Alexander Kuoni
Alexander Kuoni (born February 7, 1842 in Chur ; † December 21, 1888 there ) was a Swiss builder and architect , the founder of the builder branch of the Kuoni family in Graubünden.
Live and act
After attending the canton school in Chur and a private institute in St. Gallen, Alexander Kuoni studied at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic and continued his education in Lausanne and Winterthur . After his return to Chur, he was able to quickly expand his father's construction business.
He acted as an entrepreneur for a variety of buildings, after the Café Calanda in Chur, first for a factory in Landquart, then the Chur villas Lorez, Zambail, Bavier, the main work of the architect Johannes Ludwig , the Villa Planta in Chur . In Maloja he built the Kurhaus-Palace based on plans by Jules Rau, where he also built the church, the Osteria Vecchia and the Rosée, Rau and Kuoni villas.
The Villa Planta was built in St. Moritz based on a design by Nicolaus Hartmann . He also built the Campocologno customs station , Bad Rothenbrunnen and was involved in the construction of the Landquart – Davos Platz railway line . As a successful building contractor, he was the owner of the chalet factory Kuoni & Co. Alexander Kuoni died of a heart attack at the age of 47 on the journey from Maloja to Chur.
literature
- Albina Cereghetti: Kuoni, Alexander In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 327.
- NN: † Alexander Kuoni . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 12 , no. 26 , 1888, pp. 167 . ( Online on E-Periodica).
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Collenberg: Kuoni (family). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 6, 2008 , accessed July 10, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuoni, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect and builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chur |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1888 |
| Place of death | Chur |