Antoine Krafft

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Hôtel Angleterre, Geneva
Beau-Rivage in Geneva

Antony or Antoine Krafft (born February 28, 1831 in Vevey ; † January 30, 1910 in Geneva ) was a Swiss architect.

Krafft, who was of Austrian descent, attended schools in Vevey. He studied at the Polytechnic School in Stuttgart and at the Polytechnic Karlsruhe , continued his studies at the Berlin School of Applied Arts and the Saint Petersburg Technical University . From 1854 he worked again in Switzerland for Jean-Pierre Guillebaud . In his own office since 1862, the Hotel Beau-Rivage he had planned was opened in 1865 , which has since been expanded and rebuilt several times. During the same period, together with Guillebaud, he was the contact architect of the St. Petersburg architect David Grimm for the Russian Church. The Hotel d'Angleterre followed in 1875 . In addition, townhouses were built in the upper-class Geneva district of Les Tranchées south of the old town as well as in other European countries, namely in Bad Kissingen in Germany , in Austria, in Moldova and St. Petersburg. Krafft was active in numerous committees and associations, including a founding member of the Swiss Society for the Preservation of Historical Monuments. From 1896 he was a member of the Conservatives on the Grand Council .

Works (selection)

  • Hôtel Beau Rivage , Geneva 1862–65
  • Russian Church , Geneva 1865–66, construction management with Jean-Pierre Guillebaud, design: David Grimm
  • Primary school , Geneva 1869, with Charles Boissonass
  • Hôtel d'Angleterre , Geneva 1875

literature

  • Armand Brulhart, Catherine Courtiau: Antoine Krafft . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds): Architects Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century Basel: Birkhäuser 1998. P. 320 f. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Gilles Barbey, Armand Brulhart, Georg Germann: Inventory of the newer Swiss architecture , 1850-1920 . Geneva. In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): INSA . tape 4 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-280-01398-4 , p. 387 , col. 3 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-5496 ( e-periodica.ch ).
  2. ↑ INSA Volume 4 p. 363 ( e-periodica.ch )
  3. ↑ INSA Volume 4 p. 389 ( e-periodica.ch )
personal data
SURNAME Krafft, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krafft, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Vevey
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1910
Place of death Geneva