Alfred Teller

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Alfred Teller (born May 6, 1881 in Prague ; † October 25, 1951 ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Alfred Teller was a Jew . He attended the German Technical University in Prague from 1898 to 1899 , and, after he moved, from 1899 to 1904 the Technical University in Vienna , where he studied with Karl König , Karl Mayreder and Christian Ulrich . He passed both state exams with distinction. During his studies he belonged to the circle of friends around Oskar Strnad and Arnold Karplus . After a study trip to Rome in 1903, he was one of the first students at the Technical University to write his dissertation under Karl König and obtained his doctorate.

Teller initially practiced in various architectural offices and worked 1904–1905 for Arnold Hatschek and 1905–1908 for Ernst Gotthilf . Around 1906, however, he came into contact with Emmerich Spielmann , with whom he opened a joint office from 1908 and subsequently worked together until the 1930s. The two were particularly successful in the years before the First World War . After the older minstrel retired in 1932, Teller continued to work alone. As a Jew, he emigrated to New York on October 15, 1938 . After that there is no more information about him.

plant

Emmerich Spielmann and Alfred Teller succeeded Karl König. While the external design of their buildings was mostly rather conservative, they were always technically state-of-the-art. After starting out with a secessionist vocabulary of forms, they soon turned to neo-baroque and classicist forms. Their design was, however, very reduced in the decor on the facades; Ceramic tiles were often used as design elements. It was not until Teller's late work that modern, functionalist forms appeared.

Bognergasse 2 (1910)
Landstrasse 76, Linz (1936/37)

with Emmerich Spielmann

  • Residential and commercial building , Neubaugasse 4, Vienna 7 (1907)
  • Villa , Auhofstraße 68, Vienna 13 (1907) (slightly changed)
  • Residential and commercial building , Bognergasse 2, Vienna 1 (1910)
  • Rental houses , Salesianergasse 29–33, Vienna 3 (1910)
  • "Caldara" factory , Laxenburger Strasse 123–125, Vienna 10 (1910)
  • Residential and commercial buildings "Tuchlauben-Hof" (also "Seitzer-Hof"), Tuchlauben 7-7a, Vienna 1 (1912)
  • Villa , Pötzleinsdorfer Strasse 56, Vienna 18 (1912)
  • Rental house , Richardgasse 11 (today Jaurèsgasse), Vienna 3 (1913)
  • Conversion of the villa , Sternwartestraße 56, Vienna 18 (1913–1914) (originally Viktor Siedek)
  • Villa Perutz , Hans Wallnerstraße 23, Reichenau an der Rax (1914)
  • Adaptation of the tenement house , Taborstrasse 17, Vienna 2 (1917)
  • Villa Pick , Hartäckerstraße 18, Vienna 19 (1924)
  • Extensions and reconstructions of the Hauser Sobotka factory , Smolagasse 1–5, Vienna 22 (1924–1927) (further extension in 1932)
  • Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Wattgasse 96–98, Vienna 17 (1929–1930)

alone

  • "Riunione Adriatica" residential and commercial building , Landstrasse 76, Linz (1936–1937)

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personal data
SURNAME Teller, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1951