Anton Drexler (architect)

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Anton Drexler in 1901

Anton Drexler (born July 2, 1858 in Vienna ; † January 29, 1940 there ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Anton Drexler attended the humanistic grammar school in Taus in Bohemia , where he had been sent to his well-off uncle for financial reasons. He then studied from 1876 to 1879 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Theophil von Hansen . A study trip with his teacher took him to Italy. In 1880 Drexler became an employee of Adolf Feszty's architectural office in Budapest , where he met influential personalities who were to be useful to him. In 1873 he returned to Vienna and joined his brother Josef Drexler's company , in which he soon became a partner. The Drexler brothers company was able to develop an extremely successful activity in Vienna and the countries of the Danube Monarchy in the following years. In 1912, however, the collaboration was ended due to discrepancies, which essentially ended the careers of both brothers. Anton Drexler only left two municipal buildings for the city of Vienna from a later period.

meaning

Together with his brother, Anton Drexler was one of the most productive and therefore more important architects in Vienna at the turn of the century. The main focus of their work was residential building, but they also built various public buildings. Initially committed to historicism with neo-baroque decor, secessionist forms appeared around 1910, occasionally also the Heimat style .

Works

Office building Floridsdorf (1901–1903) owned by Josef and Anton Drexler
Columbushof (1892), Vienna 10, by Josef and Anton Drexler
  • Municipal office, district court and savings bank , Haugsdorf (1885–1886)
  • Landwehr cavalry barracks , Stockerau (1886–1889)
  • Freudenau horse racing track , Vienna 2nd district (1885–1887)
  • Horse training institute and residential building , Schönfeld- Lassee (1886–1888)
  • Town hall , Feldsberg (1887–1888)
  • Municipal office and savings bank , Joslowitz (1889–1890)
  • Residential house , Josefsgasse 11, Vienna 8 (1892)
  • Rental house Columbus-Hof , Columbusplatz 6, Vienna 10 (1892)
  • Polytechnic School , Laa an der Thaya (1893–1894)
  • Rental house , Wallensteinplatz 2, Vienna 20 (1894)
  • Karl Meissl'sches Stiftungshaus , Castellezgasse 2, Vienna 2 (before 1894)
  • Boys' primary and community school , Krumau (1895)
  • Town hall with Sparkassa , Taus (1895)
  • Elementary and community school , Auscha (1895)
  • Elementary and community school , Lundenburg (1896)
  • Kaiser Franz Josef-Gymnasium , Mährisch-Schönberg (1896-1897)
  • Residential house , Schanzstraße 37, Vienna 14 (1897)
  • Villa Dr. A. Karger , Sarmingstein (1898)
  • Palais Primavesi , Mährisch-Schönberg (1898)
  • Kaiser Franz Josef Jubilee School , Deublergasse 21, Vienna 21 (1898–1899)
  • Wiener Molkerei , Molkereistraße 1, Vienna 2 (1898–1901)
  • Residential and commercial building , Lerchenfelder Strasse 16, Vienna 8 (before 1898)
  • Rental house , Schönbrunner Strasse 119–121, Vienna 5 (before 1899)
  • Rental house , Kochgasse 3–5, Vienna 8 (1899)
  • Zum Walfisch residential and commercial building , Kellermanngasse 1–3, Vienna 7 (1900)
  • Rental house , Matthäusgasse 8, Vienna 3 (1901)
  • Floridsdorf Town Hall , Am Spitz 1, Vienna 21 (1901–1903)
  • Residential building complex , Christophgasse 4, 6 and Bräuhausgasse 43, Vienna 5 (1902)
  • Straßenhof , Radetzkystraße 25–27, Vienna 3 (1905)
  • Villa Kemenovic , Stockerauer Strasse 45, Korneuburg (1905)
  • Rental houses , Rudolf-von-Alt-Platz 4, 5, 7, Vienna 3 (1906–1911)
  • Former post station in Rendevouz , Brünner Strasse 311, Vienna 21 (1908)
  • Palais des Beaux Arts , Löwengasse 47–47a, Vienna 3 (1908–1909)
  • Rental house and savings bank , Gatterburggasse 23, Vienna 19 (1908–1909)
  • Rental house , Gatterburggasse 25, Vienna 19 (1908–1909)
  • Rental house , Weißgerberlände 52, Vienna 3 (1909)
  • Vienna Trotting Club , Krieau (1910)
  • Rental house , Weißgerberlände 50, Vienna 3 (1910)
  • Rental house , Dampfschiffstraße 20, Vienna 3 (1911)
  • Rental house , Untere Weißgerberstraße 49–51, Vienna 3 (1911)
  • Rental house , Franzensbrückenstraße 16, Vienna 2 (1912)
  • Rental house , Zirkusgasse 36, Vienna 2 (1912)
  • Residential house , Krottenbachstrasse 1, Vienna 19 (1912)
  • Rental house , Osterleitengasse 2, Vienna 19 (1912)
  • Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Cervantesgasse 8-14, Vienna 14 (1925), together with Rudolf Sowa
  • Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Kafkastraße 11, Vienna 2 (1932)

literature

Robert Martin Kuttig: The architecture of Anton & Josef Drexler in Vienna. Planned and completed rental and commercial buildings from 1887 to 1912 . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna. Faculty of History and Cultural Studies, 2008 ( online as PDF )

Web links

Commons : Anton Drexler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Drexler, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wood turner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1940
Place of death Vienna