Albert Hofmann (architect)

Albert Hofmann (born July 14, 1859 in Cologne , † March 22, 1926 in Karlsruhe ) was a German architect and long-time editor and publisher of the Deutsche Bauzeitung .

Albert Hofmann grew up as the son of a nursery owner in (Karlsruhe-) Durlach and studied architecture at the Technical University of Karlsruhe , among others with Josef Durm . He completed his training at the Berlin Bauakademie as well as at the universities in Berlin and Leipzig. After having worked as an architect in Baden for a few years, he was director of the North Bohemian Trade Museum in Reichenberg from 1886 to 1891 .

Hofmann emerged as a specialist author for the first time with his reports on the Paris trade exhibition in 1885; in October 1891 he first became second editor , in 1900 when Karl Emil Otto Fritsch left, his successor as first editor (editor-in-chief), and later together with Fritz Eiselen also editor of oldest German architecture magazine Deutsche Bauzeitung .

Hofmann was also often active as a judge in architecture competitions and was also involved in the preservation of monuments . From 1906 he worked as an author on the multi-volume handbook of architecture . In 1917 the Technical University of Karlsruhe awarded him an honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E. h.). His high reputation in professional circles was also reflected in his appointment as a member of the Prussian Academy of Building on May 18, 1920. At the end of 1923 he left the Deutsche Bauzeitung and spent his old age in Durlach.

literature

• Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 37th year 1917, No. 3 (from January 6, 1917), p. 16 (letter to the editor from Fritz Eiselen with correction of misleading information about the editorial team of the Deutsche Bauzeitung , digitized version ).
• Konrad Nonn : Dr.-Ing. Eh Albert Hofmann †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 46th year 1926, No. 15 (from April 14, 1926), p. 188 ( digitized version ).