Alfred Keller (architect)
Alfred Keller (born June 17, 1875 in Graz , † March 8, 1945 in Krems an der Donau ) was an Austrian architect , painter and graphic artist.
Life
Alfred Keller studied from 1893 to 1898 at the Technical University and the Landscape Drawing Academy in Graz. He then became an engineer assistant at the Graz City Planning Office in 1898 and graduated in 1899. He went to Vienna , where he was a construction assistant until 1907, and from 1908 an engineer in the Imperial and Royal Dicastral Building Directorate. In the same year he was accepted into the Ministry of Public Works and after that he began to work independently. Since 1904 he was a member of the Hagenbund , whose president he was from 1912 to 1917. Keller, who had already made a trip to India in 1897, stayed in the USA from 1913 to 1915 as an exhibition architect. Further stays abroad took him to Spain after the war 1920–1925. He therefore employed Walter Broßmann in his home studio, who became an equal partner from 1926 to 1932 after Keller returned. In addition to his work as an architect, Keller worked for the periodical Wohnungskunst from 1919 to 1920 , in 1927 an expert at the Higher Regional Court for Copyright and in 1928 a member of the examination committee for the authorization of civil engineers for building construction and civil architects. After he became a full professor at the Vienna University of Technology in 1930 for building theory, building economics and transport engineering, he retired from his architecture studio. 1935–1936 he was dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University.
Alfred Keller was an internationally respected and honored man. In 1928 he received the Golden Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria , in 1929 the Gran Premio and the Medalla de Oro in Barcelona and in 1930 the Commander's Cross of the Spanish Order of Merit from the Spanish King. In addition to many other memberships, Keller was a member of the Austrian Werkbund from 1913 and of the Vienna Fine Arts Cooperative from 1920. After his death at the age of 70, he was buried in the Krems cemetery.
meaning
Alfred Keller was a very productive architect. He created residential and commercial buildings, villas and hotels, as well as numerous industrial buildings and factories, but also interior fittings and exhibition designs. Keller was a representative of the Heimat style with references to the southern German homeland security movement. In the buildings that were created together with Walter Broßmann, the specific share of the individual architects can no longer be determined. As a graphic artist, Keller designed catalog covers and posters, as a painter he created oil paintings and watercolors.
Works
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1902-1904 |
Police building BDA-ID: 10752 Wikidata |
Vienna 9, Roßauer Lände 5–9 / Berggasse 41–43 Location |
Note: together with Karl Holzer and Moritz Kramsall, plans revised by Emil von Förster |
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1903-1920 | Hagenbund art exhibitions |
Vienna |
destroyed Note: cooperation |
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1906 |
Ramp and well niche at the capital parish church of St. Jacob BDA-ID: 63592 Wikidata |
Villach , Kirchenplatz 9 and 12 location |
Note: Competition 1905, 1st prize |
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1906 | Sanatorium Hansa |
Graz, Körblergasse 42, location |
Note: extension in 1911; 1925 with Brossmann |
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1906-1908 |
Courthouse BDA-ID: 22608 Wikidata |
Vienna 1, Riemergasse 7 / Jakobergasse 1 / Zedlitzgasse 2 location |
Note: with Moritz Kramsall |
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1908-1912 |
Former kuk District Court Margarethen BDA-ID: 6482 Wikidata |
Vienna 5, Mittersteig 25 / Siebenbrunnengasse 1 location |
Note: with Moritz Kramsall |
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1909 | Villa Rudolf Hans Bartsch |
Vienna 13, Beckgasse 40 Location |
Note: formerly Reichgasse |
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1909 | Single family house Dr. Tropper |
Graz? |
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1909 | Porak workers' colony |
Weissenberg, Neuhofen an der Krems |
Note: Belongs to the castle . Possibly at Hofmühle. |
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1909 | Widow's and orphanage of the Austrian-Alpine Montangesellschaft |
Eisenerz , Vordernberger Strasse 93, Styria. Location |
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1910 | Syringe house |
Pernegg an der Mur , Kirchdorf 22 |
destroyed Note: The Pernegg fire brigade was founded in 1905. A historical photo (armory Pernegg) shows a building in the style of the municipal office (not house no. 22). |
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1910 | Extension of the Dr. Hajos |
Lussingrande / Veli Lošinj , Croatia |
Destroyed Annotation: Kurhaus Sanatorium Dr Rudolf Hajós in Čikat in 1906 |
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1910 | International hunting exhibition in the rotunda in the Prater |
Vienna 2nd |
destroyed Note: Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Employee |
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1911 | Josseck & Oblack office building |
Graz, Murgasse 9 location |
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1911 | Residential complex |
Graz, Humboldtstrasse 32 / Grillparzerstrasse 2 / Körblergasse 11–13 location |
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1911 | House Benndorf |
Graz, Unterer Plattenweg 34 location |
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1911 |
Extension of the Dr. Wiesler BDA-ID: 126994 Wikidata |
Graz, Heinrichstraße 33 location |
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1912 | Hotel Alhambra |
Cigale on Lošinj , Croatia location |
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1913 | Villa Geutebrück |
Lussingrande / Veli Losinj, Croatia |
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1913 |
St. James Bridge and Wikidata Quay |
Laibach / Ljubljana , Slovenia location |
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1913 | Adria exhibition Vienna |
Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion |
destroyed Note: Employees |
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1913 | Overall design and management of the Austrian department of the trade exhibition in Toronto |
Canada |
destroyed |
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1914 | Overall management and implementation in Lyon on behalf of the Austrian department of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lyon |
France |
destroyed |
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1914-1916 |
Former. kk export academy; from 1919 University for World Trade BDA-ID: 52513 Wikidata |
Vienna 19, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 location |
Note: 1914 Walter Brossmann building supervision. 1975–1992 University of Economics, today the seat of several university institutes and the Austrian Archaeological Institute |
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1915 | E. Weinberger's hunting lodge |
Muggendorf, Marienthal , Lower Austria |
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1916 | Heřmanice workers' colony (Ostrava) |
in the Moravian-Ostrau coal region. |
Note: For the Österreichische-Alpine-Montangesellschaft. The mining museum bears the inscription 1898 |
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1917 |
Residence of the Austrian Alpine Mining Society BDA-ID: 85783 Wikidata |
Eisenerz, Vordernberger Straße 89–91, location |
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1917 | Beach complex in Sansego Island / Susak |
Susak |
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around 1917 | Workers' houses for the Austrian Alpine Mining Society |
Donawitz and Leoben |
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1921 | Civil servant residence for 4 families of the Austrian Alpine Mining Society |
Eisenerz, Hieflauer Straße 26 location |
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1921-1922 |
Kerpely Colony Wikidata |
Leoben , Kerpelystraße / Turnerweg location |
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1921-1922 | Zeller case factory |
Atzgersdorf , Vienna 23 location |
destroyed Note: with Brossmann. |
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1921-1925 | Palais Circulo Ecuestre |
Barcelona , Spain |
Draft Note: 1920 pre-competition award; closer competition 2nd prize |
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1923-1925 | Alpine director's villa |
Leoben, Schillerstraße 2 location |
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1924-1925 | Krafthaus Gratwein of the Leykam-Josefsthaler paper mill. Weir system, new works sewer, electrical works |
Gratwein location |
Note: Today Sappi Gratkorn. Two entries merged |
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1925 |
Elementary school BDA-ID: 88958 Wikidata |
Niklasdorf , Styria. Location |
Note: with Brossmann |
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1925-1926 | Power station |
Krems an der Donau , Lower Austria |
Note: with Brossmann. |
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1925-1926 |
Jean-Jaurès-Hof BDA-ID: 51409 Wikidata |
Vienna 10, Neilreichgasse 105 / Raxstraße 12 / Migerkastraße / Rudolfshügelgasse location |
Note: with Walter Brossmann |
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1926-1927 |
David-Hof BDA-ID: 52165 Wikidata |
Vienna 16, Effingergasse 31 / Römergasse 47–51 / Spindeleggergasse 8 / Seitenberggasse 24–28 Location |
Note: with Walter Brossmann |
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1929 | Design of the Austrian department of the world exhibition in Barcelona |
E. |
destroyed |
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1929-1930 | Rodauner cement factory |
Kaltenleutgabe , Lower Austria location |
Note: with Walter Brossmann. Closed in 1991. Partly blown up, now residential complex. |
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1931 |
Reconstruction and installation of an upper floor BDA-ID: 50473 Wikidata |
Justizpalast, Vienna 1, Schmerlingplatz 10–11 / Museumsstrasse 12, location |
Alexander Wielemans of Monteforte
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1931 | Municipal bathhouse |
Krems, Lower Austria location |
destroyed Note: with Brossmann |
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1932 | Substation Graz-Süd of the Steirische Wasserkraft & Elektrizitätsgesellschaft STEWEAG |
Angergasse 17, Graz location |
Note: with Brossmann |
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1934-1935 |
Extension of the hotel "Maria-Theresien-Schlößl" BDA-ID: 78981 Wikidata |
Salzburg, Morzgerstraße 87 location |
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1934-1936 |
Former. Catholic teacher training college |
Mattersburg, Hochstrasse 1 Bgld. Location |
Draft Note: Competition, 1st prize. Since 1948 Bundesrealgymnasium and Bundesgymnasium. Not realized according to the school's homepage. |
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1935 |
Dollfuss Memorial Church BDA-ID: 4465 Wikidata |
Buchbergstrasse 1b, Rekawinkel location |
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1940-1941 | Schmidthütte electricity works |
Krems, Lower Austria |
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In addition:
- Furnishing of the living quarters of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1912)
- Furnishing of the admiral's and commanders' rooms on the imperial and royal warship SMS Viribus Unitis (1912)
- Equipment of the command rooms on the SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Tegetthoff (1912)
- Entrance hall in the Woschnagg-Melzer house , Vienna 1 (1935)
Furthermore, Keller created workers 'colonies and civil servants' houses in Rychvald , Fohnsdorf , Köflach and Frantschach for the Austrian-Alpine Montangesellschaft and the Eisenerz substation , although no exact year of origin is known.
Web links
- Alfred Keller (architect). In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Keller, Alfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect and painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1875 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1945 |
Place of death | Krems at the Donau |