Alfred Müller-Grah

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Alfred Müller-Grah , actually Alfred Müller (born September 23, 1847 in Radolfzell , † October 16, 1912 in Cologne ) was a German architect of historicism .

Life

Sponsorship grave Müller-Grah / Steinkrüger in Cologne's southern cemetery

Alfred Müller had been working in Cologne since 1870 at the latest. His first major construction project there was the execution of the new Cologne City Theater (1870–1872), based on designs by the architects Julius Carl Raschdorff and Heinrich Deutz. From around 1877 to around 1886 he was associated with the architect Rudolf de Voss ( de Voss & Müller office ). After their separation, de Voss entered into another partnership with Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Müller called Vollmer (also Müller-Vollmer), while Alfred Müller entered into a partnership with the architect Otto Grah ( Müller & Grah office ). By adding the maiden name of his wife, Mathilde Grah , Otto's older sister, he was subsequently called Alfred Müller-Grah. In conjunction with its respective partners, it created numerous residential and commercial buildings, villas and commercial buildings in Cologne, but also in the region from Erpel to Solingen .

His grave is located in Cologne's Südfriedhof (hall 12, sponsorship grave of the Steinkrüger family).

Works (selection)

Cologne

  • 1882: Façade of Stübben House, Hohenzollernring 56 : The house of the city master builder and later alderman Josef Stübben (also called “Zum squeezed master builder”) was built in the style of the French Renaissance. In the first floor window the saying could be read: "Better small and as it suits me than renting in the palace."
  • 1882–1884: Hohenzollernring 56, 58, 60: The house of tax inspector Wilhelm Willmeroth at Hohenzollernring 58 was the first house in Neustadt. It was built in the style of the Florentine Renaissance.
  • 1883–1885: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 32 : The house of the Wilhelm Meuser family was built based on the Venetian Renaissance. The model here was the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi in Venice.
  • 1883–1886: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34 : The Leyendecker house is a characteristic example of how the motifs of risalit formation, mansard and domed hipped roofs with crowning cornices and wide triumphal arches were used in the 1880s.
  • 1884–1886: Hohenstaufenbad .
  • 1886–1887: Administration building of Agrippina Insurance , Rheingasse 6
  • 1886/1887 Sachsenring 78 and 80
  • 1893/1895 Theodor-Heuss-Ring 10, House Schierenberg

Outside

  • Cologne, Hohenzollernring 60

  • Cologne, Hohenzollernring 56 and 58

  • Cologne, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34

  • Cologne, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 32

  • Cologne, Sachsenring 78/80

  • Cologne, Theodor – Heuss – Ring 10

  • Bonn, Villa Spiritus

literature

  • Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne. Marienburg . Buildings and architects of a villa suburb. (= City traces, monuments in Cologne , volume 8.) 2 volumes. JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1147-1 , Volume II, p. 806.
  • Hiltrud Kier : The Cologne Neustadt. Planning, creation, use. (= Contributions to the architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland , Volume 23). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1978, ISBN 3-590-29023-4 , p. 305.
  • Hiltrud Kier : Apartment buildings in Cologne in the second half of the 19th century . In: Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (Ed.): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland . tape 2 . Architecture: II, secular buildings and urban planning . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-30252-6 , pp. 413-463, on this p. 447 .
  • Brief biographies of the architects and builders . In: Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (Ed.): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland . tape 2 . Architecture: II, secular buildings and urban planning . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-30252-6 , pp. 524-557, on this p. 553 .
  • Willy Weyres, Albrecht Mann : Handbook on Rhenish Architecture of the 19th Century 1800–1880. Cologne 1968, p. 75.

Web links

Commons : Alfred Müller-Grah  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolfram Hagspiel: Cologne. Marienburg. Buildings and architects of a villa suburb.
  2. ↑ Günter Schwanenberg: Em Himmel es d'r Düvel loss ... Musical-literary forays into the southern cemetery. Marzellen-Verlag, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-937795-11-9 ( Edition Narrengilde 7), p. 98.
  3. ^ A b c d Hiltrud Kier: Houses in Cologne in the second half of the 19th century.
  4. ^ A b Hiltrud Kier: The Cologne Neustadt. Planning, creation, use.
  5. ↑ Eva Brües: Bath buildings . In: Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (Ed.): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland . tape 2 . Architecture: II, secular buildings and urban planning . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-30252-6 , pp. 235–246, on this p. 244 .
  6. ↑ Svetlozar Raev: banks and insurance companies . In: Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (Ed.): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland . tape 2 . Architecture: II, secular buildings and urban planning . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-30252-6 , pp. 255–270, see p. 269 .
personal data
SURNAME Muller-Grah, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Alfred (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Radolfzell
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1912
Place of death Cologne