Alfred Adler (architect)

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Alfred Adler (born April 20, 1894 in Vienna , † probably in Tel Aviv after 1938) was an Austrian architect . Little is known about his life and career.

biography

Alfred Adler was of Jewish origin and after graduating from secondary school in Vienna 3, studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology from 1912 to 1921, interrupting the war . In 1928/29 he was registered as an extraordinary student for economics for the aptitude test for civil engineering.

From 1932 to 1938 he worked as a freelance architect in a joint venture with Martin Johann Schmid . Both set up a number of bars and apartments, which can be seen in the context of the so-called “Viennese living space culture”, and they were also involved in the renovation project of the Viennese city government of the corporate state .

In 1938, the trace of Alfred Adler is lost.

Works

  • Vorstadtvillen, Vienna 23 (Mauer), in collaboration with Martin Johann Schmid
  • Volkswohnhaus for the municipality of Vienna, Vienna 14, Neubeckgasse 4 (1928)
  • People's residence for the community of Vienna 14, Redtenbachergasse 40–44 (1930/31)
  • Interior design: Kaffee Mirabell (around 1933), in collaboration with Martin Johann Schmid
  • Interior arrangement / design: Eden-Bar, Vienna 1, Liliengasse 2 (around 1933), in collaboration with Martin Johann Schmid
  • Villa Schmid, XXIII., Weixelbergergasse 3 (1936), in collaboration with Martin Johann Schmid
  • Extension of a building next to Geßner's "Papageno-Haus", IV., Operngasse 28 (1936/37), in collaboration with Martin Johann Schmid

literature

  • Helmut Weihsmann: Alfred Adler . In: ders .: Built in Vienna. Lexicon of 20th Century Viennese Architects. Promedia, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85371-234-7 . P. 14

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Adler (architect). In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
  2. ↑ Martin Johann Schmid. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
  3. ^ Penzing. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
  4. ^ Wiener Geschichtsblätter, volumes 60–61, Association for the History of the City of Vienna, Vienna 2006, p. 69
personal data
SURNAME Adler, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: after 1938
Place of death unsure: Tel Aviv