including the closed block developments of the Kappelerhof and the Zentralhof .
Works (selection)
- 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
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 ).